About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Highland

2,638 species

Highland — county

Ivy-leaved Toadflax

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 9,640

Common Liverwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 9,606

Arctic/Pacific Loon

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 9,541

Common Quaker

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 9,502

Flat-topped Bog-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 9,453

Lesser Stitchwort

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 9,336

Field Wood-rush

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 9,310

Migrant Hover Fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 9,218

Japanese Rose

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 9,179

Wood Sage

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 9,132

Elegant Bristle-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 9,067

Common Wainscot

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 9,064

Two-horned Pincerwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 9,024

Wavy Hair-grass

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 8,986

Common Marsh-bedstraw

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 8,973

Reddish snail

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 8,969

Green Yoke-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 8,938

Big Shaggy-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 8,933

Garden Carpet

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 8,898

Greater Bulb-fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 8,814

Reed Canary-grass

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 8,811

Lustrous Bog-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 8,781

Dog Whelk

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 8,771

Grey Top Shell

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 8,765

Marsh Bryum

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 8,764

Bog Groove-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 8,719

Rusty Swan-neck Moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 8,651

Harebell

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 8,639

Tangle

Group: Seaweeds and algae
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 8,635

Guelder-rose

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 8,622

Woolly Fringe-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 8,619

Snout

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 8,616

Brittlestar

Group: Starfish and sea urchins
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 8,600

Hover Fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 8,563

Red deer

Group: Mammals
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 8,537

Common Pouchwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 8,512

Anomalous Bristle-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 8,502

Black Snipefly

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 8,496

Common Cottongrass

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 8,473

Goat Willow

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 8,468

Sooty shearwater

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 8,460

Grannom Caddisfly

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 8,446

Meadow Foxtail

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 8,431

Elegant anemone

Group: Jellyfish, corals and anemones
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 8,403

Ballan Wrasse

Group: Fish
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 8,388

Water Earwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 8,368

Straw Dot

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 8,320

Common Footman

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 8,262