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Learn the wildlife of Wicklow Mountains National Park

Ireland

397 species have research-grade observations inside Wicklow Mountains 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. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos73
  2. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs68
  3. European Robin Erithacus rubecula49
  4. White Wagtail Motacilla alba24
  5. Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula18
  6. Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis14
  7. Red Kite Milvus milvus12
  8. Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea11
  9. Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes11
  10. Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris10

Plants

  1. Deer fern Struthiopteris spicant67
  2. Common bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus66
  3. Purple foxglove Digitalis purpurea60
  4. Common heather Calluna vulgaris59
  5. European wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella52
  6. Bell Heather Erica cinerea50
  7. Gorse Ulex europaeus48
  8. Common bracken Pteridium aquilinum37
  9. European holly Ilex aquifolium30
  10. Maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes25

Mammals

  1. Sika Deer Cervus nippon119
  2. Domestic Goat Capra hircus22
  3. Red Deer Cervus elaphus11
  4. European Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus3
  5. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2
  6. Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis1
  7. Greater White-toothed Shrew Crocidura russula1
  8. Mountain Hare Lepus timidus1
  9. Bank Vole Clethrionomys glareolus1

Insects

  1. Woodland Dor Beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus21
  2. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria16
  3. Two-banded Longhorn Beetle Rhagium bifasciatum15
  4. Oak Eggar Lasiocampa quercus11
  5. Small Emperor Moth Saturnia pavonia11
  6. Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum10
  7. Forest Bug Pentatoma rufipes9
  8. Fox Moth Macrothylacia rubi8
  9. Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula7
  10. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta6

Spiders and kin

  1. Labyrinth spider Agelena labyrinthica4
  2. Saddleback Harvestman Mitopus morio3
  3. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus2
  4. Castor Bean Tick Ixodes ricinus1
  5. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis1
  6. Rustic Wolf Spider Trochosa ruricola1
  7. Shaded Orbweaver Metellina merianae1
  8. Garden Hammock Spider Linyphia hortensis1

Mollusks

  1. Leopard Slug Limax maximus1
  2. Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis1
  3. Tree slug Lehmannia marginata1

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.