When it is recorded
Jan183
Feb485
Mar3,015
Apr161
May425
Jun538
Jul1,421
Aug996
Sep1,922
Oct998
Nov313
Dec89
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derry City and Strabane | Northern Ireland | 736 | |
| 2 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 647 | |
| 3 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | 245 | |
| 4 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 136 | |
| 5 | Gloucestershire | England | 86 | |
| 6 | Conwy | Wales | 64 | |
| 7 | Gwynedd | Wales | 63 | |
| 8 | Ceredigion | Wales | 58 | |
| 9 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 32 | |
| 10 | Wrexham | Wales | 31 | |
| 11 | West Dunbartonshire | Scotland | 30 | |
| 12 | Carmarthenshire | Wales | 29 | |
| 13 | Monmouthshire | Wales | 28 | |
| 14 | Renfrewshire | Scotland | 24 | |
| 15 | North Tyneside | England | 16 |
527 England124 Scotland1,137 Wales1,900 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 53 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 10,786
- Peak month
- March
- Counties with records
- 53
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Platichthys flesus
- Also known as
- Baltic Flounder, Butt, European Flounder, Flounder, Fluke, Mud Flounder, River Flounder, White Fluke
- Group
- Fish
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 4,630
- Most recorded in
- Derry City and Strabane, Causeway Coast and Glens, Belfast, Pembrokeshire, Gloucestershire, Conwy, Gwynedd, Ceredigion
- Conservation designations
- Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Pleuronectiformes
- Family
- Pleuronectidae
- Genus
- Platichthys
- Name with authority
- Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 41
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q214034 · GBIF 2409330