Wirral

171,694Records since 2000

3,241Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 171,694
Species recorded: 3,241
Nation: England
Type of area: Metropolitan Borough

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

Most recorded species in Wirral

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	4,800
2	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	4,561
3	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	4,433
4	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	4,265
5	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	4,021
6	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	3,757
7	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	3,675
8	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	3,482
9	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	3,410
10	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	3,281
11	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	3,225
12	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	2,738
13	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	2,627
14	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	2,556
15	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	2,411
16	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	2,400
17	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	2,378
18	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	2,175
19	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	2,156
20	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	2,026
21	Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	Birds	October	1,885
22	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Birds	May	1,824
23	Dunlin Calidris alpina	Birds	September	1,764
24	Common Redshank Tringa totanus	Birds	April	1,739
25	European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	Birds	April	1,733
26	Mew Gull Larus canus	Birds	January	1,702
27	Eurasian Linnet Linaria cannabina	Birds	April	1,647
28	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	1,641
29	Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	Birds	October	1,587
30	Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	Birds	April	1,531
31	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	1,530
32	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	1,492
33	Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Birds	October	1,451
34	Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus	Birds	April	1,421
35	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	1,398
36	Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis	Birds	May	1,355
37	Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata	Birds	April	1,336
38	Red Knot Calidris canutus	Birds	September	1,253
39	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	1,221
40	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	1,193
41	Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus	Birds	May	1,174
42	Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta	Birds	August	1,130
43	Sanderling Calidris alba	Birds	September	1,117
44	Stock Dove Columba oenas	Birds	April	1,050
45	Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major	Birds	May	1,042
46	Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	Birds	May	1,042
47	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Butterflies and moths	August	1,019
48	Small White Pieris rapae	Butterflies and moths	August	1,001
49	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	980
50	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	933
51	Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	Birds	October	891
52	Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe	Birds	April	890
53	Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	Birds	August	866
54	Greater Whitethroat Sylvia communis	Birds	May	857
55	Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	Birds	July	852
56	Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus	Birds	April	843
57	Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	Birds	October	840
58	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	839
59	Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola	Birds	October	820
60	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	812