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Species recorded in Swansea

540 species

Swansea — county

Bird's-claw Beard-moss

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

Silky Wall Feather-moss

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

Keeled Skimmer

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

Brown Lipped Snail

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

Silver-moss

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

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

Common Glow-worm

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

Heath Star Moss

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

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

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

Meadow Grasshopper

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

Red-billed Chough

Group: Birds
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 16,591

Ramsons

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

Slow worm

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

Swartz's Feather-moss

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

Hart's-tongue

Group: Ferns and horsetails
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 15,670

Grey-spotted Sedgesitter

Group: True flies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 15,504

Hover Fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 15,338

Gorse

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 15,116

Marsh Fritillary

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 14,938

Fox-tail Feather-moss

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

Hen Harrier

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 14,659

Common Smoothcap

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

Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 14,503

Tutsan

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 14,496

Speckled Bush Cricket

Group: Grasshoppers and crickets
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 14,459

Bruch's Pincushion

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

Golden Dung Fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 14,206

Cinnabar

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 14,180

Ladder-backed Hover Fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 14,120

Red-stemmed Feather-moss

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

European green crab, Shore Crab

Group: Crustaceans
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 13,886

Silver Sedge

Group: Caddisflies
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 13,603

Silver Y

Group: Butterflies and moths
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 13,462

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 Pincushion

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 13,176

Overleaf Pellia

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 13,066

Cryphaea heteromalla

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 13,047

Crescent-cup Liverwort

Group: Liverworts
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 13,008

Soldier fly

Group: True flies
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 12,979

Common Striated Feather-moss

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