When it is recorded
Jan1
Feb0
Mar2
Apr69
May131
Jun237
Jul412
Aug1,364
Sep518
Oct45
Nov0
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent | England | 571 | |
| 2 | Essex | England | 333 | |
| 3 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 323 | |
| 4 | Thurrock | England | 289 | |
| 5 | Medway | England | 155 | |
| 6 | Somerset | England | 66 | |
| 7 | Monmouthshire | Wales | 61 | |
| 8 | Southend-on-Sea | England | 9 |
1,567 England1,404 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 2,973
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 8
- Scientific name
- Bombus sylvarum
- Group
- Bees, wasps and ants
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 2,944
- Most recorded in
- Kent, Essex, Pembrokeshire, Thurrock, Medway, Somerset, Monmouthshire
- Conservation designations
- Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Apidae
- Genus
- Bombus
- Name with authority
- Bombus sylvarum (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Described
- 1761
- Contributing datasets
- 13
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q927168 · GBIF 1340342