Common bottlenose dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

1,558Records since 2000

AugustPeak month

31Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan65

Feb78

Mar91

Apr141

May191

Jun147

Jul172

Aug208

Sep149

Oct139

Nov81

Dec56

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Aberdeen City	Scotland	378
2	Scottish Borders	Scotland	101
3	Fife	Scotland	51
4	Highland	Scotland	49
5	East Lothian	Scotland	39
6	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	34
7	Angus	Scotland	20
8	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	18
9	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	16
10	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	14
11	Moray	Scotland	13
12	Cornwall	England	12
13	Dorset	England	9
14	Pembrokeshire	Wales	8
15	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	7

126 England1,035 Scotland57 Wales143 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 31 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 1,558
Peak month: August
Counties with records: 31
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Tursiops truncatus
Also known as: Bottlenosed dolphin
Group: Mammals
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 1,219
Most recorded in: Aberdeen City, Scottish Borders, Fife
Conservation designations: Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Convention on Migratory Species, Habitats Directive, Habitats Regulations (NI) 1995, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, Global Red List (JNCC), Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List +1
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: Tursiops
Name with authority: Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Described: 1821
Contributing datasets: 33