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Copse Snail

Arianta arbustorum

4,382Records since 2000
MayPeak month
96Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan76
Feb93
Mar212
Apr533
May769
Jun700
Jul602
Aug436
Sep486
Oct283
Nov83
Dec89

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England776
2Highland Scotland213
3Gloucestershire England199
4Scottish Borders Scotland119
5Argyll and Bute Scotland115
6East Riding of Yorkshire England114
7East Lothian Scotland104
8Midlothian Scotland95
9Norfolk England83
10Cumbria England83
11Oxfordshire England65
12Lincolnshire England65
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland57
14Kent England53
15Nottinghamshire England51
3,022 England1,124 Scotland192 Wales32 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 96 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,382
Peak month
May
Counties with records
96
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Arianta arbustorum
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,958
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Helicidae
Genus
Arianta
Name with authority
Arianta arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q945738 · GBIF 5778937