When it is recorded
Jan300
Feb540
Mar183
Apr331
May154
Jun224
Jul401
Aug266
Sep1,065
Oct140
Nov61
Dec33
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 70 | |
| 2 | Cornwall | England | 47 | |
| 3 | Isle of Wight | England | 29 | |
| 4 | Dorset | England | 26 | |
| 5 | Essex | England | 25 | |
| 6 | Highland | Scotland | 21 | |
| 7 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 15 | |
| 8 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 13 | |
| 9 | Devon | England | 11 | |
| 10 | Gwynedd | Wales | 11 | |
| 11 | Norfolk | England | 8 | |
| 12 | Plymouth | England | 8 | |
| 13 | Torbay | England | 8 | |
| 14 | Swansea | Wales | 7 | |
| 15 | Suffolk | England | 6 |
764 England78 Scotland141 Wales2,289 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 3,702
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 26
- Scientific name
- Ostrea edulis
- Also known as
- Flat oyster
- Group
- Molluscs
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 5,548
- Most recorded in
- Pembrokeshire
- Conservation designations
- OSPAR list, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Ostreida
- Family
- Ostreidae
- Genus
- Ostrea
- Name with authority
- Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 43
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q729678 · GBIF 2286060