Glasgow City

290,936Records since 2000

2,857Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 290,936
Species recorded: 2,857
Nation: Scotland
Type of area: Unitary District (City)

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

Most recorded species in Glasgow City

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	5,467
2	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	4,537
3	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	4,189
4	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	3,931
5	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	3,674
6	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	3,476
7	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	3,306
8	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	3,258
9	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	3,191
10	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	2,446
11	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	2,438
12	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	2,436
13	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	2,336
14	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	2,324
15	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	2,277
16	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	2,248
17	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	2,094
18	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	1,766
19	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	1,763
20	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	1,716
21	Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis	Mammals	October	1,642
22	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	1,519
23	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	1,416
24	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	1,391
25	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	1,326
26	Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	Birds	April	1,316
27	Common Merganser Mergus merganser	Birds	January	1,221
28	Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	Birds	April	1,175
29	Coal Tit Periparus ater	Birds	January	1,146
30	Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines	Butterflies and moths	May	1,114
31	Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus	Butterflies and moths	June	1,100
32	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	1,099
33	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	1,028
34	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	916
35	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	912
36	Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum	Bees, wasps and ants	August	908
37	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	865
38	Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula	Birds	January	818
39	Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Butterflies and moths	July	733
40	Red fox Vulpes vulpes	Mammals	August	675
41	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	665
42	Buff-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus terrestris	Bees, wasps and ants	April	656
43	European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	Birds	April	644
44	Large Red Tailed Bumble Bee Bombus lapidarius	Bees, wasps and ants	July	638
45	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	628
46	Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus	Birds	April	601
47	Harlequin ladybird, Asian ladybird, Asian ladybeetle Harmonia axyridis	Beetles	October	600
48	Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea	Birds	October	572
49	Goldcrest Regulus regulus	Birds	October	552
50	Redwing Turdus iliacus	Birds	January	537
51	Mew Gull Larus canus	Birds	January	514
52	Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris	Birds	April	510
53	Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum	Bees, wasps and ants	June	502
54	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	500
55	Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla	Birds	May	477
56	Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis	Birds	January	425
57	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	413
58	Two-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata	Beetles	June	389
59	Seven-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata	Beetles	July	373
60	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	370