When it is recorded
Jan4,199
Feb2,759
Mar1,624
Apr249
May56
Jun30
Jul13
Aug5
Sep6
Oct78
Nov443
Dec1,723
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rutland | England | 1,403 | |
| 2 | Essex | England | 1,141 | |
| 3 | Kent | England | 687 | |
| 4 | Cambridgeshire | England | 586 | |
| 5 | Suffolk | England | 368 | |
| 6 | Nottinghamshire | England | 356 | |
| 7 | Renfrewshire | Scotland | 251 | |
| 8 | Lincolnshire | England | 245 | |
| 9 | Norfolk | England | 239 | |
| 10 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 211 | |
| 11 | Fife | Scotland | 199 | |
| 12 | Cheshire East | England | 160 | |
| 13 | North Yorkshire | England | 130 | |
| 14 | Sefton | England | 119 | |
| 15 | Northamptonshire | England | 116 |
10,174 England909 Scotland71 Wales29 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 87 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 11,187
- Peak month
- January
- Counties with records
- 87
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Mergellus albellus
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 5,636
- Most recorded in
- Rutland, Essex, Kent, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Nottinghamshire, Renfrewshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Fife, Cheshire East +12
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Mergellus
- Name with authority
- Mergellus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 15
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q200646 · GBIF 2498285