Noak Bridge Nature Reserve  -  wildlife

reported wildlife & flowering plants - (first) sightings on the Reserve - 2008
blackcap (Mar) blackbird (Feb) blue tit (Jan) bullfinch (Feb) chaffinch (Feb) chiffchaff (Apr)  (1) collared dove (Apr) dunnock (Jan) great tit (Mar) greenfinch (Mar) heron (Apr) house sparrow (Feb) jay (Feb) kingfisher (Apr) magpie (Jan) mallard (Apr) moorhen (Apr) robin (Jan) shoveler (Apr) song thrush (Apr)  (1) sparrowhawk (Apr) spotted woodpecker (Feb)  (2) whitethroat (Apr) wood pigeon (Jan) wren (Jan)		fox (Apr) grey squirrel (Jan) grass snake (Apr) great crested newt (Mar)		bee fly (Apr)  (3) blow fly (Apr) buff-tailed bumblebee (Mar) mining bee (Apr)  (3) 5-spot ladybird (Apr) 7-spot ladybird (Apr) greater water boatman (Apr) pond skater (apr) brimstone (Apr) large white (Apr) orange tip (Apr) peacock (Apr) speckled wood (Apr)
(1)  identified by its song (2)  unable to identify whether great or lesser spotted woodpecker (3)  unknown species
blackthorn (Feb) bluebell (Apr) common violet (Feb) cow parsley (Apr) crab apple (Apr) cut-leaved dead-nettle (Apr)		daffodils (Apr) dandelion (Mar) garlic mustard (Apr) greater stitchwort (Apr) ground ivy (Apr) honeysuckle (Apr)		hawthorn (Apr) pear (Apr) veronica speedwell (Apr) yellow archangel (Apr) white dead-nettle (Mar)
reported wildlife (first) sightings on the Reserve - 2007
fox (Jan) grey squirrel (May) pygmy shrew (Apr)  (3) blackbird (Jul) blackcap (May) blue tit (Feb) collared dove (Mar) coot (Mar) crow (Mar) egret (Mar)  (1) fieldfare (Jan) goldfinch (Jan) great tit (Mar) greater spotted woodpecker (Jun) green woodpecker (Mar) greenfinch (Mar) herring-gull (Mar)  (2) jay (Jun) magpie (Feb) mallard (Mar) moorhen (Mar) robin (Nov) tree sparrow (Mar) whitethroat (May) wood pigeon (Feb) wren (Mar)		adder (Mar) grass snake (Apr) great crested newt (Mar) great pond snail (Aug) garden spider (Aug) wasp spider (Aug) common froghopper (Aug) green shieldbug (Sep) lesser water boatman (Aug) field grasshoper (Aug) meadow grasshopper (Aug) grey bush cricket (Aug) oak bush cricket (Aug) short-winged conehead cricket (Aug) speckled bush cricket (Aug) hover fly (Apr)  (4) hover fly (Jul)  (5) opomyzid fly (Jul)  (6) bumblebee (Mar) cuckoo bee (May)  (7) oak gall wasp (Jul)  (8)		blue-tailed damselfly (Jul)  (9) blue-tailed damselfly (Jul)  (10) common emerald damselfly (Aug) four spotted chaser (Jun) large red damselfly (May) ruddy darter (Jul) southern hawker (Jun) brimstone (Apr) clouded yellow (Apr) comma (Mar) common blue (Apr) gatekeeper (Aug) holly blue (Aug) meadow brown (Jun) orange tip (Apr) painted lady (Apr) peacock (Apr) small white (Apr) small tortoiseshell (Jun) speckled wood (Apr) brown china mark moth (Aug) rosy footman moth (Jan)  (11) small ranunculus (Aug)  (11) webb's wainscot (Aug)  (12)
(1)  in the field bordering Plotlands Way (2)  flying overhead (3)  dead (4)  Myathropa florea (5)  Myiatropa florea (female) (6)  Opomyza germinationis (7)  Nomada fulvicornis (8)  Andricus quercuscalicis (larva) (9)  Ischnura elegans (male) (10)  Ischnura elegans rufescens (female) (11)  larva (12)  pupa case
reported wildlife (first) sightings on the Reserve - 2006
grey squirrel (Jan) pygmy shrew (Jun) adder (Apr) common newt (May)  * grass snake (Jul) slow worm (Jul) comma (Apr) brimstone (male) (Aug) common blue (Aug) essex skipper (Jun) green-veined white (Jun) large white (Jun) meadow brown (Jun) orange tip (Apr) painted lady (Jun) peacock (Apr) red admiral (Jul) ringlet (Jun) silver-studded blue (Aug) skipper (Jun) small copper (Sep) small tortoiseshell (Apr) speckled wood (May)		bearded tit (Jul) blackbird (Apr) blackcap (Apr) blue tit (Jul) bullfinch (Feb) chaffinch (Jun) chiffchaff (Apr) collared dove (Apr) crow (Apr) dunnock (Apr) fieldfare (Jan) goldcrest (Jul) great tit (Apr) great spotted woodpecker (Jul) green woodpecker (Apr) greenfinch (Apr) heron (Feb) jay (Apr) kestrel (Apr) long-tailed tit (Apr) magpie (Apr) mistle thrush (Apr) moorhen (Apr) redwing (Apr) robin (Apr) sparrowhawk (May) starling (Jul) stonechat (May) swallow (Apr) treecreeper (Jul) wren (Apr)		bumblebee (Feb) robin's pincushion gall wasp (Jul) common field grasshoppper (Jun) dark bush cricket (Jul) meadow grasshopper (Aug) hawthorn shield bug (May) damselfly (green) (Jun)  ** common blue damselfly (Jun) dragonfly (hawker) (Jul)  ** dragonfly (large red) (Jul)  ** emperor dragonfly (Jun)  *** four-spotted chaser (Jul) migrant hawker (Sep)
common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica) lords-and-ladies (Arum maculatum) purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) water mint (Mentha aquatica) blackish-purple russula (Russula atropurpurea) common white helvella ( Helvella crispa) yellow slime mold (Fuligo septa) *    identification not certain - possibly a great crested newt **   species not identified ***  female, laying eggs in Puckles Pond
Ranger's record of wildlife sightings on the Reserve - 2005
adder grass snake slow worm chiff chaff dunnock greenfinch kestrel pied wagtail sparrowhawk brimstone comma common blue gatekeeper peacock speckled wood		diamond bug (Family Phymatidae) honey bee (Apis mellifera) red tailed bumblebee soldier beetle large red damselfly common blue damselfly common darter southern hawker dragonfly migrant hawker dragonfly hoverfly (Syrphus vitripennis) hoverfly (Myathropa florae) hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) hoverfly (Cheilosia scutellata) lesser garden spider (Meta segmentata) lords-and-ladies
flowers identified in the reserve during summer 2002
bindweed birdsfoot trefoil blackthorn bluebell bramble campion chamomile common cats ear common couch grass common horsetail common teasel common vetch common violet cowbane dandelion dead nettle deadly nightshade		dock dog rose fern field horetail fleabane floating sweet grass forget-me-not goats beard golden rod grass vetch groundsel hedge bindweed honeysuckle meadow buttercup meadow foxtail grass meadow grass meadow vetchling		ox-eye daisy poppy primrose purple clover purple loosestrife red nettle ribwart sandwart scarlet pimpernel thistle tufted vetch vernal grass white clover wild carrot wild mustard wild radish woodland violet
birds identified by Betty Haynes from spring 2002 to spring 2003
blackbird blackcap blue tit bullfinch chaffinch chiff chaff collar dove dunnock goldfinch great tit green finch		green woodpecker heron jay kestrel kingfisher l/spotted woodpecker long tailed tit magpie mistle thrush pied wagtail redwing		robin rook song thrush sparrowhawk spotted flycatcher starling stonechat treecreeper wood pigeon wren