Eurasian Wigeon

Mareca penelope

306,853Records since 2000

JanuaryPeak month

126Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan49,964

Feb35,149

Mar37,875

Apr20,888

May9,440

Jun4,345

Jul3,170

Aug6,983

Sep27,364

Oct40,532

Nov36,003

Dec34,549

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Cambridgeshire	England	24,192
2	Norfolk	England	16,855
3	Suffolk	England	13,825
4	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	10,300
5	Lincolnshire	England	10,078
6	Rutland	England	8,867
7	Kent	England	7,651
8	Essex	England	7,187
9	North Yorkshire	England	6,283
10	Oxfordshire	England	5,478
11	Somerset	England	5,472
12	Dorset	England	5,087
13	Gloucestershire	England	4,953
14	Highland	Scotland	4,743
15	Nottinghamshire	England	4,337

267,029 England31,147 Scotland7,485 Wales1,136 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 126 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 306,853
Peak month: January
Counties with records: 126
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Mareca penelope
Also known as: Wigeon
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 173,688
Most recorded in: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Kent, Essex, North Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Dorset +90
Conservation designations: Birds Directive, Convention on Migratory Species, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Mareca
Name with authority: Mareca penelope (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 39