About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Dorset

1,102 species

Dorset — county

Kuettlingeria teicholyta

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 1,734

Wood Ant

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 1,703

Russian Wild Horse

Group: Mammals
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 1,701

Tooth-thighed Hoverfly

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 1,693

Forcipated Pincerwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,689

Wart lichen

Group: Fungi
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,680

Pyrrhospora lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 1,655

Lonchoptera lutea

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 1,633

Hornet Robberfly

Group: True flies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 1,628

Dust lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 1,621

Dirina massiliensis

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 1,615

Olive Scribble Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 1,611

Violet Oil Beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 1,605

Enterographa crassa

Group: Lichens
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 1,592

Cocksfoot Moth

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 1,576

Bembidion biguttatum

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 1,566

Beard lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 1,554

Bog Bush Cricket

Group: Grasshoppers and crickets
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 1,522

Molophilus obscurus

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 1,515

Dwarf Thistle

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,492

Polished Camouflage Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 1,462

Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,429

Fourspot Sedgesitter

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 1,424

Six-celled Moss-dot

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 1,393

Sand Gaper, Softshell clam, Long necked clam, Steamer clam

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 1,391

Common Wolf Spider

Group: Spiders
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 1,390

Variospora aurantia

Group: Lichens
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 1,388

Disc lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 1,386

Band-eyed Brown Horsefly

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,381

Limnophyes natalensis

Group: True flies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 1,366

Crinkled Jelly Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,308

Lesser Blackclock

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 1,299

Lathagrium auriforme

Group: Lichens
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,289

Woodchat Shrike

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 1,274

Calcareous scribble lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 1,258

Rim lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 1,198

Agonimia lichen

Group: Fungi
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 1,166

Jelly Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 1,155

European Turtle-bug

Group: True bugs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 1,152

Blackthread Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,151

String-of-sausage lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 1,125

Dendrographa decolorans

Group: Lichens
Peak month: February
Records since 2000: 1,107

Minettia fasciata

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,099

Neocrepidodera transversa

Group: Beetles
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,083

Orthonevra splendens

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 1,063

Anopheles claviger

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,056

Hydroptila sparsa

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,041

Round-mouthed Snail

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 1,038