When it is recorded
Jan21
Feb33
Mar302
Apr1,184
May1,891
Jun1,830
Jul1,296
Aug1,150
Sep866
Oct334
Nov39
Dec17
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent | England | 525 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 398 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 320 | |
| 4 | Surrey | England | 310 | |
| 5 | Essex | England | 303 | |
| 6 | Cambridgeshire | England | 300 | |
| 7 | Somerset | England | 262 | |
| 8 | Oxfordshire | England | 224 | |
| 9 | Devon | England | 193 | |
| 10 | Dorset | England | 154 | |
| 11 | Lincolnshire | England | 146 | |
| 12 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 142 | |
| 13 | Herefordshire, County of | England | 139 | |
| 14 | Gloucestershire | England | 119 | |
| 15 | Worcestershire | England | 115 |
8,228 England2 Scotland748 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 60 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 8,979
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 60
- Scientific name
- Natrix helvetica
- Group
- Reptiles
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 8,911
- Most recorded in
- Kent, Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Somerset, Oxfordshire, Devon, Dorset, Lincolnshire, Pembrokeshire +13
- Conservation designations
- Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Bern Convention, Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Natrix
- Name with authority
- Natrix helvetica (Lacépède, 1789)
- Described
- 1789
- Contributing datasets
- 12
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9350124