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Wild boar

Sus scrofa

416Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
16Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan12
Feb57
Mar65
Apr77
May22
Jun23
Jul34
Aug7
Sep22
Oct66
Nov14
Dec12

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England205
2Highland Scotland74
3Dumfries and Galloway Scotland50
4Perth and Kinross Scotland13
5Argyll and Bute Scotland6
6Powys Wales4
7Cheshire East England2
8Monmouthshire Wales2
9Suffolk England1
10Kent England1
11Oxfordshire England1
12Dorset England1
13Worcestershire England1
14Herefordshire, County of England1
15Moray Scotland1
246 England145 Scotland6 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
416
Peak month
April
Counties with records
16
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Sus scrofa
Group
Mammals
NBN Atlas records since 2000
527
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Suidae
Genus
Sus
Name with authority
Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q58697 · GBIF 7705930