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Sand hopper

Talitrus saltator

222Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
33Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb3
Mar7
Apr19
May19
Jun37
Jul42
Aug33
Sep26
Oct15
Nov1
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England16
2North Ayrshire Scotland14
3Swansea Wales11
4Devon England10
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland10
6Gwynedd Wales8
7Fife Scotland7
8Aberdeenshire Scotland7
9Highland Scotland6
10Isle of Anglesey Wales4
11Cambridgeshire England3
12Sefton England3
13East Lothian Scotland3
14Ceredigion Wales3
15Scottish Borders Scotland3
80 England42 Scotland45 Wales20 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 33 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
222
Peak month
July
Counties with records
33
Scientific name
Talitrus saltator
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
122
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Talitridae
Genus
Talitrus
Name with authority
Talitrus saltator (Montagu, 1808)
Described
1808

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1471273 · GBIF 2218546