When it is recorded
Jan5
Feb2
Mar4
Apr3
May44
Jun68
Jul28
Aug48
Sep202
Oct146
Nov35
Dec22
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derry City and Strabane | Northern Ireland | 186 | |
| 2 | Lincolnshire | England | 14 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 11 | |
| 4 | Cambridgeshire | England | 7 | |
| 5 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 7 | |
| 6 | Medway | England | 7 | |
| 7 | Norfolk | England | 5 | |
| 8 | Kent | England | 5 | |
| 9 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 5 | |
| 10 | Conwy | Wales | 5 | |
| 11 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 4 | |
| 12 | Thurrock | England | 3 | |
| 13 | Cornwall | England | 2 | |
| 14 | Essex | England | 2 | |
| 15 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 2 |
177 England109 Wales154 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 684
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 19
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Osmerus eperlanus
- Also known as
- Smelt
- Group
- Fish
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 705
- Most recorded in
- Derry City and Strabane
- Conservation designations
- Global Red List (JNCC), Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Osmeriformes
- Family
- Osmeridae
- Genus
- Osmerus
- Name with authority
- Osmerus eperlanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 15
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q840795 · GBIF 2410854