About Earthynature of Britain
  1. Home
  2. Species
  3. Sea Oak
Species · Seaweeds and algae

Sea Oak

Phycodrys rubens

1,927Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
28Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan8
Feb14
Mar33
Apr118
May345
Jun304
Jul341
Aug466
Sep214
Oct50
Nov13
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland54
2East Riding of Yorkshire England42
3Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland35
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland34
5Argyll and Bute Scotland30
6Isle of Anglesey Wales23
7Gwynedd Wales21
8Shetland Islands —19
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland18
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland17
11Isles of Scilly England11
12North Ayrshire Scotland8
13Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland8
14Fife Scotland7
15Cornwall England6
486 England729 Scotland172 Wales363 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 28 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,927
Peak month
August
Counties with records
28
Scientific name
Phycodrys rubens
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,946
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Ceramiales
Family
Delesseriaceae
Genus
Phycodrys
Name with authority
Phycodrys rubens (L.) Batters
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9087373