When it is recorded
Jan68,131
Feb50,943
Mar62,953
Apr77,127
May73,621
Jun50,351
Jul45,834
Aug50,889
Sep52,754
Oct53,915
Nov45,210
Dec46,170
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 42,921 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 29,601 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 25,463 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 18,000 | |
| 5 | Lincolnshire | England | 15,354 | |
| 6 | Oxfordshire | England | 13,694 | |
| 7 | Rutland | England | 13,590 | |
| 8 | Essex | England | 13,201 | |
| 9 | Surrey | England | 13,042 | |
| 10 | Nottinghamshire | England | 11,728 | |
| 11 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 11,665 | |
| 12 | Somerset | England | 10,159 | |
| 13 | Gloucestershire | England | 10,036 | |
| 14 | Leeds | England | 9,892 | |
| 15 | Dorset | England | 9,677 |
608,363 England51,465 Scotland16,438 Wales3,237 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
- 679,735
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 127
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Cygnus olor
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 442,946
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Essex, Surrey, Nottinghamshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Somerset +112
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Cygnus
- Name with authority
- Cygnus olor (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
- Described
- 1789
- Contributing datasets
- 46
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25402 · GBIF 2498343