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Species recorded in Cornwall

1,504 species

Cornwall — county

Bullhead

Group: Fish
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 24,457

Small Garden Bumble Bee

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 24,422

European badger

Group: Mammals
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 24,256

Ground-ivy

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 24,139

Common Bird's-foot-trefoil

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 24,100

Pedunculate Oak

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 24,087

Great Willowherb

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 24,020

Garden Snail

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 23,914

Bifid Crestwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 23,907

Common Toad

Group: Amphibians
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 23,841

Heather

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 23,828

Eurasian Woodcock

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 23,674

Dilated Scalewort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 23,654

Red Clover

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 23,504

Greater Plantain

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 23,502

Short-eared Owl

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 23,364

Hedgehog

Group: Mammals
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 23,362

Stock bug

Group: True bugs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 23,298

Common Red Soldier Beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 23,196

Little Gull

Group: Birds
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 23,156

Broom Fork-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 23,139

Common Grasshopper-Warbler

Group: Birds
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 23,015

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 22,974

Broad-leaved Dock

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 22,935

Welshman's Button Caddisfly

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 22,673

Velvet Swimming Crab

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 22,671

Creeping Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 22,321

Redshank [moss]

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 21,994

Garganey

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 21,932

Hairy Shieldbug

Group: True bugs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 21,763

Grey-cushioned Grimmia

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 21,756

Batman Hoverfly

Group: True flies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 21,723

Heath Plait-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 21,593

Queen Scallop

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 21,571

False Oil Beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 21,524

Sandfly

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 21,424

Cuckoo ray

Group: Fish
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 21,334

Rowan

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 21,307

Germander Speedwell

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 21,208

Forest Bug

Group: True bugs
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 21,188

Lesser Celandine

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 21,114

Meadow Buttercup

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 20,980

Tormentil

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 20,922

Garden Sorrel

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 20,829

Sugar Kelp

Group: Seaweeds and algae
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 20,817

Bracken

Group: Ferns and horsetails
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 20,814

Hydropsyche siltalai

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 20,749

Hart's-Tongue Thyme-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 20,735