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Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

463Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
14Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan14
Feb16
Mar38
Apr86
May76
Jun42
Jul51
Aug50
Sep40
Oct12
Nov5
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland224
2Cumbria England52
3Argyll and Bute Scotland23
4Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland17
5North Ayrshire Scotland12
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland7
7Ceredigion Wales3
8Cornwall England2
9Aberdeenshire Scotland2
10North Yorkshire England1
11Powys Wales1
12Aberdeen City Scotland1
13East Ayrshire Scotland1
14Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland1
67 England366 Scotland4 Wales17 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
463
Peak month
April
Counties with records
14
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Aquila chrysaetos
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
991
Most recorded in
Highland, Cumbria
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Accipitriformes
Family
Accipitridae
Genus
Aquila
Name with authority
Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q41181 · GBIF 2480506