Brighton and Hove

98,813Records since 2000

3,142Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 98,813
Species recorded: 3,142
Nation: England
Type of area: Unitary Authority

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

Most recorded species in Brighton and Hove

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	6,814
2	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Butterflies and moths	August	4,110
3	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	3,791
4	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	3,064
5	Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus	Butterflies and moths	July	2,702
6	Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus	Butterflies and moths	June	2,505
7	Marbled White Melanargia galathea	Butterflies and moths	July	2,323
8	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	2,059
9	Large White Pieris brassicae	Butterflies and moths	July	1,839
10	Chalk-hill Blue Lysandra coridon	Butterflies and moths	August	1,536
11	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	1,456
12	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	1,377
13	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	1,270
14	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	1,128
15	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Butterflies and moths	July	1,097
16	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	1,091
17	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	986
18	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	973
19	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	943
20	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	926
21	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	891
22	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	756
23	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	747
24	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	736
25	Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Butterflies and moths	July	724
26	Small Blue Cupido minimus	Butterflies and moths	June	638
27	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	631
28	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	628
29	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	627
30	Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris	Butterflies and moths	July	590
31	Brown Argus Aricia agestis	Butterflies and moths	August	587
32	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	570
33	Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis	Mammals	October	565
34	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	564
35	Comma Polygonia c-album	Butterflies and moths	July	544
36	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	537
37	Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Birds	October	503
38	Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas	Butterflies and moths	August	484
39	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	457
40	Spring Azure Celastrina argiolus	Butterflies and moths	May	422
41	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Birds	May	419
42	European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus	Mammals	May	417
43	Adonis Blue Lysandra bellargus	Butterflies and moths	August	406
44	Harlequin ladybird, Asian ladybird, Asian ladybeetle Harmonia axyridis	Beetles	October	384
45	European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	Birds	April	373
46	Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens	Flowering plants	May	367
47	Painted Lady Vanessa cardui	Butterflies and moths	August	360
48	Asian Large Skipper Ochlodes venata	Butterflies and moths	July	336
49	Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola	Butterflies and moths	July	324
50	Red fox Vulpes vulpes	Mammals	August	321
51	Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus	Birds	October	319
52	Buff-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus terrestris	Bees, wasps and ants	April	316
53	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	291
54	Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius	Birds	October	288
55	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	280
56	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	264
57	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	257
58	Seven-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata	Beetles	July	254
59	Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni	Butterflies and moths	May	242
60	Wall Lasiommata megera	Butterflies and moths	August	235