About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Somerset

1,091 species

Somerset — county

Dwarf Swan-neck Moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 4,704

Woodruff

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 4,693

Mealy Shadow Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 4,650

Polyozosia dispersa

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 4,634

Tortoise Bug

Group: True bugs
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 4,626

Least Duckweed

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 4,623

River Limpet

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 4,616

Flavoplaca flavocitrina

Group: Lichens
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 4,586

Moss Carder Bee

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 4,573

Nicholson's Beard-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 4,567

Minute Pouncewort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 4,557

Small Burnet

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 4,541

Lungwort [lichen]

Group: Lichens
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 4,515

Two-banded wasp hoverfly

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 4,512

Limnephilus auricula

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 4,503

Yellow Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 4,490

Pink-fruited Thread-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 4,450

Dwarf Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 4,434

Caper Spurge

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 4,369

Tipula oleracea

Group: True flies
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 4,355

Black Stone Flower

Group: Lichens
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 4,349

Walnut

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 4,332

Polyozosia albescens

Group: Lichens
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 4,325

Pegoplata aestiva

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 4,289

King Alfred's Cakes

Group: Fungi
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 4,250

Knotted Wrack

Group: Seaweeds and algae
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 4,248

Dusky Beard-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 4,229

Common Pondskater, Common pond strider

Group: True bugs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 4,225

Hydropsyche instabilis

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 4,225

Rim lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 4,199

Paradromius linearis

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 4,192

Spotted gazelle beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 4,163

Balm

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 4,147

Common Orange Legionnaire

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 4,139

Great Pond Snail

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 4,111

Heath fritillary

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 4,096

Variable Crisp-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 4,091

Asterisk Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 4,083

Plant bug

Group: True bugs
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 4,070

Springtail

Group: Springtails
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 4,070

Sigara dorsalis

Group: True bugs
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 4,037

Spiral Extinguisher-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 4,012

Giant-rhubarb

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,983

Limestone Lobed Firedot

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,949

Red Phalarope

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 3,944

Annulate Fungus Gnat

Group: True flies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 3,911

Heath Bumble Bee

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 3,910

Helophorus brevipalpis

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,891