East Lothian

484,171Records since 2000

4,289Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 484,171
Species recorded: 4,289
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 East Lothian

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	10,664
2	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	10,457
3	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	9,477
4	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	9,123
5	Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus	Mammals	August	8,996
6	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	8,124
7	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	7,635
8	Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	Birds	October	7,352
9	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	7,284
10	Common Redshank Tringa totanus	Birds	April	6,770
11	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	6,696
12	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	6,539
13	Common Eider Somateria mollissima	Birds	May	6,431
14	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	6,431
15	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	6,424
16	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	6,356
17	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	5,983
18	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	5,908
19	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	5,863
20	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	5,674
21	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	5,387
22	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	5,137
23	Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Birds	October	4,842
24	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	4,589
25	Mew Gull Larus canus	Birds	January	4,548
26	Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus	Mammals	July	4,465
27	Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis	Birds	May	4,394
28	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	4,374
29	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	4,299
30	Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	Birds	July	4,154
31	Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	Birds	January	4,148
32	Green-winged Teal Anas crecca	Birds	January	4,139
33	Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	Birds	April	4,070
34	Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus	Birds	April	3,942
35	Graylag Goose Anser anser	Birds	April	3,824
36	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	3,730
37	Dunlin Calidris alpina	Birds	September	3,707
38	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	3,698
39	Eurasian Linnet Linaria cannabina	Birds	April	3,631
40	Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	Birds	May	3,606
41	Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	Birds	September	3,567
42	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	3,470
43	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	3,415
44	European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis	Birds	October	3,375
45	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	Birds	October	3,334
46	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Birds	October	3,319
47	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	3,241
48	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	2,843
49	Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus	Birds	May	2,839
50	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	2,816
51	Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	Birds	August	2,649
52	Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	Birds	January	2,646
53	Bank Swallow Riparia riparia	Birds	April	2,612
54	White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca	Birds	January	2,579
55	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	2,540
56	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	2,460
57	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	2,440
58	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	2,420
59	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	2,384
60	Coal Tit Periparus ater	Birds	January	2,375