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Families
Counties
Designations
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Species
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By month
Families
Counties
Designations
Most recorded
Year described
Earthy
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Orkney Islands
Species recorded in Orkney Islands
299
species
Orkney Islands
— county
American Golden-Plover
Group
Birds
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
1,494
Heather Fly
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
1,325
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Group
Birds
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
1,257
Icterine Warbler
Group
Birds
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,038
Yellow-faced Blowfly
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
789
Spring Squill
Group
Flowering plants
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
762
Red Wasp
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
708
Norwegian Wasp
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
657
Ancistrocerus oviventris
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
370
Cryptic Bumble Bee
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
362
Ancistrocerus scoticus
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
277
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