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Counties with the most species recorded

Highland10.3KNorfolk10.3KDevon10.1KCambridgeshire10KWorcestershire9,698Kent9,021Dorset8,902Cornwall8,884Suffolk8,800Gwynedd8,784Surrey8,722North Yorkshire8,652Oxfordshire8,523Somerset8,317Cumbria7,958
#CountySpecies recordedNation
1Highland10,311Scotland
2Norfolk10,297England
3Devon10,139England
4Cambridgeshire10,011England
5Worcestershire9,698England
6Kent9,021England
7Dorset8,902England
8Cornwall8,884England
9Suffolk8,800England
10Gwynedd8,784Wales
11Surrey8,722England
12North Yorkshire8,652England
13Oxfordshire8,523England
14Somerset8,317England
15Cumbria7,958England
16Essex7,830England
17Powys7,731Wales
18Pembrokeshire7,633Wales
19Argyll and Bute7,593Scotland
20Gloucestershire7,517England
21Isle of Anglesey7,213Wales
22Ceredigion6,870Wales
23Carmarthenshire6,632Wales
24Lincolnshire6,552England
25Swansea6,451Wales
26Aberdeenshire6,195Scotland
27Herefordshire, County of6,043England
28Perth and Kinross6,023Scotland
29Sefton5,886England
30East Riding of Yorkshire5,765England
31Dumfries and Galloway5,607Scotland
32Monmouthshire5,551Wales
33Cheshire East5,457England
34Nottinghamshire5,268England
35Conwy5,145Wales
36Telford and Wrekin5,114England
37Northamptonshire5,072England
38Newry, Mourne and Down5,020Northern Ireland
39Fife5,003Scotland
40Isle of Wight4,846England
41Causeway Coast and Glens4,820Northern Ireland
42Stirling4,806Scotland
43Bristol, City of4,801England
44Na h-Eileanan Siar4,690Scotland
45West Berkshire4,681England
46Scottish Borders4,590Scotland
47Fermanagh and Omagh4,577Northern Ireland
48City of Edinburgh4,563Scotland
49Wrexham4,514Wales
50York4,369England
51Doncaster4,343England
52Moray4,317Scotland
53Sheffield4,311England
54East Lothian4,289Scotland
55North Ayrshire4,287Scotland
56Ards and North Down4,117Northern Ireland
57Rutland4,105England
58Mid and East Antrim4,053Northern Ireland
59Bath and North East Somerset3,927England
60Warrington3,738England
61Denbighshire3,675Wales
62Angus3,666Scotland
63North Lincolnshire3,630England
64Leeds3,572England
65Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig3,466Northern Ireland
66Orkney Islands3,332Scotland
67Antrim and Newtownabbey3,319Northern Ireland
68South Lanarkshire3,274Scotland
69Wirral3,241England
70Mid Ulster3,209Northern Ireland
71East Ayrshire3,157Scotland
72Brighton and Hove3,142England
73Medway3,084England
74Peterborough3,072England
75Midlothian2,970Scotland
76Rotherham2,963England
77Plymouth2,951England
78Milton Keynes2,920England
79Thurrock2,916England
80Glasgow City2,857Scotland
81South Ayrshire2,856Scotland
82Belfast2,839Northern Ireland
83Aberdeen City2,834Scotland
84Nottingham2,794England
85Halton2,764England
86Bedford2,719England
87Dudley2,674England
88Bracknell Forest2,653England
89St. Helens2,646England
90Lisburn and Castlereagh2,604Northern Ireland
91Shetland Islands2,547—
92West Lothian2,522Scotland
93Liverpool2,506England
94Trafford2,505England
95Portsmouth2,473England
96Calderdale2,427England
97Stockport2,423England
98Bradford2,368England
99Sandwell2,366England
100Renfrewshire2,324Scotland

Top 100 entries with a recorded value; entries without data are not ranked.