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Abramis brama

1,078Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
68Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan15
Feb13
Mar20
Apr30
May56
Jun83
Jul109
Aug110
Sep56
Oct25
Nov3
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England45
2Cheshire East England43
3Essex England39
4North Yorkshire England21
5Warrington England18
6Suffolk England17
7Kent England15
8Cumbria England15
9Surrey England14
10Cambridgeshire England13
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland13
12Oxfordshire England11
13Rotherham England11
14Gloucestershire England10
15Powys Wales8
1,029 England28 Scotland17 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 68 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,078
Peak month
August
Counties with records
68
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Abramis brama
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,023
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Abramis
Name with authority
Abramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
9

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q144534 · GBIF 9809222