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Blackthorn

Prunus spinosa

28,574Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
123Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan163
Feb403
Mar2,554
Apr5,467
May2,642
Jun2,866
Jul2,963
Aug4,079
Sep2,726
Oct1,408
Nov483
Dec179

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England2,611
2Essex England899
3Oxfordshire England745
4Cambridgeshire England650
5Devon England466
6Suffolk England463
7North Yorkshire England444
8Cornwall England442
9Norfolk England397
10Sefton England388
11Kent England347
12Surrey England325
13Gloucestershire England303
14Powys Wales300
15West Berkshire England296
19,219 England673 Scotland846 Wales92 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 123 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
28,574
Peak month
April
Counties with records
123
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Prunus spinosa
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
70,699
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Prunus
Name with authority
Prunus spinosa L.
Contributing datasets
57

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q129018 · GBIF 3023221