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Redhead (Aythya americana)Where and when to see it in the UK

Scarce migrant · reporting peaks January · Ducks, Swans, and Geese · BOU category AE

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

Redhead (Aythya americana)
Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Too few records to rate squares by month. Each marked square has at least one record; the table below gives the count and years.

Redhead: 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.

Redhead has been recorded in 6 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (0%) in records to 2026. Scarce migrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in January.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List

Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
SO70Gloucestershire, England32013 to 2025unverified
SS78Neath Port Talbot, Wales1752001 to 2004unverified
SS98Bridgend, Wales72004unverified
ST16Vale of Glamorgan, Wales42003unverified
ST18Cardiff, Wales32003unverified
SS88Bridgend, Wales12001unverified

Spotted an error in a square? Report it and it goes into the review queue. Read the methodology for how classes, flags and sensitive-species rules work. Data to 2026.