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Dulse

Palmaria palmata

3,467Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan92
Feb51
Mar164
Apr230
May407
Jun413
Jul480
Aug601
Sep609
Oct185
Nov63
Dec52

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales200
2Cornwall England97
3Ards and North Down Northern Ireland89
4Gwynedd Wales83
5Devon England70
6Argyll and Bute Scotland61
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland60
8Isle of Anglesey Wales43
9Plymouth England34
10Orkney Islands Scotland30
11Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland29
12Highland Scotland28
13East Riding of Yorkshire England24
14Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland23
15Aberdeenshire Scotland20
1,182 England522 Scotland868 Wales575 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,467
Peak month
September
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Palmaria palmata
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,365
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Palmariales
Family
Palmariaceae
Genus
Palmaria
Name with authority
Palmaria palmata (L.) F.Weber & D.Mohr
Contributing datasets
57

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q864648 · GBIF 7843860