Antrim and Newtownabbey

68,486Records since 2000

3,319Species recorded

572.0 km²Area

142,492Population

Facts

Records since 2000: 68,486
Species recorded: 3,319
Area: 572.0 km²
Population: 142,492 (1 January 2018)
Nation: Northern Ireland
Type of area: District

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4777347

Most recorded species in Antrim and Newtownabbey

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	991
2	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	986
3	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	936
4	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	902
5	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	852
6	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	824
7	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	792
8	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	780
9	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	769
10	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	745
11	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	741
12	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	730
13	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	726
14	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	707
15	Hooded Crow Corvus cornix	Birds	May	668
16	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	660
17	Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba	Butterflies and moths	August	644
18	Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Butterflies and moths	July	631
19	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	569
20	Coal Tit Periparus ater	Birds	January	513
21	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	513
22	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	507
23	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	496
24	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	492
25	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	484
26	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	482
27	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	421
28	Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis	Butterflies and moths	June	394
29	Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis	Butterflies and moths	July	386
30	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	372
31	Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum	Bees, wasps and ants	August	359
32	Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha	Butterflies and moths	July	357
33	Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes	Butterflies and moths	September	354
34	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Butterflies and moths	July	354
35	Goldcrest Regulus regulus	Birds	October	351
36	Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Butterflies and moths	June	341
37	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	333
38	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	331
39	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	329
40	Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata	Butterflies and moths	September	318
41	Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana	Butterflies and moths	August	315
42	Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe	Butterflies and moths	August	315
43	White-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus lucorum	Bees, wasps and ants	July	313
44	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	306
45	Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum	Birds	May	303
46	Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus	Mammals	August	292
47	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	283
48	Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus	Birds	April	279
49	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Birds	May	276
50	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	273
51	Large White Pieris brassicae	Butterflies and moths	July	272
52	Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica	Butterflies and moths	April	271
53	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	258
54	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	258
55	Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata	Butterflies and moths	August	253
56	Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Butterflies and moths	August	251
57	Riband Wave Idaea aversata	Butterflies and moths	July	251
58	Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella	Butterflies and moths	July	243
59	Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis	Mammals	October	241
60	Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	Birds	September	239