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Wild Cherry

Prunus avium

10,464Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
119Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan35
Feb78
Mar264
Apr1,823
May1,503
Jun1,347
Jul1,243
Aug1,101
Sep932
Oct641
Nov303
Dec31

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,043
2Sefton England865
3Liverpool England285
4Halton England278
5Highland Scotland231
6Sheffield England191
7Oxfordshire England175
8Herefordshire, County of England153
9Telford and Wrekin England143
10Essex England140
11St. Helens England137
12Warrington England126
13West Berkshire England117
14Norfolk England90
15Suffolk England89
8,959 England513 Scotland120 Wales13 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 119 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
10,464
Peak month
April
Counties with records
119
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Prunus avium
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
41,698
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Prunus
Name with authority
Prunus avium (L.) L.
Contributing datasets
47

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q165137 · GBIF 3020791