Ards and North Down

131,147Records since 2000

4,117Species recorded

460.8 km²Area

160,864Population

Facts

Records since 2000: 131,147
Species recorded: 4,117
Area: 460.8 km²
Population: 160,864 (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 Q7055155

Most recorded species in Ards and North Down

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	4,220
2	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	3,624
3	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	3,545
4	Coal Tit Periparus ater	Birds	January	2,890
5	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	2,883
6	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	2,757
7	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	2,531
8	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	2,525
9	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	2,458
10	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	2,292
11	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	2,150
12	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	2,124
13	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	2,107
14	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	2,042
15	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	1,821
16	Grey seal Halichoerus grypus	Mammals	August	1,794
17	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	1,717
18	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	1,532
19	Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Butterflies and moths	July	1,462
20	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Birds	May	1,253
21	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	1,080
22	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	1,005
23	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	994
24	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	972
25	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	949
26	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	912
27	Hooded Crow Corvus cornix	Birds	May	909
28	Large White Pieris brassicae	Butterflies and moths	July	857
29	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Butterflies and moths	July	835
30	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	833
31	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	784
32	Painted Lady Vanessa cardui	Butterflies and moths	August	750
33	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	716
34	Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula	Birds	January	707
35	Common Redshank Tringa totanus	Birds	April	682
36	Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis	Mammals	October	670
37	Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris	Mammals	September	630
38	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	623
39	Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla	Birds	May	615
40	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	613
41	Mew Gull Larus canus	Birds	January	600
42	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	582
43	Harbor seal Phoca vitulina	Mammals	July	573
44	Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	Birds	October	546
45	Common Eider Somateria mollissima	Birds	May	527
46	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	520
47	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	498
48	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	498
49	Goldcrest Regulus regulus	Birds	October	493
50	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	489
51	Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta	Birds	August	464
52	Brant Branta bernicla	Birds	October	452
53	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Butterflies and moths	August	448
54	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	438
55	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Birds	October	407
56	Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	Birds	April	394
57	Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum	Bees, wasps and ants	August	374
58	Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Birds	October	368
59	Graylag Goose Anser anser	Birds	April	355
60	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	355