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Dull Starry Feather-moss

Campylium protensum

1,092Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
61Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan80
Feb93
Mar123
Apr108
May82
Jun76
Jul133
Aug78
Sep73
Oct88
Nov64
Dec76

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland108
2North Yorkshire England56
3Cumbria England41
4Powys Wales39
5Argyll and Bute Scotland36
6Gloucestershire England35
7Cambridgeshire England34
8Monmouthshire Wales32
9Pembrokeshire Wales26
10Surrey England24
11Isle of Anglesey Wales24
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland21
13Perth and Kinross Scotland20
14Worcestershire England18
15Carmarthenshire Wales17
504 England319 Scotland248 Wales21 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,092
Peak month
July
Counties with records
61
Scientific name
Campylium protensum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,173
Most recorded in
Highland, North Yorkshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Amblystegiaceae
Genus
Campylium
Name with authority
Campylium protensum (Brid.) Kindb.
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q24192268 · GBIF 4279909