West Berkshire

405,646Records since 2000

4,681Species recorded

704.2 km²Area

162,215Population

Facts

Records since 2000: 405,646
Species recorded: 4,681
Area: 704.2 km²
Population: 162,215 (1 January 2022)
Nation: England
Type of area: Unitary Authority

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1473780

Most recorded species in West Berkshire

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	8,045
2	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	7,581
3	Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus	Butterflies and moths	July	4,566
4	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	4,476
5	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	4,198
6	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	4,066
7	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	4,026
8	Red Kite Milvus milvus	Birds	April	3,890
9	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Butterflies and moths	August	3,683
10	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	3,583
11	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	3,540
12	Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba	Butterflies and moths	August	3,313
13	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	3,275
14	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	3,269
15	Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata	Butterflies and moths	August	3,228
16	Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Butterflies and moths	August	3,078
17	Large White Pieris brassicae	Butterflies and moths	July	3,009
18	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	2,952
19	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	2,943
20	Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	2,910
21	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	2,801
22	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	2,748
23	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	2,626
24	Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana	Butterflies and moths	August	2,557
25	Riband Wave Idaea aversata	Butterflies and moths	July	2,532
26	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	2,410
27	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	2,402
28	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	2,347
29	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	2,346
30	Marbled White Melanargia galathea	Butterflies and moths	July	2,160
31	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	2,103
32	Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus	Butterflies and moths	June	2,086
33	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	2,048
34	Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni	Butterflies and moths	May	2,021
35	Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta	Butterflies and moths	August	1,932
36	Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha	Butterflies and moths	July	1,919
37	Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella	Butterflies and moths	July	1,909
38	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	1,831
39	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	1,829
40	Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis	Butterflies and moths	June	1,778
41	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	1,682
42	Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum	Butterflies and moths	August	1,658
43	Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta	Butterflies and moths	August	1,603
44	Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum	Dragonflies and damselflies	August	1,601
45	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	1,585
46	Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe	Butterflies and moths	August	1,569
47	Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus	Birds	April	1,559
48	Dingy Dowd Blastobasis adustella	Butterflies and moths	August	1,555
49	Pearl Veneer Agriphila straminella	Butterflies and moths	July	1,469
50	Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa	Butterflies and moths	September	1,469
51	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	1,451
52	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	1,451
53	Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla	Birds	May	1,417
54	Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica	Butterflies and moths	April	1,358
55	Brown House Moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Butterflies and moths	July	1,338
56	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	1,328
57	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	1,312
58	Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	1,311
59	Silver Y Autographa gamma	Butterflies and moths	July	1,310
60	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	1,310