County · England

Luton

9,205Records since 2000

1,047Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 9,205
Species recorded: 1,047
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 Luton

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	221
2	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	220
3	Red Kite Milvus milvus	Birds	April	198
4	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	191
5	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	175
6	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	173
7	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	143
8	Harlequin ladybird, Asian ladybird, Asian ladybeetle Harmonia axyridis	Beetles	October	138
9	Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula	Dragonflies and damselflies	May	136
10	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	136
11	Large White Pieris brassicae	Butterflies and moths	July	134
12	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	133
13	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	126
14	Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus	Beetles	April	122
15	Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni	Butterflies and moths	May	119
16	Pine Ladybird Brumus quadripustulatus	Beetles	April	112
17	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	97
18	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	91
19	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	91
20	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	86
21	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	86
22	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	81
23	Marbled White Melanargia galathea	Butterflies and moths	July	81
24	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	77
25	Seven-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata	Beetles	July	72
26	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	69
27	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	68
28	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	68
29	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	66
30	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	64
31	Northern River Crangonyctid Crangonyx pseudogracilis	Crustaceans	October	63
32	Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri	Mammals	February	61
33	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	61
34	Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea	Dragonflies and damselflies	August	60
35	Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Butterflies and moths	July	58
36	Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii	Mammals	August	55
37	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	55
38	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	52
39	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	50
40	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Birds	May	49
41	14-spotted Ladybird Beetle Propylaea quatuordecimpunctata	Beetles	May	46
42	Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum	Dragonflies and damselflies	August	45
43	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	43
44	Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	Birds	April	41
45	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	39
46	Common long-eared bat Plecotus auritus	Mammals	June	37
47	Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla	Birds	May	36
48	Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus	Butterflies and moths	July	36
49	Graylag Goose Anser anser	Birds	April	35
50	Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri	Birds	April	33
51	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	33
52	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	33
53	Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius	Birds	October	33
54	Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense	Flowering plants	July	31
55	Small Blue Cupido minimus	Butterflies and moths	June	30
56	Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	Birds	October	30
57	Two-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata	Beetles	June	29
58	Bee Fly Bombylius major	True flies	April	29
59	Elder Sambucus nigra	Flowering plants	June	28
60	Brown Argus Aricia agestis	Butterflies and moths	August	27