About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Somerset

1,091 species

Somerset — county

Orange Dot Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 3,144

Common Rock-rose

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,136

Austrolimnophila ochracea

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,117

Water Scorpion, Water bug

Group: True bugs
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 3,101

Fluffy Dust Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,067

Dartford Warbler

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,048

Four-Colored Cuckoo-Bee

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,040

Smooth-chested Blackclock

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,034

Common Striped Woodlouse

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 3,019

Abax parallelepipedus

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,005

Lype reducta

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 2,979

Shrill Carder Bee

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 2,973

Large Amber Snail

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 2,971

Bitter fluff-wart

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 2,956

Darkened Button Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 2,926

Cartilage lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 2,916

Small Hairy Screw-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 2,913

Pustulate revolute loop lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 2,902

Elf Ears lichen

Group: Fungi
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 2,899

Potamophylax cingulatus

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 2,887

Bradysia placida

Group: True flies
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 2,873

Yellow spotted sedge

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 2,862

Smittia pratorum

Group: True flies
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 2,852

Nit Beard Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 2,839

Pertusaria pertusa

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 2,835

Plea minutissima

Group: True bugs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 2,819

Common Script Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 2,809

Common Pill Woodlouse

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 2,783

Belted Springtail

Group: Springtails
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 2,782

Bloody-nosed Beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 2,765

Beech Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 2,764

Microvelia reticulata

Group: True bugs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 2,763

Hesperocorixa sahlbergi

Group: True bugs
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 2,758

Dotted Bee-fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 2,727

Stenophylax sequax

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 2,714

Rhipidia maculata

Group: True flies
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 2,713

Mexican Fleabane

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 2,685

Psychoda trinodulosa

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 2,668

Clytocerus ocellaris

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 2,664

Powder-headed Tube Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 2,663

Little Snipefly

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 2,646

Knopper Gall

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 2,645

Marble Gall

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 2,642

Common Comfrey

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 2,637

Many-fruited Thyme-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 2,624

Short-leaved Pocket-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 2,614

Curly Crisp-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 2,613

Crisped Neckera

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 2,601