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European pilchard, Pilchard

Sardina pilchardus

4,801Records since 2000

SeptemberPeak month

2Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan842

Feb1,261

Mar172

Apr16

May9

Jun15

Jul20

Aug152

Sep1,330

Oct698

Nov190

Dec96

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#	County	Nation	Records	Share
1	Cornwall	England	3
2	Plymouth	England	1

8 England16 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 2 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000: 4,801
Peak month: September
Counties with records: 2
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Sardina pilchardus
Group: Fish
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Genus: Sardina
Name with authority: Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792)
Described: 1792
Contributing datasets: 14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q208600 · GBIF 2413224