Dumfries and Galloway

501,718Records since 2000

5,607Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 501,718
Species recorded: 5,607
Nation: Scotland
Type of area: Unitary District

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

Most recorded species in Dumfries and Galloway

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus	Mammals	August	89,944
2	Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus	Mammals	July	33,414
3	Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis	Mammals	October	22,848
4	Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris	Mammals	September	18,375
5	Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii	Mammals	August	7,527
6	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	4,146
7	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	4,081
8	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	4,074
9	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	3,793
10	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	3,493
11	Lesser noctule Nyctalus leisleri	Mammals	June	3,448
12	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	3,359
13	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	3,346
14	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	3,218
15	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	3,050
16	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	2,866
17	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	2,794
18	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	2,751
19	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	2,698
20	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	2,650
21	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	2,608
22	Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula	Dragonflies and damselflies	May	2,529
23	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	2,519
24	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	2,492
25	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	2,473
26	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	2,473
27	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	2,388
28	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	2,303
29	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	2,300
30	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	2,233
31	Green-winged Teal Anas crecca	Birds	January	2,151
32	Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	Birds	May	2,100
33	European roe deer Capreolus capreolus	Mammals	May	2,058
34	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	2,049
35	Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	Birds	October	2,032
36	Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	2,001
37	Black grouse Lyrurus tetrix	Birds	April	1,984
38	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	1,982
39	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	1,976
40	Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	1,953
41	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	1,836
42	Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	Birds	January	1,744
43	Coal Tit Periparus ater	Birds	January	1,708
44	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	1,664
45	Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus	Birds	April	1,652
46	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	1,548
47	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	1,534
48	Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	Birds	October	1,517
49	Common Hawker Aeshna juncea	Dragonflies and damselflies	August	1,495
50	Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum	Dragonflies and damselflies	August	1,489
51	Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus	Birds	April	1,489
52	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	Birds	October	1,442
53	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	1,436
54	Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines	Butterflies and moths	May	1,419
55	Red Kite Milvus milvus	Birds	April	1,417
56	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	1,371
57	Graylag Goose Anser anser	Birds	April	1,352
58	Common Redshank Tringa totanus	Birds	April	1,348
59	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	1,346
60	Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	1,326