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Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)Where and when to see it in the UK

Status not yet classified · reporting peaks August · Rails, Gallinules, and Coots · BOU category AF

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

Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
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Peak months
Spotted Crake: 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.

Spotted Crake has been recorded in 115 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (4%) in records to 2026. Its strongest squares are in England, Wales and Scotland. Reporting peaks in August.

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
100% or more of visits
High
2% to 100%
Moderate
<1% to 2%
Low
under <1%
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 0%<1%Insufficient records
February 0%<1%Insufficient records
March 4%<1%Very high
April 0%<1%Very high
May 0%<1%Very high
June 0%<1%Very high
July 0%<1%Very high
August 100%<1%Very high
September 59%<1%Low
October 21%<1%Very high
November 0%<1%Very high
December 0%<1%Insufficient records

Squares with the highest reporting rate in August

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
SE93East Riding of Yorkshire, England100%Very high
SK51Leicestershire, England100%Very high
SK60Leicestershire, England100%Very high
SP88North Northamptonshire, England100%Very high
SP89Leicestershire, England100%Very high
ST55Somerset, England100%Very high
ST57Bristol, City of, England100%Very high
SU60Hampshire, England100%Very high
SU66West Berkshire, England100%Very high
SZ39Hampshire, England100%Very high

Spotted an error in a square? Report it and it goes into the review queue. Read the methodology for how classes, flags and sensitive-species rules work. Data to 2026.