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Orkney Islands

Species recorded in Orkney Islands

299 species

Orkney Islands — county

Common Redshank

Group: Birds
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 330,955

Northern Shoveler

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 319,367

Common Shelduck

Group: Birds
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 317,854

Eurasian Wigeon

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 306,853

Little Grebe

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 299,502

Common House-Martin

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 265,447

Redwing

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 261,212

Greater Whitethroat

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 231,628

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Group: Birds
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 231,351

European Stonechat

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 226,385

Willow Warbler

Group: Birds
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 223,873

Gray Wagtail

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 210,755

Smallspotted catshark, Small-spotted catshark, Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Group: Fish
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 201,598

Mistle Thrush

Group: Birds
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 197,574

Common Pochard

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 197,000

Dunlin

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 190,336

Common Snipe

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 188,381

Common Raven

Group: Birds
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 180,453

Eurasian Siskin

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 179,309

Bank Swallow

Group: Birds
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 173,157

Black-tailed Godwit

Group: Birds
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 167,241

Northern Gannet

Group: Birds
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 163,725

Common Blue Damselfly

Group: Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 163,490

Common Tern

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 154,963

Eurasian Reed Warbler

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 148,874

Common Ringed Plover

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 147,985

Blue-tailed Damselfly

Group: Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 144,041

Large Red Damselfly

Group: Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 143,697

Sedge Warbler

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 139,834

Fieldfare

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 138,324

Ruddy Turnstone

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 130,101

Common Carder Bee

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 124,859

Northern Fulmar

Group: Birds
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 116,637

Common Murre

Group: Birds
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 112,186

Common Sandpiper

Group: Birds
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 107,459

Northern Wheatear

Group: Birds
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 107,268

European Shag

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 104,847

Common Goldeneye

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 103,697

Black-legged Kittiwake

Group: Birds
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 94,955

Water Rail

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 93,917

Pink-footed Goose

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 90,748

Rock Pipit

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 90,101

European Golden-Plover

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 89,058

Northern Pintail

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 88,832

Sandwich Tern

Group: Birds
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 88,504

Buff-tailed Bumble Bee

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 88,448

Common Eider

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 86,739

Common Cuckoo

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 80,853