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Learn the wildlife of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park

United Kingdom

1,922 species have research-grade observations inside Loch Lomond and The Trossachs 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 rubecula289
  2. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos226
  3. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs220
  4. Mute Swan Cygnus olor94
  5. White Wagtail Motacilla alba93
  6. Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus83
  7. Common Merganser Mergus merganser81
  8. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica74
  9. Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus72
  10. Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula69

Plants

  1. Common bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus203
  2. Purple foxglove Digitalis purpurea170
  3. Deer fern Struthiopteris spicant163
  4. European wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella161
  5. Common heather Calluna vulgaris157
  6. Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis152
  7. Heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata142
  8. Fireweed Chamaenerion angustifolium142
  9. Bell Heather Erica cinerea140
  10. Tormentil Potentilla erecta126

Mammals

  1. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris128
  2. Red Deer Cervus elaphus32
  3. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus28
  4. Eurasian Pine Marten Martes martes25
  5. Eurasian Beaver Castor fiber22
  6. Domestic Goat Capra hircus22
  7. European Badger Meles meles18
  8. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus14
  9. European Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus13
  10. Common Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus11

Insects

  1. Woodland Dor Beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus215
  2. European Peacock Butterfly Aglais io138
  3. Drinker Moth Euthrix potatoria102
  4. Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii74
  5. Tapered Drone Fly Eristalis pertinax64
  6. Two-banded Longhorn Beetle Rhagium bifasciatum64
  7. Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus61
  8. Green-veined White Pieris napi59
  9. Forest Bug Pentatoma rufipes55
  10. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta52

Spiders and kin

  1. Castor Bean Tick Ixodes ricinus34
  2. Alder Leaf Gall Mite Eriophyes laevis16
  3. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus14
  4. European cave spider Meta menardi12
  5. Saddleback Harvestman Mitopus morio12
  6. Walnut Orbweaver Nuctenea umbratica8

Reptiles

  1. Adder Vipera berus108
  2. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis67
  3. Viviparous Lizard Zootoca vivipara63

Amphibians

  1. European Common Frog Rana temporaria134
  2. European Toad Bufo bufo131
  3. Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus33

Fish

  1. European Perch Perca fluviatilis12
  2. Brown Trout Salmo trutta9
  3. European Minnow Phoxinus phoxinus8
  4. Northern Pike Esox lucius7

Mollusks

  1. Brown-lipped Snail Cepaea nemoralis27
  2. Black Slug Arion ater27
  3. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum11

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.