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Perch

Perca fluviatilis

1,962Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
93Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan17
Feb23
Mar30
Apr64
May112
Jun176
Jul305
Aug274
Sep159
Oct87
Nov34
Dec27

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England66
2Cambridgeshire England59
3Cheshire East England56
4Dumfries and Galloway Scotland49
5Essex England43
6Norfolk England42
7Gloucestershire England39
8Suffolk England33
9Powys Wales32
10Kent England27
11North Yorkshire England22
12Perth and Kinross Scotland21
13Surrey England19
14Rotherham England16
15York England16
1,660 England155 Scotland136 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 93 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,962
Peak month
July
Counties with records
93
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Perca fluviatilis
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,737
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Percidae
Genus
Perca
Name with authority
Perca fluviatilis 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 Q166812 · GBIF 8140485