Cornwall

1,461,883Records since 2000

8,884Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 1,461,883
Species recorded: 8,884
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 Cornwall

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	37,730
2	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	31,985
3	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	31,037
4	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	30,882
5	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	30,551
6	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	28,314
7	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	25,936
8	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	23,827
9	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	23,084
10	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	22,262
11	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	21,747
12	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	20,798
13	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	20,276
14	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	19,013
15	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	17,834
16	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	17,815
17	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	17,195
18	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	17,079
19	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	16,707
20	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	16,629
21	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	15,237
22	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	14,873
23	Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Birds	October	14,333
24	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	13,780
25	Eurasian Linnet Linaria cannabina	Birds	April	12,636
26	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	12,520
27	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	Birds	October	12,355
28	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	11,847
29	European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis	Birds	October	11,440
30	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	11,197
31	Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus	Butterflies and moths	July	11,196
32	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	10,536
33	Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	Birds	July	10,475
34	European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola	Birds	October	10,468
35	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	10,194
36	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Birds	May	9,846
37	Common Raven Corvus corax	Birds	April	9,806
38	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	9,749
39	Large White Pieris brassicae	Butterflies and moths	July	9,569
40	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Butterflies and moths	July	9,545
41	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	9,326
42	European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	Birds	April	9,143
43	Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis	Birds	May	8,926
44	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	8,617
45	Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla	Birds	May	8,521
46	Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta	Birds	August	8,275
47	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	8,095
48	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	8,074
49	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	7,982
50	Goldcrest Regulus regulus	Birds	October	7,742
51	Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus	Birds	October	7,685
52	Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	Birds	October	7,501
53	Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus	Birds	April	7,093
54	Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis	Birds	July	6,861
55	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	6,749
56	Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	Birds	October	6,371
57	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	6,095
58	Coal Tit Periparus ater	Birds	January	5,876
59	Redwing Turdus iliacus	Birds	January	5,731
60	Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea	Birds	October	5,672