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Horned Wrack

Fucus ceranoides

585Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
42Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb8
Mar9
Apr28
May41
Jun52
Jul41
Aug79
Sep130
Oct133
Nov4
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England101
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland41
3Gwynedd Wales26
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland23
5Highland Scotland18
6Cornwall England11
7Isle of Anglesey Wales11
8Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland11
9Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland10
10Derry City and Strabane Northern Ireland8
11Ceredigion Wales7
12Swansea Wales7
13Pembrokeshire Wales5
14North Ayrshire Scotland5
15Belfast Northern Ireland5
229 England91 Scotland109 Wales102 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
585
Peak month
October
Counties with records
42
Scientific name
Fucus ceranoides
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
567
Most recorded in
Devon
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Fucales
Family
Fucaceae
Genus
Fucus
Name with authority
Fucus ceranoides L.
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q12231410 · GBIF 3196291