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Grey Worm

Aporrectodea caliginosa

2,160Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
77Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan83
Feb67
Mar180
Apr252
May181
Jun76
Jul26
Aug30
Sep65
Oct426
Nov286
Dec184

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England147
2West Berkshire England93
3Dumfries and Galloway Scotland78
4Dorset England72
5Highland Scotland72
6Bath and North East Somerset England68
7Aberdeen City Scotland68
8East Riding of Yorkshire England66
9Leeds England52
10Aberdeenshire Scotland47
11Cambridgeshire England41
12Cumbria England40
13East Ayrshire Scotland31
14Surrey England30
15Moray Scotland30
1,605 England512 Scotland23 Wales15 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 77 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,160
Peak month
October
Counties with records
77
Scientific name
Aporrectodea caliginosa
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,148
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Clitellata
Order
Crassiclitellata
Family
Lumbricidae
Genus
Aporrectodea
Name with authority
Aporrectodea caliginosa (Savigny, 1826)
Described
1826
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5097235 · GBIF 2307759