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Species recorded in South Ayrshire

274 species

South Ayrshire — county

Bank Haircap

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

Heath Star Moss

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

Silky Forklet-moss

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

Ramsons

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

Twite

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 16,436

Lady's Bedstraw

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

Common Bent

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 15,749

Heath Spotted-orchid

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 15,205

Fox-tail Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 14,679

Common Smoothcap

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 14,629

Bruch's Pincushion

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 14,229

Red-stemmed Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 13,899

Glittering Wood-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 13,837

Polycentropus flavomaculatus

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 13,349

Natterer's Bat

Group: Mammals
Peak month: February
Records since 2000: 13,257

Mouse-tail Moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 13,215

Common Striated Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 12,901

Toothed Wrack

Group: Seaweeds and algae
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 12,824

Common Dog-violet

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 12,787

White Earwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 12,767

Jack Snipe

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 12,579

Wild Angelica

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 12,214

Bladder Wrack

Group: Seaweeds and algae
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 12,111

River Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 11,799

Purple Moor-grass

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 11,789

Devil's-bit Scabious

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 11,742

Crested Dog's-tail

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 11,688

Frizzled Pincushion

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 11,282

Little Shaggy-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 11,231

Common Green Grasshopper

Group: Grasshoppers and crickets
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 11,050

Dotted Thyme-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 11,029

Chalk Comb-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 10,936

Cross-leaved Heath

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 10,772

Mamillate Plait-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 10,616

Blunt-leaved Bog-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 10,519

Waved Silk-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 10,043

Bohemian Waxwing

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 9,660

Arctic/Pacific Loon

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 9,541

Flat-topped Bog-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 9,453

Japanese Rose

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 9,179

Big Shaggy-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 8,933

Lustrous Bog-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 8,781

Dog Whelk

Group: Molluscs
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 8,771

Marsh Bryum

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 8,764

Bog Groove-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 8,719

Harebell

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 8,639

Woolly Fringe-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 8,619

Codriophorus acicularis

Group: Mosses
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 8,188