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Red-necked Grebe

Podiceps grisegena

6,573Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
80Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1,362
Feb758
Mar690
Apr417
May166
Jun59
Jul132
Aug180
Sep464
Oct737
Nov810
Dec797

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England623
2Rutland England537
3Norfolk England434
4East Lothian Scotland429
5North Yorkshire England238
6Kent England215
7Essex England196
8Fife Scotland181
9East Riding of Yorkshire England125
10Dorset England96
11Suffolk England89
12Cornwall England84
13Devon England84
14Lincolnshire England80
15Glasgow City Scotland70
5,547 England913 Scotland107 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 80 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,573
Peak month
January
Counties with records
80
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Podiceps grisegena
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
816
Conservation designations
Birds of Conservation Concern, Convention on Migratory Species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Podicipediformes
Family
Podicipedidae
Genus
Podiceps
Name with authority
Podiceps grisegena (Boddaert, 1783)
Described
1783
Contributing datasets
7

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q179919 · GBIF 2482051