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Northern pike, Pike

Esox lucius

1,208Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
82Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan16
Feb19
Mar49
Apr73
May108
Jun96
Jul106
Aug115
Sep62
Oct40
Nov73
Dec19

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England66
2Cambridgeshire England61
3Dumfries and Galloway Scotland46
4Cumbria England41
5Suffolk England34
6Gloucestershire England33
7Oxfordshire England31
8Kent England29
9Dorset England27
10Cheshire East England25
11Essex England24
12Highland Scotland23
13Nottinghamshire England23
14Scottish Borders Scotland22
15Surrey England21
978 England181 Scotland46 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 82 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,208
Peak month
August
Counties with records
82
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Esox lucius
Also known as
Pike
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,011
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Cambridgeshire
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Esociformes
Family
Esocidae
Genus
Esox
Name with authority
Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q165278 · GBIF 2346633