About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Dorset

1,102 species

Dorset — county

Limnophyes prolongatus

Group: True flies
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 1,028

Degeer's Thickjaw

Group: Spiders
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 1,024

Flecked Snout

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,002

Anisomeridium lichen

Group: Fungi
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 997

Chrysotus gramineus

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 982

Horseshoe Vetch

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 982

Bark scribble

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 942

Cheilosia impressa

Group: True flies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 938

Common Whorl Snail

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 932

Grainy Shadow-crust Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: February
Records since 2000: 929

Opomyza petrei

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 929

Hydrellia albiceps

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 925

Hydroptila simulans

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 923

Molophilus occultus

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 912

Pherbellia cinerella

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 900

Aphid

Group: True bugs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 887

Serotine Bat

Group: Mammals
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 884

Ithytrichia lamellaris

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 842

Red Banded Sand Wasp

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 832

Sea Hair

Group: Seaweeds and algae
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 817

Mountain Magnificence

Group: Lichens
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 799

Stripe-winged Grasshopper

Group: Grasshoppers and crickets
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 778

Acrocordia lichen

Group: Fungi
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 771

Megaselia pumila

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 752

Lejogaster metallina

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 745

Parydra coarctata

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 732

Acrocordia lichen

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 722

Snippocia nivea

Group: Lichens
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 722

Green-eyed Flower Bee

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 712

Spear-winged fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 699

European Serin

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 688

Rinodina roboris

Group: Lichens
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 672

Herina lugubris

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 665

Grey Bush Cricket

Group: Grasshoppers and crickets
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 661

Tvetenia calvescens

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 661

Delicate Soldier

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 658

Sporodophoron cretaceum

Group: Lichens
Peak month: February
Records since 2000: 631

European Honey-buzzard

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 620

Truffle Blacklet

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 618

Thelopsis corticola

Group: Lichens
Peak month: February
Records since 2000: 617

Wasp Spider

Group: Spiders
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 613

Shore fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 612

Lesser Cockroach

Group: Other insects
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 589

Solenopsora candicans

Group: Lichens
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 580

Curving Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 559

Inoderma subabietinum

Group: Lichens
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 559

Melodious Warbler

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 529

Hooded Merganser

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 519