When it is recorded
Jan5,363
Feb16,288
Mar10,293
Apr625
May119
Jun156
Jul1,075
Aug6,696
Sep1,791
Oct4,376
Nov5,245
Dec809
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | 114 | |
| 2 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 74 | |
| 3 | Derry City and Strabane | Northern Ireland | 37 | |
| 4 | Conwy | Wales | 23 | |
| 5 | Ceredigion | Wales | 13 | |
| 6 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 12 | |
| 7 | Gwynedd | Wales | 10 | |
| 8 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 10 | |
| 9 | Gloucestershire | England | 6 | |
| 10 | Carmarthenshire | Wales | 5 | |
| 11 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 2 | |
| 12 | Bristol, City of | England | 2 | |
| 13 | Swansea | Wales | 2 | |
| 14 | Norfolk | England | 1 | |
| 15 | Dorset | England | 1 |
260 England53 Scotland807 Wales792 Northern Ireland36 Isle of Man
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
- 53,026
- Peak month
- February
- Counties with records
- 19
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Sprattus sprattus
- Group
- Fish
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 2,639
- Most recorded in
- Belfast, Pembrokeshire
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Clupeiformes
- Family
- Clupeidae
- Genus
- Sprattus
- Name with authority
- Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 24
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q506823 · GBIF 2413452