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Lesser White-fronted Goose

Anser erythropus

601Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
25Counties with records
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan164
Feb134
Mar122
Apr34
May5
Jun6
Jul12
Aug8
Sep22
Oct28
Nov26
Dec40

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England206
2Cambridgeshire England114
3Gloucestershire England74
4Rotherham England40
5Kent England35
6East Riding of Yorkshire England14
7Conwy Wales10
8Suffolk England5
9Leeds England5
10Doncaster England5
11East Lothian Scotland4
12Isle of Anglesey Wales4
13Cumbria England3
14Highland Scotland2
15North Yorkshire England2
572 England10 Scotland17 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
601
Peak month
January
Counties with records
25
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Anser erythropus
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
109
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species, Bern Convention, Birds Directive
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Anser
Name with authority
Anser erythropus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
7

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q191628 · GBIF 2498026