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Families
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Designations
Most recorded
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Species
Groups
By month
Families
Counties
Designations
Most recorded
Year described
Earthy
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Year described
1789
Described in 1789
63
species
1788
1790
Mute Swan
Group
Birds
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
679,735
Rock Pigeon
Group
Birds
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
571,038
Common Brittlestar
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
11,342
Ruddy Duck
Group
Birds
Peak month
January
Records since 2000
10,294
Grass Snake
Group
Reptiles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
8,979
Sooty shearwater
Group
Birds
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
8,460
An acorn barnacle
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
7,641
Small Red Damselfly
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
7,101
Palmate Newt
Group
Amphibians
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
6,154
Early Grey
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
4,715
Rosy Rustic
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
4,443
Black Brittlestar
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
4,267
Lesser Yellowlegs
Group
Birds
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
2,959
Mueller's pearlside
Group
Fish
Peak month
February
Records since 2000
2,476
American Wigeon
Group
Birds
Peak month
January
Records since 2000
2,340
Gregarious fanworm
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
2,081
Volcano Barnacle
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
1,653
Hairy Spiny Doris
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
1,006
Rove beetle
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
985
Pill Millipede
Group
Millipedes
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
787
Tawny-speckled Pug
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
675
Pacific Golden-Plover
Group
Birds
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
577
Staph beetle
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
531
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Group
Birds
Peak month
December
Records since 2000
516
Livia junci
Group
True bugs
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
467
Gull billed Tern
Group
Birds
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
428
Two-Barred Crossbill
Group
Birds
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
418
Tawny cockroach
Group
Other insects
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
408
Ptinus sexpunctatus
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
376
Stigmatogaster subterranea
Group
Centipedes
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
373
Cicadula quadripunctata
Group
True bugs
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
306
Anthrenus fuscus
Group
Beetles
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
293
Northern Waterthrush
Group
Birds
Peak month
January
Records since 2000
293
Cape Shelduck
Group
Birds
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
271
Leucothoe spinicarpa
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
263
Black-winged Kite
Group
Birds
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
256
Textrix denticulata
Group
Spiders
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
256
Greater Yellowlegs
Group
Birds
Peak month
November
Records since 2000
251
Brackish cockle
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
239
Swammerdamia pyrella
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
230
American Yellow Warbler
Group
Birds
Peak month
December
Records since 2000
217
Synanthedon myopaeformis
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
201
White-throated sparrow
Group
Birds
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
184
Philonthus varians
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
181
Atrecus affinis
Group
Beetles
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
175
Cassida vittata
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
145
Sardinian Warbler
Group
Birds
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
143
Esymus pusillus
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
142
Omalium rivulare
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
137
Filefish
Group
Fish
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
120
Barrow's Goldeneye
Group
Birds
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
117
Welsh Clearwing
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
108
American Coot
Group
Birds
Peak month
January
Records since 2000
104
Ero furcata
Group
Spiders
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
102
Rugilus orbiculatus
Group
Beetles
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
97
Green-winged teal
Group
Birds
Peak month
January
Records since 2000
83
Short-billed Dowitcher
Group
Birds
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
80
Bordered grey
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
76
Antarctic Giant-Petrel
Group
Birds
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
74
Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross
Group
Birds
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
74
Tromatobia lineatoria
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
74
Megarthrus depressus
Group
Beetles
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
61
Rhizotrogus aestivus
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
52