Dorset

1,770,257Records since 2000

8,902Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 1,770,257
Species recorded: 8,902
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 Dorset

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	97,421
2	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	52,999
3	Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus	Butterflies and moths	July	48,555
4	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	43,206
5	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Butterflies and moths	August	37,192
6	Large White Pieris brassicae	Butterflies and moths	July	36,535
7	Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus	Butterflies and moths	June	31,066
8	Marbled White Melanargia galathea	Butterflies and moths	July	28,857
9	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	26,603
10	Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni	Butterflies and moths	May	25,059
11	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	25,018
12	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	24,571
13	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Butterflies and moths	July	23,750
14	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	23,646
15	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	23,109
16	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	22,925
17	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	22,156
18	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	21,829
19	Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris	Butterflies and moths	July	19,588
20	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	18,024
21	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	17,925
22	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	17,880
23	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	17,279
24	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	16,814
25	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	16,477
26	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	16,025
27	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	15,817
28	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	15,570
29	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	14,724
30	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	14,649
31	Asian Large Skipper Ochlodes venata	Butterflies and moths	July	14,525
32	Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Butterflies and moths	July	14,518
33	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	14,482
34	Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta	Birds	August	13,659
35	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	13,230
36	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	12,609
37	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	11,622
38	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	11,591
39	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	11,505
40	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	10,393
41	Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Birds	October	10,376
42	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	10,321
43	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	9,855
44	Adonis Blue Lysandra bellargus	Butterflies and moths	August	9,831
45	European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola	Birds	October	9,715
46	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	9,677
47	European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	Birds	April	9,645
48	Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia	Butterflies and moths	July	9,337
49	Eurasian Linnet Linaria cannabina	Birds	April	9,329
50	Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	Birds	October	9,150
51	Comma Polygonia c-album	Butterflies and moths	July	9,120
52	Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines	Butterflies and moths	May	9,084
53	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	Birds	October	8,994
54	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	8,632
55	Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas	Butterflies and moths	August	8,543
56	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	8,520
57	Green-winged Teal Anas crecca	Birds	January	8,429
58	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	8,098
59	Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla	Birds	May	8,008
60	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	7,998