Southend-on-Sea

65,012Records since 2000

1,594Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 65,012
Species recorded: 1,594
Nation: England
Type of area: Unitary Authority

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

Most recorded species in Southend-on-Sea

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	2,956
2	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	2,135
3	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	1,884
4	Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus	Butterflies and moths	July	1,821
5	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	1,737
6	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	1,697
7	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	1,545
8	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	1,524
9	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	1,521
10	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	1,473
11	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	1,170
12	Large White Pieris brassicae	Butterflies and moths	July	1,072
13	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	1,057
14	Spring Azure Celastrina argiolus	Butterflies and moths	May	1,049
15	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	1,034
16	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	1,025
17	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	932
18	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	899
19	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	890
20	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Birds	May	799
21	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	765
22	Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta	Birds	August	730
23	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	730
24	Comma Polygonia c-album	Butterflies and moths	July	726
25	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Butterflies and moths	July	704
26	Common Redshank Tringa totanus	Birds	April	696
27	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	676
28	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	658
29	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	656
30	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	635
31	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	630
32	Brant Branta bernicla	Birds	October	603
33	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	602
34	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	571
35	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Birds	October	529
36	Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	Birds	October	496
37	Mew Gull Larus canus	Birds	January	476
38	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Butterflies and moths	August	456
39	Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	Birds	April	455
40	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	451
41	Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni	Butterflies and moths	May	448
42	Marbled White Melanargia galathea	Butterflies and moths	July	441
43	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	439
44	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	403
45	Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines	Butterflies and moths	May	386
46	Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus	Birds	August	383
47	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	348
48	Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola	Butterflies and moths	July	345
49	Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis	Birds	January	340
50	Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Butterflies and moths	July	334
51	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	334
52	Dunlin Calidris alpina	Birds	September	323
53	Sanderling Calidris alba	Birds	September	316
54	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	316
55	Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla	Birds	May	310
56	Green-winged Teal Anas crecca	Birds	January	308
57	European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	Birds	April	307
58	Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus	Butterflies and moths	June	303
59	Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti	Birds	April	295
60	Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius	Birds	October	295