When it is recorded
Jan28
Feb23
Mar244
Apr14,417
May13,466
Jun4,861
Jul6,394
Aug15,448
Sep12,774
Oct1,088
Nov43
Dec15
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 7,269 | |
| 2 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 5,780 | |
| 3 | Kent | England | 4,604 | |
| 4 | Lincolnshire | England | 4,379 | |
| 5 | Essex | England | 2,802 | |
| 6 | Norfolk | England | 2,525 | |
| 7 | Suffolk | England | 2,370 | |
| 8 | Oxfordshire | England | 1,934 | |
| 9 | Salford | England | 1,527 | |
| 10 | Dorset | England | 1,329 | |
| 11 | North Yorkshire | England | 1,260 | |
| 12 | Thurrock | England | 1,142 | |
| 13 | Rutland | England | 1,121 | |
| 14 | Surrey | England | 985 | |
| 15 | Halton | England | 979 |
67,588 England799 Scotland853 Wales27 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 116 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 69,276
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 116
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Motacilla flava
- Also known as
- Yellow Wagtail
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 25,796
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Oxfordshire, Salford, Dorset, North Yorkshire, Thurrock +42
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Motacillidae
- Genus
- Motacilla
- Name with authority
- Motacilla flava Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 26
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25984 · GBIF 9701857