When it is recorded
Jan100,146
Feb80,233
Mar106,722
Apr132,102
May124,032
Jun80,573
Jul70,029
Aug76,919
Sep78,819
Oct81,653
Nov68,981
Dec70,527
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 64,967 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 41,812 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 31,350 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 28,491 | |
| 5 | Surrey | England | 27,346 | |
| 6 | Oxfordshire | England | 21,896 | |
| 7 | Lincolnshire | England | 20,879 | |
| 8 | Essex | England | 20,262 | |
| 9 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 19,661 | |
| 10 | North Yorkshire | England | 17,954 | |
| 11 | Highland | Scotland | 16,285 | |
| 12 | Dorset | England | 14,482 | |
| 13 | Nottinghamshire | England | 14,298 | |
| 14 | Rutland | England | 14,146 | |
| 15 | Cheshire East | England | 13,068 |
935,622 England98,958 Scotland32,648 Wales6,845 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 127 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,074,515
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 127
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Anas platyrhynchos
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 617,862
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, Surrey, Oxfordshire, Lincolnshire, Essex, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Highland, Dorset +114
- Conservation designations
- Birds Directive, Convention on Migratory Species, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Anas
- Name with authority
- Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 68
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25348 · GBIF 9761484