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Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)Where and when to see it in the UK

Resident · reporting peaks January · Ducks, Swans, and Geese · BOU category AC2E*

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

Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Trish Hartmann from Tampa, Florida, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Snow Goose: 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.

Snow Goose has been recorded in 271 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (9%) in records to 2026. Resident in the UK. Its strongest squares are in England, Scotland and Wales. Reporting peaks in January.

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
100% or more of visits
High
4% to 100%
Moderate
<1% to 4%
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 100%<1%Low
February 74%<1%Very high
March 66%<1%Very high
April 37%<1%Very high
May 44%<1%Very high
June 22%<1%Low
July 19%<1%Very high
August 39%<1%Moderate
September 61%<1%Very high
October 91%<1%Very high
November 84%<1%Very high
December 68%<1%Very high

Squares with the highest reporting rate in January

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
NJ84Aberdeenshire, Scotland100%Very high
NK05Aberdeenshire, Scotland100%Very high
NK06Aberdeenshire, Scotland100%Very high
NN80Perth and Kinross, Scotland100%Very high
NO65Angus, Scotland100%Very high
NS35North Ayrshire, Scotland100%Very high
NY06Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland100%Very high
NY15Cumberland, England100%Very high
NY43Westmorland and Furness, England100%Very high
SD44Lancashire, England100%Very high

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