About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Cumbria

1,238 species

Cumbria — county

Variable Crisp-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 4,091

Asterisk Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 4,083

Blotch-winged Hoverfly

Group: True flies
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 4,060

Sea Aster

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 4,057

Betony

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 4,042

Black Arion

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 4,041

Stone Loach

Group: Fish
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 4,026

Mountain Bumble Bee

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 4,024

Spiral Extinguisher-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 4,012

Marsh Pennywort

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 4,010

Heath Wood-rush

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,996

Common Valerian

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,992

White-faced Darter

Group: Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,960

Green leafhopper

Group: True bugs
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,954

Bloody Crane's-bill

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,916

Hairy tare

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,912

Heath Bumble Bee

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 3,910

Orange-spotted plant bug

Group: True bugs
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,898

Helophorus brevipalpis

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,891

Rough Hawkbit

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,881

Whiskered Veilwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 3,874

Rhizocarpon reductum

Group: Lichens
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 3,863

Marsh Violet

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,858

Smooth Meadow-grass

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,858

Golden Waxcap

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 3,833

Yellow Meadow Ant

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,810

Upright Hedge-parsley

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,778

Notched Rustwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,769

Garden Chafer

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,758

Common Groundhopper

Group: Grasshoppers and crickets
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 3,753

Long-beaked Thyme-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 3,723

Pale Glaucous Thread-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 3,715

Hydroporus palustris

Group: Beetles
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,690

Snipe fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,679

European Alder Spittlebug

Group: True bugs
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,678

Water Forget-me-not

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,657

Slender St John's-wort

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,625

Water Avens

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,609

Velvet Bent

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,598

Wood-rust

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 3,594

Limestone Disc Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,582

Blunt Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 3,573

Common Powderhorn

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,571

Deergrass

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,568

Marsh Willowherb

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,567

Woodsy Silk-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 3,549

Sessile Oak

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,548

Water measurer

Group: True bugs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,544