Facts
- Records since 2000
- 29,622
- Species recorded
- 1,336
- 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 Darlington
| # | Species | Group | Peak month | Records here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Small White Pieris rapae | Butterflies and moths | August | 2,498 |
| 2 | Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria | Butterflies and moths | August | 1,802 |
| 3 | Large White Pieris brassicae | Butterflies and moths | July | 1,597 |
| 4 | Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus | Butterflies and moths | July | 1,301 |
| 5 | Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina | Butterflies and moths | July | 1,254 |
| 6 | Green-veined White Pieris napi | Butterflies and moths | July | 746 |
| 7 | Asian Large Skipper Ochlodes venata | Butterflies and moths | July | 670 |
| 8 | Peacock Aglais io | Butterflies and moths | April | 668 |
| 9 | Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus | Birds | April | 571 |
| 10 | Common Blue Polyommatus icarus | Butterflies and moths | August | 558 |
| 11 | Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae | Butterflies and moths | July | 502 |
| 12 | Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines | Butterflies and moths | May | 440 |
| 13 | Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula | Birds | May | 438 |
| 14 | Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum | Dragonflies and damselflies | August | 403 |
| 15 | Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris | Butterflies and moths | July | 401 |
| 16 | Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans | Dragonflies and damselflies | June | 359 |
| 17 | Wall Lasiommata megera | Butterflies and moths | August | 355 |
| 18 | Eurasian Magpie Pica pica | Birds | April | 355 |
| 19 | European Robin Erithacus rubecula | Birds | April | 325 |
| 20 | Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus | Birds | April | 316 |
| 21 | Carrion Crow Corvus corone | Birds | April | 286 |
| 22 | Great Tit Parus major | Birds | April | 261 |
| 23 | Common Swift Apus apus | Birds | June | 255 |
| 24 | Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni | Butterflies and moths | May | 242 |
| 25 | Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula | Birds | May | 232 |
| 26 | Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea | Dragonflies and damselflies | August | 229 |
| 27 | European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis | Birds | April | 217 |
| 28 | Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus | Butterflies and moths | June | 216 |
| 29 | Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella | Dragonflies and damselflies | June | 213 |
| 30 | Painted Lady Vanessa cardui | Butterflies and moths | August | 211 |
| 31 | Herring Gull Larus argentatus | Birds | April | 201 |
| 32 | Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes | Birds | April | 190 |
| 33 | Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis | Dragonflies and damselflies | July | 189 |
| 34 | Mallard Anas platyrhynchos | Birds | April | 183 |
| 35 | Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs | Birds | April | 180 |
| 36 | European Starling Sturnus vulgaris | Birds | May | 165 |
| 37 | Harlequin ladybird, Asian ladybird, Asian ladybeetle Harmonia axyridis | Beetles | October | 160 |
| 38 | Dunnock Prunella modularis | Birds | April | 160 |
| 39 | House Sparrow Passer domesticus | Birds | May | 156 |
| 40 | Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum | Dragonflies and damselflies | June | 144 |
| 41 | Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus | Birds | January | 143 |
| 42 | Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta | Butterflies and moths | July | 141 |
| 43 | Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Birds | January | 138 |
| 44 | Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto | Birds | May | 131 |
| 45 | Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis | Mammals | October | 130 |
| 46 | Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa | Dragonflies and damselflies | August | 129 |
| 47 | Comma Polygonia c-album | Butterflies and moths | July | 126 |
| 48 | Rock Pigeon Columba livia | Birds | April | 124 |
| 49 | Coal Tit Periparus ater | Birds | January | 118 |
| 50 | Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita | Birds | April | 110 |
| 51 | (Great or Northern) Crested Newt Triturus cristatus | Amphibians | May | 106 |
| 52 | Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula | Dragonflies and damselflies | May | 105 |
| 53 | Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major | Birds | May | 99 |
| 54 | Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus | Birds | April | 99 |
| 55 | Song Thrush Turdus philomelos | Birds | May | 98 |
| 56 | Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens | Dragonflies and damselflies | June | 97 |
| 57 | New Zealand Mudsnail Potamopyrgus antipodarum | Molluscs | September | 92 |
| 58 | Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis | Birds | April | 87 |
| 59 | Graylag Goose Anser anser | Birds | April | 86 |
| 60 | Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula | Birds | January | 85 |