When it is recorded
Jan2
Feb8
Mar20
Apr273
May1,629
Jun2,360
Jul1,130
Aug88
Sep45
Oct17
Nov11
Dec7
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devon | England | 363 | |
| 2 | Surrey | England | 251 | |
| 3 | Dorset | England | 190 | |
| 4 | Somerset | England | 190 | |
| 5 | Cornwall | England | 172 | |
| 6 | North Yorkshire | England | 155 | |
| 7 | Norfolk | England | 134 | |
| 8 | Highland | Scotland | 129 | |
| 9 | Cumbria | England | 93 | |
| 10 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 85 | |
| 11 | Gloucestershire | England | 78 | |
| 12 | Kent | England | 75 | |
| 13 | Cambridgeshire | England | 73 | |
| 14 | Perth and Kinross | Scotland | 73 | |
| 15 | Oxfordshire | England | 67 |
4,095 England881 Scotland213 Wales6 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 111 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 5,741
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 111
- Scientific name
- Ixodes ricinus
- Group
- Mites, harvestmen and other arachnids
- Most recorded in
- Devon, Surrey, Dorset, Somerset, Cornwall, North Yorkshire, Norfolk, Highland, Cumbria, Argyll and Bute, Gloucestershire, Kent +8
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Ixodida
- Family
- Ixodidae
- Genus
- Ixodes
- Name with authority
- Ixodes ricinus Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 21
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21175 · GBIF 2182588