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Rosy-tip Worm

Aporrectodea rosea

1,481Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
70Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan33
Feb40
Mar89
Apr253
May123
Jun85
Jul27
Aug23
Sep55
Oct250
Nov179
Dec94

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Leeds England177
2Worcestershire England107
3Bath and North East Somerset England56
4West Berkshire England53
5Dumfries and Galloway Scotland45
6Aberdeenshire Scotland40
7East Riding of Yorkshire England35
8Dorset England33
9Cumbria England30
10Highland Scotland27
11Aberdeen City Scotland26
12North Yorkshire England25
13Scottish Borders Scotland24
14Perth and Kinross Scotland23
15South Lanarkshire Scotland23
1,140 England315 Scotland18 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 70 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,481
Peak month
April
Counties with records
70
Scientific name
Aporrectodea rosea
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,486
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Clitellata
Order
Crassiclitellata
Family
Lumbricidae
Genus
Aporrectodea
Name with authority
Aporrectodea rosea (Savigny, 1826)
Described
1826
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5177748 · GBIF 2307760