Swansea

181,185Records since 2000

6,451Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 181,185
Species recorded: 6,451
Nation: Wales
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 Swansea

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	2,303
2	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	2,285
3	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	2,270
4	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	2,159
5	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	2,095
6	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	1,998
7	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	1,862
8	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	1,828
9	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	1,570
10	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	1,547
11	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	1,443
12	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	1,435
13	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	1,298
14	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	1,292
15	Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros	Mammals	June	1,279
16	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	1,208
17	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	1,199
18	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	1,183
19	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	1,136
20	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	1,058
21	European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola	Birds	October	964
22	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	939
23	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	926
24	Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus	Birds	August	926
25	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	921
26	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	919
27	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	898
28	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	864
29	Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica	Flowering plants	June	852
30	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	816
31	Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga	Mosses	March	796
32	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	716
33	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Birds	May	706
34	Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum	Mosses	March	706
35	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	692
36	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	692
37	Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major	Birds	May	688
38	Eurasian Linnet Linaria cannabina	Birds	April	686
39	Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Birds	October	681
40	Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus	Butterflies and moths	July	667
41	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	Birds	October	666
42	Cypress-leaved Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme	Mosses	March	654
43	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	637
44	Common Raven Corvus corax	Birds	April	628
45	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	620
46	Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata	Mosses	March	618
47	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	616
48	Red Fescue Festuca rubra	Flowering plants	June	584
49	Goldcrest Regulus regulus	Birds	October	580
50	Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta	Birds	August	575
51	Large White Pieris brassicae	Butterflies and moths	July	572
52	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	563
53	Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula	Birds	January	546
54	Coal Tit Periparus ater	Birds	January	545
55	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	515
56	Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius	Birds	October	515
57	Slow worm Anguis fragilis	Reptiles	May	508
58	Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata	Liverworts	March	504
59	Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	Birds	October	498
60	Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata	Liverworts	March	497