Atlantic herring, Herring

Clupea harengus

177,966Records since 2000

FebruaryPeak month

36Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan21,951

Feb52,432

Mar24,147

Apr879

May100

Jun286

Jul7,571

Aug37,925

Sep13,286

Oct8,074

Nov9,047

Dec2,095

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Belfast	Northern Ireland	83
2	Pembrokeshire	Wales	73
3	Derry City and Strabane	Northern Ireland	56
4	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	27
5	Newry, Mourne and Down	Northern Ireland	19
6	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	18
7	Cornwall	England	14
8	Gwynedd	Wales	14
9	Ceredigion	Wales	13
10	Suffolk	England	12
11	Dorset	England	10
12	Lincolnshire	England	8
13	Kent	England	7
14	Devon	England	7
15	Cumbria	England	6

562 England53 Scotland437 Wales934 Northern Ireland44 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 177,966
Peak month: February
Counties with records: 36
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Clupea harengus
Also known as: Atlantic Herring, Bank Herring, Bismark Herring, Bloater, Cleanplate Herring, Cut spiced Herring, Fall Herring, Golden cure, Hern, Herning, Herring, Herron, Kipper, Kipper Herring, Klondyked Herring,
Group: Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 2,899
Most recorded in: Belfast, Pembrokeshire, Derry City and Strabane
Conservation designations: Global Red List (JNCC), Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Genus: Clupea
Name with authority: Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 26