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Bell Heather

Erica cinerea

7,603Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
86Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan37
Feb65
Mar94
Apr163
May528
Jun1,564
Jul1,992
Aug1,565
Sep868
Oct263
Nov70
Dec31

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,924
2Argyll and Bute Scotland694
3Cornwall England388
4Surrey England297
5Devon England281
6Gwynedd Wales217
7Aberdeenshire Scotland193
8Cumbria England161
9Dorset England143
10North Yorkshire England143
11Worcestershire England135
12Suffolk England131
13Pembrokeshire Wales122
14Norfolk England112
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland103
2,573 England3,378 Scotland431 Wales96 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 86 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,603
Peak month
July
Counties with records
86
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Erica cinerea
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
24,761
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Erica
Name with authority
Erica cinerea L.
Contributing datasets
53

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1543735 · GBIF 5333411