About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Highland

2,638 species

Highland — county

Formica lemani

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 1,879

Hedgehog Slug

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 1,879

Mouse Moth

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 1,878

Botanophila striolata

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,872

Early Needle Fly

Group: Stoneflies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 1,872

Pertusaria leioplaca

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 1,872

Lemon-scented Fern

Group: Ferns and horsetails
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,867

Early Hair-grass

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,861

Wood Blewit

Group: Fungi
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 1,860

Winecork Brittlegill

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 1,859

Yellow-faced Fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,856

Golden Argent

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 1,855

Ricasolia virens

Group: Lichens
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 1,854

Brown-beret Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 1,850

Fingered Cowlwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 1,850

False Deathcap

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 1,847

Common February Red

Group: Stoneflies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 1,846

Sweet Cicely

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 1,845

Ringless Hook-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,833

Orange Mosscap

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 1,826

Hooked Scorpion-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,824

Broom Moth

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 1,823

Maritime gardensnail

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 1,820

Short-beaked Wood-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,819

Rock Ptarmigan

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 1,814

Calcareous tubeworm

Group: Worms (annelids)
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 1,813

Slimy Waxcap

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 1,813

Catillaria lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,811

Purple Clay

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,810

Devil's Tooth

Group: Fungi
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 1,809

Verdigris Tufa-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,809

Cep, Penny Bun

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 1,807

Furcate Dung Fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 1,807

Compact Bog-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,797

Cladonia polydactyla

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 1,794

Viviparous Fescue

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,794

Tar Lichen

Group: Fungi
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 1,792

Hairy Wood-rush

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 1,787

Marsh Ragwort

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,781

Fused Rim-lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 1,779

Tipula maxima

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 1,779

Fuchsia

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,772

Vapourer

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,770

Purple-stalked Pocket-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,769

European Larch

Group: Conifers
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 1,767

Field Digger Wasp

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 1,763

Pterostichus nigrita

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 1,752

Common Tortoiseshell Limpet

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 1,749