About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Dorset

1,102 species

Dorset — county

Two-banded wasp hoverfly

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 4,512

Limnephilus auricula

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 4,503

Yellow Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 4,490

Pink-fruited Thread-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 4,450

Kite-tailed Robberfly

Group: True flies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 4,398

Quaking-grass

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 4,392

Caper Spurge

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 4,369

Scentless Mayweed

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 4,357

Black Stone Flower

Group: Lichens
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 4,349

Burnet Companion

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 4,344

Red-backed Shrike

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 4,335

Polyozosia albescens

Group: Lichens
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 4,325

Reindeer Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 4,213

Rim lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 4,199

Paradromius linearis

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 4,192

Hairy Snail

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 4,146

Bread Wheat

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 4,143

Common Orange Legionnaire

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 4,139

Small-eyed Ray

Group: Fish
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 4,087

Balearic Shearwater

Group: Birds
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 4,086

Asterisk Lichen

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

Evergreen Oak

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 4,016

Great Gray Shrike

Group: Birds
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 3,999

Giant-rhubarb

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,983

Limestone Lobed Firedot

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,949

Red Phalarope

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 3,944

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

Striped Slender Robberfly

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,844

Yellow Meadow Ant

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

Common Groundhopper

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

Brain Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,724

Undulate Ray

Group: Fish
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 3,705

Lulworth Skipper

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,689

Snipe fly

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

Lecidella lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,601

Limestone Disc Lichen

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

Hylemya vagans

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,581

Duke of Burgundy Fritillary

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,575

Common Powderhorn

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

Pin-cushion Sunburst Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,554

Woodsy Silk-moss

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

Water measurer

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

Greater Knapweed

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,533

Powdered Speckled Shield Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 3,528

Tiny Button Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 3,526

Eurasian Wryneck

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 3,488