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At their peak in April

1,167 species

Polytrichum moss

Group
Mosses
Records since 2000
337
Scientific name
Polytrichum longisetum

A water beetle

Group
Beetles
Records since 2000
332
Scientific name
Prionocyphon serricornis

Eisenia fetida

Group
Worms (annelids)
Records since 2000
326
Peak month
April

Felt lichen

Group
Lichens
Records since 2000
323
Scientific name
Peltigera leucophlebia

Least Sandpiper

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
322
Scientific name
Calidris minutilla

Hidcote comfrey

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
315
Scientific name
Symphytum hidcotense

Eutypa maura

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
310
Peak month
April

Imshaugia lichen

Group
Lichens
Records since 2000
308
Scientific name
Imshaugia aleurites

Bendy Ditrichum

Group
Mosses
Records since 2000
303
Scientific name
Flexitrichum flexicaule

A Dog-lichen

Group
Lichens
Records since 2000
302
Scientific name
Peltigera britannica

Colchis ivy

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
298
Scientific name
Hedera colchica

Broadleaf grimmia

Group
Mosses
Records since 2000
289
Scientific name
Schistidium platyphyllum

Carpet beetle

Group
Beetles
Records since 2000
287
Scientific name
Attagenus pellio