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Green Ormer

Haliotis tuberculata

599Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
36Counties with records
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb6
Mar28
Apr53
May62
Jun119
Jul79
Aug34
Sep124
Oct68
Nov23
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England76
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland29
3Isles of Scilly England28
4Cornwall England23
5Dumfries and Galloway Scotland23
6Highland Scotland14
7Swansea Wales13
8East Lothian Scotland12
9Plymouth England12
10Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland11
11Fife Scotland10
12Dorset England9
13North Yorkshire England8
14City of Edinburgh Scotland8
15Pembrokeshire Wales8

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
599
Peak month
September
Counties with records
36
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Haliotis tuberculata
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
682
Most recorded in
Devon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Lepetellida
Family
Haliotidae
Genus
Haliotis
Name with authority
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
2

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1552190 · GBIF 2293076