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Learn the wildlife of Exmoor National Park

England · United Kingdom

2,295 species have research-grade observations inside Exmoor 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 rubecula86
  2. European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola84
  3. Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea69
  4. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs68
  5. White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus64
  6. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo53
  7. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos44
  8. White Wagtail Motacilla alba42
  9. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica39
  10. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus36

Plants

  1. Himalayan balsam Impatiens glandulifera266
  2. Wall Pennywort Umbilicus rupestris163
  3. Common Cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense161
  4. Red campion Silene dioica120
  5. Japanese knotweed Reynoutria japonica107
  6. Purple foxglove Digitalis purpurea106
  7. Greater stitchwort Rabelera holostea100
  8. Bell Heather Erica cinerea94
  9. Tormentil Potentilla erecta93
  10. Common bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus89

Mammals

  1. Red Deer Cervus elaphus55
  2. Domestic Horse Equus caballus48
  3. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus27
  4. Domestic Goat Capra hircus26
  5. European Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus23
  6. European Mole Talpa europaea22
  7. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus18
  8. Common Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus14
  9. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes13
  10. Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis12

Insects

  1. Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia175
  2. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria172
  3. Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus166
  4. Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina161
  5. Woodland Dor Beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus127
  6. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta125
  7. European Comma Polygonia c-album121
  8. European Peacock Butterfly Aglais io113
  9. Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo100
  10. Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas99

Spiders and kin

  1. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis30
  2. Labyrinth spider Agelena labyrinthica23
  3. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus17
  4. Castor Bean Tick Ixodes ricinus11

Reptiles

  1. Viviparous Lizard Zootoca vivipara67
  2. Adder Vipera berus50
  3. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis48

Amphibians

  1. European Common Frog Rana temporaria152
  2. European Toad Bufo bufo42
  3. Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus17

Mollusks

  1. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum29
  2. White-lipped Snail Cepaea hortensis21
  3. Brown-lipped Snail Cepaea nemoralis19
  4. Lined Top Shell Phorcus lineatus11

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.