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Learn the wildlife of the Lake District National Park

England · United Kingdom

3,263 species have research-grade observations inside Lake District 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 rubecula443
  2. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos403
  3. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs333
  4. Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula324
  5. Canada Goose Branta canadensis279
  6. Mute Swan Cygnus olor226
  7. Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus222
  8. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus191
  9. Greylag Goose Anser anser178
  10. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo164

Plants

  1. Purple foxglove Digitalis purpurea494
  2. Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum439
  3. Maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes335
  4. Common bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus314
  5. European wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella299
  6. Common Harebell Campanula rotundifolia296
  7. Common heather Calluna vulgaris295
  8. Round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia290
  9. Herb Robert Geranium robertianum286
  10. Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria275

Mammals

  1. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris175
  2. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus143
  3. Red Deer Cervus elaphus74
  4. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus71
  5. European Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus39
  6. Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis37
  7. European Badger Meles meles36
  8. Brown Hare Lepus europaeus28
  9. European Mole Talpa europaea25
  10. Common Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus24

Insects

  1. Woodland Dor Beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus304
  2. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta291
  3. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria276
  4. European Peacock Butterfly Aglais io276
  5. Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae266
  6. Green-veined White Pieris napi202
  7. Common Carder Bumble Bee Bombus pascuorum197
  8. Drinker Moth Euthrix potatoria188
  9. Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina163
  10. Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus159

Spiders and kin

  1. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus75
  2. Four-spot Orbweaver Araneus quadratus74
  3. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis27

Reptiles

  1. Viviparous Lizard Zootoca vivipara231
  2. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis107
  3. Adder Vipera berus73

Amphibians

  1. European Common Frog Rana temporaria244
  2. European Toad Bufo bufo197
  3. Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus37

Mollusks

  1. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum59
  2. Black Slug Arion ater38
  3. White-lipped Snail Cepaea hortensis28

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.