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1,986 species have research-grade observations in the Åland Islands on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you can learn a country's wildlife from home.

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Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Common Eider Somateria mollissima75
  2. Mute Swan Cygnus olor71
  3. White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla55
  4. Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus44
  5. Common Merganser Mergus merganser39
  6. Common Gull Larus canus36
  7. Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula34
  8. Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus33
  9. Canada Goose Branta canadensis29
  10. Common Crane Grus grus28

Plants

  1. Bloody Crane's-bill Geranium sanguineum103
  2. Elder-flowered Orchid Dactylorhiza sambucina93
  3. White stonecrop Sedum album84
  4. Sea-buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides81
  5. Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum78
  6. European ash Fraxinus excelsior78
  7. Common Twayblade Neottia ovata78
  8. Early Purple Orchid Orchis mascula75
  9. Meadow Saxifrage Saxifraga granulata73
  10. Cowslip Primula veris67

Mammals

  1. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus40
  2. Common Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus22
  3. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris11
  4. Mountain Hare Lepus timidus10
  5. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes9
  6. Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus8
  7. Moose Alces alces8

Insects

  1. Apollo Parnassius apollo112
  2. European Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata78
  3. Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia58
  4. Grayling Hipparchia semele57
  5. Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas56
  6. Bedstraw Hawkmoth Hyles gallii54
  7. Vagrant Darter Sympetrum vulgatum51
  8. Great Green Bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima50
  9. Four-spotted Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata47
  10. Small Eggar Eriogaster lanestris47

Spiders and kin

  1. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus53
  2. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis23
  3. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi22
  4. Four-spot Orbweaver Araneus quadratus16
  5. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia12
  6. Attulus terebratus10
  7. Burnt Wolf Spider Xerolycosa nemoralis8

Reptiles

  1. Grass snake Natrix natrix56
  2. Adder Vipera berus47
  3. Smooth Snake Coronella austriaca34
  4. Viviparous Lizard Zootoca vivipara11

Fish

  1. European Perch Perca fluviatilis122
  2. Northern Pike Esox lucius71
  3. Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus12
  4. Common Bream Abramis brama9
  5. Orfe Leuciscus idus9
  6. Brown Trout Salmo trutta6

Mollusks

  1. Roman Snail Helix pomatia41
  2. White-lipped Snail Cepaea hortensis39
  3. Ash-black Slug Limax cinereoniger38
  4. Lapidary Snail Helicigona lapicida28
  5. Leopard Slug Limax maximus25
  6. Spanish Slug Arion vulgaris18
  7. Northern Bay Mussel Mytilus trossulus14
  8. Black Slug Arion ater10
  9. Bush snail Fruticicola fruticum10
  10. Brown-lipped Snail Cepaea nemoralis7

How a trip works

A trip has its own trail of lessons: meet six species, match them to new photos, then practice with four choices. Species you learn go into your Fieldbook, and starting a trip earns its Passport stamp. Your home place stays as it is.

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Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.