About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Highland

2,638 species

Highland — county

Red Wasp

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 708

Usnea flammea

Group: Lichens
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 703

Lecania naegelii

Group: Lichens
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 701

Bay Polypore

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 700

Ash-black Slug

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 699

Perizoma didymata

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 697

Pharmacis fusconebulosa

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 697

Black Bog-rush

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 696

Athallia cerinella

Group: Lichens
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 693

Fine Bog-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 692

Mottled Thistle Fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 689

Naetrocymbe punctiformis

Group: Fungi
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 688

Slender Parsley-piert

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 685

Straight-leaved Apple-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 685

Catinaria lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 681

Dwarf weaver

Group: Spiders
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 679

Northern Winter Moth

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 678

Ypsolophus ustella

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 677

Corynoptera globiformis

Group: True flies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 674

Coconut Milkcap

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 673

Peppery Bolete

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

Roseroot Stonecrop

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 668

String Grimmia

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 667

Suede bolete, Brown and yellow bolete, Boring brown bolete, Yellow-cracked bolete

Group: Fungi
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 666

Heath Navel

Group: Fungi
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 664

Scottish Crossbill

Group: Birds
Peak month: February
Records since 2000: 664

Yellowish Fork-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 663

Melancholy Thistle

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 661

Peacock Moth

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 661

Pseudorthocladius filiformis

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

Hairy-eyed Halfband

Group: True flies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 657

Norwegian Wasp

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 657

Illosporiopsis christiansenii

Group: Fungi
Peak month: February
Records since 2000: 655

Smooth-faced Furrow Bee

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 655

Antlered Powderhorn Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 654

Alpine Clubmoss

Group: Clubmosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 652

Coniocarpon fallax

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 652

Matchstick Flapwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 650

Long-eared Owl

Group: Birds
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 649

Red-lined quaker

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 649

Thin Cord-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 648

Alternate Water-milfoil

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 646

Amandinea pelidna

Group: Lichens
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 643

Brittle Bladder-fern

Group: Ferns and horsetails
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 643

Scaly Tooth

Group: Fungi
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 643

Brown-spot Pinion

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 641

Alpine Rock-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 640

Corynoptera irmgardis

Group: True flies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 640