When it is recorded
Jan2,081
Feb1,150
Mar841
Apr849
May410
Jun135
Jul480
Aug530
Sep732
Oct1,342
Nov1,806
Dec1,462
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Lothian | Scotland | 2,579 | |
| 2 | Fife | Scotland | 923 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 868 | |
| 4 | Cambridgeshire | England | 786 | |
| 5 | Kent | England | 354 | |
| 6 | Moray | Scotland | 265 | |
| 7 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 251 | |
| 8 | Essex | England | 243 | |
| 9 | Suffolk | England | 215 | |
| 10 | City of Edinburgh | Scotland | 195 | |
| 11 | North Yorkshire | England | 184 | |
| 12 | Dorset | England | 125 | |
| 13 | Conwy | Wales | 118 | |
| 14 | Highland | Scotland | 115 | |
| 15 | Lincolnshire | England | 110 |
6,584 England5,002 Scotland219 Wales7 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 69 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 11,818
- Peak month
- January
- Counties with records
- 69
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- Scientific name
- Melanitta fusca
- Also known as
- Velvet Scoter
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 2,002
- Most recorded in
- East Lothian, Fife, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Kent, Moray, East Riding of Yorkshire, Essex, Suffolk, City of Edinburgh, North Yorkshire, Dorset +11
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Melanitta
- Name with authority
- Melanitta fusca (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 Q201300 · GBIF 2498238