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At their peak in October

1,491 species

Annual Sea-blite

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
2,027
Scientific name
Suaeda maritima

Eurasian Hoopoe

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
2,017
Scientific name
Upupa epops

Tinder Bracket

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
1,998
Scientific name
Fomes fomentarius

Split Porecrust

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
1,924
Scientific name
Schizopora paradoxa

Scurfy Twiglet

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
1,907
Scientific name
Tubaria furfuracea

Friedländer's Bacillus

Group
Microorganisms and protists
Records since 2000
1,860
Scientific name
Klebsiella pneumoniae

False Deathcap

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
1,847
Scientific name
Amanita citrina

Beech Woodwart

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
1,842
Scientific name
Hypoxylon fragiforme

Little Bunting

Group
Birds
Records since 2000
1,835
Scientific name
Emberiza pusilla

Orange Mosscap

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
1,826
Scientific name
Rickenella fibula

Slimy Waxcap

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
1,813
Scientific name
Gliophorus irrigatus

Cep, Penny Bun

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
1,807
Scientific name
Boletus edulis

Red Worm

Group
Worms (annelids)
Records since 2000
1,748
Scientific name
Lumbricus rubellus

Sea Purslane

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
1,735
Scientific name
Halimione portulacoides

Hazel dormouse

Group
Mammals
Records since 2000
1,733
Scientific name
Muscardinus avellanarius

Blair's Shoulder-Knot

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
1,707
Scientific name
Lithophane leautieri

Porcelain Fungus

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
1,693
Scientific name
Mucidula mucida

Greater Sea-spurrey

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
1,691
Scientific name
Spergularia media

Pink Waxcap

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
1,677
Scientific name
Porpolomopsis calyptriformis

Red cracking bolete

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
1,617
Scientific name
Xerocomellus chrysenteron

Holly Speckle

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
1,602
Scientific name
Trochila ilicina

Black-grass

Group
Flowering plants
Records since 2000
1,597
Scientific name
Juncus gerardi

Milking Bonnet

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
1,591
Scientific name
Mycena galopus

Bay Bolete

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
1,589
Scientific name
Imleria badia

Satellite

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
1,576
Scientific name
Eupsilia transversa

Dung Roundhead

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
1,575
Scientific name
Protostropharia semiglobata

Plant bug

Group
True bugs
Records since 2000
1,561
Scientific name
Pinalitus cervinus

Nut Leaf Blister Moth

Group
Butterflies and moths
Records since 2000
1,534
Scientific name
Phyllonorycter coryli

Red bandfish

Group
Fish
Records since 2000
1,529
Scientific name
Cepola macrophthalma

Common Rustgill

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
1,522
Scientific name
Gymnopilus penetrans

Green Elfcup

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
1,522
Scientific name
Chlorociboria aeruginascens

Wood Woolly-foot

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
1,522
Scientific name
Collybiopsis peronata

Fries’ goby

Group
Fish
Records since 2000
1,516
Scientific name
Lesueurigobius friesii

Yellow barklouse

Group
Other insects
Records since 2000
1,515
Scientific name
Valenzuela flavidus

Parasol

Group
Fungi
Records since 2000
1,508
Scientific name
Macrolepiota procera