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Sea Beech

Delesseria sanguinea

5,987Records since 2000
JunePeak month
32Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan12
Feb32
Mar123
Apr368
May1,039
Jun1,242
Jul1,180
Aug1,127
Sep602
Oct192
Nov33
Dec18

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland97
2Pembrokeshire Wales88
3Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland65
4Argyll and Bute Scotland60
5Isles of Scilly England54
6Isle of Anglesey Wales41
7Gwynedd Wales40
8East Riding of Yorkshire England36
9Ards and North Down Northern Ireland34
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland32
11Devon England28
12Cornwall England20
13Dorset England17
14Shetland Islands —11
15Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland11
2,211 England1,459 Scotland1,296 Wales632 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,987
Peak month
June
Counties with records
32
Scientific name
Delesseria sanguinea
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,307
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Ceramiales
Family
Delesseriaceae
Genus
Delesseria
Name with authority
Delesseria sanguinea (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux
Contributing datasets
49

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3021535 · GBIF 2661972