About Earthynature of Britain

Described in 1846

69 species

Baked Bean Ascidian

Group: Sea squirts
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 8,072

Jewel Anemone

Group: Jellyfish, corals and anemones
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 5,851

Holly Leaf Gall Fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 4,934

Woodland Red Ant

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 4,639

Dwarf tellin

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 2,920

Helophilus hybridus

Group: True flies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 1,985

Paraleptopentacta elongata

Group: Starfish and sea urchins
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 1,814

Ant

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 1,606

Amphiura securigera

Group: Starfish and sea urchins
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 1,444

Narrow-headed Ant

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 1,123

Calocaris macandreae

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 1,010

Woolly hermit crab

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 881

Anapagurus hyndmanni

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 860

White-beaked dolphin

Group: Mammals
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 769

Righthanded Hermit Crab

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 709

Davies' Cellophane Bee

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 700

Tryphosa nana

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 678

Leptasterias muelleri

Group: Starfish and sea urchins
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 619

Eudorellopsis deformis

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 561

European Oak Leafminer

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 550

European Alder Leafminer

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 515

Eudorella emarginata

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 447

Antedon petasus

Group: Starfish and sea urchins
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 430

Heteromyza rotundicornis

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 376

Rhyacionia pinivorana

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 328

Pusillina sarsii

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 307

Phyllonorycter spinicolella

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 300

Coryphella lineata

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 293

Pseudothyone raphanus

Group: Starfish and sea urchins
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 259

Nephus redtenbacheri

Group: Beetles
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 241

Ozyptila trux

Group: Spiders
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 232

Pimpla rufipes

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 224

Dichrorampha acuminatana

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 197

Andrena bucephala

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 189

Eucosma obumbratana

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 158

Upland frenchman

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 148

Shining Guest Ant

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 138

Byblis gaimardii

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 133

Phyllonorycter salictella

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 128

Sitona waterhousei

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 120

Cnephasia conspersana

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 116

Marpissa nivoyi

Group: Spiders
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 115

A ribbon worm

Group: Other invertebrates
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 112

Geitodoris planata

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 111

Phyllonorycter heegeriella

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 102

Reteporella beaniana

Group: Bryozoans
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 96

Corynoneura scutellata

Group: True flies
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 91

Tellimya tenella

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 89

Pherbellia dorsata

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 87

Tetrastemma coronatum

Group: Other invertebrates
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 81

Myrmica lobicornis

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 77

Killer Whale

Group: Mammals
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 75

Blackfish

Group: Mammals
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 74

Laricobius erichsonii

Group: Beetles
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 73

Lomanotus genei

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 71

Margined Colletes

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 71

Myrmica sulcinodis

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 70

Dasybranchus caducus

Group: Worms (annelids)
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 67

Gonatocerus fuscicornis

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 67

Catops coracinus

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 63

Micaria dives

Group: Spiders
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 60

Acrometopia wahlbergi

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 59

Acleris comariana

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 58

Ooctonus notatus

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 58

Uloborus plumipes

Group: Spiders
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 57

Phyllonorycter strigulatella

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 55

Liostomia clavula

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 53

Coleophora deauratella

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 52

Piezura graminicola

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 52