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Bilberry

Vaccinium myrtillus

18,150Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
93Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan391
Feb563
Mar719
Apr1,232
May2,404
Jun2,800
Jul3,088
Aug2,448
Sep1,557
Oct874
Nov451
Dec153

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland2,520
2Worcestershire England971
3Perth and Kinross Scotland896
4Sheffield England841
5Cumbria England837
6Argyll and Bute Scotland797
7North Yorkshire England684
8Powys Wales599
9Devon England414
10Kirklees England326
11Calderdale England326
12Aberdeenshire Scotland311
13Ceredigion Wales298
14Stirling Scotland279
15Gwynedd Wales225
8,792 England5,195 Scotland1,517 Wales115 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 93 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
18,150
Peak month
July
Counties with records
93
Scientific name
Vaccinium myrtillus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
39,775
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Vaccinium
Name with authority
Vaccinium myrtillus L.
Contributing datasets
49

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5413585 · GBIF 2882833