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Bird's-claw Beard-moss

Barbula unguiculata

19,787Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
121Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2,149
Feb2,050
Mar2,499
Apr1,495
May1,053
Jun923
Jul910
Aug1,094
Sep1,453
Oct1,919
Nov2,189
Dec1,892

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England1,746
2Suffolk England1,569
3Norfolk England1,300
4Pembrokeshire Wales559
5Carmarthenshire Wales538
6Somerset England495
7Cornwall England468
8Gloucestershire England410
9Swansea Wales410
10Northamptonshire England406
11Kent England363
12Devon England339
13Ceredigion Wales336
14Monmouthshire Wales306
15North Yorkshire England302
14,635 England1,205 Scotland3,700 Wales235 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 121 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
19,787
Peak month
March
Counties with records
121
Scientific name
Barbula unguiculata
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
20,451
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Barbula
Name with authority
Barbula unguiculata Hedw.
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1519347 · GBIF 5280516