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Learn the wildlife of Glenveagh National Park

Ireland

338 species have research-grade observations inside Glenveagh 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. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs44
  2. European Robin Erithacus rubecula39
  3. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica6
  4. White Wagtail Motacilla alba5
  5. European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola5
  6. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea4
  7. Common Raven Corvus corax4
  8. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos4
  9. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo3
  10. Greylag Goose Anser anser3

Plants

  1. Prickly Heath Gaultheria mucronata54
  2. Bell Heather Erica cinerea27
  3. Purple foxglove Digitalis purpurea22
  4. European wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella21
  5. Bog myrtle Myrica gale21
  6. European holly Ilex aquifolium18
  7. Deer fern Struthiopteris spicant18
  8. Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis17
  9. Round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia15
  10. Common selfheal Prunella vulgaris14

Mammals

  1. Red Deer Cervus elaphus4
  2. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus3
  3. Daubenton's bat Myotis daubentonii1

Insects

  1. Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus12
  2. Smooth ground beetle Carabus glabratus12
  3. Common Carder Bumble Bee Bombus pascuorum9
  4. Woodland Dor Beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus9
  5. Fox Moth Macrothylacia rubi8
  6. Tapered Drone Fly Eristalis pertinax6
  7. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta5
  8. Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae5
  9. Common Drone Fly Eristalis tenax5
  10. Magpie Moth Abraxas grossulariata5

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.