Aberdeen City

211,456Records since 2000

2,834Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 211,456
Species recorded: 2,834
Nation: Scotland
Type of area: Unitary District (City)

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

Most recorded species in Aberdeen City

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis	Mammals	October	11,853
2	Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris	Mammals	September	9,213
3	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	6,645
4	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	5,146
5	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	4,388
6	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	4,367
7	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	4,195
8	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	4,039
9	Mew Gull Larus canus	Birds	January	3,760
10	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	3,649
11	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	3,412
12	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	3,412
13	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	3,356
14	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	3,351
15	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	3,247
16	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	3,243
17	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	3,235
18	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	3,075
19	Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Birds	October	2,918
20	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	2,870
21	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	2,801
22	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	2,680
23	Common Eider Somateria mollissima	Birds	May	2,598
24	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	2,528
25	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	2,372
26	European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis	Birds	October	2,339
27	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	2,143
28	Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis	Birds	May	2,059
29	Common Murre Uria aalge	Birds	July	2,029
30	Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	Birds	June	1,994
31	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	1,980
32	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	Birds	October	1,920
33	Common Redshank Tringa totanus	Birds	April	1,904
34	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Birds	October	1,899
35	Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	Birds	October	1,871
36	Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus	Birds	October	1,857
37	Common Merganser Mergus merganser	Birds	January	1,833
38	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	1,767
39	Eurasian Linnet Linaria cannabina	Birds	April	1,716
40	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	1,599
41	Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	Birds	July	1,595
42	Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	Birds	May	1,543
43	European roe deer Capreolus capreolus	Mammals	May	1,540
44	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	1,523
45	European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	Birds	April	1,380
46	Coal Tit Periparus ater	Birds	January	1,332
47	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	1,268
48	Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	Birds	August	1,235
49	Razorbill Alca torda	Birds	June	1,218
50	Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata	Birds	October	1,190
51	Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis	Birds	July	1,127
52	Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea	Birds	October	1,093
53	Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus	Birds	May	1,078
54	Common Tern Sterna hirundo	Birds	May	1,061
55	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	1,059
56	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	1,055
57	Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum	Birds	May	1,047
58	Bank Swallow Riparia riparia	Birds	April	1,028
59	Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima	Birds	January	1,023
60	Common sycamore aphid Drepanosiphum platanoidis	True bugs	May	874