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reported wildlife & flowering plants - (first) sightings on the Reserve - 2009 |
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blackbird (Jul) blackcap (Apr) blue tit (Jan) bullfinch (Jan) chaffinch (Apr) chiffchaff (Mar) collared dove (Jan) coot (May) crow (May) cuckoo (Apr) (1) dunnock (Jan) egret (May) (2) garden warbler (May) goldfinch (Mar) great tit (Jan) green woodpecker (Sep) greenfinch (Mar) jay (Jan) kingfisher (Jan) long-tailed tit (Jan) magpie (Jan) mallard (Feb) robin (Jan) song thrush (May) stonechat (May) (1) willow warbler (Apr) wood pigeon (Mar) wren (Jan) |
brown rat (Jul) fox (Jan) grass snake (Apr) common newt (Apr) great crested newt (Apr) earthworm (Jan) funnel web spider (Jul) nursery web spider (Apr) common woodlouse (Apr) Colymbetes fuscus (Sep) lesser diving beetle (May) (4,6) whirligig beetle (Jun) buff-tailed bumblebee (Mar) (4) cuckoo bee (Nomada) (Apr) (3) rose gall wasp (Aug) (5) bee fly (Bombylius) (Apr) (3) caddisfly (Limnephilus) (Apr) (3) meadow grasshopper (Jul) |
pond skater (Jun) shield bug (Apr) (3) azure damselfly (May) (4) blue-tailed damselfly (May) broad bodied damselfly (Jun) common blue damselfly (Jun) common darter (Aug) emperor dragonfly (May) four-spotted chaser (Jun) large red damselfly (May) ruddy darter (Jun) scarce emerald damselfly (Aug) southern hawker (Aug) essex skipper (Jul) green oak tortrix (May) (4,6) large white (Apr) meadow brown (Jun) (4) orange tip (Apr) painted lady (Jun) peacock butterfly (Mar) red underwing (Aug) small blue (May) small copper (May) small white (May) speckled wood (Apr) |
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(1) song heard (2) flying over the Reserve (3) species not identified (4) identification not certain (5) robin's pincushion (dog rose gall formed by larvae of Diplolepis rosae ) (6) caterpillar / larva |
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autumn hawkbit (Aug) bird's-foot trefoil (Jun) black medick (Aug) blackthorn (Apr) bluebell (Apr) bramble (May) bristly ox-tongue (Aug) Buddleja davidii (Aug) bush vetch (May) canadian pond weed (Aug) common club-rush (Aug) common nettle (Aug) common reed (Aug) common teasel (Aug) common violet (Mar) cow parsley (Apr) creeping cinquefoil (Aug) creeping thistle (Aug) cut-leaved cranesbill (May) daisy (May) dandelion (Mar) daffodil (Mar) dog rose (May) dove's-foot cranesfield (Aug) field bindweed (Jul) fleabane (Aug) flowering rush (Aug) (1) goat's rue (Aug) |
golden rod (Aug) (2) goosegrass (Aug) grass vetchling (Jun) great hairy willowherb (Aug) great lettuce (Sep) great reed mace (Aug) (3) greater plantain (Aug) greater spearwort (Aug) greater stitchwort (Apr) hawkweed ox-tongue (Aug) hedge bindweed (Jul) hedge mustard (Aug) hedge woundwort (Aug) hogweed (Aug) lesser stitchwort (Jun) hawthorn (May) herb robert (May) honeysuckle (Jun) lesser celandine (Mar) lords-and-ladies (May) mallow (Jul) many-flowered woodrush (Aug) meadow buttercup (May) michaelmas daisy (Sep) mugwort (Aug) pondweed (Potamogeton) (Aug) (2) primrose (Mar) |
privet (Aug) purple loosestrife (Jul) ragwort (Jul) red clover (Jun) red dead nettle (Jul) rigid hornwort (Aug) (1) rowan (Aug) sea club-rush (Aug) smaller cat's-tail (Aug) spear thistle (Aug) st john's wort (Aug) (2) sweet vernal grass (Aug) (1) tare (Aug) (2) tufted vetch (Aug) unbranched bur-reed (Aug) upright hedge parsley (Aug) water milfoil (Aug) (1) water mint (Aug) white clover (Jun) white dead nettle (Apr) wood avens (May) wood dock (Aug) wood false-brome (Aug) (1) woody nightshade (Aug) yarrow (Jul) yellow medick (aug) yorkshire fog (Aug) |
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(1) identification not certain (2) species not identified (3) Typha latifolia |
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reported wildlife & flowering plants - (first) sightings on the Reserve - 2008 |
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blackcap (Mar) blackbird (Feb) blackcap (May) blue tit (Jan) bullfinch (Feb) chaffinch (Feb) chiffchaff (Apr) (1) collared dove (Apr) crow (May) dunnock (Jan) great tit (Mar) greenfinch (Mar) heron (Apr) house sparrow (Feb) jay (Feb) kingfisher (Apr) magpie (Jan) mallard (Apr) marsh tit (Oct) mistle thrush (May) moorhen (Apr) robin (Jan) shoveler (Apr) song thrush (Apr) (1) sparrowhawk (Apr) spotted woodpecker (Feb) (2) swallow (May) whitethroat (Apr) wood pigeon (Jan) wren (Jan) |
fox (Apr) grey squirrel (Jan) common shrew (Aug) fish (Aug) (3) common frog (Aug) non-native frog (May) (4) great crested newt (Mar) smooth newt (Apr) grass snake (Apr) pond snail (May) water spider (May) brimstone (Apr) gatekeeper (Aug) green-veined white (May) (4) large white (Apr) orange tip (Apr) meadow brown (Jul) peacock (Apr) ringlet (Jul) (4) skipper (Aug) small blue (Aug) speckled wood (Apr) tortrix moth (May) (5) |
bee fly (Apr) (6) blow fly (Apr) buff-tailed bumblebee (Mar) mining bee (Apr) (6) 5-spot ladybird (Apr) 7-spot ladybird (Apr) red and black froghopper (Jun) (7) greater water boatman (Apr) pond skater (Apr) oak bush cricket (May) emperor dragonfly (Jul) four-spotted chaser (May) large red damselfly (May) |
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(1) identified by its song (2) unable to identify whether great or lesser spotted woodpecker (3) in stream by bridge at southern end of Plotlands Way (sticklebacks?) (4) a member of the marsh-edible-pool frog complex (5) caterpillar (6) species not identified (7) Cercopis vulnerata |
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apple (May) bird's-foot trefoil (Jun) black meddick (Jun) blackberry (May) blackthorn (Feb) bluebell (Apr) bush vetch (Jun) buttercup (May) common mallow (Jun) common sorrel (Jun) common teasel (Aug) common violet (Feb) cow parsley (Apr) crab apple (Apr) creeping cinquefoil (Jun) (1) curled dock (Jun) cut-leaved dead-nettle (Apr) dandelion (Mar) |
daffodil (Apr) daisy (Jun) dog rose (Jun) fleabane (Aug) garlic mustard (Apr) golden rod (Aug) greater stitchwort (Apr) ground ivy (Apr) herb robert (Aug) hawthorn (Apr) hedge bindweed (Aug) honeysuckle (Apr) hop trefoil (Jun) (1) lords and ladies (May) lupin (May) michaelmas daisy (Aug) ox-eye daisy (Jun) pear (Apr) |
purple loosestrife (Aug) privet (Jun) ragwort (Aug) red campion (May) red clover (Jun) redshank (Sep) ribwort plantain (Jun) st john's wort (Aug) (1) veronica speedwell (Apr) white campion (Jun) white clover (Jun) white dead-nettle (Mar) white water lilly (Jun) woody nightshade (Aug) yarrow (Aug) yellow archangel (Apr) yellow flag (Jun) yellow rattle (May) |
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(1) species not certain |
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reported wildlife (first) sightings on the Reserve - 2007 |
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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) |
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(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 |
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reported wildlife (first) sightings on the Reserve - 2006 |
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grey squirrel (Jan) pygmy shrew (Jun) adder (Apr) smooth 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) |
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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 |
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Ranger's record of wildlife sightings on the Reserve - 2005 |
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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 |
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flowers identified in the reserve during summer 2002 |
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birdsfoot trefoil blackthorn bluebell bramble bush vetch campion chamomile common cats ear common couch grass common horsetail common teasel common violet cowbane dandelion dead nettle deadly nightshade dock |
dog rose fern field bindweed field horetail fleabane floating sweet grass forget-me-not goats beard golden rod grass vetchling 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 vernal grass white clover wild carrot wild mustard wild radish woodland violet |
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birds identified by Betty Haynes from spring 2002 to spring 2003 |
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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 |
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birds seen in the Reserve between November 1999 and February 2000 |
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barn owl blackbird blue tit bullfinch collared dove fieldfare great spotted woodpecker green woodpecker hedge sparrow |
heron jay kestrel kingfisher lesser spotted woodpecker magpie mistle thrush pied wagtail red crested pochard |
redwing robin stonechat song thrush treecreeper tufted duck wood pigeon wren |
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fungi found on foray led by Steve Prewer, October 1999 |
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Agrocybe erebia Armillaria tubescens (false honey fungus) Boletus (species no identified) Clitocybe flaccida (tawny funnel-cap) Collybia fusipes (spindle shank) Collybia peronata (wood woolly-foot) Coprinus comatus (shaggy ink-cap) Coriolus versicolor (many-zoned polypore) Cortinarius purpurascens Flammulina velutipes (velvet shank) |
Galerina mutabilis Heteroporus biennis (mazy-gill bracket) Incrustoporia semipileata (bracket-type) Laccaria laccata (deceiver) Lepiota rhacodes (shaggy parasol) Mycena (speirea?) Nectria cinnabarina (coral spot fungus) Nolanea staurospora Russula fragilis (fragile russula) Scleroderma (areolatum?) |
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