When it is recorded
Jan0
Feb0
Mar3
Apr12
May815
Jun2,053
Jul1,802
Aug259
Sep38
Oct13
Nov9
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Berkshire | England | 647 | |
| 2 | Oxfordshire | England | 451 | |
| 3 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 438 | |
| 4 | Worcestershire | England | 353 | |
| 5 | Antrim and Newtownabbey | Northern Ireland | 147 | |
| 6 | Bracknell Forest | England | 128 | |
| 7 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 118 | |
| 8 | Norfolk | England | 113 | |
| 9 | Highland | Scotland | 113 | |
| 10 | Cambridgeshire | England | 109 | |
| 11 | Suffolk | England | 97 | |
| 12 | Kent | England | 79 | |
| 13 | Sefton | England | 76 | |
| 14 | Telford and Wrekin | England | 68 | |
| 15 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 65 |
4,035 England657 Scotland116 Wales622 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 84 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 5,454
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 84
- Scientific name
- Biston betularia
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 4,399
- Most recorded in
- West Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Argyll and Bute, Worcestershire, Antrim and Newtownabbey, Bracknell Forest, Newry, Mourne and Down, Norfolk, Highland, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Kent +6
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Geometridae
- Genus
- Biston
- Name with authority
- Biston betularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 28
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15672005 · GBIF 1975897