Herefordshire, County of

299,841Records since 2000

6,043Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 299,841
Species recorded: 6,043
Nation: England
Type of area: Unitary Authority (County)

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

Most recorded species in Herefordshire, County of

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	7,836
2	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	7,349
3	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	6,092
4	Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus	Butterflies and moths	July	5,747
5	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	4,654
6	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	4,265
7	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	3,627
8	Wood White Leptidea sinapis	Butterflies and moths	June	3,525
9	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	3,457
10	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	3,405
11	Large White Pieris brassicae	Butterflies and moths	July	3,381
12	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	3,340
13	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	3,181
14	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	2,978
15	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	2,644
16	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	2,602
17	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	2,579
18	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	2,407
19	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	2,140
20	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	2,119
21	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Butterflies and moths	July	2,013
22	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	2,011
23	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	1,832
24	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	1,766
25	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	1,763
26	Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus	Birds	April	1,737
27	Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Butterflies and moths	July	1,588
28	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	1,568
29	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	1,504
30	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	1,438
31	Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia	Butterflies and moths	July	1,422
32	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Butterflies and moths	August	1,407
33	Comma Polygonia c-album	Butterflies and moths	July	1,401
34	Stock Dove Columba oenas	Birds	April	1,388
35	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	1,388
36	Red Kite Milvus milvus	Birds	April	1,388
37	Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines	Butterflies and moths	May	1,226
38	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	1,165
39	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	1,162
40	European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	Birds	April	1,128
41	Asian Large Skipper Ochlodes venata	Butterflies and moths	July	1,119
42	Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla	Birds	May	1,115
43	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	1,098
44	Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis	Mammals	October	1,084
45	Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major	Birds	May	1,041
46	Common Raven Corvus corax	Birds	April	965
47	Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta	Birds	August	934
48	Painted Lady Vanessa cardui	Butterflies and moths	August	901
49	Common Nettle Urtica dioica	Flowering plants	June	898
50	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	890
51	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	858
52	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	843
53	Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea	Birds	April	842
54	Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum	Birds	May	833
55	Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus	Birds	October	823
56	Coal Tit Periparus ater	Birds	January	814
57	Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis	Birds	May	780
58	Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus	Birds	April	772
59	Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens	Flowering plants	June	766
60	Marbled White Melanargia galathea	Butterflies and moths	July	764