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Snowdrop

Galanthus nivalis

5,071Records since 2000
FebruaryPeak month
117Counties with records
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan719
Feb2,276
Mar1,168
Apr210
May61
Jun30
Jul8
Aug5
Sep3
Oct2
Nov5
Dec30

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England537
2Sefton England213
3Cumbria England200
4Herefordshire, County of England165
5Norfolk England126
6Suffolk England101
7Essex England84
8Halton England73
9Oxfordshire England69
10Gloucestershire England58
11Sheffield England58
12York England50
13North Yorkshire England49
14West Berkshire England49
15St. Helens England45
4,497 England290 Scotland89 Wales17 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,071
Peak month
February
Counties with records
117
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Galanthus nivalis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
26,027
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Galanthus
Name with authority
Galanthus nivalis L.
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q109995 · GBIF 2855356