When it is recorded
Jan30,173
Feb26,914
Mar35,562
Apr48,403
May47,361
Jun25,858
Jul17,635
Aug16,341
Sep15,561
Oct17,756
Nov16,878
Dec17,782
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 24,730 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 21,765 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 20,246 | |
| 4 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 12,018 | |
| 5 | Kent | England | 11,796 | |
| 6 | Lincolnshire | England | 9,835 | |
| 7 | Dorset | England | 7,949 | |
| 8 | Essex | England | 7,873 | |
| 9 | Gloucestershire | England | 6,994 | |
| 10 | Devon | England | 5,711 | |
| 11 | Rutland | England | 5,634 | |
| 12 | Sefton | England | 4,995 | |
| 13 | Thurrock | England | 4,756 | |
| 14 | East Lothian | Scotland | 4,070 | |
| 15 | North Yorkshire | England | 3,669 |
281,874 England21,066 Scotland12,224 Wales2,556 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 125 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 317,854
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 125
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Tadorna tadorna
- Also known as
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 132,850
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Dorset, Essex, Gloucestershire, Devon, Rutland, Sefton +77
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species, Bern Convention, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Tadorna
- Name with authority
- Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 38
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25761 · GBIF 2498009