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Common Earthworm

Lumbricus terrestris

982Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
79Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan61
Feb40
Mar75
Apr162
May87
Jun54
Jul31
Aug23
Sep31
Oct150
Nov88
Dec57

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Leeds England100
2Worcestershire England63
3Oxfordshire England25
4Highland Scotland23
5Aberdeenshire Scotland23
6Devon England22
7West Berkshire England20
8Aberdeen City Scotland20
9Cumbria England19
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland19
11Bath and North East Somerset England18
12Gloucestershire England16
13Bristol, City of England16
14Cornwall England15
15Surrey England14
784 England164 Scotland26 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 79 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
982
Peak month
April
Counties with records
79
Scientific name
Lumbricus terrestris
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
933
Most recorded in
Leeds, Worcestershire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Clitellata
Order
Crassiclitellata
Family
Lumbricidae
Genus
Lumbricus
Name with authority
Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q30092 · GBIF 4410657