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Species recorded in Dorset

1,102 species

Dorset — county

Bee Fly

Group
True flies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
32,811

Common Loon

Group
Birds
Peak month
January
Records since 2000
32,765

Adonis Blue

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
32,407

Corn bunting

Group
Birds
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
32,362

White Clover

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
31,709

Essex Skipper

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
31,187

Herb-Robert

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
31,116

Green Hairstreak

Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
30,308

Daisy

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
29,849

Yorkshire-fog

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
29,834

Common Hawker

Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
29,798

European hare

Group
Mammals
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
29,750

Cow Parsley

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
29,713

Osprey

Group
Birds
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
28,915

Blackthorn

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
28,574

Cock's-foot

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
28,426

Whinchat

Group
Birds
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
28,416

Elder

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
28,375

Great Skua

Group
Birds
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
28,354

Red Campion

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
28,333

Little Owl

Group
Birds
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
28,128

Selfheal

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
28,118

Drone Fly

Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
28,014

Yarrow

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
27,652

Common Ragwort

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
27,539

Meadowsweet

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
27,430

Cattle Egret

Group
Birds
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
27,274

Giant Hogweed

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
27,203

Black Darter

Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
26,741

Wood Avens

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
26,690

Beech

Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
26,555

Tree Pipit

Group
Birds
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
26,173