Scottish Borders

323,646Records since 2000

4,590Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 323,646
Species recorded: 4,590
Nation: Scotland
Type of area: Unitary District

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

Most recorded species in Scottish Borders

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus	Mammals	August	54,852
2	Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus	Mammals	July	20,498
3	Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis	Mammals	October	15,711
4	Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum	Flowering plants	June	10,959
5	Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris	Mammals	September	7,608
6	Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii	Mammals	August	2,789
7	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	2,702
8	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	2,646
9	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	2,342
10	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	2,296
11	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	2,153
12	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	2,140
13	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	2,096
14	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	1,984
15	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	1,983
16	European roe deer Capreolus capreolus	Mammals	May	1,914
17	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	1,893
18	European hare Lepus europaeus	Mammals	April	1,691
19	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	1,651
20	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	1,581
21	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	1,540
22	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	1,532
23	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	1,519
24	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	1,510
25	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	1,507
26	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	1,486
27	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	1,414
28	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	1,410
29	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	1,352
30	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	1,306
31	Coal Tit Periparus ater	Birds	January	1,246
32	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	1,169
33	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	1,166
34	Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas	Butterflies and moths	August	1,159
35	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	1,104
36	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	1,099
37	Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus	Birds	April	1,072
38	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	Birds	October	1,055
39	Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum	Birds	May	1,048
40	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	1,010
41	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	1,005
42	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	990
43	Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	Birds	May	982
44	Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus	Birds	April	915
45	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	888
46	Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis	Birds	January	885
47	Goldcrest Regulus regulus	Birds	October	885
48	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	844
49	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	830
50	Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	Birds	April	827
51	Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	Birds	April	826
52	Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus	Birds	October	818
53	Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella	Birds	May	813
54	Eurasian Linnet Linaria cannabina	Birds	April	792
55	Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Butterflies and moths	July	789
56	Noctule Bat Nyctalus noctula	Mammals	July	789
57	Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis	Birds	May	781
58	Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus	Birds	May	780
59	European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus	Mammals	May	778
60	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Butterflies and moths	August	763