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Meadow Campion

Silene flos-cuculi

6,145Records since 2000
JunePeak month
117Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb3
Mar13
Apr146
May1,421
Jun2,154
Jul1,001
Aug429
Sep185
Oct56
Nov23
Dec39

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England545
2Argyll and Bute Scotland304
3Norfolk England232
4Pembrokeshire Wales188
5Highland Scotland171
6Cumbria England134
7Sefton England132
8Powys Wales114
9North Yorkshire England113
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland106
11Devon England100
12Isle of Anglesey Wales96
13Suffolk England77
14Cambridgeshire England72
15Herefordshire, County of England72
3,869 England1,176 Scotland657 Wales145 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,145
Peak month
June
Counties with records
117
Scientific name
Silene flos-cuculi
Also known as
Ragged-Robin
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
25,377
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Silene
Name with authority
Silene flos-cuculi (L.) Greuter & Burdet
Contributing datasets
60

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q19849678 · GBIF 5384738