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Snow/Ross's Goose

Anser caerulescens

2,808Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
65Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan429
Feb276
Mar292
Apr227
May182
Jun87
Jul55
Aug174
Sep240
Oct332
Nov232
Dec266

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England871
2Gloucestershire England404
3York England189
4Norfolk England125
5East Riding of Yorkshire England67
6Highland Scotland64
7Cambridgeshire England58
8Devon England54
9Sefton England51
10Lincolnshire England42
11Argyll and Bute Scotland41
12North Yorkshire England35
13Cumbria England34
14East Lothian Scotland33
15Kent England25
2,372 England368 Scotland63 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,808
Peak month
January
Counties with records
65
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Anser caerulescens
Also known as
Snow Goose
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,168
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Anser
Name with authority
Anser caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27074540 · GBIF 2498167