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Channelled Wrack

Pelvetia canaliculata

2,729Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
53Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan47
Feb40
Mar115
Apr233
May288
Jun315
Jul284
Aug438
Sep471
Oct269
Nov85
Dec45

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales207
2Isle of Anglesey Wales139
3Argyll and Bute Scotland131
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland131
5Highland Scotland123
6Devon England106
7Cornwall England101
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland81
9Gwynedd Wales79
10Swansea Wales68
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland59
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland56
13Scottish Borders Scotland52
14Orkney Islands Scotland51
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland47
495 England753 Scotland715 Wales577 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 53 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,729
Peak month
September
Counties with records
53
Scientific name
Pelvetia canaliculata
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,313
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Fucales
Family
Fucaceae
Genus
Pelvetia
Name with authority
Pelvetia canaliculata (L.) Decne. & Thur.
Contributing datasets
55

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1669623 · GBIF 3196499