West Dunbartonshire

28,391Records since 2000

1,707Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 28,391
Species recorded: 1,707
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 West Dunbartonshire

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris	Mammals	September	929
2	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	766
3	Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis	Mammals	October	763
4	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	723
5	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	684
6	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	652
7	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	627
8	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	612
9	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	597
10	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	532
11	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	524
12	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	501
13	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	467
14	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	445
15	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	432
16	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	401
17	Coal Tit Periparus ater	Birds	January	348
18	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	344
19	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	329
20	Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii	Mammals	August	304
21	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	274
22	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	265
23	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	264
24	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	260
25	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	259
26	Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea	Birds	April	255
27	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	254
28	Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus	Birds	April	246
29	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	246
30	Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris	Birds	April	245
31	Common Merganser Mergus merganser	Birds	January	245
32	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	242
33	Mew Gull Larus canus	Birds	January	239
34	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	237
35	Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus	Birds	October	235
36	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	202
37	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	195
38	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	194
39	Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major	Birds	May	184
40	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	180
41	Goldcrest Regulus regulus	Birds	October	180
42	Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla	Birds	May	169
43	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Birds	May	167
44	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	161
45	Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula	Birds	January	159
46	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	152
47	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	149
48	Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus	Birds	May	144
49	Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum	Birds	May	140
50	European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola	Birds	October	133
51	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	131
52	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	Birds	October	125
53	Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus	Birds	April	125
54	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	124
55	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	124
56	Osprey Pandion haliaetus	Birds	August	122
57	Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines	Butterflies and moths	May	117
58	Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius	Birds	October	117
59	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Butterflies and moths	July	113
60	Common Raven Corvus corax	Birds	April	108