When it is recorded
Jan32
Feb3
Mar4
Apr25
May69
Jun355
Jul931
Aug2,149
Sep1,955
Oct33
Nov7
Dec7
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorset | England | 587 | |
| 2 | Cornwall | England | 135 | |
| 3 | Fife | Scotland | 99 | |
| 4 | Devon | England | 74 | |
| 5 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 66 | |
| 6 | Norfolk | England | 57 | |
| 7 | Plymouth | England | 55 | |
| 8 | Highland | Scotland | 51 | |
| 9 | Cambridgeshire | England | 39 | |
| 10 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 39 | |
| 11 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 17 | |
| 12 | Falkirk | Scotland | 17 | |
| 13 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 15 | |
| 14 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 10 | |
| 15 | Angus | Scotland | 9 |
3,903 England360 Scotland147 Wales399 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 28 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 5,884
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 28
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Zostera marina
- Group
- Flowering plants
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 5,552
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Alismatales
- Family
- Zosteraceae
- Genus
- Zostera
- Name with authority
- Zostera marina L.
- Contributing datasets
- 49
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21128 · GBIF 2863967