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Toothed Wrack

Fucus serratus

12,824Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan335
Feb407
Mar830
Apr1,143
May1,261
Jun1,586
Jul2,344
Aug1,920
Sep1,349
Oct777
Nov346
Dec292

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales637
2Cornwall England523
3North Yorkshire England380
4Plymouth England322
5Somerset England301
6Isle of Anglesey Wales272
7Highland Scotland270
8East Riding of Yorkshire England261
9Argyll and Bute Scotland209
10Devon England200
11North Tyneside England199
12Kent England178
13Pembrokeshire Wales174
14Scottish Borders Scotland167
15Ards and North Down Northern Ireland154
6,319 England1,868 Scotland3,291 Wales747 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
12,824
Peak month
July
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Fucus serratus
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
12,250
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Fucales
Family
Fucaceae
Genus
Fucus
Name with authority
Fucus serratus L.
Contributing datasets
67

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1506400 · GBIF 3196437