When it is recorded
Jan5,407
Feb4,040
Mar3,786
Apr4,844
May4,820
Jun2,958
Jul2,680
Aug2,946
Sep3,442
Oct5,963
Nov3,392
Dec3,391
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suffolk | England | 8,292 | |
| 2 | Gloucestershire | England | 4,942 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 2,486 | |
| 4 | Oxfordshire | England | 1,832 | |
| 5 | Cambridgeshire | England | 1,799 | |
| 6 | Dumfries and Galloway | Scotland | 1,517 | |
| 7 | Lincolnshire | England | 1,398 | |
| 8 | Rutland | England | 1,123 | |
| 9 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 1,107 | |
| 10 | Essex | England | 1,037 | |
| 11 | Cumbria | England | 789 | |
| 12 | Shetland Islands | — | 774 | |
| 13 | Kent | England | 739 | |
| 14 | East Lothian | Scotland | 711 | |
| 15 | North Yorkshire | England | 622 |
39,544 England6,683 Scotland1,279 Wales230 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 116 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 47,758
- Peak month
- October
- Counties with records
- 116
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Branta leucopsis
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 17,710
- Most recorded in
- Suffolk, Gloucestershire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Argyll and Bute, Essex, Cumbria, Shetland Islands +40
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species, Bern Convention, Birds Directive, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Branta
- Name with authority
- Branta leucopsis (Bechstein, 1803)
- Described
- 1803
- Contributing datasets
- 26
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26680 · GBIF 5232464