Common Eider

Somateria mollissima

86,739Records since 2000

MayPeak month

86Counties with records

Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan6,892

Feb5,418

Mar6,212

Apr7,946

May10,838

Jun9,238

Jul6,969

Aug6,655

Sep7,756

Oct8,000

Nov5,493

Dec4,697

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	East Lothian	Scotland	6,431
2	Fife	Scotland	5,031
3	Highland	Scotland	4,958
4	Shetland Islands	—	4,342
5	South Ayrshire	Scotland	3,524
6	Orkney Islands	Scotland	3,431
7	Aberdeen City	Scotland	2,598
8	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	2,506
9	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	2,145
10	Cambridgeshire	England	1,991
11	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	1,768
12	Norfolk	England	1,659
13	North Tyneside	England	1,586
14	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	1,483
15	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	1,466

31,765 England50,020 Scotland1,393 Wales3,311 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 86 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 86,739
Peak month: May
Counties with records: 86
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened
Scientific name: Somateria mollissima
Also known as: Eider
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 34,034
Most recorded in: East Lothian, Fife, Highland, Shetland Islands, South Ayrshire, Orkney Islands, Aberdeen City, Argyll and Bute, Aberdeenshire, Cambridgeshire, City of Edinburgh, Norfolk +33
Conservation designations: Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Somateria
Name with authority: Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 26