Arctic/Pacific Loon

Gavia arctica

9,541Records since 2000

JanuaryPeak month

74Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1,698

Feb913

Mar571

Apr450

May736

Jun226

Jul94

Aug52

Sep395

Oct753

Nov1,000

Dec1,296

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Highland	Scotland	2,088
2	Kent	England	680
3	Cornwall	England	566
4	Cambridgeshire	England	324
5	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	278
6	Surrey	England	250
7	Norfolk	England	230
8	Essex	England	208
9	Dorset	England	198
10	Suffolk	England	150
11	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	138
12	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	120
13	Fife	Scotland	103
14	North Yorkshire	England	98
15	Sefton	England	94

5,603 England3,587 Scotland209 Wales44 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 74 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 9,541
Peak month: January
Counties with records: 74
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Gavia arctica
Also known as: Black-Throated Diver
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 3,870
Most recorded in: Highland, Kent, Cornwall, Cambridgeshire, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Surrey, Norfolk, Essex, Dorset, Suffolk, Argyll and Bute, East Riding of Yorkshire +12
Conservation designations: Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Birds Directive, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Convention on Migratory Species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gaviiformes
Family: Gaviidae
Genus: Gavia
Name with authority: Gavia arctica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 23