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Field Cuckoo Bee

Bombus campestris

1,191Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
76Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar9
Apr22
May105
Jun267
Jul290
Aug362
Sep82
Oct7
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England67
2Somerset England64
3Cumbria England33
4Devon England32
5Cambridgeshire England27
6North Yorkshire England25
7Gloucestershire England25
8City of Edinburgh Scotland24
9Perth and Kinross Scotland23
10Herefordshire, County of England20
11Midlothian Scotland20
12Stirling Scotland19
13Oxfordshire England18
14Cornwall England18
15Scottish Borders Scotland18
916 England175 Scotland97 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 76 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,191
Peak month
August
Counties with records
76
Scientific name
Bombus campestris
Also known as
a bee
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,183
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Somerset
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Apidae
Genus
Bombus
Name with authority
Bombus campestris (Panzer, 1801)
Described
1801
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1792745 · GBIF 1340527