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OysterThief

Colpomenia peregrina

969Records since 2000
JunePeak month
30Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan70
Feb6
Mar45
Apr99
May159
Jun162
Jul141
Aug113
Sep106
Oct30
Nov15
Dec17

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England99
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland69
3Plymouth England40
4Dorset England37
5Gwynedd Wales35
6Devon England31
7Argyll and Bute Scotland20
8Isle of Anglesey Wales15
9Isles of Scilly England13
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland12
11Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland11
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland10
13Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland10
14Torbay England9
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland4
490 England66 Scotland97 Wales203 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
969
Peak month
June
Counties with records
30
Scientific name
Colpomenia peregrina
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
923
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Ards and North Down
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Scytosiphonales
Family
Scytosiphonaceae
Genus
Colpomenia
Name with authority
Colpomenia peregrina Sauv.
Contributing datasets
49

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2716328 · GBIF 3197970