Newry, Mourne and Down

100,772Records since 2000

5,020Species recorded

1,633 km²Area

183,115Population

Facts

Records since 2000: 100,772
Species recorded: 5,020
Area: 1,633 km²
Population: 183,115 (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 Q15262186

Most recorded species in Newry, Mourne and Down

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia	Butterflies and moths	June	5,079
2	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	3,213
3	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	1,874
4	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Butterflies and moths	August	1,645
5	Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Butterflies and moths	July	1,557
6	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	1,226
7	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	1,176
8	Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus	Butterflies and moths	June	1,143
9	Large White Pieris brassicae	Butterflies and moths	July	1,139
10	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	1,059
11	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Butterflies and moths	July	1,052
12	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	1,013
13	Painted Lady Vanessa cardui	Butterflies and moths	August	889
14	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	616
15	Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris	Mammals	September	515
16	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	507
17	Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas	Butterflies and moths	August	483
18	Hooded Crow Corvus cornix	Birds	May	473
19	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	472
20	Harbor seal Phoca vitulina	Mammals	July	446
21	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	438
22	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	433
23	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	419
24	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	404
25	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	398
26	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	394
27	Dark Green Fritillary Speyeria aglaja	Butterflies and moths	July	376
28	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	374
29	Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines	Butterflies and moths	May	373
30	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	365
31	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	352
32	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	343
33	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	330
34	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	329
35	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	322
36	Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba	Butterflies and moths	August	317
37	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	293
38	Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum	Bees, wasps and ants	August	289
39	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	288
40	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	272
41	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	272
42	Grey seal Halichoerus grypus	Mammals	August	271
43	European pine marten Martes martes	Mammals	June	265
44	Seven-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata	Beetles	July	263
45	Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta	Birds	August	255
46	Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis	Butterflies and moths	June	253
47	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	253
48	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	252
49	White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda	Butterflies and moths	June	244
50	Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica	Butterflies and moths	April	242
51	White-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus lucorum	Bees, wasps and ants	July	240
52	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	240
53	Common Redshank Tringa totanus	Birds	April	228
54	Spring Azure Celastrina argiolus	Butterflies and moths	May	226
55	Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata	Butterflies and moths	August	225
56	Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	Birds	October	224
57	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	212
58	Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina	True bugs	August	210
59	Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha	Butterflies and moths	July	209
60	Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata	Butterflies and moths	July	209