When it is recorded
Jan50,065
Feb34,972
Mar55,371
Apr73,087
May68,762
Jun50,526
Jul47,303
Aug48,735
Sep56,021
Oct66,419
Nov48,392
Dec40,533
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 35,482 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 28,758 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 21,647 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 21,022 | |
| 5 | Cornwall | England | 16,707 | |
| 6 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 16,663 | |
| 7 | Surrey | England | 16,125 | |
| 8 | Highland | Scotland | 14,889 | |
| 9 | Essex | England | 14,240 | |
| 10 | Oxfordshire | England | 13,519 | |
| 11 | Lincolnshire | England | 12,836 | |
| 12 | Dorset | England | 11,591 | |
| 13 | North Yorkshire | England | 9,525 | |
| 14 | Devon | England | 8,600 | |
| 15 | Rutland | England | 8,275 |
535,469 England75,949 Scotland24,163 Wales7,603 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 127 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 643,578
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 127
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Motacilla alba
- Also known as
- White/Pied Wagtail
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 109,317
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, Cornwall, East Riding of Yorkshire, Surrey, Highland, Essex, Oxfordshire, Lincolnshire, Dorset +115
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Motacillidae
- Genus
- Motacilla
- Name with authority
- Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 55
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25399 · GBIF 9687165