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Sand Feather-moss

Brachythecium mildeanum

1,528Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
68Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan140
Feb154
Mar238
Apr175
May91
Jun60
Jul49
Aug70
Sep76
Oct127
Nov166
Dec174

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England214
2Somerset England72
3Northamptonshire England67
4Gloucestershire England63
5Suffolk England61
6Cornwall England41
7Carmarthenshire Wales41
8Monmouthshire Wales38
9Bristol, City of England37
10Pembrokeshire Wales32
11Lincolnshire England30
12Powys Wales29
13Bath and North East Somerset England26
14Isle of Anglesey Wales24
15Norfolk England22
1,160 England51 Scotland313 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 68 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,528
Peak month
March
Counties with records
68
Scientific name
Brachythecium mildeanum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,588
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Brachytheciaceae
Genus
Brachythecium
Name with authority
Brachythecium mildeanum (Schimp.) Schimp. ex Milde
Contributing datasets
9

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7475289