When it is recorded
Jan99
Feb95
Mar100
Apr124
May69
Jun109
Jul78
Aug34
Sep66
Oct101
Nov87
Dec63
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Lothian | Scotland | 147 | |
| 2 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 123 | |
| 3 | Shetland Islands | — | 84 | |
| 4 | Norfolk | England | 66 | |
| 5 | Highland | Scotland | 60 | |
| 6 | Suffolk | England | 36 | |
| 7 | Fife | Scotland | 34 | |
| 8 | Moray | Scotland | 32 | |
| 9 | Cornwall | England | 30 | |
| 10 | Redcar and Cleveland | England | 23 | |
| 11 | North Yorkshire | England | 20 | |
| 12 | North Ayrshire | Scotland | 15 | |
| 13 | Aberdeen City | Scotland | 14 | |
| 14 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 9 | |
| 15 | Devon | England | 9 |
387 England618 Scotland21 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,026
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 26
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Somateria spectabilis
- Also known as
- King Eider
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 82
- Most recorded in
- East Lothian, Aberdeenshire, Shetland Islands, Norfolk, Highland
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species, Bern Convention
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Somateria
- Name with authority
- Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 5
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q207846 · GBIF 2498350