Garganey

Spatula querquedula

21,932Records since 2000

MayPeak month

104Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan54

Feb71

Mar1,824

Apr5,163

May5,387

Jun1,345

Jul1,222

Aug3,378

Sep2,159

Oct613

Nov90

Dec31

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Cambridgeshire	England	2,850
2	Suffolk	England	1,429
3	Kent	England	1,361
4	Norfolk	England	1,353
5	Somerset	England	904
6	Lincolnshire	England	757
7	Rutland	England	668
8	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	620
9	Oxfordshire	England	452
10	Warrington	England	444
11	Essex	England	443
12	Gloucestershire	England	371
13	North Yorkshire	England	352
14	Leeds	England	351
15	Rotherham	England	279

20,737 England835 Scotland316 Wales39 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 104 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 21,932
Peak month: May
Counties with records: 104
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Spatula querquedula
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 3,551
Most recorded in: Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Kent, Norfolk, Somerset, Lincolnshire, Rutland, East Riding of Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Warrington, Essex, Gloucestershire +24
Conservation designations: Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, 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: Spatula
Name with authority: Spatula querquedula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 15