When it is recorded
Jan41
Feb39
Mar35
Apr54
May80
Jun131
Jul268
Aug121
Sep190
Oct63
Nov57
Dec30
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland | Scotland | 175 | |
| 2 | Worcestershire | England | 97 | |
| 3 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 63 | |
| 4 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 40 | |
| 5 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 32 | |
| 6 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 23 | |
| 7 | Cambridgeshire | England | 22 | |
| 8 | Kent | England | 21 | |
| 9 | Devon | England | 19 | |
| 10 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 14 | |
| 11 | Nottinghamshire | England | 13 | |
| 12 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 12 | |
| 13 | Powys | Wales | 12 | |
| 14 | Mid Ulster | Northern Ireland | 11 | |
| 15 | Fermanagh and Omagh | Northern Ireland | 9 |
701 England353 Scotland55 Wales68 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 77 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,240
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 77
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Sorex minutus
- Also known as
- Pygmy shrew
- Group
- Mammals
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,150
- Most recorded in
- Highland, Worcestershire, Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Soricomorpha
- Family
- Soricidae
- Genus
- Sorex
- Name with authority
- Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766
- Described
- 1766
- Contributing datasets
- 28
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q244372 · GBIF 7571319