Common Scoter

Melanitta nigra

57,365Records since 2000

OctoberPeak month

112Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan5,708

Feb3,838

Mar4,410

Apr4,410

May2,902

Jun2,008

Jul3,708

Aug5,539

Sep6,836

Oct7,299

Nov6,586

Dec4,120

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Norfolk	England	5,815
2	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	4,620
3	Cambridgeshire	England	4,539
4	Kent	England	4,005
5	Suffolk	England	2,248
6	North Yorkshire	England	1,797
7	Dorset	England	1,530
8	East Lothian	Scotland	1,378
9	Fife	Scotland	1,375
10	Cornwall	England	1,282
11	Pembrokeshire	Wales	914
12	Wirral	England	891
13	Conwy	Wales	737
14	Lincolnshire	England	683
15	Highland	Scotland	609

47,299 England6,640 Scotland3,023 Wales309 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 112 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 57,365
Peak month: October
Counties with records: 112
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Melanitta nigra
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 9,384
Most recorded in: Norfolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, Kent, Suffolk, North Yorkshire, Dorset, East Lothian, Fife, Cornwall, Pembrokeshire, Wirral +43
Conservation designations: Birds Directive, Convention on Migratory Species, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Melanitta
Name with authority: Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 19