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Thick-set Earwort

Scapania compacta

1,687Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
59Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan155
Feb123
Mar158
Apr196
May121
Jun95
Jul143
Aug113
Sep154
Oct162
Nov131
Dec93

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland175
2Cornwall England165
3Gwynedd Wales130
4Powys Wales129
5Ceredigion Wales119
6Pembrokeshire Wales109
7Conwy Wales95
8Carmarthenshire Wales86
9Worcestershire England64
10Devon England46
11Cumbria England44
12Argyll and Bute Scotland38
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland29
14South Ayrshire Scotland27
15Perth and Kinross Scotland26
404 England480 Scotland780 Wales18 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 59 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,687
Peak month
April
Counties with records
59
Scientific name
Scapania compacta
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,775
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Jungermanniales
Family
Scapaniaceae
Genus
Scapania
Name with authority
Scapania compacta (Roth) Dumort.
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9148635