Facts
- Records since 2000
- 699,631
- Species recorded
- 5,886
- Nation
- England
- Type of area
- Metropolitan Borough
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0)
Most recorded species in Sefton
| # | Species | Group | Peak month | Records here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus | Birds | April | 14,071 |
| 2 | Eurasian Magpie Pica pica | Birds | April | 13,507 |
| 3 | Carrion Crow Corvus corone | Birds | April | 12,178 |
| 4 | Herring Gull Larus argentatus | Birds | April | 12,129 |
| 5 | Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula | Birds | May | 11,318 |
| 6 | Rock Pigeon Columba livia | Birds | April | 11,072 |
| 7 | European Robin Erithacus rubecula | Birds | April | 10,406 |
| 8 | European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis | Birds | April | 10,142 |
| 9 | Mallard Anas platyrhynchos | Birds | April | 10,113 |
| 10 | Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Birds | January | 9,959 |
| 11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus | Birds | August | 9,426 |
| 12 | Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes | Birds | April | 8,515 |
| 13 | Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis | Birds | April | 8,274 |
| 14 | European Starling Sturnus vulgaris | Birds | May | 8,178 |
| 15 | Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus | Birds | April | 8,032 |
| 16 | Dunnock Prunella modularis | Birds | April | 8,026 |
| 17 | Eurasian Coot Fulica atra | Birds | April | 7,698 |
| 18 | Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus | Birds | April | 7,396 |
| 19 | Great Tit Parus major | Birds | April | 6,933 |
| 20 | Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo | Birds | January | 6,625 |
| 21 | White Wagtail Motacilla alba | Birds | April | 6,323 |
| 22 | European Greenfinch Chloris chloris | Birds | April | 5,996 |
| 23 | Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula | Birds | May | 5,750 |
| 24 | Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus | Birds | May | 5,705 |
| 25 | Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula | Birds | April | 5,365 |
| 26 | Mew Gull Larus canus | Birds | January | 5,193 |
| 27 | Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus | Birds | January | 5,125 |
| 28 | Mute Swan Cygnus olor | Birds | April | 5,028 |
| 29 | Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna | Birds | April | 4,995 |
| 30 | Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus | Birds | May | 4,912 |
| 31 | Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea | Birds | May | 4,839 |
| 32 | Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto | Birds | May | 4,724 |
| 33 | Eurasian Linnet Linaria cannabina | Birds | April | 4,597 |
| 34 | Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs | Birds | April | 4,373 |
| 35 | Common Redshank Tringa totanus | Birds | April | 4,284 |
| 36 | Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita | Birds | April | 4,207 |
| 37 | Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus | Birds | October | 4,143 |
| 38 | House Sparrow Passer domesticus | Birds | May | 4,083 |
| 39 | Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta | Birds | August | 4,003 |
| 40 | Green-winged Teal Anas crecca | Birds | January | 3,991 |
| 41 | Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis | Birds | January | 3,974 |
| 42 | Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa | Birds | August | 3,865 |
| 43 | Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis | Mammals | October | 3,789 |
| 44 | Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata | Birds | January | 3,728 |
| 45 | Song Thrush Turdus philomelos | Birds | May | 3,533 |
| 46 | Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata | Birds | October | 3,433 |
| 47 | Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica | Birds | May | 3,251 |
| 48 | Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus | Birds | October | 3,248 |
| 49 | Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis | Birds | October | 3,115 |
| 50 | Coal Tit Periparus ater | Birds | January | 3,082 |
| 51 | Sycamore [tree] Acer pseudoplatanus | Flowering plants | May | 3,048 |
| 52 | Common Swift Apus apus | Birds | June | 3,013 |
| 53 | Dunlin Calidris alpina | Birds | September | 2,959 |
| 54 | Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla | Birds | May | 2,828 |
| 55 | Stock Dove Columba oenas | Birds | April | 2,768 |
| 56 | Goldcrest Regulus regulus | Birds | October | 2,715 |
| 57 | Common Nettle Urtica dioica | Flowering plants | June | 2,682 |
| 58 | Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus | Birds | April | 2,664 |
| 59 | Graylag Goose Anser anser | Birds | April | 2,658 |
| 60 | Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica | Birds | September | 2,639 |