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Species recorded in South Ayrshire

274 species

South Ayrshire — county

Tapered Drone Fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 35,005

Sycamore [tree]

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 34,632

Gray Partridge

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 34,405

Arctic Tern

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 33,992

Common frog

Group: Amphibians
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 33,381

Common Loon

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 32,765

White-throated Dipper

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 32,318

Pointed Spear-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 32,268

White Clover

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 31,709

Golden-ringed Dragonfly

Group: Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 31,664

Capillary Thread-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 31,536

Manx Shearwater

Group: Birds
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 30,622

Japanese Knotweed

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 30,167

Yorkshire-fog

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 29,834

Red Campion

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 28,333

Selfheal

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 28,118

Black Guillemot

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 27,934

Meadowsweet

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 27,430

Merlin

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 26,138

Swan's-neck Thyme-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 25,888

Cuckooflower

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 25,770

Forked Veilwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 24,734

Neat Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 24,718

Wall Screw-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 24,717

Common Bird's-foot-trefoil

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 24,100

Bifid Crestwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 23,907

Heather

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 23,828

Dilated Scalewort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 23,654

Broom Fork-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 23,139

Common Grasshopper-Warbler

Group: Birds
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 23,015

Welshman's Button Caddisfly

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 22,673

Redshank [moss]

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 21,994

Grey-cushioned Grimmia

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 21,756

Heath Plait-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 21,593

Sandfly

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 21,424

Meadow Buttercup

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 20,980

Tormentil

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 20,922

Garden Sorrel

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 20,829

Hydropsyche siltalai

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 20,749

Hart's-Tongue Thyme-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 20,735

Lesser Knapweed

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 20,597

Sweet Vernal Grass

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 20,537

Common Tamarisk-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 20,226

Long-tailed Duck

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 20,221

Common Pocket-moss

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

Silky Wall Feather-moss

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

Purple Sandpiper

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 18,878

Brown Lipped Snail

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