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Where does the Meadow Brown live?

Maniola jurtina has 4,560,465 records in 64 countries and territories, from 1800 to 2026. Most records come from United Kingdom.

Meadow Brown
Meadow Brown — Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaLepidopteraNymphalidaeManiola

When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United Kingdom 2,923,279
Netherlands 404,508
Switzerland 375,844
France 324,346
Belgium 128,320
Germany 117,061
Denmark 50,680
Sweden 46,449
Austria 32,978
Ireland 30,434
Spain 29,820
Luxembourg 16,508
Italy 9,405
Poland 8,078
Serbia 7,016
Portugal 5,372
Jersey 4,837
Norway 4,720
Estonia 4,567
Isle of Man 4,532
Hungary 4,142
Guernsey 3,612
Czechia 2,951
Lithuania 2,657
Finland 2,482
Russia 2,303
Greece 1,995
Åland Islands 1,747
Ukraine 1,613
Slovenia 1,244
Romania 1,176
Bulgaria 1,089
Türkiye 1,009
Croatia 925
Slovakia 536
North Macedonia 348
Liechtenstein 271
Albania 225
Belarus 206
Georgia 185

Showing the top 40 of 64 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.