About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Dorset

1,102 species

Dorset — county

Mamillate Plait-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 10,616

Cut-leaved Crane's-bill

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 10,545

Blunt-leaved Bog-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 10,519

Black Medick

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 10,508

Hammered Shield Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 10,481

Curled Dock

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 10,374

Bugle

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 10,367

Scarce Chaser

Group: Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 10,319

Himalayan Honeysuckle

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 10,314

Ruddy Duck

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 10,294

Common Globetail

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 10,244

Dogwood

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 10,200

Common Reed

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 10,169

Calvia 14-guttata

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 10,137

Wood mouse

Group: Mammals
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 10,137

Birch Shieldbug

Group: True bugs
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 10,114

Common Cord-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 10,099

Alder leaf beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 10,095

Black Tern

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 10,051

Pendulous Sedge

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 9,859

Hemlock Water-dropwort

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 9,856

Hawfinch

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 9,785

Brown-toed Forest Fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 9,719

Yellow-rattle

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 9,710

Lesser Trefoil

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 9,703

Juniper Haircap

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 9,683

Rhingia campestris

Group: True flies
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 9,678

Field Bindweed

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 9,669

Bohemian Waxwing

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 9,660

Hover Fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 9,660

Ivy-leaved Toadflax

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 9,640

Signal Crayfish

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 9,579

Glossy Ibis

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 9,557

Black Swan

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 9,552

Arctic/Pacific Loon

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 9,541

Ladybird beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 9,453

Lesser Stitchwort

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 9,336

Field Wood-rush

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 9,310

Southern Damselfly

Group: Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 9,257

Migrant Hover Fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 9,218

Japanese Rose

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 9,179

16-spot Ladybird

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 9,156

Wood Sage

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 9,132

Western conifer seed bug

Group: True bugs
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 9,062

Two-horned Pincerwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 9,024

Red Mason Bee

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 9,008

Grass Snake

Group: Reptiles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 8,979

Reddish snail

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 8,969