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Occurrence record: 40533102

Human observation of Arvicola amphibius (Linnaeus, 1758) | Water Vole recorded on 2025-03-27
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Overview

Occurrence ID 40533102
Basis of record Human observation
Scientific name Arvicola amphibius (Linnaeus, 1758) - Water Vole
Licence CC-BY-NC
Record Date 2025-03-27 (Day)
Locality Redmires Reservoirs
Location Grid Reference: SK26398512 Latitude: 53.362344 Longitude: -1.604838
Recorded by Butterfield, Roger
Identification verification status Accepted - correct

Dataset

Data partner Mammal Society
Data resource National Mammal Atlas Project, online recording
Bibliographic citation National Mammal Atlas Project, online recording ([year of download])
Collection code iRecord | General data

Abundance

Individual count Field evidence

Organism

Life stage not recorded
Sex not recorded

Event

Occurrence date 2025-03-27
Date precision Day
Event date 2025-03-27
Event remarks Fresh droppings in ditch/conduit on southern side of middle reservoir.
Event ID 28765830

Taxonomy

Scientific name Arvicola amphibius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Supplied scientific name "Arvicola amphibius (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Common name Water Vole
Supplied common name "European Water Vole"
Taxon rank species
Name match metric Taxon GUID match
The match was based on the supplied taxon concept ID rather than the scientific name.
Species Arvicola amphibius
Genus Arvicola
Family Cricetidae
Order Rodentia
Class Mammalia
Phylum Chordata
Kingdom Animalia
Taxon ID NHMSYS0020546253
Taxonomic issue No issues
Habitat taxon terrestrial|freshwater
Establishment means taxon Native
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geospatial

Country United Kingdom
State/Province England
Locality Redmires Reservoirs
Latitude (WGS84) 53.362344
Longitude (WGS84) -1.604838
Geodetic datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate uncertainty in meters 7.1
Bbox 53.3623,-1.604914,53.362389,-1.604763
Grid size in meters 10
Easting 426390
Northing 385120
Grid reference wkt POLYGON((-1.60491 53.3623,-1.60491 53.36239,-1.60476 53.36239,-1.60476 53.3623,-1.60491 53.3623))
Grid reference SK26398512

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    Additional political boundaries information

    England
    Districts, Boroughs and Unitary Authorities (England) Sheffield District (B)
    National Character Areas (England) Dark Peak
    National Parks (England) Peak District
    Sites of Special Scientific Interest (England) Eastern Peak District Moors
    Special Areas of Conservation (England) South Pennine Moors
    Special Protection Areas (England) Peak District Moors (South Pennine Moors Phase 1)
    GB
    Districts, Boroughs and Unitary Authorities (Great Britain) Sheffield District (B)
    GB countries England
    Ordnance Survey Grids - 100km SK
    Ordnance Survey Grids - 10km SK28
    Ordnance Survey Grids - 50km SKNW
    Watsonian Vice Counties (GB) South-west Yorkshire
    Watsonian Vice Counties – 12 mile (GB) South-west Yorkshire
    Watsonian Vice Counties – 3 mile (GB) South-west Yorkshire
    UK
    Countries with sea areas England
    Local Environmental Records Centre Boundaries of the UK Sheffield Biological Records Centre
    National Parks (UK) Peak District
    National Parks (UK) - 7075m buffer Peak District
    UK, IoM, Channel Islands
    Square grid for reporting - 10km 25086
    World base layer United Kingdom
    BESbswy