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Species recorded in Somerset

1,091 species

Somerset — county

Common Pocket-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 19,854

Bird's-claw Beard-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 19,787

Soft Rush

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 19,779

Silky Wall Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 19,515

Greater Scaup

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 19,363

Field Maple

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 19,098

Purple Hairstreak

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 18,902

Keeled Skimmer

Group: Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 18,845

European Pied Flycatcher

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 18,794

Dog's Mercury

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 18,728

Cinnamon Sedge

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 18,706

Brown Lipped Snail

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 18,559

Common Mouse-ear

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 18,442

Silver-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: November
Records since 2000: 18,165

Bilberry

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 18,150

Bank Haircap

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 18,136

White-tipped Bristle-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 18,107

European Eel

Group: Fish
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 18,003

Gemmabryum dichotomum

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 17,871

Clustered Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 17,847

Foxglove

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 17,704

Common Glow-worm

Group: Beetles
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 17,587

Heart and Dart

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 17,584

Bluebell

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 17,510

Hedge Woundwort

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 17,492

Lords-and-Ladies [Arum maculatum]

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 17,452

Heath Star Moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 17,406

White Dead-nettle

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 17,320

Cherry Laurel

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 17,196

Cylindric Beard-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 17,033

Groundsel

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 16,933

Red Fescue

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 16,907

Silky Forklet-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 16,885

Alder

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 16,859

Meadow Grasshopper

Group: Grasshoppers and crickets
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 16,828

Atlantic Salmon

Group: Fish
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 16,731

Curlew Sandpiper

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 16,711

Ramsons

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 16,569

Ten-spot Ladybird

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 16,478

Nipplewort

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 16,456

Common Orange Lichen

Group: Lichens
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 16,366

Greater White-fronted Goose

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 16,291

Meadow Vetchling

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 16,208

Cowslip

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 16,087

Marsh Thistle

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 16,059

Slow worm

Group: Reptiles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 15,975

Lady's Bedstraw

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 15,904

Swartz's Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 15,831