When it is recorded
Jan12,993
Feb34,986
Mar11,596
Apr830
May232
Jun2,263
Jul9,934
Aug49,027
Sep41,207
Oct6,067
Nov5,839
Dec1,430
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 14 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 13 | |
| 3 | Highland | Scotland | 9 | |
| 4 | Devon | England | 9 | |
| 5 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 9 | |
| 6 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 6 | |
| 7 | Cornwall | England | 5 | |
| 8 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 5 | |
| 9 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 5 | |
| 10 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 5 | |
| 11 | Gwynedd | Wales | 4 | |
| 12 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 4 | |
| 13 | Scottish Borders | Scotland | 4 | |
| 14 | Dorset | England | 3 | |
| 15 | Ceredigion | Wales | 3 |
614 England217 Scotland444 Wales771 Northern Ireland40 Isle of Man
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 28 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 176,731
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 28
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Limanda limanda
- Group
- Fish
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 5,422
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Pleuronectiformes
- Family
- Pleuronectidae
- Genus
- Limanda
- Name with authority
- Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 55
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1135526 · GBIF 5213960