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Learn the wildlife of Latvia

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5,960 species have research-grade observations in Latvia 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. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos669
  2. Hooded Crow Corvus cornix665
  3. Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus550
  4. European Herring Gull Larus argentatus541
  5. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris501
  6. White Wagtail Motacilla alba493
  7. Great Tit Parus major488
  8. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula484
  9. Rock Pigeon Columba livia478
  10. Mute Swan Cygnus olor460

Plants

  1. Scots pine Pinus sylvestris608
  2. Norway spruce Picea abies589
  3. Greater celandine Chelidonium majus383
  4. Lawn daisy Bellis perennis362
  5. Wood anemone Anemonoides nemorosa326
  6. Common yarrow Achillea millefolium295
  7. Goutweed Aegopodium podagraria279
  8. Great stinging nettle Urtica dioica273
  9. Wood Cow-wheat Melampyrum nemorosum258
  10. Norway maple Acer platanoides248

Mammals

  1. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus314
  2. European Mole Talpa europaea105
  3. Eurasian Beaver Castor fiber96
  4. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes95
  5. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris70
  6. Red Deer Cervus elaphus49
  7. Brown Hare Lepus europaeus48

Insects

  1. European Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus274
  2. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta225
  3. Common Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni212
  4. Woodland Dor Beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus206
  5. Green-veined White Pieris napi189
  6. Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae184
  7. Red Pine Longhorn Beetle Stictoleptura rubra168
  8. Map Araschnia levana166
  9. Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus165
  10. European Peacock Butterfly Aglais io165

Spiders and kin

  1. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus180
  2. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis88
  3. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia71
  4. European Harvestman Phalangium opilio54
  5. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi45

Reptiles

  1. Grass snake Natrix natrix245
  2. Viviparous Lizard Zootoca vivipara229
  3. Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis63
  4. Adder Vipera berus63

Mollusks

  1. Copse Snail Arianta arbustorum866
  2. Roman Snail Helix pomatia458
  3. Common European Ambersnail Succinea putris158
  4. Baltic Macoma Macoma balthica107
  5. Black-headed Slug Krynickillus melanocephalus101
  6. Leopard Slug Limax maximus92
  7. Brown-lipped Snail Cepaea nemoralis90
  8. White-lipped Snail Cepaea hortensis89
  9. Soft-shelled Clam Mya arenaria51
  10. Lagoon Cockle Cerastoderma glaucum50

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.