About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Cornwall

1,504 species

Cornwall — county

Wild Teasel

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 10,799

Cross-leaved Heath

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 10,772

Common Wasp, Common yellow jacket

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 10,694

Variable-leaved Crestwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 10,676

Blueish Veilwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 10,650

Mamillate Plait-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 10,616

Mugwort

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 10,551

Wood-sorrel

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 10,549

Cut-leaved Crane's-bill

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 10,545

Common Marbled Carpet

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 10,539

Blunt-leaved Bog-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 10,519

Black Medick

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 10,508

Hammered Shield Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 10,481

Curled Dock

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 10,374

Bugle

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 10,367

Himalayan Honeysuckle

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 10,314

Common Globetail

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 10,244

Butterfly-bush

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 10,146

Wood mouse

Group: Mammals
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 10,137

Common Cord-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 10,099

Basking Shark

Group: Fish
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 10,066

Black Tern

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 10,051

Waved Silk-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 10,043

Shepherd's-purse

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 9,963

Turkeytail

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 9,862

Pendulous Sedge

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 9,859

Hemlock Water-dropwort

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 9,856

Double-striped Pug

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 9,852

Intermediate Screw-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 9,811

Hawfinch

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 9,785

Brown-toed Forest Fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 9,719

Great Hairy Screw-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 9,711

Yellow-rattle

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 9,710

Lesser Trefoil

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 9,703

Juniper Haircap

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 9,683

Rhingia campestris

Group: True flies
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 9,678

Field Bindweed

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 9,669

Long-clawed Porcelain Crab

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 9,663

Hover Fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 9,660

Ivy-leaved Toadflax

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 9,640

Common Liverwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 9,606

Glossy Ibis

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 9,557

Black Swan

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 9,552

Arctic/Pacific Loon

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 9,541

Common Quaker

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 9,502

Flat-topped Bog-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 9,453

Ladybird beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 9,453

Lesser Stitchwort

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 9,336