About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Somerset

1,091 species

Somerset — county

Soft-tufted Beard-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 3,875

Whiskered Veilwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 3,874

Rhizocarpon reductum

Group: Lichens
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 3,863

Portugal Laurel

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,862

Common Spangle Gall

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 3,837

Molanna angustata

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 3,802

Garden Chafer

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,758

Water Screw-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 3,728

Brain Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,724

Long-beaked Thyme-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 3,723

Winter Heliotrope

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 3,719

Pale Glaucous Thread-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 3,715

Snipe fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,679

Jersey Tiger

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 3,666

Strawberry Harp Ground Beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,630

Lecidella lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,601

Wood-rust

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 3,594

Limestone Disc Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,582

Saucer Bug

Group: True bugs
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 3,582

Hylemya vagans

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,581

Duke of Burgundy Fritillary

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,575

Blunt Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 3,573

Common Powderhorn

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,571

Water measurer

Group: True bugs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,544

Powdered Speckled Shield Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 3,528

Tiny Button Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 3,526

Crenulated Flapwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 3,513

Rambling Tail-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 3,488

Whitewash Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 3,483

Redclaws

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,476

Black-eye Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,474

Varied Rag Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,464

Common Bithynia

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,450

Tundra Bean-Goose

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 3,430

Western Pouncewort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 3,422

Freshwater Nerite

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,393

Navelwort

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,375

Common Quail

Group: Birds
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,344

Brown sedge

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,323

Wall Scalewort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 3,323

Bark Barnacles

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,317

Pegoplata infirma

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,287

Philhelius pedissequum

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,261

Nettle weevil

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,260

Pterostichus strenuus

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,248

Lesser emperor

Group: Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,235

Hairy-horned Springtail-hunter

Group: Beetles
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,185

Flavoplaca oasis

Group: Lichens
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,159