Aberdeenshire

419,443Records since 2000

6,195Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 419,443
Species recorded: 6,195
Nation: Scotland
Type of area: Unitary District

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

Most recorded species in Aberdeenshire

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris	Mammals	September	19,850
2	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	5,979
3	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	5,418
4	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	4,850
5	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	4,703
6	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	4,654
7	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	4,490
8	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	4,396
9	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	4,043
10	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	4,010
11	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	3,994
12	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	3,936
13	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	3,887
14	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	3,625
15	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	3,413
16	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	3,354
17	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	3,329
18	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	Birds	October	3,254
19	Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella	Birds	May	3,186
20	Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis	Birds	May	3,105
21	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	3,063
22	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	3,006
23	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	2,967
24	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	2,939
25	Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis	Mammals	October	2,904
26	Mew Gull Larus canus	Birds	January	2,830
27	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	2,759
28	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	2,747
29	Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus	Birds	April	2,742
30	Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	Birds	October	2,688
31	Coal Tit Periparus ater	Birds	January	2,678
32	Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus	Birds	April	2,525
33	Eurasian Linnet Linaria cannabina	Birds	April	2,517
34	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	2,385
35	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	2,346
36	Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	Birds	May	2,329
37	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	2,306
38	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	2,221
39	Common Juniper Juniperus communis	Conifers	July	2,208
40	Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum	Birds	May	2,183
41	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	2,166
42	Common Eider Somateria mollissima	Birds	May	2,145
43	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	2,142
44	Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus	Butterflies and moths	June	2,109
45	Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Birds	October	2,062
46	Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus	Birds	May	2,010
47	Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	Birds	April	1,889
48	European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	Birds	April	1,859
49	Goldcrest Regulus regulus	Birds	October	1,733
50	Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major	Birds	May	1,636
51	Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus	Birds	October	1,614
52	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	1,597
53	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	1,591
54	European roe deer Capreolus capreolus	Mammals	May	1,559
55	Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	Birds	October	1,511
56	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	1,466
57	Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula	Dragonflies and damselflies	May	1,448
58	Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	Birds	June	1,414
59	Common Murre Uria aalge	Birds	July	1,401
60	Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus	Birds	April	1,370