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Species recorded in Orkney Islands

299 species

Orkney Islands — county

Whinchat

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 28,416

Great Skua

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 28,354

Red Campion

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 28,333

Selfheal

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 28,118

Black Guillemot

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 27,934

Meadowsweet

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 27,430

Black Darter

Group: Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 26,741

Tree Pipit

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 26,173

Parasitic Jaeger

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 26,147

Merlin

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 26,138

Swan's-neck Thyme-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 25,888

Red Crossbill

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 25,473

Cuckoo-spit Insect

Group: True bugs
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 25,331

Neat Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 24,718

Spear Thistle

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 24,682

Small Garden Bumble Bee

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 24,422

Bifid Crestwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 23,907

Common Toad

Group: Amphibians
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 23,841

Eurasian Woodcock

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 23,674

Red Clover

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 23,504

Short-eared Owl

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 23,364

Hedgehog

Group: Mammals
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 23,362

Little Gull

Group: Birds
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 23,156

Broom Fork-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 23,139

Garganey

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 21,932

Willow Ptarmigan

Group: Birds
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 21,736

Heath Plait-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 21,593

Cuckoo ray

Group: Fish
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 21,334

Lesser Celandine

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 21,114

Tormentil

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 20,922

Little Tern

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 20,325

Common Tamarisk-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 20,226

Long-tailed Duck

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 20,221

Silky Wall Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 19,515

Greater Scaup

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 19,363

Common Mussel

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 18,892

Purple Sandpiper

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 18,878

European Pied Flycatcher

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 18,794

Curlew Sandpiper

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 16,711

Twite

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 16,436

Common Orange Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 16,366

Greater White-fronted Goose

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 16,291

Meadow Vetchling

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 16,208

Black Redstart

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 15,620

Little Stint

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 15,586

Grey-spotted Sedgesitter

Group: True flies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 15,504

Hover Fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 15,338

Grey seal

Group: Mammals
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 15,095