Bedford

85,340Records since 2000

2,719Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 85,340
Species recorded: 2,719
Nation: England
Type of area: Administrative County

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

Most recorded species in Bedford

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	2,803
2	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	2,774
3	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	2,053
4	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	1,841
5	Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	1,820
6	Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum	Dragonflies and damselflies	August	1,742
7	Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	1,644
8	Large White Pieris brassicae	Butterflies and moths	July	1,577
9	Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis	Dragonflies and damselflies	July	1,561
10	Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	1,427
11	Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	1,412
12	Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus	Butterflies and moths	July	1,377
13	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	1,362
14	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	1,237
15	Emperor dragonfly Anax imperator	Dragonflies and damselflies	July	1,154
16	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	1,088
17	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	1,044
18	Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta	Dragonflies and damselflies	September	929
19	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	908
20	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	902
21	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	902
22	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	873
23	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	789
24	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	776
25	Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum	Dragonflies and damselflies	August	768
26	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	757
27	Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	755
28	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	731
29	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	715
30	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	705
31	Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea	Dragonflies and damselflies	August	690
32	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	680
33	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	668
34	Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense	Dragonflies and damselflies	May	636
35	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	635
36	Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum	Dragonflies and damselflies	July	631
37	Comma Polygonia c-album	Butterflies and moths	July	626
38	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	603
39	Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula	Dragonflies and damselflies	May	571
40	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	568
41	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	567
42	Red Kite Milvus milvus	Birds	April	549
43	Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni	Butterflies and moths	May	544
44	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Butterflies and moths	July	543
45	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Butterflies and moths	August	530
46	Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	Birds	April	476
47	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	469
48	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	463
49	Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	Birds	April	459
50	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	455
51	White-legged Damselfly, Blue featherleg Platycnemis pennipes	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	434
52	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	434
53	Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	Birds	April	428
54	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	425
55	Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum	Dragonflies and damselflies	August	414
56	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	396
57	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	388
58	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	386
59	Eurasian Green Woodpecker Picus viridis	Birds	April	374
60	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	365