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Eisenia fetida

326Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
41Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan24
Feb20
Mar37
Apr39
May31
Jun36
Jul22
Aug20
Sep32
Oct17
Nov23
Dec17

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England25
2Portsmouth England13
3Oxfordshire England10
4Surrey England9
5Devon England9
6Bristol, City of England9
7Conwy Wales7
8Norfolk England6
9Suffolk England6
10Kent England6
11Cumbria England6
12Cornwall England5
13Somerset England5
14Gloucestershire England4
15Cheshire East England4
293 England7 Scotland18 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
326
Peak month
April
Counties with records
41
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
302
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Clitellata
Order
Crassiclitellata
Family
Lumbricidae
Genus
Eisenia
Name with authority
Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826)
Described
1826

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1501422 · GBIF 5815560