Common Goldeneye

Bucephala clangula

103,697Records since 2000

JanuaryPeak month

120Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan26,053

Feb18,399

Mar18,041

Apr2,687

May1,176

Jun766

Jul438

Aug870

Sep1,241

Oct5,028

Nov13,067

Dec15,837

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Cambridgeshire	England	6,086
2	Highland	Scotland	5,666
3	Rutland	England	3,893
4	Lincolnshire	England	3,239
5	North Yorkshire	England	3,186
6	Essex	England	3,124
7	Nottinghamshire	England	2,621
8	East Lothian	Scotland	2,313
9	Fife	Scotland	1,973
10	Norfolk	England	1,969
11	Leeds	England	1,944
12	Surrey	England	1,575
13	Kent	England	1,452
14	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	1,448
15	Northamptonshire	England	1,383

78,235 England22,852 Scotland2,035 Wales540 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 120 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 103,697
Peak month: January
Counties with records: 120
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Bucephala clangula
Also known as: Goldeneye
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 91,761
Most recorded in: Cambridgeshire, Highland, Rutland, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Essex, Nottinghamshire, East Lothian, Fife, Norfolk, Leeds, Surrey +74
Conservation designations: Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Bucephala
Name with authority: Bucephala clangula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 35