# London's commonest creatures

> Woodpigeon, robin, blue tit, blackbird.

- Category: Environment
- Cadence: annual
- Status: Published on a annual cadence.
- Dataset key: `wildlife-species`
- Source: [NBN Atlas](https://nbnatlas.org/)
- Licence: Mixed open licences, per record
- Canonical page: [https://londongraph.com/g/londons-commonest-creatures](https://londongraph.com/g/londons-commonest-creatures)
- Machine-readable record: [https://londongraph.com/data/londons-commonest-creatures](https://londongraph.com/data/londons-commonest-creatures)

## Methodology

The twenty most recorded species by common name within 25km of Charing Cross. Most recorded rather than most numerous — a species that is easy to see and pleasant to note outranks one that is more abundant and less obliging.

## Visualisations

- [Most recorded species](https://londongraph.com/g/londons-commonest-creatures): Rank common names by occurrence records in the NBN search radius.
- [Species treemap](https://londongraph.com/g/londons-commonest-creatures?view=treemap): Use area to compare the twenty most recorded named species.
- [Recording history](https://londongraph.com/g/londons-commonest-creatures?view=recording-history): Follow annual occurrence-record volume in the published search radius. Caveat: Changes combine wildlife, observer effort, digitisation and data-partner coverage.
- [Recent borough records](https://londongraph.com/g/londons-commonest-creatures?view=borough-species): Compare the most frequent named species in the bounded recent London sample.

## Citation guidance

Attribute the original publisher named above and identify LondonGraph as the visualisation and methodology layer. Do not describe live values as a historical census, and do not present placeholder values as observations.