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Cackling Goose

Branta hutchinsii

515Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
24Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan136
Feb81
Mar62
Apr36
May3
Jun2
Jul5
Aug2
Sep2
Oct87
Nov36
Dec63

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland104
2Cambridgeshire England54
3Dumfries and Galloway Scotland54
4Sefton England47
5North Tyneside England29
6Norfolk England15
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland12
8Devon England7
9Lincolnshire England7
10Highland Scotland6
11Somerset England6
12Gloucestershire England6
13Cumbria England4
14Suffolk England3
15Worcestershire England2
322 England193 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
515
Peak month
January
Counties with records
24
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Branta hutchinsii
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
115
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Branta
Name with authority
Branta hutchinsii (Richardson, 1832)
Described
1832
Contributing datasets
3

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q244189 · GBIF 5232452