Argyll and Bute

657,277Records since 2000

7,593Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 657,277
Species recorded: 7,593
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 Argyll and Bute

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Corn Crake Crex crex	Birds	June	28,133
2	Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris	Mammals	September	7,689
3	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	7,256
4	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	7,068
5	Hooded Crow Corvus cornix	Birds	May	6,346
6	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	5,536
7	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	5,323
8	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	5,178
9	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	4,962
10	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	4,892
11	Mew Gull Larus canus	Birds	January	4,841
12	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	Birds	October	4,489
13	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	4,478
14	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	4,466
15	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	4,410
16	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	4,235
17	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	4,227
18	Graylag Goose Anser anser	Birds	April	4,151
19	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	3,888
20	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	3,812
21	Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Birds	October	3,688
22	European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis	Birds	October	3,594
23	Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula	Dragonflies and damselflies	May	3,528
24	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	3,509
25	Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	Birds	October	3,395
26	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	3,315
27	Eurasian beaver Castor fiber	Mammals	November	3,253
28	Common Raven Corvus corax	Birds	April	3,073
29	Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus	Birds	April	3,051
30	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	2,850
31	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	2,718
32	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	2,658
33	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	2,645
34	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	2,521
35	Common Eider Somateria mollissima	Birds	May	2,506
36	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	2,448
37	Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe	Birds	April	2,381
38	Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus	Birds	October	2,365
39	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	2,323
40	Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	2,286
41	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	2,265
42	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	2,265
43	European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola	Birds	October	2,242
44	Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	Birds	July	2,210
45	Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii	Dragonflies and damselflies	July	2,191
46	Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis	Birds	May	2,183
47	Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	Birds	January	2,157
48	Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	Birds	May	2,132
49	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	2,122
50	Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	Birds	May	2,091
51	Black grouse Lyrurus tetrix	Birds	April	2,081
52	Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum	Dragonflies and damselflies	August	2,070
53	Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus	Butterflies and moths	June	2,060
54	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	2,033
55	Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	2,013
56	Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	Birds	May	1,958
57	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	1,939
58	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	1,926
59	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	1,900
60	Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos	Birds	August	1,828