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At their peak in August

2,267 species

Honeysuckle Moth

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
793
Scientific name
Ypsolopha dentella

Red Goosefoot

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
785
Scientific name
Oxybasis rubra

White clathrina

Group
Sponges
Records since 2000
781
Scientific name
Clathrina coriacea

Water Chickweed

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
780
Scientific name
Stellaria aquatica

Bog-rosemary

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
779
Scientific name
Andromeda polifolia

Autumn Gentian

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
778
Scientific name
Gentianella amarella

Bryer's Nut Crab

Group
Crustaceans
Records since 2000
778
Scientific name
Ebalia tumefacta

Cockspur [grass]

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
778
Scientific name
Echinochloa crus-galli

Striate Lyonsia

Group
Molluscs
Records since 2000
776
Scientific name
Lyonsia norwegica

Red Underwing

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
773
Scientific name
Catocala nupta

Toadflax Brocade

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
773
Scientific name
Calophasia lunula

Blood Star

Group
Starfish and sea urchins
Records since 2000
760
Scientific name
Henricia sanguinolenta

Red-osier Dogwood

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
758
Scientific name
Cornus sericea

Heart urchin

Group
Starfish and sea urchins
Records since 2000
754
Scientific name
Brissopsis lyrifera

Gudgeon

Group
Fish
Records since 2000
741
Scientific name
Gobio gobio

Alder wooly sawfly

Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Records since 2000
739
Scientific name
Eriocampa ovata

Purple Sun Star

Group
Starfish and sea urchins
Records since 2000
733
Scientific name
Solaster endeca

Greenish Warbler

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
732
Scientific name
Phylloscopus trochiloides

Norway cockle

Group
Molluscs
Records since 2000
732
Scientific name
Laevicardium crassum

Flat periwinkle

Group
Molluscs
Records since 2000
728
Scientific name
Littorina fabalis

Stout Bobtail

Group
Molluscs
Records since 2000
728
Scientific name
Rossia macrosoma

Elymus athericus

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
722
Also known as
Sea Couch

Fruit fly

Group
True flies
Records since 2000
722
Scientific name
Urophora cardui

Purple Laver

Group
Seaweeds and algae
Records since 2000
712
Scientific name
Porphyra umbilicalis

Speckled Peter

Group
Caddisflies
Records since 2000
712
Scientific name
Agrypnia varia

Green Crenella

Group
Molluscs
Records since 2000
709
Scientific name
Musculus discors