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Blinks [Montia fontana]

Montia fontana

1,468Records since 2000
MayPeak month
65Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb16
Mar79
Apr217
May225
Jun155
Jul159
Aug82
Sep41
Oct23
Nov7
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England347
2Highland Scotland151
3Sefton England136
4Argyll and Bute Scotland136
5Powys Wales45
6North Yorkshire England36
7Cumbria England35
8Scottish Borders Scotland24
9Derry City and Strabane Northern Ireland18
10Gwynedd Wales17
11Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland17
12Norfolk England16
13St. Helens England16
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland14
15Pembrokeshire Wales10
832 England425 Scotland98 Wales53 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,468
Peak month
May
Counties with records
65
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Montia fontana
Also known as
Blinks
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
16,276
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Montiaceae
Genus
Montia
Name with authority
Montia fontana L.
Contributing datasets
38

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158517 · GBIF 9004024