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Whiskered Veilwort

Metzgeria consanguinea

3,874Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
88Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan352
Feb398
Mar469
Apr443
May295
Jun267
Jul167
Aug224
Sep249
Oct299
Nov295
Dec336

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Carmarthenshire Wales305
2Somerset England233
3Devon England184
4Gwynedd Wales175
5Cornwall England163
6Ceredigion Wales152
7Gloucestershire England150
8Powys Wales140
9Pembrokeshire Wales122
10Cumbria England117
11Argyll and Bute Scotland113
12Bath and North East Somerset England61
13Conwy Wales60
14Swansea Wales58
15Monmouthshire Wales57
2,041 England311 Scotland1,444 Wales77 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 88 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,874
Peak month
March
Counties with records
88
Scientific name
Metzgeria consanguinea
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,085
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Metzgeriales
Family
Metzgeriaceae
Genus
Metzgeria
Name with authority
Metzgeria consanguinea Schiffn.
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17304980 · GBIF 5286376