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Wood mouse

Apodemus sylvaticus

10,137Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
112Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan408
Feb504
Mar735
Apr751
May810
Jun716
Jul971
Aug1,086
Sep1,549
Oct1,004
Nov521
Dec442

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England596
2Highland Scotland474
3Aberdeenshire Scotland193
4Dorset England188
5Cornwall England187
6Kent England177
7Nottinghamshire England168
8Bury England158
9Cambridgeshire England101
10Cumbria England100
11Sefton England100
12Argyll and Bute Scotland98
13Telford and Wrekin England97
14Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland95
15North Yorkshire England85
7,888 England1,343 Scotland611 Wales82 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 112 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
10,137
Peak month
September
Counties with records
112
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Apodemus sylvaticus
Group
Mammals
NBN Atlas records since 2000
9,735
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Rodentia
Family
Muridae
Genus
Apodemus
Name with authority
Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
43

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q212185 · GBIF 2437760