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Year described
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Dorset
Species recorded in Dorset
1,102
species
Dorset
— county
Common Rough Woodlouse
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
6,413
Lesser Yoke-moss
Group
Mosses
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
6,411
Borage
Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
6,379
Purple Toadflax
Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
6,373
Scentless bug
Group
True bugs
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
6,364
Canadian Waterweed
Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
6,360
Garden Spider
Group
Spiders
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
6,249
Snipefly
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
6,241
Variable forklet moss
Group
Mosses
Peak month
November
Records since 2000
6,232
Salted Shield Lichen
Group
Lichens
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
6,211
Greater horseshoe bat
Group
Mammals
Peak month
February
Records since 2000
6,208
Seedcorn Maggot
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
6,186
Cape Thread-moss
Group
Mosses
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
6,160
Palmate Newt
Group
Amphibians
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
6,154
Notched pouchwort
Group
Liverworts
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
6,149
Mouse-ear-hawkweed
Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
6,138
Rustic Sailor Beetle
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
6,138
Scarlet Pimpernel
Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
6,084
Three-cornered Garlic
Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
6,061
Larger Mouse-tail Moss
Group
Mosses
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
6,047
Stinking Iris
Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
6,013
Lyell's bristle-moss
Group
Mosses
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
5,981
Red Valerian
Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
5,970
Eurasian Smoothwing
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
5,929
Eelgrass
Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
5,884
Spotted Meliscaeva
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
5,839
Opium Poppy
Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
5,832
Tender Feather-moss
Group
Mosses
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
5,821
Orange-spined Drone Fly
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
5,815
Agrimony
Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
5,759
Sheep Tick
Group
Mites, harvestmen and other arachnids
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
5,741
Crisped Pincushion
Group
Mosses
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
5,723
Greenish Oedemera
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
5,714
Malachite Beetle
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
5,702
Furry Dronefly
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
5,653
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
5,628
Limnephilus marmoratus
Group
Caddisflies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
5,591
Smooth Hawk's-beard
Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
5,576
Perennial Sow-thistle
Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
5,567
Cirl Bunting
Group
Birds
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
5,559
Ring-necked Duck
Group
Birds
Peak month
January
Records since 2000
5,556
Abraded Camouflage Lichen
Group
Lichens
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
5,486
Medium Sedge
Group
Caddisflies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
5,472
Large Cinnamon Sedge
Group
Caddisflies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
5,444
Common Toadflax
Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
5,393
Rim lichen
Group
Lichens
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
5,376
Common Green Shield Lichen
Group
Lichens
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
5,354
Drusus annulatus
Group
Caddisflies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
5,337
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