Orkney Islands

249,690Records since 2000

3,332Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 249,690
Species recorded: 3,332
Nation: Scotland
Type of area: Island area

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

Most recorded species in Orkney Islands

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	6,471
2	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	6,372
3	Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	Birds	October	6,078
4	Mew Gull Larus canus	Birds	January	5,388
5	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	5,019
6	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	Birds	October	4,679
7	Common Redshank Tringa totanus	Birds	April	4,619
8	Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Birds	October	4,594
9	Graylag Goose Anser anser	Birds	April	4,478
10	Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	Birds	May	4,167
11	Hooded Crow Corvus cornix	Birds	May	4,118
12	Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis	Birds	July	4,080
13	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	4,005
14	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	3,570
15	Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis	Birds	May	3,513
16	Common Eider Somateria mollissima	Birds	May	3,431
17	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	3,421
18	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	3,413
19	European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis	Birds	October	3,403
20	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	3,298
21	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	3,246
22	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	3,141
23	Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago	Birds	October	2,924
24	Common Raven Corvus corax	Birds	April	2,805
25	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	2,668
26	Great Skua Stercorarius skua	Birds	September	2,608
27	Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	Birds	July	2,550
28	Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	Birds	May	2,441
29	Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe	Birds	April	2,365
30	Eurasian Linnet Linaria cannabina	Birds	April	2,320
31	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Birds	October	2,197
32	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	2,164
33	Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	Birds	May	2,141
34	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	2,005
35	Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	Birds	May	1,951
36	Green-winged Teal Anas crecca	Birds	January	1,907
37	Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	Birds	January	1,807
38	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	1,801
39	European Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria	Birds	October	1,722
40	Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus	Birds	October	1,708
41	Blue skate Dipturus batis	Fish	November	1,684
42	Dunlin Calidris alpina	Birds	September	1,662
43	Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	Birds	June	1,592
44	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	1,581
45	Common Murre Uria aalge	Birds	July	1,483
46	Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata	Birds	October	1,447
47	Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus	Birds	May	1,442
48	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	1,419
49	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	1,397
50	Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	Birds	April	1,359
51	Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	Birds	January	1,335
52	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	1,323
53	Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	Birds	January	1,282
54	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Birds	May	1,270
55	Sanderling Calidris alba	Birds	September	1,252
56	Razorbill Alca torda	Birds	June	1,248
57	Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus	Birds	September	1,232
58	Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	Birds	January	1,215
59	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	1,147
60	Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus	Birds	April	1,147