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Twaite Shad

Alosa fallax

599Records since 2000
FebruaryPeak month
12Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan76
Feb290
Mar9
Apr5
May67
Jun26
Jul17
Aug45
Sep9
Oct18
Nov31
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Carmarthenshire Wales47
2Monmouthshire Wales32
3Gloucestershire England9
4Devon England6
5Powys Wales5
6Gwynedd Wales4
7Dorset England2
8Cornwall England2
9Suffolk England1
10York England1
11Torbay England1
12Derry City and Strabane Northern Ireland1
43 England88 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
599
Peak month
February
Counties with records
12
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Alosa fallax
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
141
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Habitats Directive, Habitats Regulations (NI) 1995, Global Red List (JNCC), Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List, Habitats Regulations 2010
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Clupeiformes
Family
Clupeidae
Genus
Alosa
Name with authority
Alosa fallax (Lacepède, 1803)
Described
1803
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q217759 · GBIF 2412623