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Hornwrack

Flustra foliacea

14,805Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
34Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan248
Feb460
Mar523
Apr1,464
May1,339
Jun1,899
Jul2,190
Aug3,262
Sep2,066
Oct670
Nov306
Dec60

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Anglesey Wales70
2Gwynedd Wales68
3Norfolk England53
4Pembrokeshire Wales36
5Sefton England33
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland28
7East Riding of Yorkshire England24
8Aberdeenshire Scotland17
9Dorset England16
10Isle of Wight England15
11Kent England14
12Highland Scotland13
13Wirral England13
14Suffolk England10
15Essex England9
7,112 England1,399 Scotland2,105 Wales862 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 34 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
14,805
Peak month
August
Counties with records
34
Scientific name
Flustra foliacea
Group
Bryozoans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
12,609
Most recorded in
Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Norfolk
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Bryozoa
Class
Gymnolaemata
Order
Cheilostomatida
Family
Flustridae
Genus
Flustra
Name with authority
Flustra foliacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
71

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2399981 · GBIF 1006487