Whooper Swan

Cygnus cygnus

45,803Records since 2000

OctoberPeak month

121Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan7,905

Feb5,493

Mar6,042

Apr1,673

May968

Jun570

Jul633

Aug809

Sep1,778

Oct8,681

Nov6,219

Dec4,991

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Cambridgeshire	England	8,030
2	Lincolnshire	England	3,905
3	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	2,156
4	Shetland Islands	—	1,709
5	Suffolk	England	1,553
6	Highland	Scotland	1,545
7	North Yorkshire	England	1,281
8	Norfolk	England	1,138
9	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	1,015
10	South Ayrshire	Scotland	815
11	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	603
12	Gloucestershire	England	595
13	Fife	Scotland	576
14	Doncaster	England	542
15	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	530

33,288 England11,187 Scotland497 Wales751 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 121 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 45,803
Peak month: October
Counties with records: 121
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Cygnus cygnus
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 26,057
Most recorded in: Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Shetland Islands, Suffolk, Highland, North Yorkshire, Norfolk, Dumfries and Galloway, South Ayrshire, Perth and Kinross, Gloucestershire +54
Conservation designations: Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, Bern Convention, 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 cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 35