When it is recorded
Jan194
Feb262
Mar209
Apr253
May481
Jun1,087
Jul1,725
Aug2,231
Sep1,590
Oct404
Nov127
Dec26
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norfolk | England | 110 | |
| 2 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 79 | |
| 3 | Scottish Borders | Scotland | 79 | |
| 4 | Gwynedd | Wales | 59 | |
| 5 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 42 | |
| 6 | Cornwall | England | 39 | |
| 7 | Highland | Scotland | 37 | |
| 8 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 33 | |
| 9 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 30 | |
| 10 | Torbay | England | 30 | |
| 11 | Kent | England | 27 | |
| 12 | Dorset | England | 16 | |
| 13 | Fife | Scotland | 16 | |
| 14 | Devon | England | 13 | |
| 15 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 12 |
3,806 England1,001 Scotland1,102 Wales314 Northern Ireland4 Isle of Man
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 8,627
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 42
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Homarus gammarus
- Group
- Crustaceans
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 7,214
- Most recorded in
- Norfolk, Pembrokeshire, Scottish Borders, Gwynedd
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Nephropidae
- Genus
- Homarus
- Name with authority
- Homarus gammarus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 52
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27690 · GBIF 5972003