Lisburn and Castlereagh

67,638Records since 2000

2,604Species recorded

505.3 km²Area

151,669Population

Facts

Records since 2000: 67,638
Species recorded: 2,604
Area: 505.3 km²
Population: 151,669 (1 June 2024)
Nation: Northern Ireland
Type of area: District

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q6558667

Most recorded species in Lisburn and Castlereagh

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	4,199
2	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	2,746
3	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	1,843
4	Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Butterflies and moths	July	1,792
5	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	1,594
6	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	1,193
7	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	1,173
8	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	1,141
9	Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus	Butterflies and moths	June	1,139
10	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	1,119
11	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	1,092
12	Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines	Butterflies and moths	May	1,062
13	Large White Pieris brassicae	Butterflies and moths	July	1,061
14	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	1,004
15	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	893
16	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	869
17	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	852
18	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	814
19	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	789
20	Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum	Bees, wasps and ants	August	781
21	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Butterflies and moths	July	733
22	White-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus lucorum	Bees, wasps and ants	July	641
23	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	641
24	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	627
25	Hooded Crow Corvus cornix	Birds	May	626
26	Coal Tit Periparus ater	Birds	January	620
27	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	610
28	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	595
29	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	590
30	Painted Lady Vanessa cardui	Butterflies and moths	August	558
31	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	543
32	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	511
33	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Birds	May	499
34	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	435
35	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	423
36	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Butterflies and moths	August	414
37	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	404
38	Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major	Birds	May	340
39	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	323
40	Spring Azure Celastrina argiolus	Butterflies and moths	May	308
41	Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus	Birds	May	304
42	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	303
43	Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus	Birds	April	302
44	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	289
45	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	279
46	Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea	Birds	October	266
47	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	255
48	Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis	Birds	January	251
49	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	249
50	Buff-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus terrestris	Bees, wasps and ants	April	243
51	Goldcrest Regulus regulus	Birds	October	229
52	Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus	Mammals	August	228
53	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	226
54	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	221
55	Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula	Birds	January	220
56	Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis	Mammals	October	219
57	European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	Birds	April	217
58	Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas	Butterflies and moths	August	211
59	Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus	Birds	April	208
60	Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba	Butterflies and moths	August	206