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Ruddy Darter

Sympetrum sanguineum

45,389Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
85Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr3
May122
Jun2,939
Jul14,150
Aug18,473
Sep8,078
Oct795
Nov81
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England4,669
2Suffolk England3,696
3Cambridgeshire England3,687
4Kent England2,057
5Essex England1,513
6Oxfordshire England1,498
7Gloucestershire England1,233
8Lincolnshire England1,150
9East Riding of Yorkshire England1,035
10Northamptonshire England1,020
11Bedford England768
12North Yorkshire England743
13Nottinghamshire England633
14Somerset England570
15Isle of Wight England547
44,457 England9 Scotland847 Wales22 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 85 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
45,389
Peak month
August
Counties with records
85
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Sympetrum sanguineum
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
44,294
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Libellulidae
Genus
Sympetrum
Name with authority
Sympetrum sanguineum (Müller, 1764)
Described
1764
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q201023 · GBIF 1428217