About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Highland

2,638 species

Highland — county

Gold Spangle

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 640

Wart lichen

Group: Fungi
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 639

Hairy Earthtongue

Group: Fungi
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 638

Rosy Crust

Group: Fungi
Peak month: February
Records since 2000: 637

Slender Ant

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 637

Pale Sedge

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 636

Elfin Saddle

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 634

Grey Tooth

Group: Fungi
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 632

Peregriana peregra

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 632

Biatora epixanthoides

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 631

Blue Felt Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 631

Perla bipunctata

Group: Stoneflies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 630

Woolly Milkcap

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 628

Sea Storm Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 625

Yellow Horned

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 625

Burgess' skin lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 622

Hieroglyphic Lady Beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 622

Mottled Grey

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 622

Bordered White

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 620

Gnome fingers

Group: Lichens
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 619

Heath Fingerwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 618

Bantry Notchwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 617

Cruet Collar-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 617

Hartman's Grimmia

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 616

Bibio lanigerus

Group: True flies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 615

Hairy groundbug

Group: True bugs
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 614

Zwackhia sorediifera

Group: Lichens
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 613

Purple Saxifrage

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 610

Long fringe-moss / elongate racomitrium moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 609

Minor Shoulder-knot

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 608

Blue Jellyskin Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 607

Chaenotheca trichialis

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 607

Woolly Tooth

Group: Fungi
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 607

Lesser Butterfly-orchid

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 606

Stenus impressus

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 605

Varicellaria hemisphaerica

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 605

White-shouldered Smudge

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 602

Bovine Bolete

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 600

Splendid Waxcap

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 600

The Flirt

Group: Fungi
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 598

Bitter Scalewort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 596

Smooth Clad Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 593

Blytt's Fork-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 589

Alder vein angle gall

Group: Mites, harvestmen and other arachnids
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 587

Starflower

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 586

Chrysothrix flavovirens

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 585

White Sedge

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 585

Funnel Chanterelle

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 581