Eared Grebe

Podiceps nigricollis

11,738Records since 2000

JanuaryPeak month

76Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2,426

Feb1,498

Mar2,057

Apr43

May18

Jun11

Jul7

Aug1,027

Sep1,232

Oct1,072

Nov1,072

Dec1,273

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Surrey	England	1,673
2	Rutland	England	952
3	Essex	England	868
4	Dorset	England	625
5	Kent	England	525
6	Leeds	England	523
7	Cambridgeshire	England	507
8	Warrington	England	473
9	Portsmouth	England	213
10	Lincolnshire	England	138
11	Cornwall	England	132
12	Bath and North East Somerset	England	130
13	Nottinghamshire	England	124
14	Somerset	England	123
15	Cheshire East	England	123

11,435 England172 Scotland117 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 76 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 11,738
Peak month: January
Counties with records: 76
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Podiceps nigricollis
Also known as: Black-Necked Grebe
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 3,888
Most recorded in: Surrey, Rutland, Essex, Dorset, Kent, Leeds, Cambridgeshire, Warrington, Portsmouth, Lincolnshire, Cornwall, Bath and North East Somerset +14
Conservation designations: Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Convention on Migratory Species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Podicipediformes
Family: Podicipedidae
Genus: Podiceps
Name with authority: Podiceps nigricollis C.L.Brehm, 1831
Described: 1831
Contributing datasets: 11