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Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)Where and when to see it in the UK

Resident · reporting peaks January to April · Nuthatches · BOU category AF

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Stefan Berndtsson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Nuthatch: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Nuthatch has been recorded in 1,912 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (64%) in records to 2026. Resident in the UK. Its strongest squares are in England, Scotland and Wales. Reporting peaks in January to April.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List
Relative to this species' best squares (how classes are calculated)
Very high
31% or more of visits
High
15% to 31%
Moderate
6% to 15%
Low
under 6%
Surveyed, not recorded
at least 20 qualifying visits, no record
Insufficient records
too few visits to say
Lighter fill
Few visits, lower confidence
Small dot
Occasional: a single record, or out of season

Seasonality

Reporting rate by month, relative to the peak month
MonthRelative to peakShare of visitsTypical class
January 87%11%Very high
February 93%12%Very high
March 100%12%Very high
April 92%11%Very high
May 50%6%Low
June 56%7%Very high
July 55%7%Very high
August 68%8%Very high
September 66%8%Very high
October 62%8%Very high
November 74%9%Very high
December 81%10%Very high

Squares with the highest reporting rate in January

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
NM94Argyll and Bute, Scotland100%Very high
NN33Argyll and Bute, Scotland100%Very high
NN54Perth and Kinross, Scotland100%Very high
NN86Perth and Kinross, Scotland100%Very high
NN90Perth and Kinross, Scotland100%Very high
NS07Argyll and Bute, Scotland100%Very high
NS20South Ayrshire, Scotland100%Very high
NS24North Ayrshire, Scotland100%Very high
NS25North Ayrshire, Scotland100%Very high
NS42South Ayrshire, Scotland100%Very high

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