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Lesser Scaup

Aythya affinis

2,556Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
65Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan420
Feb435
Mar463
Apr322
May94
Jun64
Jul79
Aug20
Sep44
Oct129
Nov270
Dec216

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England285
2Cornwall England175
3Dorset England130
4Surrey England128
5Cambridgeshire England104
6Somerset England96
7Oxfordshire England93
8Gloucestershire England80
9Bath and North East Somerset England68
10Renfrewshire Scotland66
11Devon England65
12Warrington England65
13Norfolk England48
14Fife Scotland42
15North Lanarkshire Scotland33
2,111 England312 Scotland109 Wales24 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,556
Peak month
March
Counties with records
65
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Aythya affinis
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
325
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Aythya
Name with authority
Aythya affinis (Eyton, 1838)
Described
1838
Contributing datasets
8

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q833243 · GBIF 2498257