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Tench

Tinca tinca

773Records since 2000
JunePeak month
63Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan18
Feb7
Mar20
Apr21
May26
Jun32
Jul30
Aug13
Sep18
Oct20
Nov9
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England59
2Essex England44
3Cheshire East England40
4Cambridgeshire England17
5Cumbria England17
6Kent England16
7Surrey England15
8Warrington England15
9Suffolk England14
10Oxfordshire England13
11North Yorkshire England13
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland10
13Isles of Scilly England10
14Gloucestershire England7
15Rotherham England7
723 England36 Scotland14 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 63 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
773
Peak month
June
Counties with records
63
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Tinca tinca
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
734
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Tinca
Name with authority
Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q76280 · GBIF 2362524