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Brook Lamprey

Lampetra planeri

2,399Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
66Counties with records
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan15
Feb22
Mar142
Apr247
May195
Jun218
Jul386
Aug346
Sep486
Oct221
Nov83
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England227
2Cornwall England225
3Devon England151
4Dorset England96
5Powys Wales94
6Gloucestershire England75
7North Yorkshire England65
8Oxfordshire England61
9Somerset England51
10Cambridgeshire England44
11Cumbria England41
12West Berkshire England39
13Suffolk England34
14Lincolnshire England33
15Essex England32
2,154 England42 Scotland186 Wales16 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 66 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,399
Peak month
September
Counties with records
66
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Lampetra planeri
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,378
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Habitats Directive, Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Petromyzonti
Order
Petromyzontiformes
Family
Petromyzontidae
Genus
Lampetra
Name with authority
Lampetra planeri (Bloch, 1784)
Described
1784
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q798246 · GBIF 2421402