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Counties and unitary areas of the UK (GADM level 2) by number of wildlife records since 2000.
125 counties
| # | County | Nation | Records since 2000 | Species recorded | Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 3,816,769 | 10,011 | — |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 3,192,087 | 10,297 | — |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 2,433,244 | 8,800 | — |
| 4 | Kent | England | 2,275,011 | 9,021 | — |
| 5 | Oxfordshire | England | 2,016,607 | 8,523 | — |
| 6 | Surrey | England | 1,972,689 | 8,722 | — |
| 7 | Dorset | England | 1,770,257 | 8,902 | — |
| 8 | Highland | Scotland | 1,707,321 | 10,311 | — |
| 9 | Cornwall | England | 1,461,883 | 8,884 | — |
| 10 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 1,432,678 | 5,765 | — |
| 11 | Essex | England | 1,415,071 | 7,830 | — |
| 12 | Devon | England | 1,355,828 | 10,139 | — |
| 13 | Lincolnshire | England | 1,329,278 | 6,552 | — |
| 14 | North Yorkshire | England | 1,314,749 | 8,652 | — |
| 15 | Worcestershire | England | 1,296,618 | 9,698 | — |
| 16 | Somerset | England | 1,168,887 | 8,317 | — |
| 17 | Gloucestershire | England | 1,038,931 | 7,517 | — |
| 18 | City of Edinburgh | Scotland | 1,021,164 | 4,563 | 263.4 km² |
| 19 | Cumbria | England | 923,497 | 7,958 | — |
| 20 | South Ayrshire | Scotland | 868,347 | 2,856 | — |
| 21 | Nottinghamshire | England | 806,357 | 5,268 | — |
| 22 | Rutland | England | 714,136 | 4,105 | — |
| 23 | Sefton | England | 699,631 | 5,886 | — |
| 24 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 657,277 | 7,593 | — |
| 25 | Cheshire East | England | 615,481 | 5,457 | — |
| 26 | Northamptonshire | England | 613,240 | 5,072 | — |
| 27 | Gwynedd | Wales | 577,110 | 8,784 | 2,535 km² |
| 28 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 544,235 | 7,633 | — |
| 29 | Dumfries and Galloway | Scotland | 501,718 | 5,607 | — |
| 30 | Powys | Wales | 488,445 | 7,731 | — |
| 31 | East Lothian | Scotland | 484,171 | 4,289 | — |
| 32 | Leeds | England | 481,812 | 3,572 | — |
| 33 | Fife | Scotland | 451,927 | 5,003 | — |
| 34 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 419,443 | 6,195 | — |
| 35 | West Berkshire | England | 405,646 | 4,681 | 704.2 km² |
| 36 | Perth and Kinross | Scotland | 398,307 | 6,023 | — |
| 37 | Thurrock | England | 369,680 | 2,916 | — |
| 38 | Trafford | England | 362,662 | 2,505 | — |
| 39 | Doncaster | England | 337,933 | 4,343 | — |
| 40 | Ceredigion | Wales | 333,948 | 6,870 | — |
| 41 | Milton Keynes | England | 327,744 | 2,920 | — |
| 42 | Scottish Borders | Scotland | 323,646 | 4,590 | — |
| 43 | Bath and North East Somerset | England | 317,743 | 3,927 | 345.7 km² |
| 44 | Carmarthenshire | Wales | 316,087 | 6,632 | — |
| 45 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 313,746 | 4,690 | — |
| 46 | Rotherham | England | 307,598 | 2,963 | — |
| 47 | Bristol, City of | England | 306,281 | 4,801 | — |
| 48 | Herefordshire, County of | England | 299,841 | 6,043 | — |
| 49 | Glasgow City | Scotland | 290,936 | 2,857 | — |
| 50 | York | England | 286,781 | 4,369 | — |
| 51 | Isle of Wight | England | 280,457 | 4,846 | — |
| 52 | Warrington | England | 275,583 | 3,738 | — |
| 53 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 268,317 | 7,213 | 711.3 km² |
| 54 | Conwy | Wales | 265,633 | 5,145 | — |
| 55 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 249,690 | 3,332 | — |
| 56 | Isles of Scilly | England | 247,305 | 2,042 | 16.3 km² |
| 57 | Halton | England | 232,407 | 2,764 | — |
| 58 | Sheffield | England | 223,873 | 4,311 | — |
| 59 | Aberdeen City | Scotland | 211,456 | 2,834 | — |
| 60 | Portsmouth | England | 195,238 | 2,473 | — |
| 61 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 190,348 | 4,820 | 1,980 km² |
| 62 | North Ayrshire | Scotland | 188,386 | 4,287 | — |
| 63 | North Tyneside | England | 183,756 | 1,922 | — |
| 64 | Swansea | Wales | 181,185 | 6,451 | — |
| 65 | Bury | England | 177,680 | 2,304 | — |
| 66 | Stirling | Scotland | 173,273 | 4,806 | — |
| 67 | Wirral | England | 171,694 | 3,241 | — |
| 68 | Medway | England | 170,379 | 3,084 | — |
| 69 | Moray | Scotland | 158,674 | 4,317 | — |
| 70 | North Lincolnshire | England | 158,560 | 3,630 | — |
| 71 | Stockport | England | 148,298 | 2,423 | — |
| 72 | Monmouthshire | Wales | 146,912 | 5,551 | — |
| 73 | Peterborough | England | 146,229 | 3,072 | — |
| 74 | Sandwell | England | 144,063 | 2,366 | — |
| 75 | Angus | Scotland | 134,677 | 3,666 | — |
| 76 | Wakefield | England | 133,709 | 2,164 | — |
| 77 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 131,147 | 4,117 | 460.8 km² |
| 78 | Telford and Wrekin | England | 128,224 | 5,114 | 290.3 km² |
| 79 | Salford | England | 126,726 | 1,752 | — |
| 80 | Midlothian | Scotland | 120,719 | 2,970 | — |
| 81 | Wrexham | Wales | 115,231 | 4,514 | — |
| 82 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 100,772 | 5,020 | 1,633 km² |
| 83 | Kirklees | England | 99,515 | 1,859 | — |
| 84 | Calderdale | England | 99,042 | 2,427 | 364.0 km² |
| 85 | Brighton and Hove | England | 98,813 | 3,142 | — |
| 86 | Nottingham | England | 95,367 | 2,794 | — |
| 87 | South Lanarkshire | Scotland | 95,204 | 3,274 | — |
| 88 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | 94,505 | 2,839 | — |
| 89 | Renfrewshire | Scotland | 93,861 | 2,324 | — |
| 90 | Fermanagh and Omagh | Northern Ireland | 93,806 | 4,577 | 2,857 km² |
| 91 | Bradford | England | 92,924 | 2,368 | — |
| 92 | St. Helens | England | 92,817 | 2,646 | — |
| 93 | Bracknell Forest | England | 89,886 | 2,653 | 109.4 km² |
| 94 | Denbighshire | Wales | 87,983 | 3,675 | — |
| 95 | West Lothian | Scotland | 85,996 | 2,522 | — |
| 96 | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig | Northern Ireland | 85,832 | 3,466 | — |
| 97 | Bedford | England | 85,340 | 2,719 | — |
| 98 | Tameside | England | 79,675 | 1,791 | — |
| 99 | Dudley | England | 76,869 | 2,674 | — |
| 100 | East Ayrshire | Scotland | 74,410 | 3,157 | — |