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The 100 most recorded species in Britain

The 100 most recorded species in Britain

#	Species	Records since 2000	Group
1	Common Wood-Pigeon	1,731,616	Birds
2	Carrion Crow	1,495,275	Birds
3	European Robin	1,461,364	Birds
4	Eurasian Blackbird	1,414,772	Birds
5	Meadow Brown	1,291,987	Butterflies and moths
6	Eurasian Blue Tit	1,283,149	Birds
7	Eurasian Magpie	1,277,801	Birds
8	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1,165,954	Birds
9	Western Jackdaw	1,084,740	Birds
10	Mallard	1,074,515	Birds
11	Black-headed Gull	1,071,610	Birds
12	Eurasian Wren	1,065,297	Birds
13	Great Tit	1,058,095	Birds
14	Herring Gull	1,031,320	Birds
15	European Goldfinch	1,025,570	Birds
16	European Starling	899,933	Birds
17	Dunnock	855,945	Birds
18	Common Chaffinch	844,027	Birds
19	Speckled Wood	798,810	Butterflies and moths
20	House Sparrow	737,414	Birds
21	Eurasian Moorhen	716,783	Birds
22	Great Cormorant/European Shag	711,052	Birds
23	Small White	709,791	Butterflies and moths
24	Mute Swan	679,735	Birds
25	Common Chiffchaff	669,402	Birds
26	Gray/Purple Heron	647,623	Birds
27	Canada Goose (canadensis Group)	646,411	Birds
28	White Wagtail	643,578	Birds
29	Haddock	617,374	Fish
30	Eurasian Coot	612,400	Birds
31	Gatekeeper	600,897	Butterflies and moths
32	Common Buzzard	596,254	Birds
33	Long-tailed Tit	593,820	Birds
34	Rock Pigeon	571,038	Birds
35	Green-veined White	559,301	Butterflies and moths
36	Large White	556,981	Butterflies and moths
37	Song Thrush	526,859	Birds
38	Ringlet	520,519	Butterflies and moths
39	Barn Swallow	508,854	Birds
40	Graylag Goose	499,672	Birds
41	Rook	495,913	Birds
42	Tufted Duck	493,177	Birds
43	Ring-necked Pheasant	488,646	Birds
44	Northern Lapwing	488,044	Birds
45	European Greenfinch	478,731	Birds
46	Eurasian Collared-Dove	476,656	Birds
47	Eurasian Oystercatcher	469,084	Birds
48	Common Blue	435,468	Butterflies and moths
49	Peacock	431,653	Butterflies and moths
50	Eurasian Kestrel	430,953	Birds
51	Green-winged Teal	429,559	Birds
52	Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron	428,078	Birds
53	Eurasian Blackcap	418,202	Birds
54	Meadow Pipit	406,836	Birds
55	Common Swift	397,376	Birds
56	Eurasian Skylark	396,393	Birds
57	Eurasian Linnet	394,460	Birds
58	Great Spotted Woodpecker	388,011	Birds
59	Stock Dove	376,156	Birds
60	Gadwall	371,348	Birds
61	Goldcrest	368,590	Birds
62	Coal Tit	365,786	Birds
63	Great Crested Grebe	360,897	Birds
64	Mew Gull	355,098	Birds
65	Reed Bunting	350,041	Birds
66	Brimstone	349,817	Butterflies and moths
67	Small Heath	347,993	Butterflies and moths
68	Eurasian Curlew	344,007	Birds
69	Great Black-backed Gull	343,232	Birds
70	Common Redshank	330,955	Birds
71	Eurasian Jay	320,156	Birds
72	Northern Shoveler	319,367	Birds
73	Common Shelduck	317,854	Birds
74	Eurasian Wigeon	306,853	Birds
75	Little Grebe	299,502	Birds
76	Red Admiral	292,792	Butterflies and moths
77	Whiting	274,647	Fish
78	Red Kite	270,783	Birds
79	Soprano Pipistrelle	266,742	Mammals
80	Common House-Martin	265,447	Birds
81	Redwing	261,212	Birds
82	Small Tortoiseshell	256,492	Butterflies and moths
83	Eurasian Green Woodpecker	242,720	Birds
84	Greater Whitethroat	231,628	Birds
85	Eurasian Sparrowhawk	231,351	Birds
86	European Stonechat	226,385	Birds
87	Willow Warbler	223,873	Birds
88	Cetti's Warbler	223,821	Birds
89	Marbled White	221,435	Butterflies and moths
90	Eastern gray squirrel	216,854	Mammals
91	Eurasian Nuthatch	215,086	Birds
92	Gray Wagtail	210,755	Birds
93	Asian Large Skipper	205,385	Butterflies and moths
94	Orange-tip	203,747	Butterflies and moths
95	Comma	203,691	Butterflies and moths
96	Smallspotted catshark, Small-spotted catshark, Lesser Spotted Dogfish	201,598	Fish
97	Common Darter	200,125	Dragonflies and damselflies
98	Mistle Thrush	197,574	Birds
99	Common Pochard	197,000	Birds
100	Eurasian Bullfinch	194,195	Birds

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