When it is recorded
Jan150
Feb233
Mar2,976
Apr316
May122
Jun231
Jul1,603
Aug447
Sep989
Oct920
Nov76
Dec37
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torbay | England | 56 | |
| 2 | Dorset | England | 48 | |
| 3 | Kent | England | 29 | |
| 4 | Cornwall | England | 29 | |
| 5 | Devon | England | 20 | |
| 6 | Sefton | England | 14 | |
| 7 | Brighton and Hove | England | 10 | |
| 8 | Isle of Wight | England | 9 | |
| 9 | Suffolk | England | 7 | |
| 10 | Isles of Scilly | England | 7 | |
| 11 | Gwynedd | Wales | 6 | |
| 12 | Swansea | Wales | 6 | |
| 13 | Norfolk | England | 5 | |
| 14 | North Yorkshire | England | 5 | |
| 15 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 5 |
1,058 England27 Scotland56 Wales11 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 8,293
- Peak month
- March
- Counties with records
- 30
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Sepia officinalis
- Group
- Molluscs
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,110
- Most recorded in
- Torbay
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Cephalopoda
- Order
- Sepiida
- Family
- Sepiidae
- Genus
- Sepia
- Name with authority
- Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 29
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q756724 · GBIF 2290849