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Occurrence record: 40532512

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

Occurrence ID 40532512
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: SK26278518 Latitude: 53.36289 Longitude: -1.606636
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 1

Organism

Life stage adult
Sex not recorded

Event

Occurrence date 2025-03-27
Date precision Day
Event date 2025-03-27
Event remarks Live sighting: 1 adult foraging in ditch/conduit on southern side of middle reservoir.
Event ID 28765338

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) 53.36289
Longitude (WGS84) -1.606636
Geodetic datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate uncertainty in meters 7.1
Bbox 53.362845,-1.606712,53.362934,-1.606561
Grid size in meters 10
Easting 426270
Northing 385180
Grid reference wkt POLYGON((-1.60671 53.36285,-1.60671 53.36293,-1.60656 53.36293,-1.60656 53.36285,-1.60671 53.36285))
Grid reference SK26278518

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