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Year described
Earthy
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Orkney Islands
Species recorded in Orkney Islands
299
species
Orkney Islands
— county
Common Redpoll
Group
Birds
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
78,542
Common Greenshank
Group
Birds
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
77,228
Corn Crake
Group
Birds
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
76,750
Peregrine Falcon
Group
Birds
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
69,886
Western Yellow Wagtail
Group
Birds
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
69,276
Ruff
Group
Birds
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
67,669
Razorbill
Group
Birds
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
66,509
Bar-tailed Godwit
Group
Birds
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
65,771
Red-throated Loon
Group
Birds
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
61,757
European rabbit
Group
Mammals
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
61,227
Garden Warbler
Group
Birds
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
59,895
Black-bellied Plover
Group
Birds
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
59,861
Red-breasted Merganser
Group
Birds
Peak month
January
Records since 2000
59,855
Lesser Whitethroat
Group
Birds
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
59,298
Whimbrel
Group
Birds
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
58,553
Common Scoter
Group
Birds
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
57,365
Sanderling
Group
Birds
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
56,821
Hooded Crow
Group
Birds
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
56,265
Red Knot
Group
Birds
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
53,928
Thornback Ray
Group
Fish
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
52,526
Barnacle Goose
Group
Birds
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
47,758
Marmalade hoverfly
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
46,804
Emerald Damselfly
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
46,053
Whooper Swan
Group
Birds
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
45,803
Common Feather-moss
Group
Mosses
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
44,396
Spotted Flycatcher
Group
Birds
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
43,874
Spotted Ray
Group
Fish
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
42,579
Cypress-leaved Plait-moss
Group
Mosses
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
41,845
White-tailed Bumble Bee
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
40,355
Ribwort Plantain
Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
39,026
Atlantic Puffin
Group
Birds
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
38,357
Springy Turf-moss
Group
Mosses
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
37,320
Brambling
Group
Birds
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
36,793
Common Redstart
Group
Birds
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
35,860
Creeping Thistle
Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
35,350
Tapered Drone Fly
Group
True flies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
35,005
Dangling Swamp-lover
Group
True flies
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
34,301
Arctic Tern
Group
Birds
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
33,992
Common frog
Group
Amphibians
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
33,381
Common Loon
Group
Birds
Peak month
January
Records since 2000
32,765
Pointed Spear-moss
Group
Mosses
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
32,268
White Clover
Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
31,709
Capillary Thread-moss
Group
Mosses
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
31,536
Manx Shearwater
Group
Birds
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
30,622
Daisy
Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
29,849
Common Hawker
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
29,798
European hare
Group
Mammals
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
29,750
European otter
Group
Mammals
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
28,426
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