When it is recorded
Jan252
Feb230
Mar198
Apr224
May196
Jun72
Jul79
Aug76
Sep73
Oct209
Nov191
Dec202
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Lothian | Scotland | 445 | |
| 2 | Fife | Scotland | 262 | |
| 3 | Conwy | Wales | 136 | |
| 4 | Cornwall | England | 85 | |
| 5 | Shetland Islands | — | 70 | |
| 6 | Suffolk | England | 49 | |
| 7 | Rutland | England | 44 | |
| 8 | Moray | Scotland | 43 | |
| 9 | City of Edinburgh | Scotland | 37 | |
| 10 | North Yorkshire | England | 34 | |
| 11 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 34 | |
| 12 | Aberdeen City | Scotland | 32 | |
| 13 | Devon | England | 30 | |
| 14 | Cambridgeshire | England | 27 | |
| 15 | Isles of Scilly | England | 27 |
697 England1,107 Scotland196 Wales3 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 37 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 2,003
- Peak month
- January
- Counties with records
- 37
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Melanitta perspicillata
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 213
- Most recorded in
- East Lothian, Fife, Conwy, Cornwall, Shetland Islands
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Melanitta
- Name with authority
- Melanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 5
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q742468 · GBIF 2498246