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Biodiversity List – England

456 species

House Sparrow

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 737,414

Northern Lapwing

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 488,044

Eurasian Skylark

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 396,393

Reed Bunting

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 350,041

Small Heath

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 347,993

Eurasian Curlew

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 344,007

Whiting

Group: Fish
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 274,647

Soprano Pipistrelle

Group: Mammals
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 266,742

European plaice, Plaice

Group: Fish
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 182,165

Atlantic herring, Herring

Group: Fish
Peak month: February
Records since 2000: 177,966

Eurasian red squirrel

Group: Mammals
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 158,364

Yellowhammer

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 147,352

Atlantic cod, Cod

Group: Fish
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 90,151

Spiny dogfish

Group: Fish
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 81,318

Common Cuckoo

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 80,853

Corn Crake

Group: Birds
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 76,750

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 68,995

Atlantic mackerel, Mackerel

Group: Fish
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 65,051

Common sole, Sole

Group: Fish
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 63,582

Common Scoter

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 57,365

Dingy Skipper

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 56,840

European hake

Group: Fish
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 56,826

Atlantic horse mackerel, Scad

Group: Fish
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 47,510

Spotted Flycatcher

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 43,874

Wall

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 43,859

(Great or Northern) Crested Newt

Group: Amphibians
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 39,193

Blue whiting

Group: Fish
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 34,871

Gray Partridge

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 34,405

Lesser sand-eel, Raitt's Sandeel

Group: Fish
Peak month: December
Records since 2000: 32,762

Great Bittern

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 30,985

Grayling [butterfly]

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 30,847

European hare

Group: Mammals
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 29,750

European otter

Group: Mammals
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 28,426

Sea trout, Brown trout

Group: Fish
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 27,416

Tree Pipit

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 26,173

Silver-studded Blue

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 25,527

Small Blue

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 24,267

Common Toad

Group: Amphibians
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 23,841

Hedgehog

Group: Mammals
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 23,362

Grizzled Skipper

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 23,173

Common Grasshopper-Warbler

Group: Birds
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 23,015

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 22,974

European water vole

Group: Mammals
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 21,169

Angler

Group: Fish
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 20,901

European Common Lizard

Group: Reptiles
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 20,492

Lesser Horseshoe Bat

Group: Mammals
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 19,920

Greater Scaup

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 19,363

European Eel

Group: Fish
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 18,003