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European Crane Fly

Tipula paludosa

5,709Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
116Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan11
Feb0
Mar3
Apr17
May84
Jun110
Jul191
Aug1,296
Sep2,707
Oct504
Nov1
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,169
2Northamptonshire England175
3Cambridgeshire England160
4Kent England147
5Norfolk England139
6Warrington England131
7Argyll and Bute Scotland125
8Highland Scotland122
9North Yorkshire England122
10Telford and Wrekin England108
11Devon England105
12Cornwall England91
13Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland91
14Oxfordshire England89
15Essex England84
4,570 England643 Scotland290 Wales28 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 116 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,709
Peak month
September
Counties with records
116
Scientific name
Tipula paludosa
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,324
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Tipulidae
Genus
Tipula
Name with authority
Tipula paludosa Meigen, 1830
Described
1830
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q20976 · GBIF 1505543