South Lanarkshire

95,204Records since 2000

3,274Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 95,204
Species recorded: 3,274
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 South Lanarkshire

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus	Mammals	August	13,174
2	Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus	Mammals	July	3,835
3	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	3,333
4	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	1,955
5	Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	Birds	May	1,631
6	Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis	Mammals	October	1,383
7	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	1,308
8	Dangling Swamp-lover Helophilus pendulus	True flies	September	1,206
9	Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Butterflies and moths	July	1,189
10	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	1,182
11	Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines	Butterflies and moths	May	1,149
12	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	1,108
13	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	1,010
14	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	916
15	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	892
16	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	868
17	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	866
18	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	813
19	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	793
20	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	775
21	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	771
22	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	749
23	Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum	Bees, wasps and ants	August	709
24	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	668
25	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	645
26	Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii	Mammals	August	578
27	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	564
28	Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus	Butterflies and moths	June	556
29	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	525
30	Buff-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus terrestris	Bees, wasps and ants	April	524
31	Coal Tit Periparus ater	Birds	January	522
32	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	511
33	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	487
34	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	479
35	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	478
36	White-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus lucorum	Bees, wasps and ants	July	473
37	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	453
38	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	450
39	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	431
40	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	369
41	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Butterflies and moths	July	358
42	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	Birds	October	358
43	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	358
44	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	339
45	Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus	Birds	April	338
46	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	315
47	Large White Pieris brassicae	Butterflies and moths	July	312
48	Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus	Birds	October	309
49	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	302
50	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	295
51	Goldcrest Regulus regulus	Birds	October	278
52	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	266
53	Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	Birds	October	264
54	Graylag Goose Anser anser	Birds	April	251
55	Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica	Flowering plants	June	249
56	Common Raven Corvus corax	Birds	April	243
57	Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum	Bees, wasps and ants	June	240
58	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	234
59	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	233
60	Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis	Birds	May	231