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Wandering Snail

Ampullaceana balthica

7,038Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
104Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan60
Feb81
Mar316
Apr813
May936
Jun868
Jul855
Aug589
Sep1,205
Oct766
Nov244
Dec271

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales363
2Norfolk England351
3Dumfries and Galloway Scotland327
4Somerset England271
5North Yorkshire England242
6Monmouthshire Wales220
7Gwynedd Wales199
8Suffolk England154
9Carmarthenshire Wales154
10City of Edinburgh Scotland153
11Worcestershire England142
12Pembrokeshire Wales134
13East Lothian Scotland116
14Essex England115
15Kent England111
3,591 England1,220 Scotland2,140 Wales36 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 104 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,038
Peak month
September
Counties with records
104
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Ampullaceana balthica
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,600
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Family
Lymnaeidae
Genus
Ampullaceana
Name with authority
Ampullaceana balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q98795571 · GBIF 9991201