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Bird's-foot

Ornithopus perpusillus

1,146Records since 2000
MayPeak month
58Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb16
Mar16
Apr109
May299
Jun209
Jul125
Aug74
Sep53
Oct23
Nov10
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England222
2Suffolk England128
3Surrey England57
4Norfolk England41
5North Ayrshire Scotland29
6Cornwall England24
7Dorset England20
8Cumbria England20
9Sefton England20
10Bristol, City of England17
11Devon England16
12Herefordshire, County of England16
13Portsmouth England15
14Kent England13
15Pembrokeshire Wales13
1,026 England47 Scotland40 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 58 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,146
Peak month
May
Counties with records
58
Scientific name
Ornithopus perpusillus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,410
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Suffolk, Surrey
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Ornithopus
Name with authority
Ornithopus perpusillus L.
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159197 · GBIF 5358256