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At their peak in August

2,267 species

Common Grass Veneer

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
6,856
Scientific name
Agriphila tristellus

Common Fleabane

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
6,682
Scientific name
Pulicaria dysenterica

Gypsywort

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
6,492
Scientific name
Lycopus europaeus

Bearbind

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
6,477
Scientific name
Calystegia sepium

Yellow Shell

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
6,476
Scientific name
Camptogramma bilineata

Flounced Rustic

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
6,401
Scientific name
Luperina testacea

Scentless bug

Group
True bugs
Records since 2000
6,364
Scientific name
Corizus hyoscyami

Canadian Waterweed

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
6,360
Scientific name
Elodea canadensis

Dingy Dowd

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
6,293
Scientific name
Blastobasis adustella

Small Square-spot

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
6,140
Scientific name
Diarsia rubi

Turnip Moth

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
5,997
Scientific name
Agrotis segetum

Birch catkin bug

Group
True bugs
Records since 2000
5,955
Scientific name
Kleidocerys resedae

Arctic comb jelly

Group
Other invertebrates
Records since 2000
5,940
Scientific name
Mertensia ovum

Eelgrass

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
5,884
Scientific name
Zostera marina

Parent Bug

Group
True bugs
Records since 2000
5,884
Scientific name
Elasmucha grisea

Common Plume

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
5,750
Scientific name
Emmelina monodactyla

Furry Dronefly

Group
True flies
Records since 2000
5,653
Scientific name
Eristalis intricaria

Lesser Marsh Grasshopper

Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
Records since 2000
5,628
Scientific name
Chorthippus albomarginatus

Cirl Bunting

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
5,559
Scientific name
Emberiza cirlus

Polychaete

Group
Worms (annelids)
Records since 2000
5,456
Scientific name
Eumida sanguinea

Redshank [plant]

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
5,442
Scientific name
Persicaria maculosa

Common Toadflax

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
5,393
Scientific name
Linaria vulgaris

Eulalia mustela

Group
Worms (annelids)
Records since 2000
5,299
Peak month
August

Common nut clam

Group
Molluscs
Records since 2000
5,272
Scientific name
Nucula nucleus

Oak Bush Cricket

Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
Records since 2000
5,193
Scientific name
Meconema thalassinum

Flame Carpet

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
5,167
Scientific name
Xanthorhoe designata

Peanut worm

Group
Other invertebrates
Records since 2000
5,102
Scientific name
Phascolion strombus

Black Crowberry

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
5,057
Scientific name
Empetrum nigrum

Curled Octopus

Group
Molluscs
Records since 2000
5,022
Scientific name
Eledone cirrhosa

Sneezewort

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
4,982
Scientific name
Achillea ptarmica

Tansy

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
4,945
Scientific name
Tanacetum vulgare

Pista cristata

Group
Worms (annelids)
Records since 2000
4,898
Peak month
August