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Field vole

Microtus agrestis

3,284Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
92Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan175
Feb222
Mar376
Apr194
May262
Jun302
Jul304
Aug403
Sep296
Oct197
Nov202
Dec128

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland848
2Worcestershire England242
3North Yorkshire England102
4Argyll and Bute Scotland86
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland72
6Bury England66
7Kent England53
8Sefton England51
9Cambridgeshire England42
10Medway England42
11Devon England41
12Perth and Kinross Scotland41
13Cornwall England35
14Cumbria England32
15Nottinghamshire England31
1,845 England1,353 Scotland43 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 92 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,284
Peak month
August
Counties with records
92
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Microtus agrestis
Group
Mammals
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,338
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Microtus
Name with authority
Microtus agrestis (Linnaeus, 1761)
Described
1761
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q264793 · GBIF 2438616