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About Earthy
A field guide in numbers to the wildlife of Britain: 17,000 species of birds, plants, insects, fungi and sea life, with where and when each one is recorded.
Earthy draws on millions of biological records shared openly through GBIF since 2000. For every species with at least 50 records in Great Britain it shows its place in the tree of life, the month it is most often recorded, the counties where it turns up most, and its conservation designations from the JNCC master list and the IUCN Red List.
Records reflect where people look as well as where wildlife lives: popular species and busy counties have more of them. Only records under CC0 and CC BY licences are counted; NBN Atlas figures exclude non-commercial-only data. Species groups (birds, mosses, true flies…) are derived from the GBIF taxonomy.
Data sources
- GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY)
- JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL)
- NBN Atlas (open licences)
- Wikidata (CC0)
Questions, corrections or data requests: [email protected].