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Dabberlocks

Alaria esculenta

2,258Records since 2000
JunePeak month
41Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan15
Feb26
Mar99
Apr154
May269
Jun396
Jul339
Aug316
Sep379
Oct188
Nov49
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England144
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland91
3Ards and North Down Northern Ireland83
4Cornwall England73
5Highland Scotland52
6Dumfries and Galloway Scotland52
7Isles of Scilly England51
8Pembrokeshire Wales38
9Fife Scotland29
10Scottish Borders Scotland29
11Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland29
12Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland29
13Shetland Islands —25
14Plymouth England25
15East Lothian Scotland24
153 England395 Scotland77 Wales297 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,258
Peak month
June
Counties with records
41
Scientific name
Alaria esculenta
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,279
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Laminariales
Family
Alariaceae
Genus
Alaria
Name with authority
Alaria esculenta (L.) Grev.
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q967622 · GBIF 5422592