🇬🇬Animals recorded in Guernsey

Which animals have been recorded in Guernsey? 1,657 occurrence records cover 564 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 212 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Lesser Black-backed Gull, Glanville Fritillary, Seven-spot Ladybird.

• 1,657 records
• 564 species
• 28 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Lesser Black-backed Gull, Glanville Fritillary, Seven-spot Ladybird. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Guernsey

	Animal	Group	Records
	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Aves Laridae	90
	Glanville Fritillary Melitaea cinxia	Insecta Nymphalidae	29
	Seven-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata	Insecta Coccinellidae	25
	wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus	Mammalia Muridae	20
	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Insecta Lycaenidae	17
	Peacock Aglais io	Insecta Nymphalidae	16
	Marmalade hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus	Insecta Syrphidae	15
	Stock bug Coreus marginatus	Insecta Coreidae	15
	Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum	Insecta Libellulidae	14
	Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas	Insecta Lycaenidae	14
	Great Green Bush Cricket Tettigonia viridissima	Insecta Tettigoniidae	14
	Painted Lady Vanessa cardui	Insecta Nymphalidae	13
	Lackey Malacosoma neustria	Insecta Lasiocampidae	13
	Italian Striped-Bug Graphosoma italicum	Insecta Pentatomidae	13
	Drinker Euthrix potatoria	Insecta Lasiocampidae	12
	Brown-tail Euproctis chrysorrhoea	Insecta Erebidae	12
	Green Ormer Haliotis tuberculata	Gastropoda Haliotidae	12
	White Snail Theba pisana	Gastropoda Helicidae	12
	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Insecta Nymphalidae	12
	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Insecta Nymphalidae	11
	Sulphur Beetle Cteniopus sulphureus	Insecta Tenebrionidae	11
	Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina	Insecta Pentatomidae	11
	Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum	Insecta Coenagrionidae	11
	Wall Lasiommata megera	Insecta Nymphalidae	10
	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Insecta Nymphalidae	10
	Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus	Insecta Nymphalidae	9
	Garden Spider Araneus diadematus	Arachnida Araneidae	9
	Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria	Insecta Erebidae	9
	Galium gall mite Cecidophyes rouhollahi	Arachnida Eriophyidae	9
	European green crab Carcinus maenas	Malacostraca Carcinidae	9
	Marble Gall Andricus kollari	Insecta Cynipidae	8
	Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans	Insecta Coenagrionidae	8
	field grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus	Insecta Acrididae	8
	Silver Y Autographa gamma	Insecta Noctuidae	8
	Clouded Yellow Colias croceus	Insecta Pieridae	8
	Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea	Insecta Syrphidae	8
	Annectocyma major	Stenolaemata Annectocymidae	7
	Grey Mining Bee Andrena cineraria	Insecta Andrenidae	7
	Bumble Bee Hover Fly Volucella bombylans	Insecta Syrphidae	7
	Grass Eggar Lasiocampa trifolii	Insecta Lasiocampidae	7
	Small White Pieris rapae	Insecta Pieridae	7
	Common Octopus Octopus vulgaris	Cephalopoda Octopodidae	7
	Bloody-nosed Beetle Timarcha tenebricosa	Insecta Chrysomelidae	7
	Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva	Insecta Cantharidae	7
	Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus	Insecta Nymphalidae	7
	Garden Snail Cornu aspersum	Gastropoda Helicidae	7
	Rough Periwinkle Littorina saxatilis	Gastropoda Littorinidae	7
	Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum	Insecta Apidae	6
	Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum	Insecta Libellulidae	6
	Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi	Insecta Lycaenidae	6
	Large White Pieris brassicae	Insecta Pieridae	6
	Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia	Arachnida Thomisidae	6
	Queen Scallop Aequipecten opercularis	Bivalvia Pectinidae	6
	common frog Rana temporaria	Amphibia Ranidae	6
	Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae	Insecta Erebidae	6
	False Oil Beetle Oedemera nobilis	Insecta Oedemeridae	6
	emperor dragonfly Anax imperator	Insecta Aeshnidae	6
	Stauridiosarsia gemmifera	Hydrozoa Corynidae	6
	Five-spot Burnet Zygaena trifolii	Insecta Zygaenidae	6
	Psilothrix viridicoerulea	Insecta Dasytidae	6