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Domestic Sheep

Ovis aries

265Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan22
Feb20
Mar24
Apr44
May23
Jun15
Jul9
Aug23
Sep9
Oct12
Nov26
Dec38

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England27
2Cornwall England8
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland8
4Powys Wales2
5Cambridgeshire England1
6Worcestershire England1
7Somerset England1
8Nottinghamshire England1
9Sefton England1
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland1
11East Lothian Scotland1
12Herefordshire, County of England1
13North Ayrshire Scotland1
14Swansea Wales1
15Sandwell England1
248 England12 Scotland4 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
265
Peak month
April
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Ovis aries
Group
Mammals
NBN Atlas records since 2000
249
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Bovidae
Genus
Ovis
Name with authority
Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q29350771 · GBIF 2441110