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Described in 1761

122 species

Small Skipper

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
177,131

Small Copper

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
142,326

European Shag

Group
Birds
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
104,847

Chalk-hill Blue

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
60,252

Early Bumble Bee

Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
38,075

Greater Scaup

Group
Birds
Peak month
January
Records since 2000
19,363

Dahlia Anemone

Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
13,574

Flame Shoulder

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
12,865

Light Emerald

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
7,541

Fish Leech

Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
6,917

Flame

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
5,379

Chestnut

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
3,800

Jersey Tiger

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
3,666

Orange Swift

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
3,650

Field vole

Group
Mammals
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
3,284

Feathered Thorn

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
2,337

Shears

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
2,077

Bristly Crab

Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
1,825

Tipula maxima

Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
1,779

Wood Ant

Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
1,703

Bog Bush Cricket

Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
1,522

Chevron

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
1,213

Dot Moth

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
1,111

Leafhopper

Group
True bugs
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
875

Fixsenia pruni

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
738

Acorn Piercer

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
658

Brown-spot Pinion

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
641

Leopard Moth

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
613

Wainscot Smudge

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
609

Vernal Colletes

Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
582

Muslin Footman

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
575

Pond Olive

Group
Mayflies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
551

Ear Moth

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
545

Feathered Gothic

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
545

Leafhopper

Group
True bugs
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
543

Anarta myrtilli

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
388

A Potter wasp

Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
335

Waved black

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
277

Double line

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
264

Chrysis ignita

Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
263

Earias clorana

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
232

A Robber Fly

Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
185

Orange underwing

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
172

Garden dart

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
111

Coryne muscoides

Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
97

Double kidney

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
72