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Shore fly

Scatella stagnalis

599Records since 2000
JunePeak month
47Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb3
Mar12
Apr19
May35
Jun235
Jul129
Aug57
Sep60
Oct20
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England214
2Somerset England32
3Dorset England21
4Aberdeenshire Scotland16
5Northamptonshire England15
6Swansea Wales14
7Kent England12
8Devon England12
9Powys Wales12
10Cornwall England10
11Worcestershire England10
12Carmarthenshire Wales9
13Wrexham Wales9
14Highland Scotland8
15North Yorkshire England8
475 England44 Scotland79 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 47 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
599
Peak month
June
Counties with records
47
Scientific name
Scatella stagnalis
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
464
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Ephydridae
Genus
Scatella
Name with authority
Scatella stagnalis (Fallén, 1813)
Described
1813
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13996118 · GBIF 1618576