Yellowhammer

Emberiza citrinella

147,352Records since 2000

MayPeak month

124Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan10,073

Feb9,187

Mar15,265

Apr20,216

May21,944

Jun18,112

Jul14,762

Aug7,488

Sep5,258

Oct9,087

Nov7,101

Dec6,679

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Cambridgeshire	England	14,418
2	Norfolk	England	9,926
3	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	7,448
4	Lincolnshire	England	5,973
5	Suffolk	England	5,831
6	Oxfordshire	England	4,771
7	Kent	England	4,675
8	North Yorkshire	England	4,242
9	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	3,186
10	Highland	Scotland	3,105
11	Dorset	England	2,886
12	Surrey	England	2,658
13	Essex	England	2,636
14	Fife	Scotland	2,423
15	Northamptonshire	England	2,092

126,455 England19,850 Scotland849 Wales156 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 124 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 147,352
Peak month: May
Counties with records: 124
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Emberiza citrinella
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 105,728
Most recorded in: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Suffolk, Oxfordshire, Kent, North Yorkshire, Aberdeenshire, Highland, Dorset, Surrey +63
Conservation designations: Bern Convention, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Scottish Biodiversity List, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Emberiza
Name with authority: Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus, 1758
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 44