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At their peak in August

2,267 species

Speckled Wood

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
798,810
Scientific name
Pararge aegeria

Small White

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
709,791
Scientific name
Pieris rapae

Haddock

Group
Fish
Records since 2000
617,374
Scientific name
Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Common Blue

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
435,468
Scientific name
Polyommatus icarus

Whiting

Group
Fish
Records since 2000
274,647
Scientific name
Merlangius merlangus

Soprano Pipistrelle

Group
Mammals
Records since 2000
266,742
Scientific name
Pipistrellus pygmaeus

Common Darter

Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
Records since 2000
200,125
Scientific name
Sympetrum striolatum

Common dab

Group
Fish
Records since 2000
176,731
Scientific name
Limanda limanda

Small Copper

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
142,326
Scientific name
Lycaena phlaeas

Common Carder Bee

Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Records since 2000
124,859
Scientific name
Bombus pascuorum

Mediterranean Gull

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
120,966
Scientific name
Ichthyaetus melanocephalus

Common Sandpiper

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
107,459
Scientific name
Actitis hypoleucos

Painted Lady

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
105,523
Scientific name
Vanessa cardui

Lemon Sole

Group
Fish
Records since 2000
94,694
Scientific name
Microstomus kitt

Brown Argus

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
94,102
Scientific name
Aricia agestis

Southern Hawker

Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
Records since 2000
88,803
Scientific name
Aeshna cyanea

Sandwich Tern

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
88,504
Scientific name
Thalasseus sandvicensis

Common Greenshank

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
77,228
Scientific name
Tringa nebularia

Green Sandpiper

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
76,512
Scientific name
Tringa ochropus

Daubenton's Bat

Group
Mammals
Records since 2000
65,340
Scientific name
Myotis daubentonii

Indian Balsam

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
62,045
Scientific name
Impatiens glandulifera

Chalk-hill Blue

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
60,252
Scientific name
Lysandra coridon

Red fox

Group
Mammals
Records since 2000
56,196
Scientific name
Vulpes vulpes

Emerald Damselfly

Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
Records since 2000
46,053
Scientific name
Lestes sponsa

Ruddy Darter

Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
Records since 2000
45,389
Scientific name
Sympetrum sanguineum

Wall

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
43,859
Scientific name
Lasiommata megera

Green Shieldbug

Group
True bugs
Records since 2000
37,202
Scientific name
Palomena prasina

Edible Crab

Group
Crustaceans
Records since 2000
36,315
Scientific name
Cancer pagurus

Adonis Blue

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
32,407
Scientific name
Lysandra bellargus

Grayling [butterfly]

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
30,847
Scientific name
Hipparchia semele

Manx Shearwater

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
30,622
Scientific name
Puffinus puffinus

Common Hawker

Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
Records since 2000
29,798
Scientific name
Aeshna juncea

Osprey

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
28,915
Scientific name
Pandion haliaetus

Drone Fly

Group
True flies
Records since 2000
28,014
Scientific name
Eristalis tenax

Black Darter

Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
Records since 2000
26,741
Scientific name
Sympetrum danae

Pedunculate Oak

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
24,087
Scientific name
Quercus robur

Saithe, Pollock

Group
Fish
Records since 2000
23,988
Scientific name
Pollachius virens