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Window Gnat

Sylvicola fenestralis

295Records since 2000
MayPeak month
54Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb19
Mar12
Apr31
May42
Jun34
Jul33
Aug11
Sep16
Oct10
Nov6
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Trafford England28
2Cheshire East England24
3Cambridgeshire England11
4Norfolk England11
5Worcestershire England11
6Gwynedd Wales10
7Gloucestershire England9
8York England9
9Liverpool England9
10Fife Scotland7
11Cumbria England6
12Herefordshire, County of England6
13Oxfordshire England5
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland5
15Isle of Anglesey Wales5
237 England32 Scotland25 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 54 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
295
Peak month
May
Counties with records
54
Scientific name
Sylvicola fenestralis
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
295
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Anisopodidae
Genus
Sylvicola
Name with authority
Sylvicola fenestralis (Scopoli, 1763)
Described
1763

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1564936 · GBIF 1566604