About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Cornwall

1,504 species

Cornwall — county

Blackberry

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 486

Greater Copperwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 483

Risso's Crab

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 477

Effervescent Tarpaper Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 474

Pacific Loon

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 467

Gravel Grimmia

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 459

Wild Madder

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 456

Aquacidia viridifarinosa

Group: Lichens
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 453

Euphorbia mellifera

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 452

Ramalina canariensis

Group: Lichens
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 451

Scolopostethus decoratus

Group: True bugs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 451

Palaemon elegans

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 444

Wolf spider

Group: Spiders
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 442

Theba pisana

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 440

Field Woundwort

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 437

Hypotrachyna horrescens

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 427

Gongolaria baccata

Group: Seaweeds and algae
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 424

Bristle bent

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 420

Andrena thoracica

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 410

Spruce's rustwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 410

Rosulabryum donianum

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 403

Strophosoma nebulosum

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 399

A lichen

Group: Fungi
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 395

Brown Booby

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 394

Tortula viridifolia

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 393

Luminous Moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 392

Weissia perssonii

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 391

Hazel Gloves

Group: Fungi
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 387

American Robin

Group: Birds
Peak month: February
Records since 2000: 386

Hercostomus nigripennis

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 382

Dicranocephalus agilis

Group: True bugs
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 381

Velella velella

Group: Jellyfish, corals and anemones
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 379

Acrocordia salweyi

Group: Fungi
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 378

Beard lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 376

Phaeoceros

Group: Hornworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 374

Red-eyed vireo

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 368

Psilothrix viridicoerulea

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 367

A Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 366

Cracked ruffle lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 365

Glass-wort Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 360

Rhizocarpon richardii

Group: Lichens
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 359

Four-spotted footman

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 358

Helmeted Guineafowl

Group: Birds
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 350

Riccia crozalsii

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 350

Hyalopterus pruni

Group: True bugs
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 342

Riccia beyrichiana

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: February
Records since 2000: 342

Black-footed limpet

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 340

Riccia subbifurca

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: February
Records since 2000: 338