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At their peak in May

2,538 species

Perennial Honesty

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
209
Scientific name
Lunaria rediviva

Lecidea lichen

Group
Lichens
Records since 2000
208
Scientific name
Lecidea plana

Real's wood white

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
205
Scientific name
Leptidea juvernica

Tower Mustard

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
205
Scientific name
Turritis glabra

Myopa buccata

Group
True flies
Records since 2000
203
Peak month
May

Oak Leaf-roller

Group
Beetles
Records since 2000
201
Scientific name
Attelabus nitens

Barred hook-tip

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
199
Scientific name
Watsonalla cultraria

Small purple-barred

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
199
Scientific name
Phytometra viridaria

Horse leech

Group
Worms (annelids)
Records since 2000
197
Scientific name
Haemopis sanguisuga

Privet Sawfly

Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Records since 2000
197
Scientific name
Macrophya punctumalbum

Hilara maura

Group
True flies
Records since 2000
196
Peak month
May

Tenthredo atra

Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Records since 2000
196
Peak month
May

A water beetle

Group
Beetles
Records since 2000
195
Scientific name
Sphaeridium scarabaeoides

Bastard Balm

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
195
Scientific name
Melittis melissophyllum