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Long-beaked Water Feather-moss

Rhynchostegium riparioides

12,273Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
115Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan733
Feb857
Mar1,307
Apr1,214
May882
Jun1,276
Jul1,351
Aug1,358
Sep928
Oct643
Nov690
Dec609

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales611
2Carmarthenshire Wales586
3Powys Wales566
4Gwynedd Wales486
5Scottish Borders Scotland364
6Ceredigion Wales353
7Highland Scotland326
8North Yorkshire England303
9Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland289
10Cumbria England285
11Somerset England275
12Monmouthshire Wales272
13Suffolk England261
14Cornwall England256
15Devon England252
5,244 England1,811 Scotland4,165 Wales1,037 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 115 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
12,273
Peak month
August
Counties with records
115
Scientific name
Rhynchostegium riparioides
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
12,618
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Brachytheciaceae
Genus
Rhynchostegium
Name with authority
Rhynchostegium riparioides (Hedw.) Cardot
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15600447 · GBIF 4279671