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Cumbria

923,497Records since 2000
7,958Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000
923,497
Species recorded
7,958
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 Cumbria

#SpeciesGroupPeak monthRecords here
1Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria Butterflies and mothsAugust27,022
2Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Butterflies and mothsJuly21,519
3Carrion Crow Corvus corone BirdsApril15,539
4Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula BirdsMay14,982
5Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus BirdsApril14,956
6European Robin Erithacus rubecula BirdsApril14,818
7Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula BirdsMay13,709
8Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus BirdsApril13,159
9Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs BirdsApril13,141
10Green-veined White Pieris napi Butterflies and mothsJuly12,108
11Mallard Anas platyrhynchos BirdsApril11,198
12Peacock Aglais io Butterflies and mothsApril11,123
13Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes BirdsApril10,899
14Great Tit Parus major BirdsApril10,635
15Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus Butterflies and mothsJuly9,711
16European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis BirdsApril9,473
17Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus Butterflies and mothsJune9,162
18Dark Green Fritillary Speyeria aglaja Butterflies and mothsJuly8,741
19Common Blue Polyommatus icarus Butterflies and mothsAugust7,930
20Small White Pieris rapae Butterflies and mothsAugust7,855
21House Sparrow Passer domesticus BirdsMay7,616
22Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus BirdsJanuary7,592
23Eurasian Magpie Pica pica BirdsApril7,276
24Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica BirdsMay7,268
25Dunnock Prunella modularis BirdsApril6,812
26Coal Tit Periparus ater BirdsJanuary6,701
27Common Buzzard Buteo buteo BirdsApril6,630
28White Wagtail Motacilla alba BirdsApril6,499
29Song Thrush Turdus philomelos BirdsMay6,351
30Herring Gull Larus argentatus BirdsApril6,304
31Rook Corvus frugilegus BirdsApril6,211
32European Starling Sturnus vulgaris BirdsMay6,070
33Large White Pieris brassicae Butterflies and mothsJuly5,853
34Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita BirdsApril5,750
35Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus BirdsAugust5,683
36Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus BirdsApril5,599
37Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni Butterflies and mothsMay5,530
38Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene Butterflies and mothsJune5,404
39Mute Swan Cygnus olor BirdsApril5,338
40Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea BirdsMay5,328
41Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis BirdsOctober5,244
42Common Swift Apus apus BirdsJune5,232
43Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae Butterflies and mothsJuly5,181
44Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus BirdsApril5,007
45Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis BirdsApril4,838
46European Greenfinch Chloris chloris BirdsApril4,663
47Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Butterflies and mothsJuly4,624
48Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus BirdsMay4,596
49Graylag Goose Anser anser BirdsApril4,452
50Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo BirdsJanuary4,413
51Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus BirdsJanuary4,364
52Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea BirdsApril4,331
53Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major BirdsMay4,233
54Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum BirdsMay4,201
55Goldcrest Regulus regulus BirdsOctober3,835
56Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata BirdsOctober3,680
57Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus BirdsOctober3,542
58Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus BirdsMay3,529
59Asian Large Skipper Ochlodes venata Butterflies and mothsJuly3,526
60Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus BirdsMay3,445