About Earthynature of Britain

Species recorded in Somerset

1,091 species

Somerset — county

Sandwich Tern

Group: Birds
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 88,504

Buff-tailed Bumble Bee

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 88,448

Brant

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 87,250

Migrant Hawker

Group: Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 82,033

Common Cuckoo

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 80,853

Four-spotted Chaser

Group: Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 79,037

Common Redpoll

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 78,542

Red-legged Partridge

Group: Birds
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 77,694

Common Greenshank

Group: Birds
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 77,228

Green Sandpiper

Group: Birds
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 76,512

Banded Demoiselle

Group: Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 75,531

Brown Hawker

Group: Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 74,127

Peregrine Falcon

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 69,886

Western Yellow Wagtail

Group: Birds
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 69,276

Large Red Tailed Bumble Bee

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 68,667

Ruff

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 67,669

Bar-tailed Godwit

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 65,771

Daubenton's Bat

Group: Mammals
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 65,340

Indian Balsam

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 62,045

Eurasian Hobby

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 61,403

European rabbit

Group: Mammals
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 61,227

Dark Green Fritillary

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 61,080

Chalk-hill Blue

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 60,252

Garden Warbler

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 59,895

Black-bellied Plover

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 59,861

Tawny Owl

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 59,671

Lesser Whitethroat

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 59,298

Whimbrel

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 58,553

Broad-bodied Chaser

Group: Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 58,431

Common Scoter

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 57,365

Dingy Skipper

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 56,840

Sanderling

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 56,821

Red fox

Group: Mammals
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 56,196

Black-tailed Skimmer

Group: Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 54,605

Barn Owl

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 54,544

Red Knot

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 53,928

European roe deer

Group: Mammals
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 53,679

Common Nettle

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 53,331

Thornback Ray

Group: Fish
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 52,526

Western honey bee

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 51,449

Mandarin Duck

Group: Birds
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 50,596

Marsh Tit

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 47,776

Barnacle Goose

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 47,758

Marmalade hoverfly

Group: True flies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 46,804

Emerald Damselfly

Group: Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 46,053

Whooper Swan

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 45,803

Ruddy Darter

Group: Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 45,389

Hawthorn

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 44,514