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Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

230 species

Monkey orchid

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
100

Sei Whale

Group
Mammals
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
90

Allis Shad

Group
Fish
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
89

Fen Orchid

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
89

Flamingo moss

Group
Mosses
Peak month
December
Records since 2000
89

Shore Dock

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
88

Brown galingale

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
86

Green Turtle

Group
Reptiles
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
76

Killer Whale

Group
Mammals
Peak month
November
Records since 2000
75

Pool frog

Group
Amphibians
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
67

Field cricket

Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
61

Spring gentian

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
61

Small fleabane

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
56

Alpine fleabane

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
55

Tadpole shrimp

Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
55

Large copper

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
54

Medicinal leech

Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
54

Whitefish

Group
Fish
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
53

Sea knotgrass

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
52