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At their peak in May

2,538 species

Western Jackdaw

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
1,084,740
Scientific name
Coloeus monedula

European Starling

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
899,933
Scientific name
Sturnus vulgaris

House Sparrow

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
737,414
Scientific name
Passer domesticus

Song Thrush

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
526,859
Scientific name
Turdus philomelos

Barn Swallow

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
508,854
Scientific name
Hirundo rustica

Northern Lapwing

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
488,044
Scientific name
Vanellus vanellus

Eurasian Blackcap

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
418,202
Scientific name
Sylvia atricapilla

Eurasian Skylark

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
396,393
Scientific name
Alauda arvensis

Reed Bunting

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
350,041
Scientific name
Emberiza schoeniclus

Brimstone

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
349,817
Scientific name
Gonepteryx rhamni

Orange-tip

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
203,747
Scientific name
Anthocharis cardamines

Common Tern

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
154,963
Scientific name
Sterna hirundo

Yellowhammer

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
147,352
Scientific name
Emberiza citrinella

Large Red Damselfly

Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
Records since 2000
143,697
Scientific name
Pyrrhosoma nymphula

Sedge Warbler

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
139,834
Scientific name
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Pied Avocet

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
118,615
Scientific name
Recurvirostra avosetta

Spring Azure

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
107,313
Scientific name
Celastrina argiolus

Common Eider

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
86,739
Scientific name
Somateria mollissima

Common Cuckoo

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
80,853
Scientific name
Cuculus canorus

Eurasian Hobby

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
61,403
Scientific name
Falco subbuteo

European rabbit

Group
Mammals
Records since 2000
61,227
Scientific name
Oryctolagus cuniculus

Garden Warbler

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
59,895
Scientific name
Sylvia borin

Tawny Owl

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
59,671
Scientific name
Strix aluco

Whimbrel

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
58,553
Scientific name
Numenius phaeopus

Dingy Skipper

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
56,840
Scientific name
Erynnis tages

Hooded Crow

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
56,265
Scientific name
Corvus cornix

European roe deer

Group
Mammals
Records since 2000
53,679
Scientific name
Capreolus capreolus

Hawthorn

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
44,514
Scientific name
Crataegus monogyna

Green Alkanet

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
37,435
Scientific name
Pentaglottis sempervirens

Common Redstart

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
35,860
Scientific name
Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Cleavers

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
35,139
Scientific name
Galium aparine

Sycamore [tree]

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
34,632
Scientific name
Acer pseudoplatanus

Gray Partridge

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
34,405
Scientific name
Perdix perdix

Arctic Tern

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
33,992
Scientific name
Sterna paradisaea