Common Pochard

Aythya ferina

197,000Records since 2000

JanuaryPeak month

123Counties with records

VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan27,530

Feb21,328

Mar21,679

Apr19,850

May18,643

Jun10,956

Jul8,796

Aug10,648

Sep10,338

Oct12,860

Nov16,097

Dec17,568

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Cambridgeshire	England	16,537
2	Essex	England	7,484
3	Kent	England	6,730
4	Rutland	England	5,844
5	Lincolnshire	England	5,418
6	Leeds	England	4,973
7	Norfolk	England	4,291
8	Nottinghamshire	England	4,151
9	Gloucestershire	England	4,079
10	Surrey	England	3,753
11	Suffolk	England	3,478
12	Somerset	England	3,293
13	Oxfordshire	England	2,964
14	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	2,867
15	Thurrock	England	2,595

191,084 England2,731 Scotland2,469 Wales688 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 123 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 197,000
Peak month: January
Counties with records: 123
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable
Scientific name: Aythya ferina
Also known as: Pochard
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 104,641
Most recorded in: Cambridgeshire, Essex, Kent, Rutland, Lincolnshire, Leeds, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Surrey, Suffolk, Somerset +61
Conservation designations: Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Aythya
Name with authority: Aythya ferina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 36