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Falcated Duck (Mareca falcata)Where and when to see it in the UK

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

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

Falcated Duck (Mareca falcata)
Dick Daniels (http://theworldbirds.org/), CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.

Falcated Duck: 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.

Falcated Duck has been recorded in 13 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (0%) in records to 2026. Vagrant 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
TF39Lincolnshire, England22023unverified
TQ28Brent, England22016 to 2021unverified
SX98Devon, England232006 to 2008unverified
TQ67Kent, England22008unverified
TQ56Kent, England22008unverified
SH37Isle of Anglesey, Wales22008unverified
TM39Norfolk, England22008unverified
TG31Norfolk, England12008unverified
SH47Isle of Anglesey, Wales12008unverified
SJ82Staffordshire, England12007unverified
TQ77Medway, England12006unverified
TM46Suffolk, England42002unverified
TR26Kent, England12000unverified

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.