When it is recorded
Jan949
Feb1,509
Mar2,075
Apr2,504
May2,344
Jun1,818
Jul1,892
Aug2,450
Sep2,351
Oct2,961
Nov1,060
Dec715
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland | Scotland | 2,066 | |
| 2 | Worcestershire | England | 1,478 | |
| 3 | Cornwall | England | 1,263 | |
| 4 | Nottingham | England | 724 | |
| 5 | Dorset | England | 705 | |
| 6 | Kent | England | 652 | |
| 7 | Gloucestershire | England | 549 | |
| 8 | Nottinghamshire | England | 519 | |
| 9 | Scottish Borders | Scotland | 408 | |
| 10 | Oxfordshire | England | 391 | |
| 11 | Cambridgeshire | England | 359 | |
| 12 | Midlothian | Scotland | 284 | |
| 13 | Surrey | England | 246 | |
| 14 | Aberdeen City | Scotland | 231 | |
| 15 | Devon | England | 228 |
17,758 England4,349 Scotland913 Wales698 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 105 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 24,256
- Peak month
- October
- Counties with records
- 105
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Meles meles
- Also known as
- Badger
- Group
- Mammals
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 23,535
- Most recorded in
- Highland, Worcestershire, Cornwall, Nottingham, Dorset, Kent, Gloucestershire, Nottinghamshire, Scottish Borders, Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Midlothian +34
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Protection of Badgers Act 1992
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Mustelidae
- Genus
- Meles
- Name with authority
- Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 47
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27066 · GBIF 2433875