About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Highland

2,638 species

Highland — county

Leopard-spotted Goby

Group: Fish
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 3,354

Common Pawwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,353

Common Quail

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

Twospotted goby

Group: Fish
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 3,339

Heath Milkwort

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,336

Common Yellow Russula

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 3,333

Bourguignat's Slug

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 3,328

Amethyst Deceiver

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 3,326

Common Butterwort

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,325

Bog-myrtle

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 3,321

Bark Barnacles

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,317

Estuary ragworm

Group: Worms (annelids)
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 3,299

Montagu's Stellate Barnacle

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

Violet Bramble Rust

Group: Fungi
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 3,295

Stink bug

Group: True bugs
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 3,290

Pegoplata infirma

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

Field vole

Group: Mammals
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 3,284

Polypody

Group: Ferns and horsetails
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,274

Sharp-leaved Blindia

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,255

Small Phoenix

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 3,255

Pterostichus strenuus

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

Golden-scale male fern

Group: Ferns and horsetails
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,232

Bristly Swan-neck Moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,225

True Lover's Knot

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,215

Acarospora fuscata

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,214

Prickly Featherwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: February
Records since 2000: 3,205

Gooseberry

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 3,200

Glistening Inkcap

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 3,198

Straggling Pouchwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,195

Sanicle

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,193

Twenty-plume Moth

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,193

Hairy-horned Springtail-hunter

Group: Beetles
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,185

Flavoplaca oasis

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

Toad Rush

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,158

Black Rock-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,150

Straw Bristle-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 3,148

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

Large Heath

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,140

Metriocnemus albolineatus

Group: True flies
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 3,129

Common Grey

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,126

Austrolimnophila ochracea

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,117

Jagged Germanderwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,112

Tree-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 3,106

Common Wave

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,101

Sea Oak

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

Gallery Worm

Group: Worms (annelids)
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,083

Northern Peatmoss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 3,074