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Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)Where and when to see it in the UK

Resident · reporting peaks March to May · Ducks, Swans, and Geese · BOU category C1C5.2E*

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

Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Egyptian 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.

Egyptian Goose has been recorded in 838 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (28%) in records to 2026. Resident in the UK. Its strongest squares are in England, Wales and Scotland. Reporting peaks in March to May.

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
29% or more of visits
High
10% to 29%
Moderate
3% to 10%
Low
under 3%
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%8%Low
February 83%7%Very high
March 88%8%Very high
April 100%9%Very high
May 89%8%Low
June 73%7%Very high
July 81%7%Very high
August 82%7%Very high
September 78%7%Very high
October 78%7%High
November 90%8%High
December 88%8%High

Squares with the highest reporting rate in January

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
NZ26Newcastle upon Tyne, England100%Very high
NZ42Stockton-on-Tees, England100%Very high
SD53Lancashire, England100%Very high
SE40Barnsley, England100%Very high
SH87Conwy, Wales100%Very high
SJ49Knowsley, England100%Very high
SJ70Shropshire, England100%Very high
SJ77Cheshire East, England100%Very high
SJ84Staffordshire, England100%Very high
SK12Staffordshire, England100%Very high

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