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Common Feather-moss

Kindbergia praelonga

44,396Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
126Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4,076
Feb4,312
Mar5,611
Apr4,572
May3,447
Jun3,012
Jul3,092
Aug2,608
Sep2,854
Oct3,244
Nov3,483
Dec3,265

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England2,860
2Cambridgeshire England2,263
3Suffolk England1,919
4Pembrokeshire Wales1,652
5Carmarthenshire Wales1,186
6Cornwall England1,067
7North Yorkshire England1,026
8Worcestershire England1,004
9Ceredigion Wales953
10Highland Scotland866
11Swansea Wales796
12Devon England782
13Somerset England782
14Cumbria England776
15Kent England775
30,861 England4,712 Scotland8,335 Wales464 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 126 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
44,396
Peak month
March
Counties with records
126
Scientific name
Kindbergia praelonga
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
45,141
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Brachytheciaceae
Genus
Kindbergia
Name with authority
Kindbergia praelonga (Hedw.) Ochyra
Contributing datasets
45

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1481714 · GBIF 4279479