Isle of Wight

280,457Records since 2000

4,846Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 280,457
Species recorded: 4,846
Nation: England
Type of area: Unitary Authority

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

Most recorded species in Isle of Wight

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	16,138
2	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	7,259
3	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Butterflies and moths	August	6,410
4	Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus	Butterflies and moths	July	6,368
5	Large White Pieris brassicae	Butterflies and moths	July	5,974
6	Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus	Butterflies and moths	June	5,952
7	Marbled White Melanargia galathea	Butterflies and moths	July	4,733
8	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	4,623
9	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	4,164
10	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	3,835
11	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Butterflies and moths	July	3,823
12	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	3,620
13	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	3,518
14	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	3,366
15	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	3,343
16	Brown Argus Aricia agestis	Butterflies and moths	August	3,274
17	Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas	Butterflies and moths	August	3,140
18	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	3,112
19	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	3,045
20	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	2,926
21	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	2,835
22	Comma Polygonia c-album	Butterflies and moths	July	2,827
23	Chalk-hill Blue Lysandra coridon	Butterflies and moths	August	2,682
24	Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum	Dragonflies and damselflies	August	2,559
25	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	2,527
26	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	2,503
27	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	2,424
28	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	2,390
29	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	2,176
30	Asian Large Skipper Ochlodes venata	Butterflies and moths	July	2,148
31	Emperor dragonfly Anax imperator	Dragonflies and damselflies	July	2,139
32	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	2,130
33	Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	2,107
34	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	2,104
35	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	2,086
36	Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	2,079
37	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	2,007
38	Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta	Birds	August	1,930
39	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	1,926
40	Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia	Butterflies and moths	July	1,824
41	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	1,815
42	Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	1,771
43	Spring Azure Celastrina argiolus	Butterflies and moths	May	1,761
44	Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	Birds	October	1,689
45	Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni	Butterflies and moths	May	1,639
46	Adonis Blue Lysandra bellargus	Butterflies and moths	August	1,634
47	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	1,595
48	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	1,563
49	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	1,549
50	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	1,489
51	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	1,442
52	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	1,440
53	Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta	Dragonflies and damselflies	September	1,414
54	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	1,408
55	Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	Birds	April	1,399
56	Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus	Birds	April	1,382
57	Painted Lady Vanessa cardui	Butterflies and moths	August	1,341
58	Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Birds	October	1,303
59	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	1,268
60	Ladoga camilla	Butterflies and moths	July	1,237