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At their peak in August

2,267 species

Mountain Male-fern

Group
Ferns and horsetails
Records since 2000
62
Scientific name
Dryopteris oreades

Horse Bot Fly

Group
True flies
Records since 2000
61
Scientific name
Gasterophilus intestinalis

Bran bug

Group
Beetles
Records since 2000
60
Scientific name
Tribolium castaneum

Common Pear

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
60
Scientific name
Pyrus pyraster

False Mocha

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
60
Scientific name
Cyclophora porata

Lakezone lichen

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
60
Scientific name
Staurothele fissa

Nomada baccata

Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Records since 2000
60
Peak month
August

Wart lichen

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
60
Scientific name
Verrucaria elaeomelaena

Epyris niger

Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Records since 2000
59
Peak month
August

Loddon Pondweed

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
59
Scientific name
Potamogeton nodosus

Ocnus lacteus

Group
Starfish and sea urchins
Records since 2000
59
Peak month
August

Oldrose Bolete

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
59
Scientific name
Imperator rhodopurpureus

Craesus latipes

Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Records since 2000
58
Peak month
August

Grass-wrack Pondweed

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
58
Scientific name
Potamogeton compressus