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Grayling [fish]

Thymallus thymallus

2,023Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
58Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb8
Mar31
Apr79
May74
Jun192
Jul273
Aug354
Sep460
Oct251
Nov146
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England254
2Scottish Borders Scotland126
3Dorset England125
4West Berkshire England83
5Worcestershire England74
6Powys Wales57
7Herefordshire, County of England55
8Devon England49
9Somerset England38
10Cornwall England36
11East Riding of Yorkshire England35
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland31
13Cumbria England29
14Sheffield England27
15Perth and Kinross Scotland24
1,685 England220 Scotland116 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 58 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,023
Peak month
September
Counties with records
58
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Thymallus thymallus
Also known as
Grayling
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,959
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Habitats Directive, Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Habitats Regulations 2010
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Salmoniformes
Family
Salmonidae
Genus
Thymallus
Name with authority
Thymallus thymallus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q627960 · GBIF 5203999