Northern Shoveler

Spatula clypeata

319,367Records since 2000

JanuaryPeak month

123Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan38,271

Feb28,465

Mar35,537

Apr37,780

May26,033

Jun12,492

Jul9,689

Aug17,403

Sep26,314

Oct31,669

Nov27,491

Dec26,902

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Cambridgeshire	England	28,398
2	Suffolk	England	16,100
3	Norfolk	England	16,092
4	Kent	England	11,854
5	Lincolnshire	England	9,892
6	Rutland	England	8,184
7	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	7,911
8	Essex	England	7,866
9	Oxfordshire	England	6,232
10	Gloucestershire	England	5,620
11	Leeds	England	5,586
12	Somerset	England	5,542
13	Nottinghamshire	England	5,370
14	Surrey	England	4,970
15	Rotherham	England	4,280

304,512 England8,253 Scotland5,338 Wales1,215 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 123 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 319,367
Peak month: January
Counties with records: 123
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Spatula clypeata
Also known as: Shoveler
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 109,564
Most recorded in: Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Kent, Lincolnshire, Rutland, East Riding of Yorkshire, Essex, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Leeds, Somerset +75
Conservation designations: Birds Directive, Convention on Migratory Species, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Spatula
Name with authority: Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 33