City of Edinburgh

1,021,164Records since 2000

4,563Species recorded

263.4 km²Area

487,460Population

Facts

Records since 2000: 1,021,164
Species recorded: 4,563
Area: 263.4 km²
Population: 487,460 (1 January 2013)
Nation: Scotland
Type of area: Unitary District (City)

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2379199

Most recorded species in City of Edinburgh

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	16,831
2	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	15,102
3	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	14,912
4	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	12,980
5	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	12,967
6	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	12,123
7	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	11,502
8	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	9,783
9	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	9,622
10	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	9,573
11	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	9,504
12	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	9,241
13	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	9,181
14	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	8,122
15	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	7,706
16	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	7,147
17	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	6,569
18	Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus	Mammals	August	6,455
19	Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula	Birds	January	5,926
20	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	5,872
21	Coal Tit Periparus ater	Birds	January	5,820
22	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	5,334
23	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	4,806
24	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	4,777
25	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	4,762
26	European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	Birds	April	4,508
27	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	4,348
28	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	3,694
29	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	3,544
30	Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum	Bees, wasps and ants	August	3,331
31	Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis	Mammals	October	3,248
32	Goldcrest Regulus regulus	Birds	October	3,199
33	Buff-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus terrestris	Bees, wasps and ants	April	3,197
34	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	3,133
35	Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	Birds	April	3,052
36	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	3,006
37	Mew Gull Larus canus	Birds	January	2,789
38	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	2,660
39	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	2,562
40	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	2,389
41	Seven-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata	Beetles	July	2,272
42	Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla	Birds	May	2,271
43	Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus	Birds	April	2,116
44	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	2,105
45	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	2,025
46	Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus	Mammals	July	1,990
47	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	1,945
48	Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea	Birds	October	1,940
49	Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	Birds	April	1,917
50	Common Merganser Mergus merganser	Birds	January	1,877
51	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	1,866
52	Two-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata	Beetles	June	1,834
53	Large Red Tailed Bumble Bee Bombus lapidarius	Bees, wasps and ants	July	1,827
54	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	1,815
55	Redwing Turdus iliacus	Birds	January	1,801
56	Common Eider Somateria mollissima	Birds	May	1,768
57	Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris	Birds	April	1,765
58	Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	1,737
59	Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus	Birds	October	1,689
60	Stock Dove Columba oenas	Birds	April	1,656