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Species recorded in Cornwall

1,504 species

Cornwall — county

Dotted lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 329

Phaeographis inusta

Group: Lichens
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 319

Lecanora alboflavida

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 307

Golden hair lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 306

Agaricus moelleri

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 298

Multifruited river moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 298

Andrena pilipes

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 293

Bellardia viscosa

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 292

Xanthoparmelia loxodes

Group: Lichens
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 286

Brachycaudus klugkisti

Group: True bugs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 284

Frullania microphylla

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 278

Cornish path moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 273

Hottentot fig

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 268

Leucodermia leucomelos

Group: Lichens
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 267

Dolichopus spretus

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 265

A lichenicolous fungus

Group: Lichens
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 263

Liverwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 259

Lithophyllum incrustans

Group: Seaweeds and algae
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 257

New Forest parmelia

Group: Lichens
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 253

Pulvinaria floccifera

Group: True bugs
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 253

Hermit crab

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 251

Lophocolea bispinosa

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 249

Phaeographis lyellii

Group: Lichens
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 236

Physcia leptalea

Group: Lichens
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 234

Tongue-leaf Copper-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 233

A Beard-lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 221

Stereocaulon leucophaeopsis

Group: Lichens
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 211

Booted eagle

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 207

Convolute desmatodon moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: February
Records since 2000: 202

A Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 201

Lizard crystalwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: February
Records since 2000: 200

Eulalia clavigera

Group: Worms (annelids)
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 199

Black Duck

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 197

Fossombronia caespitiformis

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 197

Gravel Thread-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 196

Cacopsylla fulguralis

Group: True bugs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 195

Montagu's Blenny

Group: Fish
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 195

Rosulabryum torquescens

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 195

Unarmed Stick-insect

Group: Other insects
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 193

Cornish Heath

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 185

Atlantic lejeunea

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: December
Records since 2000: 184

Sociable Plover

Group: Birds
Peak month: December
Records since 2000: 184

Crypturaphis grassii

Group: True bugs
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 174

Fissidens crispus

Group: Mosses
Peak month: February
Records since 2000: 174

Synarthonia astroidestera

Group: Lichens
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 162

Spreading-leaved beardless-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: February
Records since 2000: 161

Favolaschia claudopus

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 159

Potato Aphid

Group: True bugs
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 143