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Yellow Starry Feather-moss

Campylium stellatum

4,629Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
74Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan157
Feb193
Mar327
Apr386
May363
Jun677
Jul836
Aug383
Sep403
Oct340
Nov228
Dec139

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland860
2Cumbria England236
3Powys Wales212
4Gwynedd Wales193
5Worcestershire England190
6Perth and Kinross Scotland187
7Argyll and Bute Scotland162
8Pembrokeshire Wales153
9North Yorkshire England137
10Carmarthenshire Wales118
11Ceredigion Wales107
12Scottish Borders Scotland104
13Conwy Wales104
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland92
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland85
1,228 England2,076 Scotland1,252 Wales71 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 74 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,629
Peak month
July
Counties with records
74
Scientific name
Campylium stellatum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,987
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Amblystegiaceae
Genus
Campylium
Name with authority
Campylium stellatum (Hedw.) Lange & C.E.O.Jensen
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1031710 · GBIF 4279903