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Spiral Wrack

Fucus spiralis

3,016Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
54Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan53
Feb52
Mar123
Apr224
May317
Jun375
Jul303
Aug471
Sep502
Oct373
Nov44
Dec25

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland159
2Devon England143
3Cornwall England139
4Pembrokeshire Wales139
5Highland Scotland116
6Argyll and Bute Scotland104
7East Riding of Yorkshire England92
8Scottish Borders Scotland73
9Gwynedd Wales63
10Orkney Islands Scotland62
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland60
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland59
13North Yorkshire England52
14Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland47
15Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland46
907 England585 Scotland510 Wales717 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 54 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,016
Peak month
September
Counties with records
54
Scientific name
Fucus spiralis
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,772
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Fucales
Family
Fucaceae
Genus
Fucus
Name with authority
Fucus spiralis L.
Contributing datasets
60

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1934508 · GBIF 3196369