When it is recorded
Jan31
Feb14
Mar6
Apr15
May30
Jun14
Jul21
Aug29
Sep13
Oct63
Nov13
Dec30
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland | Scotland | 8 | |
| 2 | Fife | Scotland | 8 | |
| 3 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 6 | |
| 4 | Cornwall | England | 3 | |
| 5 | Aberdeen City | Scotland | 3 | |
| 6 | Scottish Borders | Scotland | 2 | |
| 7 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 2 | |
| 8 | Kent | England | 1 | |
| 9 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 1 | |
| 10 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 1 |
7 England62 Scotland1 Wales2 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 10 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 282
- Peak month
- October
- Counties with records
- 10
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Megaptera novaeangliae
- Group
- Mammals
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 68
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Convention on Migratory Species, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Habitats Directive, Habitats Regulations (NI) 1995, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, Global Red List (JNCC), Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List, Habitats Regulations 2010
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetacea
- Family
- Balaenopteridae
- Genus
- Megaptera
- Name with authority
- Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
- Described
- 1781
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q132905 · GBIF 5220086