About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Dorset

1,102 species

Dorset — county

Rambling Tail-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 3,488

Whitewash Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 3,483

Redclaws

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,476

Black-eye Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,474

Sea campion

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,472

Common Chrysalis Snail

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,445

Demetrias atricapillus

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,443

Tundra Bean-Goose

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 3,430

Soft Bog-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,426

Freshwater Nerite

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,393

Dandelion

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 3,371

Murky-legged Black Legionnaire

Group: True flies
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,359

Wireweed, Japweed, Strangleweed

Group: Seaweeds and algae
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,356

Common Quail

Group: Birds
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,344

Brown sedge

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,323

Montagu's Stellate Barnacle

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 3,299

Pegoplata infirma

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,287

Philhelius pedissequum

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,261

Dark-winged Chrysogaster

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,254

Grey-patched Mining Bee

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 3,249

Pterostichus strenuus

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,248

Lesser emperor

Group: Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,235

Flavoplaca oasis

Group: Lichens
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,159

Orange Dot Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,144

Large White-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,142

Sea-kale

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,139

Sea Oak

Group: Seaweeds and algae
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 3,085

Fluffy Dust Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,067

Dartford Warbler

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,048

Small fleck-winged snipefly

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,047

Smooth-chested Blackclock

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,034

Netted Dog Whelk

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,029

Common Striped Woodlouse

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 3,019

Rose Chafer

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,010

Abax parallelepipedus

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,005

Lype reducta

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 2,979

Parelle

Group: Lichens
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 2,976

Lesser Yellowlegs

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 2,959

Bitter fluff-wart

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 2,956

Hover fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 2,928

Thick Top Shell

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 2,926

Cartilage lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 2,916

Small Hairy Screw-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 2,913

Pustulate revolute loop lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 2,902

Elf Ears lichen

Group: Fungi
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 2,899

Stripe-backed Brusheye

Group: True flies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 2,892

Potamophylax cingulatus

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 2,887

Corkwing wrasse

Group: Fish
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 2,878