When it is recorded
Jan8
Feb3
Mar6
Apr41
May107
Jun485
Jul341
Aug208
Sep143
Oct97
Nov15
Dec14
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 58 | |
| 2 | Scottish Borders | Scotland | 48 | |
| 3 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 29 | |
| 4 | East Lothian | Scotland | 18 | |
| 5 | Aberdeen City | Scotland | 16 | |
| 6 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 15 | |
| 7 | Highland | Scotland | 14 | |
| 8 | Fife | Scotland | 8 | |
| 9 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 7 | |
| 10 | Angus | Scotland | 4 | |
| 11 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 3 | |
| 12 | Shetland Islands | — | 2 | |
| 13 | Kent | England | 1 | |
| 14 | Cornwall | England | 1 | |
| 15 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 1 |
12 England714 Scotland1 Wales14 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,556
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 23
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Balaenoptera acutorostrata
- Group
- Mammals
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 946
- Most recorded in
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, 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 – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List, Habitats Regulations 2010
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetacea
- Family
- Balaenopteridae
- Genus
- Balaenoptera
- Name with authority
- Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804
- Described
- 1804
- Contributing datasets
- 26
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q201808 · GBIF 2440728