About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Somerset

1,091 species

Somerset — county

Sycamore Tarspot

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 5,798

Plectrocnemia conspersa

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 5,775

Parrot Waxcap

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 5,759

Sheep Tick

Group: Mites, harvestmen and other arachnids
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 5,741

Crisped Pincushion

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 5,723

Greater Featherwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 5,722

Malachite Beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 5,702

Hair-pointed Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 5,694

Furry Dronefly

Group: True flies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 5,653

Common Water-boatman

Group: True bugs
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 5,622

Limnephilus marmoratus

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 5,591

Hydropsyche angustipennis

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 5,560

Ring-necked Duck

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 5,556

Abraded Camouflage Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 5,486

Medium Sedge

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 5,472

Large Cinnamon Sedge

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 5,444

Rim lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 5,376

Field forklet moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 5,362

Common Green Shield Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 5,354

Drusus annulatus

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 5,337

Fairy beads

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 5,322

Chaetopteryx villosa

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 5,313

Greater Fork-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 5,279

Greater Periwinkle [plant]

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 5,258

Frizzled Crisp-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 5,214

Wayfaring Tree

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 5,181

Tubercled Boulder Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 5,166

Dark brown speck lichen

Group: Fungi
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 5,141

Green-tufted Stubble-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 5,135

Common Goldspeck

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 5,133

Lesser Stag Beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 5,110

Nursery Web Spider

Group: Spiders
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 5,102

Short-necked gazelle beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 5,096

Early-purple Orchid

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 4,975

Wasp Beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 4,967

Psychoda phalaenoides

Group: True flies
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 4,945

Holly Leaf Gall Fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 4,934

Common Shiny Woodlouse

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 4,917

Western Earwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 4,917

Shiny Camouflage Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 4,831

Sweet Violet

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 4,784

Dotted Loosestrife

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 4,769

Sheep's-fescue

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 4,763

Shining Hookeria

Group: Mosses
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 4,753

Square-tailed Worm

Group: Worms (annelids)
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 4,751

Wavy Beard-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 4,738

Pellucid Four-tooth Moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 4,733

Streblotrichum commutatum

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 4,722