Gloucestershire

1,038,931Records since 2000

7,517Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 1,038,931
Species recorded: 7,517
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 Gloucestershire

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	26,588
2	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	20,762
3	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	17,591
4	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	16,097
5	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	15,992
6	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	15,546
7	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	13,760
8	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	13,427
9	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	13,271
10	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	13,184
11	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	12,876
12	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	12,589
13	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	12,168
14	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	11,628
15	Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus	Butterflies and moths	July	11,156
16	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	10,834
17	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	10,611
18	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	10,282
19	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	10,277
20	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	10,036
21	Marbled White Melanargia galathea	Butterflies and moths	July	10,024
22	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	9,981
23	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Butterflies and moths	August	9,710
24	Large White Pieris brassicae	Butterflies and moths	July	9,666
25	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	9,497
26	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	9,097
27	Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus	Butterflies and moths	June	9,022
28	Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	Birds	April	9,010
29	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	8,796
30	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	8,783
31	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	8,781
32	Graylag Goose Anser anser	Birds	April	8,349
33	Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	Birds	April	8,279
34	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	8,101
35	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	7,915
36	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	7,839
37	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	7,358
38	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	7,232
39	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	7,200
40	Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	Birds	May	7,143
41	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	7,113
42	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	7,096
43	Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	Birds	April	6,994
44	Green-winged Teal Anas crecca	Birds	January	6,617
45	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	6,516
46	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Birds	May	5,764
47	Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	Birds	January	5,620
48	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	5,489
49	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	5,420
50	Asian Large Skipper Ochlodes venata	Butterflies and moths	July	5,351
51	Gadwall Mareca strepera	Birds	April	5,296
52	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	5,189
53	Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla	Birds	May	5,170
54	Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	Birds	August	5,081
55	Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	Birds	January	4,953
56	Common Redshank Tringa totanus	Birds	April	4,949
57	Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	Birds	October	4,942
58	Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major	Birds	May	4,837
59	Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta	Birds	August	4,744
60	Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus	Birds	April	4,501