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At their peak in May

2,538 species

Small Yellow Sedge

Group
Caddisflies
Records since 2000
2,644
Scientific name
Psychomyia pusilla

Common Comfrey

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
2,637
Scientific name
Symphytum officinale

Field Madder

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
2,508
Scientific name
Sherardia arvensis

Muslin Moth

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
2,508
Scientific name
Diaphora mendica

Soldier Fly

Group
True flies
Records since 2000
2,495
Scientific name
Microchrysa polita

Wall Cotoneaster

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
2,486
Scientific name
Cotoneaster horizontalis

Great Ramshorn

Group
Molluscs
Records since 2000
2,449
Scientific name
Planorbarius corneus

Ocean Quahog

Group
Molluscs
Records since 2000
2,449
Scientific name
Arctica islandica

Horny Orb Mussel

Group
Molluscs
Records since 2000
2,423
Scientific name
Sphaerium corneum

Pebbled Pixie-cup

Group
Lichens
Records since 2000
2,374
Scientific name
Cladonia pyxidata

Scalloped Hazel

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
2,363
Scientific name
Odontopera bidentata

Glistenworm

Group
Molluscs
Records since 2000
2,345
Scientific name
Chaetoderma nitidulum

Hoary Cress

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
2,329
Scientific name
Lepidium draba

Handsome plant bug

Group
True bugs
Records since 2000
2,323
Scientific name
Harpocera thoracica

Great Forget-me-not

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
2,308
Scientific name
Brunnera macrophylla

Great Horsetail

Group
Ferns and horsetails
Records since 2000
2,294
Scientific name
Equisetum telmateia

Climbing Corydalis

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
2,256
Scientific name
Ceratocapnos claviculata

Margined Ramshorn

Group
Molluscs
Records since 2000
2,217
Scientific name
Planorbis planorbis

Sea lemon

Group
Sponges
Records since 2000
2,204
Scientific name
Tethya citrina

Lily Beetle

Group
Beetles
Records since 2000
2,178
Scientific name
Lilioceris lilii

Gall midge

Group
True flies
Records since 2000
2,174
Scientific name
Lestremia cinerea

Fringecups

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
2,128
Scientific name
Tellima grandiflora

Bitter-vetch

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
2,120
Scientific name
Lathyrus linifolius

Pore lichen

Group
Lichens
Records since 2000
2,100
Scientific name
Pertusaria hymenea

Eurasian Dotterel

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
2,076
Scientific name
Charadrius morinellus