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Gray wolf

Canis lupus

1,522Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
33Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan185
Feb127
Mar148
Apr157
May120
Jun65
Jul61
Aug88
Sep91
Oct125
Nov187
Dec168

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England463
2Cornwall England196
3Sandwell England44
4Dorset England39
5Cambridgeshire England14
6Dudley England13
7Oxfordshire England8
8Gloucestershire England5
9Herefordshire, County of England5
10Medway England4
11Surrey England3
12Worcestershire England3
13Thurrock England3
14Nottinghamshire England2
15Powys Wales2
1,466 England9 Scotland5 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 33 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,522
Peak month
November
Counties with records
33
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Canis lupus
Group
Mammals
Most recorded in
Kent, Cornwall
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Carnivora
Family
Canidae
Genus
Canis
Name with authority
Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
4

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q18498 · GBIF 5219173