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Species recorded in Shetland Islands

307 species

Yorkshire-fog

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 29,834

Osprey

Group: Birds
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 28,915

Cock's-foot

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 28,426

Whinchat

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

Elder

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 28,375

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

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

Common Bird's-foot-trefoil

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 24,100

Bifid Crestwort

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

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

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

Common Grasshopper-Warbler

Group: Birds
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 23,015

Velvet Swimming Crab

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 22,671

Redshank [moss]

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 21,994

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

Meadow Buttercup

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 20,980

Tormentil

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

Garden Sorrel

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 20,829

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

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

Common Mouse-ear

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 18,442

Common Urchin

Group: Starfish and sea urchins
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 18,230

Red Fescue

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 16,907

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

Common Bent

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 15,749

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 seal

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

Hen Harrier

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 14,659