Tundra Swan

Cygnus columbianus

9,716Records since 2000

JanuaryPeak month

69Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan3,665

Feb1,997

Mar510

Apr84

May45

Jun52

Jul27

Aug28

Sep34

Oct189

Nov1,096

Dec1,989

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Gloucestershire	England	3,066
2	Cambridgeshire	England	1,742
3	Norfolk	England	674
4	Suffolk	England	674
5	Kent	England	619
6	Essex	England	512
7	Lincolnshire	England	249
8	Rutland	England	112
9	Somerset	England	72
10	Doncaster	England	71
11	Nottinghamshire	England	65
12	Bath and North East Somerset	England	62
13	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	61
14	Peterborough	England	60
15	North Yorkshire	England	45

9,581 England84 Scotland42 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 69 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 9,716
Peak month: January
Counties with records: 69
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Cygnus columbianus
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 2,039
Most recorded in: Gloucestershire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, Essex, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Somerset, Doncaster, Nottinghamshire, Bath and North East Somerset +2
Conservation designations: Bern Convention, Birds Directive, Convention on Migratory Species, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Cygnus
Name with authority: Cygnus columbianus (Ord, 1815)
Described: 1815
Contributing datasets: 14