European hare

Lepus europaeus

29,750Records since 2000

AprilPeak month

100Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1,337

Feb1,613

Mar2,757

Apr4,867

May4,448

Jun3,571

Jul2,944

Aug2,381

Sep1,325

Oct1,924

Nov944

Dec806

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Cambridgeshire	England	1,820
2	Scottish Borders	Scotland	1,691
3	Nottinghamshire	England	1,584
4	Worcestershire	England	1,337
5	Oxfordshire	England	1,252
6	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	862
7	Highland	Scotland	843
8	Kent	England	752
9	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	684
10	Dorset	England	552
11	East Lothian	Scotland	509
12	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	492
13	Fife	Scotland	482
14	Suffolk	England	480
15	Essex	England	393

21,367 England7,345 Scotland508 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 100 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 29,750
Peak month: April
Counties with records: 100
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Lepus europaeus
Also known as: Brown hare
Group: Mammals
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 59,412
Most recorded in: Cambridgeshire, Scottish Borders, Nottinghamshire, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Highland, Kent, Perth and Kinross, Dorset, East Lothian, Aberdeenshire +34
Conservation designations: Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Global Red List (JNCC), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Lepus
Name with authority: Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778
Described: 1778
Contributing datasets: 39