About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Highland

2,638 species

Highland — county

Purple Milk-vetch

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 529

Giant Candlewax Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 528

Dark Brocade

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 527

Sericomyia superbiens

Group: True flies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 527

Bog Notchwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 526

Luperus longicornis

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 526

Ridged Tooth

Group: Fungi
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 526

Chocolate Rim-lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 525

Cream Pinkgill

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 525

Crookneck Nodding-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 525

Parrot Crossbill

Group: Birds
Peak month: December
Records since 2000: 525

Slave-making Ant

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 524

Blue Edge Pinkgill

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 523

Saffron Milkcap

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 520

Western Brook-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 518

Sphegina clunipes

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 517

Heather leafhopper

Group: True bugs
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 515

Goblet

Group: Fungi
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 514

Egg Flapwort

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

Egghead Mottlegill

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 512

Cololejeunea calcarea

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 510

Domestic goat

Group: Mammals
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 508

Xanthoria aureola

Group: Lichens
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 508

Conifer Mazegill

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 506

Haworth's Minor

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 506

Liberty Cap

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 503

Micarea alabastrites

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 501

Rinodina sophodes

Group: Lichens
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 501

Round-fruited Collar-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 501

Obscure Earwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 500

Prionocera turcica

Group: True flies
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 500

White Beak-sedge

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 500

Orange Birch Bolete

Group: Fungi
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 499

Comb Notchwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 497

Erythricium aurantiacum

Group: Fungi
Peak month: February
Records since 2000: 496

Balding Pincushion

Group: Mosses
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 495

Heath Rustic

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 495

Petaled rock tripe lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 494

The sallow

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 494

Petty Whin

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 490

Brown-head Stubble Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 488

Birch Clubhorn

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 487

Drapetisca socialis

Group: Spiders
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 487

Mountain Everlasting

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 487

Boreal Button Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 486

Eastern Boreal Pixie-cup

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 486

Phaonia incana

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 486

Double Dart

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 485