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Stejneger's Scoter (Melanitta stejnegeri)Where and when to see it in the UK

Scarce migrant · reporting peaks July · Ducks, Swans, and Geese · BOU category A

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

Stejneger's Scoter (Melanitta stejnegeri)
Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 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.

Stejneger's Scoter: 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.

Stejneger's Scoter 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 July.

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

Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
NT39Fife, Scotland12026unverified
NT37East Lothian, Scotland1382023 to 2024unverified
NO40Fife, Scotland1262023unverified
NO30Fife, Scotland12023unverified
NT48East Lothian, Scotland82022unverified
NT47East Lothian, Scotland52022unverified

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