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Swan's-neck Thyme-moss

Mnium hornum

25,888Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
118Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1,785
Feb2,157
Mar3,313
Apr3,360
May2,624
Jun2,013
Jul2,071
Aug1,517
Sep1,545
Oct1,665
Nov1,730
Dec1,530

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,354
2Norfolk England1,158
3Carmarthenshire Wales876
4Pembrokeshire Wales738
5Ceredigion Wales705
6Powys Wales687
7Cumbria England673
8Worcestershire England662
9North Yorkshire England659
10Suffolk England602
11Cornwall England565
12Kent England562
13Devon England519
14Gwynedd Wales430
15Cambridgeshire England376
15,739 England4,559 Scotland5,264 Wales312 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 118 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
25,888
Peak month
April
Counties with records
118
Scientific name
Mnium hornum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
25,929
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Bryales
Family
Mniaceae
Genus
Mnium
Name with authority
Mnium hornum Hedw.
Contributing datasets
43

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q442127 · GBIF 5282688