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Brittle Swan-neck Moss

Campylopus fragilis

1,032Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan75
Feb68
Mar106
Apr119
May61
Jun86
Jul160
Aug54
Sep78
Oct79
Nov63
Dec64

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland195
2Pembrokeshire Wales77
3Cornwall England64
4Ceredigion Wales56
5Gwynedd Wales49
6Powys Wales34
7Argyll and Bute Scotland30
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland27
9Devon England22
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland21
11Carmarthenshire Wales20
12Conwy Wales17
13Scottish Borders Scotland15
14Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland15
15Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland14
248 England450 Scotland288 Wales45 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,032
Peak month
July
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Campylopus fragilis
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,158
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Leucobryaceae
Genus
Campylopus
Name with authority
Campylopus fragilis (Brid.) Bruch & Schimp.
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10832321 · GBIF 5281998