Species · Fish

Roach

Rutilus rutilus

2,073Records since 2000

AugustPeak month

98Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan27

Feb24

Mar41

Apr62

May121

Jun162

Jul227

Aug276

Sep215

Oct101

Nov38

Dec12

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	92
2	Norfolk	England	82
3	Cheshire East	England	82
4	Cambridgeshire	England	61
5	Suffolk	England	60
6	Essex	England	60
7	Gloucestershire	England	47
8	Dorset	England	41
9	Oxfordshire	England	38
10	Cumbria	England	34
11	Surrey	England	28
12	Derry City and Strabane	Northern Ireland	28
13	Warrington	England	26
14	Kent	England	25
15	North Yorkshire	England	23

1,647 England108 Scotland165 Wales127 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 98 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 2,073
Peak month: August
Counties with records: 98
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Rutilus rutilus
Group: Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 1,883
Most recorded in: Causeway Coast and Glens, Norfolk, Cheshire East, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Essex
Conservation designations: Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Rutilus
Name with authority: Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 21