Somerset

1,168,887Records since 2000

8,317Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 1,168,887
Species recorded: 8,317
Nation: England
Type of area: Administrative County

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

Most recorded species in Somerset

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	53,171
2	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	33,793
3	Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus	Butterflies and moths	July	23,508
4	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	21,848
5	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Butterflies and moths	August	21,007
6	Large White Pieris brassicae	Butterflies and moths	July	20,964
7	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	19,069
8	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	18,726
9	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	16,820
10	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	16,328
11	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	16,039
12	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	15,208
13	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	14,029
14	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Butterflies and moths	July	12,837
15	Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Butterflies and moths	July	12,516
16	Marbled White Melanargia galathea	Butterflies and moths	July	12,424
17	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	12,366
18	Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus	Butterflies and moths	June	12,231
19	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	12,189
20	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	12,093
21	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	11,858
22	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	11,317
23	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	10,358
24	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	10,159
25	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	10,142
26	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	9,997
27	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	9,861
28	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	9,681
29	Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni	Butterflies and moths	May	9,648
30	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	9,130
31	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	9,038
32	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	8,946
33	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	8,727
34	Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta	Birds	August	8,622
35	Asian Large Skipper Ochlodes venata	Butterflies and moths	July	8,546
36	Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris	Butterflies and moths	July	8,326
37	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	7,647
38	Great Egret Ardea alba	Birds	October	7,624
39	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	7,526
40	Eurasian Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus	Birds	May	7,368
41	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	7,257
42	Brown Argus Aricia agestis	Butterflies and moths	August	7,087
43	Comma Polygonia c-album	Butterflies and moths	July	6,972
44	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	6,851
45	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	6,777
46	Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines	Butterflies and moths	May	6,614
47	Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum	Bees, wasps and ants	August	6,588
48	Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	Birds	April	6,579
49	Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia	Butterflies and moths	July	6,559
50	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	6,546
51	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	6,418
52	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	6,411
53	Gadwall Mareca strepera	Birds	April	6,315
54	Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	Birds	May	6,250
55	Green-winged Teal Anas crecca	Birds	January	5,983
56	Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla	Birds	May	5,971
57	Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti	Birds	April	5,865
58	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	5,864
59	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	5,762
60	Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	Birds	April	5,737