Common Pochard was recently placed in the Vulnerable category of the European Red Bird List and numbers in both distinct European populations have been falling.

The Duck Specialist Group are carrying out a population assessment in January 2016 and are seeking help in determining the sex ratio of the populations.
For more information, click here for the Group’s website.

Data may be submitted directly to their website. It may also be submitted via the BTO’s Birdtrack (in which case the number of birds assessed should be entered in the comments column). If you submit records just to the Duck Group website, please also send them to our County Recorder, Brian Gibbs (Birdtrack records will be sent to him anyway).