Rook

Corvus frugilegus

Rook photographed by Jess
Lathom South, West Lancashire · September 7, 2026

When to look

Reported most in April, across 1.4M open records.

Records by month. January, 169,129 records. February, 113,675 records. March, 147,817 records. April, 173,194 records. May, 172,687 records. June, 86,911 records. July, 65,406 records. August, 77,394 records. September, 98,802 records. October, 133,377 records. November, 104,414 records. December, 101,579 records.

Occurrence data from GBIF (incl. the eBird Observation Dataset, © Cornell Lab of Ornithology, CC BY 4.0). Descriptive, not predictive.

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