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Small sand-eel, Sand-eel

Ammodytes tobianus

2,231Records since 2000
JunePeak month
20Counties with records
Data DeficientIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan156
Feb231
Mar192
Apr36
May66
Jun376
Jul197
Aug310
Sep326
Oct137
Nov50
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales60
2Ceredigion Wales23
3Cornwall England15
4Gwynedd Wales15
5Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland11
6Devon England5
7Highland Scotland4
8Conwy Wales4
9Dorset England3
10Swansea Wales3
11Torbay England3
12Gloucestershire England2
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland2
14Plymouth England2
15Norfolk England1
312 England60 Scotland411 Wales159 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,231
Peak month
June
Counties with records
20
IUCN Red List
Data Deficient
Scientific name
Ammodytes tobianus
Also known as
a Sand-eel
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,155
Most recorded in
Pembrokeshire
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Ammodytidae
Genus
Ammodytes
Name with authority
Ammodytes tobianus Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
53

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1536887 · GBIF 2389991