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Species recorded in South Ayrshire

274 species

South Ayrshire — county

Common Sandpiper

Group: Birds
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 107,459

Northern Wheatear

Group: Birds
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 107,268

Common Merganser

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 104,946

European Shag

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 104,847

Common Goldeneye

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 103,697

Black-legged Kittiwake

Group: Birds
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 94,955

Pink-footed Goose

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 90,748

Rock Pipit

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 90,101

European Golden-Plover

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 89,058

Northern Pintail

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 88,832

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

Common Eider

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 86,739

Common Redpoll

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

Common Greenshank

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

Peregrine Falcon

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

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 68,995

Large Red Tailed Bumble Bee

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

Razorbill

Group: Birds
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 66,509

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

Red-throated Loon

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 61,757

Garden Warbler

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

Red-breasted Merganser

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 59,855

Tawny Owl

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

Whimbrel

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

Common Scoter

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

Sanderling

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

Hooded Crow

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 56,265

Barn Owl

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

Red Knot

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

Common Nettle

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

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

Whooper Swan

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

Hawthorn

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

Common Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 44,396

Spotted Flycatcher

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 43,874

Cypress-leaved Plait-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 41,845

Rough-stalked Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 41,342

Ribwort Plantain

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 39,026

Atlantic Puffin

Group: Birds
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 38,357

Springy Turf-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 37,320

Tree Bumblebee

Group: Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 35,931

Creeping Buttercup

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 35,825

Creeping Thistle

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 35,350

Cleavers

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 35,139