Inverclyde

12,242Records since 2000

1,343Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 12,242
Species recorded: 1,343
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 Inverclyde

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	501
2	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	269
3	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	245
4	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	224
5	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	165
6	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	153
7	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	147
8	Common Eider Somateria mollissima	Birds	May	141
9	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	138
10	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	135
11	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	130
12	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	127
13	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	126
14	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	103
15	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	103
16	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	101
17	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	100
18	Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus	Mammals	August	98
19	Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines	Butterflies and moths	May	97
20	Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis	Mammals	October	97
21	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	95
22	Mew Gull Larus canus	Birds	January	93
23	Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	Birds	May	92
24	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	92
25	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	91
26	Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	Birds	October	89
27	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	88
28	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	86
29	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	83
30	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	83
31	Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii	Mammals	August	75
32	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	74
33	Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Birds	October	71
34	Common Redshank Tringa totanus	Birds	April	71
35	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	69
36	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	64
37	European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis	Birds	October	59
38	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	58
39	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	57
40	Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	Birds	July	54
41	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	53
42	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	Birds	October	52
43	Common long-eared bat Plecotus auritus	Mammals	June	52
44	Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus	Butterflies and moths	June	51
45	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	51
46	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	43
47	Coal Tit Periparus ater	Birds	January	42
48	Sheep Tick Ixodes ricinus	Mites, harvestmen and other arachnids	June	41
49	Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	Birds	January	41
50	Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Butterflies and moths	July	40
51	Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus	Mosses	March	40
52	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	40
53	Cypress-leaved Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme	Mosses	March	39
54	Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata	Mosses	March	39
55	Broom Fork-moss Dicranum scoparium	Mosses	March	38
56	Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus	Birds	April	36
57	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	36
58	Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	Birds	August	35
59	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	35
60	European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola	Birds	October	34