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Bank Vole

Myodes glareolus

3,619Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
81Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan143
Feb110
Mar182
Apr321
May378
Jun361
Jul542
Aug328
Sep589
Oct112
Nov106
Dec110

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England338
2Devon England233
3Perth and Kinross Scotland144
4Highland Scotland127
5Cambridgeshire England90
6Renfrewshire Scotland64
7Telford and Wrekin England61
8Scottish Borders Scotland55
9Nottinghamshire England49
10Kent England47
11Cornwall England37
12Cheshire East England37
13Cumbria England31
14Argyll and Bute Scotland30
15Dorset England29
2,995 England530 Scotland87 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 81 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,619
Peak month
September
Counties with records
81
Scientific name
Myodes glareolus
Group
Mammals
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,662
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Myodes
Name with authority
Myodes glareolus (Schreber, 1780)
Described
1780
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q216580 · GBIF 5706764