About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Somerset

1,091 species

Somerset — county

Supine Plait-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 11,134

Narrowleaf Vetch

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 11,032

Dotted Thyme-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 11,029

Pineapple Weed

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 11,025

Hemp-agrimony

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 10,961

Tufted Vetch

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 10,953

Chalk Comb-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 10,936

Even Scalewort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 10,931

Gymnometriocnemus brumalis

Group: True flies
Peak month: December
Records since 2000: 10,852

Ivy Bee

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 10,833

Wild Teasel

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 10,799

Common Wasp, Common yellow jacket

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 10,694

Variable-leaved Crestwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 10,676

Blueish Veilwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 10,650

Mamillate Plait-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 10,616

Limnophyes minimus

Group: True flies
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 10,558

Wood-sorrel

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 10,549

Cut-leaved Crane's-bill

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 10,545

Blunt-leaved Bog-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 10,519

Hammered Shield Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 10,481

Bugle

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 10,367

Scarce Chaser

Group: Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 10,319

Himalayan Honeysuckle

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 10,314

Common Globetail

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 10,244

Dogwood

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 10,200

Common Cord-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 10,099

Alder leaf beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 10,095

Black Tern

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 10,051

Grousewing Caddisfly

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 10,051

Waved Silk-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 10,043

Turkeytail

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 9,862

Pendulous Sedge

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 9,859

Hemlock Water-dropwort

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 9,856

Intermediate Screw-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 9,811

Hawfinch

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 9,785

Marsh-marigold

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 9,736

Brown-toed Forest Fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 9,719

Tundra Swan

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 9,716

Great Hairy Screw-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 9,711

Lesser Trefoil

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 9,703

Juniper Haircap

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 9,683

Rhingia campestris

Group: True flies
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 9,678

Field Bindweed

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 9,669

Hover Fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 9,660

Ivy-leaved Toadflax

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 9,640

Common Liverwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 9,606

Signal Crayfish

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 9,579

Glossy Ibis

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 9,557