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Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)Where and when to see it in the UK

Winter visitor · reporting peaks November to December · Grebes · BOU category AF

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
Mykola Swarnyk, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Red-necked Grebe: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Red-necked Grebe has been recorded in 315 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (11%) in records to 2026. Winter visitor in the UK. Its strongest squares are in England, Scotland and Wales. Reporting peaks in November to December.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List
Relative to this species' best squares (how classes are calculated)
Very high
24% or more of visits
High
3% to 24%
Moderate
<1% to 3%
Low
under <1%
Surveyed, not recorded
at least 20 qualifying visits, no record
Insufficient records
too few visits to say
Lighter fill
Few visits, lower confidence
Small dot
Occasional: a single record, or out of season

Seasonality

Reporting rate by month, relative to the peak month
MonthRelative to peakShare of visitsTypical class
January 85%<1%Low
February 58%<1%High
March 43%<1%Very high
April 27%<1%Low
May 11%<1%Low
June 2%<1%Low
July 13%<1%Very high
August 10%<1%Low
September 35%<1%Low
October 73%<1%Low
November 100%<1%Moderate
December 95%<1%High

Squares with the highest reporting rate in November

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
NT19Fife, Scotland100%Very high
NU05Northumberland, England100%Very high
NU21Northumberland, England100%Very high
NX06Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland100%Very high
NZ28Northumberland, England100%Very high
SH28Isle of Anglesey, Wales100%Very high
SH37Isle of Anglesey, Wales100%Very high
SJ18Flintshire, Wales100%Very high
SK49Rotherham, England100%Very high
SK71Leicestershire, England100%Very high

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