Plymouth

52,985Records since 2000

2,951Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 52,985
Species recorded: 2,951
Nation: England
Type of area: Unitary Authority (City)

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

Most recorded species in Plymouth

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	1,131
2	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	1,041
3	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	999
4	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	964
5	Red ripple bryozoan Watersipora subatra	Bryozoans	December	910
6	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	882
7	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	869
8	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	777
9	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	609
10	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	609
11	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	607
12	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	549
13	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	523
14	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	472
15	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	441
16	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	413
17	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	396
18	Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri	Birds	April	387
19	Harlequin ladybird, Asian ladybird, Asian ladybeetle Harmonia axyridis	Beetles	October	351
20	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	345
21	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	336
22	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	335
23	Toothed Wrack Fucus serratus	Seaweeds and algae	July	322
24	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	316
25	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	312
26	Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta	Birds	August	310
27	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Butterflies and moths	August	298
28	Large White Pieris brassicae	Butterflies and moths	July	290
29	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	290
30	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	288
31	Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Birds	October	281
32	Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus	Butterflies and moths	July	278
33	Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina	True bugs	August	262
34	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	261
35	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	261
36	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	259
37	Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	Birds	April	233
38	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	231
39	European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	Birds	April	228
40	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	227
41	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	225
42	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	224
43	Common Redshank Tringa totanus	Birds	April	222
44	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	218
45	Drone Fly Eristalis tenax	True flies	August	215
46	Goldcrest Regulus regulus	Birds	October	214
47	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	210
48	Garden Snail Cornu aspersum	Molluscs	June	205
49	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	205
50	Coal Tit Periparus ater	Birds	January	203
51	Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius	Birds	October	202
52	Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla	Birds	May	197
53	Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata	Birds	April	195
54	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	194
55	Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea	Birds	April	192
56	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Birds	May	186
57	Marmalade hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus	True flies	July	185
58	Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	Birds	October	185
59	New-Zealand barnacle, Australasian barnacle Austrominius modestus	Other invertebrates	September	180
60	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	173