Medway

170,379Records since 2000

3,084Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 170,379
Species recorded: 3,084
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 Medway

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	4,523
2	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	3,300
3	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	3,232
4	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	2,934
5	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	2,630
6	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	2,513
7	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	2,487
8	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	2,408
9	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	2,371
10	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Butterflies and moths	August	2,352
11	Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus	Butterflies and moths	July	2,230
12	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	2,160
13	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	2,146
14	Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni	Butterflies and moths	May	2,134
15	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	2,096
16	Common Redshank Tringa totanus	Birds	April	2,083
17	Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta	Birds	August	2,038
18	Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	Birds	April	2,022
19	Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	Birds	May	2,010
20	Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	Birds	April	1,935
21	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	1,903
22	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	1,902
23	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	1,790
24	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Birds	May	1,743
25	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	1,731
26	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	1,709
27	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	1,698
28	Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	Birds	May	1,659
29	Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	Birds	April	1,576
30	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	1,547
31	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	1,532
32	Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	Birds	April	1,527
33	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	1,514
34	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	1,477
35	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	1,432
36	Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	Birds	October	1,430
37	Large White Pieris brassicae	Butterflies and moths	July	1,397
38	Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis	Birds	January	1,387
39	Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum	Bees, wasps and ants	August	1,379
40	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	1,339
41	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	1,326
42	Graylag Goose Anser anser	Birds	April	1,325
43	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	1,314
44	Marbled White Melanargia galathea	Butterflies and moths	July	1,289
45	Green-winged Teal Anas crecca	Birds	January	1,273
46	Eurasian Linnet Linaria cannabina	Birds	April	1,267
47	Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	Birds	August	1,245
48	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	1,244
49	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	1,226
50	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	1,197
51	Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	Birds	January	1,193
52	Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti	Birds	April	1,190
53	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	1,164
54	Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus	Birds	April	1,152
55	Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	Birds	October	1,150
56	Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis	Birds	May	1,150
57	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	1,114
58	Common Pochard Aythya ferina	Birds	January	1,111
59	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	1,101
60	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	1,073