🇯🇪Animals recorded in Jersey

Which animals have been recorded in Jersey? 1,018 occurrence records cover 309 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, Eurasian Curlew, Mediterranean Gull.

• 1,018 records
• 309 species
• 25 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Lesser Black-backed Gull, Eurasian Curlew, Mediterranean Gull. 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 Jersey

	Animal	Group	Records
	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Aves Laridae	47
	Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	Aves Scolopacidae	47
	Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus	Aves Laridae	34
	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Aves Laridae	18
	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Aves Haematopodidae	16
	Common wall lizard Podarcis muralis	Squamata Lacertidae	16
	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Insecta Nymphalidae	14
	Western Green Lizard Lacerta bilineata	Squamata Lacertidae	14
	Harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis	Insecta Coccinellidae	13
	Seven-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata	Insecta Coccinellidae	13
	Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus	Insecta Nymphalidae	13
	Thick Top Shell Phorcus lineatus	Gastropoda Trochidae	13
	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Aves Muscicapidae	12
	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Insecta Nymphalidae	12
	Common Toad Bufo spinosus	Amphibia Bufonidae	12
	Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris	Mammalia Sciuridae	10
	Eurasian Linnet Linaria cannabina	Aves Fringillidae	10
	Slow worm Anguis fragilis	Squamata Anguidae	10
	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Aves Corvidae	10
	Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	Aves Falconidae	10
	Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva	Insecta Cantharidae	9
	Little Egret Egretta garzetta	Aves Ardeidae	9
	Agile Frog Rana dalmatina	Amphibia Ranidae	8
	Beadlet Anemone Actinia equina	Anthozoa Actiniidae	8
	European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus	Mammalia Leporidae	8
	Eurasian Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus	Aves Accipitridae	8
	Garden Snail Cornu aspersum	Gastropoda Helicidae	8
	Painted Lady Vanessa cardui	Insecta Nymphalidae	7
	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Insecta Nymphalidae	7
	common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus	Mammalia Delphinidae	7
	Common Limpet Patella vulgata	Gastropoda Patellidae	7
	Grey Bush Cricket Platycleis albopunctata	Insecta Tettigoniidae	6
	Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas	Insecta Lycaenidae	6
	False Oil Beetle Oedemera nobilis	Insecta Oedemeridae	6
	Wall Lasiommata megera	Insecta Nymphalidae	6
	Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum	Insecta Libellulidae	5
	field grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus	Insecta Acrididae	5
	Small White Pieris rapae	Insecta Pieridae	5
	Antho involvens	Demospongiae Microcionidae	5
	bristly mail chiton Acanthochitona crinita	Polyplacophora Acanthochitonidae	5
	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Aves Accipitridae	5
	cinereous chiton Lepidochitona cinerea	Polyplacophora Tonicellidae	5
	Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	Aves Sulidae	5
	Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Aves Laridae	5
	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Aves Turdidae	5
	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Aves Columbidae	5
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	5
	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Aves Prunellidae	5
	Large Skipper Ochlodes venata	Insecta Hesperiidae	5
	Brant Branta bernicla	Aves Anatidae	5
	European mole Talpa europaea	Mammalia Talpidae	5
	Grayling [butterfly] Hipparchia semele	Insecta Nymphalidae	5
	Soldier fly Chloromyia formosa	Insecta Stratiomyidae	4
	Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus	Insecta Nymphalidae	4
	Speckled Bush Cricket Leptophyes punctatissima	Insecta Tettigoniidae	4
	Southern green stink bug Nezara viridula	Insecta Pentatomidae	4
	Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia	Arachnida Thomisidae	4
	Nursery Web Spider Pisaura mirabilis	Arachnida Pisauridae	4
	Snakelocks Anemone Anemonia viridis	Anthozoa Actiniidae	4
	Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis	Aves Procellariidae	4