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Garden Grey

Eudonia mercurella

4,538Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
72Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar3
Apr0
May39
Jun726
Jul2,059
Aug1,246
Sep139
Oct25
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England993
2Oxfordshire England570
3Worcestershire England246
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland137
5Sefton England126
6Argyll and Bute Scotland89
7Suffolk England78
8Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland52
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland48
10Bracknell Forest England47
11Telford and Wrekin England45
12Kent England44
13Ards and North Down Northern Ireland43
14Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland43
15Devon England41
3,914 England311 Scotland32 Wales260 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 72 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,538
Peak month
July
Counties with records
72
Scientific name
Eudonia mercurella
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,771
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Crambidae
Genus
Eudonia
Name with authority
Eudonia mercurella Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q147522 · GBIF 1879765