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Tundra Bean Goose (Anser serrirostris)Where and when to see it in the UK

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

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

Tundra Bean Goose (Anser serrirostris)
邱文強, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Tundra Bean 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.

Tundra Bean Goose has been recorded in 320 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (11%) in records to 2026. Winter visitor in the UK. Its strongest squares are in England, Scotland and Wales. Reporting peaks in January.

Conservation status: Not Evaluated (IUCN Red List, NE)
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Relative to this species' best squares (how classes are calculated)
Very high
100% or more of visits
High
2% to 100%
Moderate
<1% to 2%
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%Moderate
February 78%<1%Very high
March 36%<1%Low
April 11%<1%High
May 1%<1%Low
June 1%<1%Moderate
July 1%<1%Very high
August 4%<1%Low
September 4%<1%Very high
October 20%<1%Low
November 27%<1%Very high
December 66%<1%Very high

Squares with the highest reporting rate in January

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
HP60Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HU31Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
NK06Aberdeenshire, Scotland100%Very high
NS33South Ayrshire, Scotland100%Very high
NS87Falkirk, Scotland100%Very high
NT37East Lothian, Scotland100%Very high
NT47East Lothian, Scotland100%Very high
NY86Northumberland, England100%Very high
NZ28Northumberland, England100%Very high
NZ36South Tyneside, England100%Very high

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