About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Highland

2,638 species

Highland — county

A lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 161

Water Grimmia

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 159

Bacidia absistens

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 158

Corynoptera setosa

Group: True flies
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 157

Pertusaria flavicans

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 156

Russet Sedge

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 156

Felipes leucopellaeus

Group: Lichens
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 155

Blackcurly lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 154

Hybomitra montana

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 154

Mycoglaena

Group: Fungi
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 154

Myurium hochstetteri

Group: Mosses
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 154

Floating Bur-reed

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 152

Lichenomphalia hudsoniana

Group: Fungi
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 152

Rinodina lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 150

Navel lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 149

Piloderma sphaerosporum

Group: Fungi
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 149

A hydnoid fungi

Group: Fungi
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 148

Exobasidium vaccinii

Group: Fungi
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 148

Grimmia longirostris

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 148

Massalongia carnosa

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 148

Oreojuncus trifidus

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 148

Dwarf Cudweed

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 147

Linnaemya rossica

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 147

Odontoschisma elongatum

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 147

Craspedolepta nebulosa

Group: True bugs
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 146

Macrosiphoniella millefolii

Group: True bugs
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 146

Alpine Bearberry

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 145

Eremonotus myriocarpus

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 145

Moss woolly bear lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 144

Amygdalaria lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 143

Pseudathyrium alpestre

Group: Ferns and horsetails
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 143

Conostomum moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 142

Cercyon analis

Group: Beetles
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 141

Hair Sedge

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 141

Bazzania pearsonii

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 140

Gray-orange disk lichen;   Lecidea lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 140

Netted Mountain Moth

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 140

Shining Guest Ant

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 138

Slender Eyebright

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 138

A Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 136

Arctoa moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 136

Chestnut wrinkle-lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 136

Showy Bristle-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 136

A Wart lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 135

Alpine Meadow-grass

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 135

Immersaria athroocarpa

Group: Lichens
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 133

Penicillium griseolum

Group: Fungi
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 133

Atheta atramentaria

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 132