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Earthy
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391
species
Black-headed Gull
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
1,071,610
Scientific name
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Cormorant/European Shag
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
711,052
Scientific name
Phalacrocorax carbo
Long-tailed Tit
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
593,820
Scientific name
Aegithalos caudatus
Green-winged Teal
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
429,559
Scientific name
Anas crecca
Coal Tit
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
365,786
Scientific name
Periparus ater
Mew Gull
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
355,098
Scientific name
Larus canus
Northern Shoveler
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
319,367
Scientific name
Spatula clypeata
Eurasian Wigeon
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
306,853
Scientific name
Mareca penelope
Little Grebe
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
299,502
Scientific name
Tachybaptus ruficollis
Redwing
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
261,212
Scientific name
Turdus iliacus
Common Pochard
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
197,000
Scientific name
Aythya ferina
Eurasian Bullfinch
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
194,195
Scientific name
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Fieldfare
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
138,324
Scientific name
Turdus pilaris
Common Merganser
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
104,946
Scientific name
Mergus merganser
Common Goldeneye
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
103,697
Scientific name
Bucephala clangula
Water Rail
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
93,917
Scientific name
Rallus aquaticus
Northern Pintail
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
88,832
Scientific name
Anas acuta
Red-breasted Merganser
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
59,855
Scientific name
Mergus serrator
Barn Owl
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
54,544
Scientific name
Tyto alba
Marsh Tit
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
47,776
Scientific name
Poecile palustris
Common Loon
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
32,765
Scientific name
Gavia immer
Eurasian Woodcock
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
23,674
Scientific name
Scolopax rusticola
Short-eared Owl
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
23,364
Scientific name
Asio flammeus
Sugar Kelp
Group
Seaweeds and algae
Records since 2000
20,817
Scientific name
Saccharina latissima
Long-tailed Duck
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
20,221
Scientific name
Clangula hyemalis
Greater Scaup
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
19,363
Scientific name
Aythya marila
Purple Sandpiper
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
18,878
Scientific name
Calidris maritima
Willow Tit
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
16,511
Scientific name
Poecile montanus
Greater White-fronted Goose
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
16,291
Scientific name
Anser albifrons
Hen Harrier
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
14,659
Scientific name
Circus cyaneus
Tubeworm
Group
Worms (annelids)
Records since 2000
14,497
Scientific name
Owenia fusiformis
Horned Grebe
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
13,082
Scientific name
Podiceps auritus
Caspian Gull
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
12,452
Scientific name
Larus cachinnans
Water Pipit
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
11,870
Scientific name
Anthus spinoletta
White-winged Scoter
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
11,818
Scientific name
Melanitta fusca
Eared Grebe
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
11,738
Scientific name
Podiceps nigricollis
Smew
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
11,187
Scientific name
Mergellus albellus
Ruddy Duck
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
10,294
Scientific name
Oxyura jamaicensis
Hawfinch
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
9,785
Scientific name
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Tundra Swan
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
9,716
Scientific name
Cygnus columbianus
Great Hairy Screw-moss
Group
Mosses
Records since 2000
9,711
Scientific name
Syntrichia ruralis
Bohemian Waxwing
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
9,660
Scientific name
Bombycilla garrulus
Arctic/Pacific Loon
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
9,541
Scientific name
Gavia arctica
Forked ribbons
Group
Seaweeds and algae
Records since 2000
8,016
Scientific name
Dictyota dichotoma
Iceland Gull
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
6,693
Scientific name
Larus glaucoides
Red-necked Grebe
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
6,573
Scientific name
Podiceps grisegena
Mistletoe
Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
6,276
Scientific name
Viscum album
Ring-necked Duck
Group
Birds
Records since 2000
5,556
Scientific name
Aythya collaris
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