Monmouthshire

146,912Records since 2000

5,551Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 146,912
Species recorded: 5,551
Nation: Wales
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 Monmouthshire

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	1,778
2	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	1,556
3	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	1,529
4	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	1,521
5	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	1,459
6	Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros	Mammals	June	1,177
7	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	1,130
8	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	1,044
9	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	1,020
10	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	989
11	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	929
12	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	868
13	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	862
14	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	808
15	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	770
16	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	758
17	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	755
18	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	713
19	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	684
20	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	636
21	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	600
22	Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum	Mosses	March	576
23	Indian Balsam Impatiens glandulifera	Flowering plants	August	576
24	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	568
25	Cypress-leaved Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme	Mosses	March	565
26	Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga	Mosses	March	559
27	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Butterflies and moths	August	555
28	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	550
29	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	545
30	Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata	Birds	April	522
31	Bullhead Cottus gobio	Fish	September	512
32	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	506
33	Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum	Bees, wasps and ants	August	488
34	Common Raven Corvus corax	Birds	April	474
35	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	466
36	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	462
37	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	458
38	Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla	Birds	May	445
39	Capillary Thread-moss Rosulabryum capillare	Mosses	March	436
40	Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis	Mosses	March	427
41	Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus	Butterflies and moths	July	425
42	Large White Pieris brassicae	Butterflies and moths	July	423
43	Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major	Birds	May	411
44	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	403
45	Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius	Mosses	March	396
46	Large Red Tailed Bumble Bee Bombus lapidarius	Bees, wasps and ants	July	395
47	Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata	Mosses	March	389
48	European Eel Anguilla anguilla	Fish	July	386
49	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	Birds	October	385
50	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	385
51	Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica	Flowering plants	June	384
52	Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata	Liverworts	March	382
53	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	379
54	Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	373
55	Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata	Liverworts	March	360
56	Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum	Mosses	March	358
57	Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians	Mosses	March	353
58	Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum	Mosses	April	349
59	Hart's-Tongue Thyme-moss Plagiomnium undulatum	Mosses	March	348
60	Goldcrest Regulus regulus	Birds	October	347