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2,062 species have research-grade observations in Jersey 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. European Herring Gull Larus argentatus82
  2. Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus64
  3. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos63
  4. European Robin Erithacus rubecula49
  5. Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus39
  6. Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus39
  7. Carrion Crow Corvus corone36
  8. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo35
  9. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus33
  10. Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus32

Plants

  1. Wall Pennywort Umbilicus rupestris88
  2. Red campion Silene dioica67
  3. Rock samphire Crithmum maritimum64
  4. Sea Thrift Armeria maritima59
  5. Eelgrass Zostera marina55
  6. Sea Campion Silene uniflora44
  7. Sheep's-bit Jasione montana37
  8. Burnet Rose Rosa spinosissima35
  9. Bell Heather Erica cinerea34
  10. Loose-flowered Orchid Anacamptis laxiflora33

Mammals

  1. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris64
  2. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus50
  3. Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus23
  4. Common Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus17
  5. Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus9

Insects

  1. Variable Cockroach Planuncus tingitanus161
  2. Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva136
  3. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta134
  4. Asian Lady Beetle Harmonia axyridis128
  5. Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus116
  6. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera113
  7. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria105
  8. Thick-legged Flower Beetle Oedemera nobilis93
  9. Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil Polydrusus formosus77
  10. European Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus71

Spiders and kin

  1. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis472
  2. Dicranopalpus larvatus467
  3. Noble False Widow Steatoda nobilis115
  4. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus51
  5. Walnut Orbweaver Nuctenea umbratica39
  6. Tube-dwelling Spider Segestria florentina34
  7. Paroligolophus agrestis29
  8. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia28
  9. Nelima doriae23
  10. Canestrini's Harvestman Opilio canestrinii19

Reptiles

  1. Western Green Lizard Lacerta bilineata97
  2. Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis77
  3. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis26

Fish

  1. Black-faced Blenny Tripterygion delaisi43
  2. Giant Goby Gobius cobitis42
  3. Rock Goby Gobius paganellus31
  4. Topknot Zeugopterus punctatus30
  5. Connemarra Clingfish Lepadogaster candolii25
  6. Shanny Lipophrys pholis24
  7. Longspined Bullhead Taurulus bubalis23
  8. Worm Pipefish Nerophis lumbriciformis23
  9. European Conger Conger conger22
  10. Montagu's Seasnail Liparis montagui18

Mollusks

  1. Spotted Seahare Aplysia punctata161
  2. Warty Doris Doris verrucosa128
  3. Velvet Dorid Jorunna tomentosa121
  4. Green Ormer Haliotis tuberculata119
  5. Pacific Oyster Magallana gigas115
  6. Berghia coerulescens113
  7. Sap-sucking Slug Elysia viridis108
  8. Geitodoris planata101
  9. Sea Lemon Archidoris pseudoargus99
  10. Pruvotfolia pselliotes92

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.