When it is recorded
Jan3,209
Feb3,253
Mar3,375
Apr2,383
May1,712
Jun1,277
Jul1,352
Aug1,166
Sep1,148
Oct1,615
Nov1,641
Dec2,139
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland | Scotland | 1,965 | |
| 2 | North Yorkshire | England | 1,849 | |
| 3 | Worcestershire | England | 1,737 | |
| 4 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 1,559 | |
| 5 | Powys | Wales | 619 | |
| 6 | Nottinghamshire | England | 604 | |
| 7 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 538 | |
| 8 | Cornwall | England | 478 | |
| 9 | Cheshire East | England | 432 | |
| 10 | Telford and Wrekin | England | 387 | |
| 11 | Cambridgeshire | England | 364 | |
| 12 | Gloucestershire | England | 358 | |
| 13 | York | England | 351 | |
| 14 | Oxfordshire | England | 308 | |
| 15 | Salford | England | 292 |
19,279 England4,407 Scotland967 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 104 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 25,264
- Peak month
- March
- Counties with records
- 104
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Talpa europaea
- Also known as
- Mole
- Group
- Mammals
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 23,609
- Most recorded in
- Highland, North Yorkshire, Worcestershire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Powys, Nottinghamshire, Argyll and Bute, Cornwall, Cheshire East, Telford and Wrekin, Cambridgeshire, Gloucestershire +41
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Soricomorpha
- Family
- Talpidae
- Genus
- Talpa
- Name with authority
- Talpa europaea Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 37
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q209067 · GBIF 7872906