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Rusty Swan-neck Moss

Campylopus flexuosus

8,651Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
104Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan541
Feb694
Mar796
Apr759
May534
Jun698
Jul915
Aug894
Sep964
Oct690
Nov522
Dec417

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland715
2Cumbria England498
3Gwynedd Wales474
4Powys Wales394
5Ceredigion Wales391
6North Yorkshire England383
7Carmarthenshire Wales307
8Argyll and Bute Scotland203
9Pembrokeshire Wales183
10Devon England170
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland170
12Conwy Wales137
13Worcestershire England128
14Perth and Kinross Scotland124
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland113
3,882 England2,116 Scotland2,482 Wales168 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 104 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,651
Peak month
September
Counties with records
104
Scientific name
Campylopus flexuosus
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
9,174
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Leucobryaceae
Genus
Campylopus
Name with authority
Campylopus flexuosus (Hedw.) Brid.
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q11090668 · GBIF 5281845