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Ruddy Shelduck

Tadorna ferruginea

3,953Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
67Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan207
Feb187
Mar202
Apr253
May299
Jun417
Jul631
Aug769
Sep428
Oct294
Nov164
Dec98

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England246
2Cambridgeshire England225
3Essex England211
4Suffolk England194
5Halton England175
6Rutland England162
7East Riding of Yorkshire England127
8Nottinghamshire England107
9Lincolnshire England105
10Oxfordshire England103
11Gloucestershire England75
12East Lothian Scotland71
13North Yorkshire England70
14Cheshire East England50
15Leeds England49
3,682 England225 Scotland31 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,953
Peak month
August
Counties with records
67
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Tadorna ferruginea
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
901
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Tadorna
Name with authority
Tadorna ferruginea (Pallas, 1764)
Described
1764
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q170723 · GBIF 2498015