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Wood Duck

Aix sponsa

624Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
46Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan95
Feb56
Mar71
Apr77
May68
Jun36
Jul31
Aug20
Sep27
Oct40
Nov42
Dec51

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England41
2Cumbria England39
3Essex England35
4Somerset England15
5Worcestershire England14
6Lincolnshire England12
7Cambridgeshire England11
8Surrey England10
9St. Helens England8
10Oxfordshire England7
11Norfolk England6
12East Riding of Yorkshire England6
13Devon England6
14Rotherham England6
15Cornwall England5
537 England16 Scotland68 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 46 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
624
Peak month
January
Counties with records
46
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Aix sponsa
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
665
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Aix
Name with authority
Aix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q322159 · GBIF 2498387