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At their peak in May

2,538 species

Ash-black Slug

Group
Molluscs
Records since 2000
699
Scientific name
Limax cinereoniger

Common Bistort

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
692
Scientific name
Bistorta officinalis

European Serin

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
688
Scientific name
Serinus serinus

Pocket Plum

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
688
Scientific name
Taphrina pruni

European chickweed

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
682
Scientific name
Stellaria palustris

Catinaria lichen

Group
Lichens
Records since 2000
681
Scientific name
Catinaria atropurpurea

Northern Winter Moth

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
678
Scientific name
Operophtera fagata

Root-maggot Fly

Group
True flies
Records since 2000
676
Scientific name
Hydrophoria lancifer

Capped Orb Mussel

Group
Molluscs
Records since 2000
671
Scientific name
Musculium lacustre

Rape

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
665
Scientific name
Brassica rapa

Heath Navel

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
664
Scientific name
Lichenomphalia umbellifera

Large Meadow Fly

Group
True flies
Records since 2000
664
Scientific name
Chrysotoxum cautum

Adria Bellflower

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
661
Scientific name
Campanula portenschlagiana

White Helleborine

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
661
Scientific name
Cephalanthera damasonium

Girdled Mining Bee

Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Records since 2000
657
Scientific name
Andrena labiata

Weevil

Group
Beetles
Records since 2000
654
Scientific name
Mecinus pyraster

Box-headed Blood Bee

Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Records since 2000
648
Scientific name
Sphecodes monilicornis

Orca

Group
Mammals
Records since 2000
647
Scientific name
Orcinus orca

Brittle Bladder-fern

Group
Ferns and horsetails
Records since 2000
643
Scientific name
Cystopteris fragilis

Wart lichen

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
639
Scientific name
Pyrenula occidentalis

Meadow-foam

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
636
Scientific name
Limnanthes douglasii