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Learn the wildlife of the Burren National Park

Ireland

635 species have research-grade observations inside Burren National Park on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you know what you're looking at before you go.

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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 Robin Erithacus rubecula13
  2. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs8
  3. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula5
  4. Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis5
  5. European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola5
  6. Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus4
  7. Hooded Crow Corvus cornix4
  8. Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe3
  9. Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2
  10. Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2

Plants

  1. Bloody Crane's-bill Geranium sanguineum122
  2. Early Purple Orchid Orchis mascula108
  3. Eight-petal Mountain-Avens Dryas octopetala101
  4. Burnet Rose Rosa spinosissima68
  5. Rustyback Asplenium ceterach64
  6. Woodland germander Teucrium scorodonia63
  7. Herb Robert Geranium robertianum57
  8. Common Spotted Orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii49
  9. Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis45
  10. Common hazel Corylus avellana44

Mammals

  1. Domestic Goat Capra hircus8
  2. Eurasian Pine Marten Martes martes2
  3. European Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus1
  4. Mountain Hare Lepus timidus1

Insects

  1. Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum38
  2. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria30
  3. Transparent Burnet Zygaena purpuralis20
  4. Cinnabar moth Tyria jacobaeae17
  5. Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina16
  6. Common Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni13
  7. Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum13
  8. Grayling Hipparchia semele12
  9. Speckled Yellow Pseudopanthera macularia12
  10. Garden Chafer Phyllopertha horticola11

Spiders and kin

  1. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis6
  2. Thyme Gall-mite Aceria thomasi5
  3. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia4
  4. Castor Bean Tick Ixodes ricinus3
  5. Woodland Jumping Spider Evarcha falcata2
  6. Gorse Orbweaver Agalenatea redii2
  7. Common candy-striped spider Enoplognatha ovata2
  8. Buzzing Spider Anyphaena accentuata2
  9. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus1
  10. Filbert Bud Mite Phytoptus avellanae1

Mollusks

  1. Brown-lipped Snail Cepaea nemoralis7
  2. Heath Snail Helicella itala5
  3. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum4
  4. Black Slug Arion ater3
  5. Mud Bithynia Bithynia tentaculata3
  6. Leopard Slug Limax maximus1
  7. European Fingernail Clam Sphaerium corneum1

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. Parks outside the U.S. are from the World Database on Protected Areas (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, Protected Planet). KnowKi is not affiliated with the National Park Service or any park's managers. Free, with no ads, no account, and no purchases.