Gwynedd

577,110Records since 2000

8,784Species recorded

2,535 km²Area

124,560Population

Facts

Records since 2000: 577,110
Species recorded: 8,784
Area: 2,535 km²
Population: 124,560 (1 January 2019)
Nation: Wales
Type of area: Unitary Authority

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q109128

Most recorded species in Gwynedd

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis	Conifers	March	9,973
2	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	9,666
3	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	7,665
4	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	6,497
5	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	5,829
6	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	5,624
7	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	5,339
8	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	4,925
9	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	4,658
10	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	4,635
11	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	4,259
12	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	4,118
13	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	3,996
14	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	Birds	October	3,980
15	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	3,825
16	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	3,793
17	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	3,763
18	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	3,641
19	European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola	Birds	October	3,592
20	Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Birds	October	3,565
21	Common Raven Corvus corax	Birds	April	3,501
22	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	3,457
23	Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	Birds	June	3,455
24	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	3,304
25	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	3,291
26	Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros	Mammals	June	3,164
27	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	3,142
28	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	3,127
29	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	2,836
30	Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica	Flowering plants	June	2,788
31	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	2,727
32	Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	Birds	October	2,711
33	Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum	Flowering plants	May	2,689
34	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	2,669
35	Eurasian Linnet Linaria cannabina	Birds	April	2,579
36	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	2,490
37	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	2,361
38	Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus	Birds	October	2,243
39	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	2,138
40	Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta	Birds	August	2,130
41	European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis	Birds	October	2,090
42	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	1,975
43	Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe	Birds	April	1,970
44	Indian Balsam Impatiens glandulifera	Flowering plants	August	1,917
45	Common Murre Uria aalge	Birds	July	1,895
46	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Birds	May	1,889
47	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	1,864
48	Goldcrest Regulus regulus	Birds	October	1,843
49	Common Redshank Tringa totanus	Birds	April	1,827
50	Razorbill Alca torda	Birds	June	1,827
51	Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus	Birds	April	1,817
52	Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	Birds	April	1,768
53	Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	Birds	July	1,763
54	Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus	Birds	April	1,730
55	Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum	Birds	May	1,682
56	Sea trout, Brown trout Salmo trutta	Fish	August	1,550
57	Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis	Birds	May	1,510
58	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	1,499
59	Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major	Birds	May	1,450
60	Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	Birds	June	1,430