About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Cornwall

1,504 species

Cornwall — county

False Oat-grass

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 16,693

Red-billed Chough

Group: Birds
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 16,591

Ramsons

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 16,569

Willow Tit

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 16,511

Ten-spot Ladybird

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 16,478

Nipplewort

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 16,456

Common Orange Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 16,366

Greater White-fronted Goose

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 16,291

Meadow Vetchling

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 16,208

Cowslip

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 16,087

Marsh Thistle

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 16,059

Slow worm

Group: Reptiles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 15,975

Lady's Bedstraw

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 15,904

Swartz's Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 15,831

Common Bent

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 15,749

16-spot Ladybird [Halyzia sedecimguttata]

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 15,745

Hart's-tongue

Group: Ferns and horsetails
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 15,670

Perennial Rye-grass

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 15,637

Black Redstart

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 15,620

Little Stint

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 15,586

Hairy Footed Flower Bee

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 15,558

Riband Wave

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 15,556

Grey-spotted Sedgesitter

Group: True flies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 15,504

Clouded Yellow

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 15,481

Wood Lark

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 15,459

Hermit Crab

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 15,388

Hover Fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 15,338

Heath Spotted-orchid

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 15,205

Gorse

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 15,116

Grey seal

Group: Mammals
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 15,095

Horse-chestnut [tree]

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 15,030

Cat's-ear

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 14,718

Fox-tail Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 14,679

Hen Harrier

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 14,659

Common Smoothcap

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 14,629

European Hornet

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 14,599

Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 14,503

Tubeworm

Group: Worms (annelids)
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 14,497

Tutsan

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 14,496

Smooth Newt

Group: Amphibians
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 14,467

Yellow Archangel

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 14,460

Speckled Bush Cricket

Group: Grasshoppers and crickets
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 14,459

Hawthorn Shieldbug

Group: True bugs
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 14,450

Bruch's Pincushion

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 14,229

Snow Bunting

Group: Birds
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 14,211

Golden Dung Fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 14,206

Cinnabar

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 14,180

Painted Top Shell

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 14,155