When it is recorded
Jan645
Feb1,485
Mar4,395
Apr587
May174
Jun669
Jul8,793
Aug16,655
Sep26,347
Oct1,864
Nov1,304
Dec280
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derry City and Strabane | Northern Ireland | 79 | |
| 2 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 42 | |
| 3 | Gloucestershire | England | 23 | |
| 4 | Bristol, City of | England | 21 | |
| 5 | Suffolk | England | 12 | |
| 6 | Devon | England | 12 | |
| 7 | Kent | England | 8 | |
| 8 | Norfolk | England | 6 | |
| 9 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | 6 | |
| 10 | Cornwall | England | 5 | |
| 11 | Essex | England | 5 | |
| 12 | Lincolnshire | England | 5 | |
| 13 | Cambridgeshire | England | 4 | |
| 14 | Dorset | England | 4 | |
| 15 | Somerset | England | 4 |
797 England65 Scotland313 Wales255 Northern Ireland13 Isle of Man
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 63,582
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 26
- IUCN Red List
- Data Deficient
- Scientific name
- Solea solea
- Also known as
- sole
- Group
- Fish
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 3,402
- Most recorded in
- Derry City and Strabane
- Conservation designations
- Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Pleuronectiformes
- Family
- Soleidae
- Genus
- Solea
- Name with authority
- Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 42
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27773 · GBIF 5214139