| # | County | Records since 2000 | Species recorded | Area |
|---|
| 1 | Highland | 1,707,321 | 10,311 | — |
| 2 | City of Edinburgh | 1,021,164 | 4,563 | 263.4 km² |
| 3 | South Ayrshire | 868,347 | 2,856 | — |
| 4 | Argyll and Bute | 657,277 | 7,593 | — |
| 5 | Dumfries and Galloway | 501,718 | 5,607 | — |
| 6 | East Lothian | 484,171 | 4,289 | — |
| 7 | Fife | 451,927 | 5,003 | — |
| 8 | Aberdeenshire | 419,443 | 6,195 | — |
| 9 | Perth and Kinross | 398,307 | 6,023 | — |
| 10 | Scottish Borders | 323,646 | 4,590 | — |
| 11 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | 313,746 | 4,690 | — |
| 12 | Glasgow City | 290,936 | 2,857 | — |
| 13 | Orkney Islands | 249,690 | 3,332 | — |
| 14 | Aberdeen City | 211,456 | 2,834 | — |
| 15 | North Ayrshire | 188,386 | 4,287 | — |
| 16 | Stirling | 173,273 | 4,806 | — |
| 17 | Moray | 158,674 | 4,317 | — |
| 18 | Angus | 134,677 | 3,666 | — |
| 19 | Midlothian | 120,719 | 2,970 | — |
| 20 | South Lanarkshire | 95,204 | 3,274 | — |
| 21 | Renfrewshire | 93,861 | 2,324 | — |
| 22 | West Lothian | 85,996 | 2,522 | — |
| 23 | East Ayrshire | 74,410 | 3,157 | — |
| 24 | Falkirk | 68,158 | 2,241 | — |
| 25 | North Lanarkshire | 57,209 | 2,307 | — |
| 26 | Clackmannanshire | 50,842 | 1,477 | — |
| 27 | Dundee City | 34,256 | 1,134 | — |
| 28 | West Dunbartonshire | 28,391 | 1,707 | — |
| 29 | East Renfrewshire | 21,598 | 1,401 | — |
| 30 | East Dunbartonshire | 18,784 | 1,718 | — |
| 31 | Inverclyde | 12,242 | 1,343 | — |