West Lothian

85,996Records since 2000

2,522Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 85,996
Species recorded: 2,522
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 Lothian

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus	Mammals	August	8,324
2	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	1,551
3	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	1,519
4	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	1,504
5	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	1,492
6	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	1,385
7	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	1,352
8	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	1,351
9	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	1,229
10	Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii	Mammals	August	1,191
11	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	1,151
12	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	1,138
13	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	1,115
14	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	1,043
15	Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	Birds	April	884
16	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	845
17	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	820
18	Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis	Mammals	October	807
19	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	793
20	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	781
21	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	780
22	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	776
23	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	757
24	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	748
25	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Butterflies and moths	July	707
26	Coal Tit Periparus ater	Birds	January	701
27	Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus	Mammals	July	683
28	Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	Birds	April	682
29	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	672
30	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	597
31	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	579
32	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Birds	April	571
33	Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis	Birds	January	527
34	Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus	Birds	May	500
35	Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus	Birds	April	491
36	Buff-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus terrestris	Bees, wasps and ants	April	487
37	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	475
38	Goldcrest Regulus regulus	Birds	October	473
39	Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula	Birds	January	449
40	Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	Birds	October	434
41	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	432
42	Green-winged Teal Anas crecca	Birds	January	427
43	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	418
44	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	418
45	Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea	Birds	October	407
46	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	401
47	Mew Gull Larus canus	Birds	January	395
48	Graylag Goose Anser anser	Birds	April	383
49	Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum	Bees, wasps and ants	August	373
50	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Butterflies and moths	July	349
51	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	Birds	October	346
52	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	333
53	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	321
54	Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	Birds	January	317
55	European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	Birds	April	315
56	Common Merganser Mergus merganser	Birds	January	304
57	Peacock Aglais io	Butterflies and moths	April	301
58	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	299
59	Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major	Birds	May	291
60	White-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus lucorum	Bees, wasps and ants	July	288