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Saithe, Pollock

Pollachius virens

23,988Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1,708
Feb6,073
Mar1,011
Apr295
May79
Jun134
Jul4,330
Aug6,814
Sep2,218
Oct192
Nov980
Dec119

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland28
2Highland Scotland16
3Shetland Islands —11
4Orkney Islands Scotland8
5Pembrokeshire Wales7
6Argyll and Bute Scotland5
7Fife Scotland5
8Ards and North Down Northern Ireland5
9Aberdeenshire Scotland3
10Scottish Borders Scotland3
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
12Ceredigion Wales2
13Suffolk England1
14Gwynedd Wales1
15East Lothian Scotland1
74 England452 Scotland33 Wales136 Northern Ireland11 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
23,988
Peak month
August
Counties with records
19
Scientific name
Pollachius virens
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
783
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Gadiformes
Family
Gadidae
Genus
Pollachius
Name with authority
Pollachius virens (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5125285 · GBIF 2415861