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Eurasian water shrew

Neomys fodiens

478Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
50Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan16
Feb13
Mar24
Apr36
May48
Jun48
Jul49
Aug75
Sep48
Oct30
Nov19
Dec20

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland90
2Worcestershire England51
3Cambridgeshire England46
4Cornwall England13
5Cumbria England10
6Norfolk England6
7Essex England6
8Pembrokeshire Wales6
9Suffolk England5
10Gloucestershire England5
11Argyll and Bute Scotland5
12Powys Wales5
13Scottish Borders Scotland5
14Telford and Wrekin England5
15Torbay England5
317 England126 Scotland35 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 50 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
478
Peak month
August
Counties with records
50
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Neomys fodiens
Also known as
Water shrew
Group
Mammals
NBN Atlas records since 2000
459
Most recorded in
Highland, Worcestershire
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Soricomorpha
Family
Soricidae
Genus
Neomys
Name with authority
Neomys fodiens (Pennant, 1771)
Described
1771
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q465986 · GBIF 2435767