When it is recorded
Jan3,126
Feb1,498
Mar1,143
Apr403
May312
Jun390
Jul524
Aug582
Sep430
Oct776
Nov3,664
Dec2,037
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perth and Kinross | Scotland | 27,623 | |
| 2 | Angus | Scotland | 5,555 | |
| 3 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 3,253 | |
| 4 | Stirling | Scotland | 2,399 | |
| 5 | Clackmannanshire | Scotland | 318 | |
| 6 | Devon | England | 118 | |
| 7 | Kent | England | 89 | |
| 8 | Fife | Scotland | 60 | |
| 9 | West Dunbartonshire | Scotland | 33 | |
| 10 | Dundee City | Scotland | 15 | |
| 11 | West Lothian | Scotland | 10 | |
| 12 | Highland | Scotland | 8 | |
| 13 | Dorset | England | 6 | |
| 14 | Somerset | England | 5 | |
| 15 | Cornwall | England | 3 |
272 England39,283 Scotland14 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 27 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 39,593
- Peak month
- November
- Counties with records
- 27
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Castor fiber
- Group
- Mammals
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 39,482
- Most recorded in
- Perth and Kinross, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Stirling, Clackmannanshire, Devon, Kent, Fife
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Castoridae
- Genus
- Castor
- Name with authority
- Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 17
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q181191 · GBIF 4409131