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At their peak in May

2,538 species

Flexuose Cleftclam

Group
Molluscs
Records since 2000
11,473
Scientific name
Thyasira flexuosa

Male-fern

Group
Ferns and horsetails
Records since 2000
11,400
Scientific name
Dryopteris filix-mas

Narrowleaf Vetch

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
11,032
Scientific name
Vicia sativa

Grey Field Slug

Group
Molluscs
Records since 2000
10,855
Scientific name
Deroceras reticulatum

Bugle

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
10,367
Scientific name
Ajuga reptans

Broad Buckler-fern

Group
Ferns and horsetails
Records since 2000
10,227
Scientific name
Dryopteris dilatata

Pholoe inornata

Group
Worms (annelids)
Records since 2000
10,180
Peak month
May

Calvia 14-guttata

Group
Beetles
Records since 2000
10,137
Scientific name
Calvia quatuordecimguttata

Pendulous Sedge

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
9,859
Scientific name
Carex pendula

Black Swan

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
9,552
Scientific name
Cygnus atratus

Ladybird beetle

Group
Beetles
Records since 2000
9,453
Scientific name
Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata

16-spot Ladybird

Group
Beetles
Records since 2000
9,156
Scientific name
Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata

Grass Snake

Group
Reptiles
Records since 2000
8,979
Scientific name
Natrix helvetica

Reddish snail

Group
Molluscs
Records since 2000
8,969
Scientific name
Trochulus striolatus

Meadow Foxtail

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
8,431
Scientific name
Alopecurus pratensis

Common Cockchafer

Group
Beetles
Records since 2000
8,262
Scientific name
Melolontha melolontha

Green Tiger Beetle

Group
Beetles
Records since 2000
8,058
Scientific name
Cicindela campestris

Brown Rim-lichen

Group
Lichens
Records since 2000
7,917
Scientific name
Lecanora chlarotera

Coral Weed

Group
Seaweeds and algae
Records since 2000
7,820
Scientific name
Corallina officinalis

Black Bryony

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
7,792
Scientific name
Dioscorea communis

Kentish Snail

Group
Molluscs
Records since 2000
7,788
Scientific name
Monacha cantiana

Green Carpet

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
7,759
Scientific name
Colostygia pectinataria

Pignut

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
7,683
Scientific name
Conopodium majus

Early Mining Bee

Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Records since 2000
7,566
Scientific name
Andrena haemorrhoa

Sixspot Cranefly

Group
True flies
Records since 2000
7,283
Scientific name
Limonia nubeculosa

Wood Warbler

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
7,246
Scientific name
Phylloscopus sibillatrix

Broom

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
7,008
Scientific name
Cytisus scoparius

Green Dock Beetle

Group
Beetles
Records since 2000
6,957
Scientific name
Gastrophysa viridula

Dusky Slug

Group
Molluscs
Records since 2000
6,949
Scientific name
Arion subfuscus

Small Red Sedge

Group
Caddisflies
Records since 2000
6,888
Scientific name
Tinodes waeneri

Mottled Sedge

Group
Caddisflies
Records since 2000
6,879
Scientific name
Glyphotaelius pellucidus

Goosebump sponge

Group
Sponges
Records since 2000
6,816
Scientific name
Dysidea fragilis

Great Grey Slug

Group
Molluscs
Records since 2000
6,803
Scientific name
Limax maximus

Bulbous Buttercup

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
6,662
Scientific name
Ranunculus bulbosus

Greater Celandine

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
6,651
Scientific name
Chelidonium majus

Wych Elm

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
6,614
Scientific name
Ulmus glabra

Dark Crottle

Group
Lichens
Records since 2000
6,587
Scientific name
Hypogymnia physodes

Field Forget-me-not

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
6,582
Scientific name
Myosotis arvensis