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reported wildlife, flowering plants & fungi - first sightings in the Reserve - 2013 |
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blackbird (Jan) blackcap (May) blue tit (Feb) bullfinch (Mar) chiffchaff (May) crow (Apr) dunnock (Apr) goldcrest (Feb) great tit (Feb) green finch (Feb) green woodpecker (Mar) jay (Mar) long-tailed tit (Jan) magpie (Jan) mallard (Feb) moorhen (May) robin (Feb) sparrow (May) sparrowhawk (May) wood pigeon (Feb) wren (May) |
fox (Feb) great crested newt (Apr) smooth newt (Apr) slow worm (Apr) earthworm (Apr) great pond snail (May) snail (Cepaea) (Apr) (2) common woodlouse (May) black millipede (Apr) (2) |
fritillary (Apr) orange tip (May) peacock butterfly (Apr) small white (May) speckled wood (May) buff-tailed bumblebee (Apr) ichneumon wasp (May) (2) 7-spot ladybird (Apr) bee fly (May) (2) crane fly (May) (2) garden ant (Apr) (3) pond skater (Apr) |
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(1) some birds identified by their calls (2) species not known (3) identification not certain |
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black horehound (Apr) bluebell (May) cow parsley (Apr) daffodil (Apr) (1) dandelion (Apr) |
garlic mustard (May) germander speedwell (Apr) greater stitchwort (Apr) hairy bittercress (Apr) |
primrose (Mar) red dead nettle (May) violet (Apr) white dead nettle (Apr) |
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(1) various hybrids |
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reported wildlife, flowering plants & fungi - first sightings in the Reserve - 2012 |
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muntjac deer (Aug) roe deer (Jul) (1) fox (Feb) grey squirrel (Jan) blackbird (Jan blackcap (Apr) blue tit (Jan) bullfinch (Jan) (2) chaffinch (Apr) chiffchaff (Mar) collared dove (Jan) dunnock (Apr) goldfinch (Apr) great tit (Mar) green woodpecker (Mar) greenfinch (Apr) house sparrow (May) jay (Jan) long-tailed tit (Mar) magpie (Jan) mallard (Feb) robin (Jan) song thrush (Apr) wood pigeon (Feb) |
newt (Jun) (3) edible frog (Jul) (4) great pond snail (May) comma (Jul) green-veined white (Aug) holly blue (Jun) large skipper (Jun) long-horned moth (May) meadow brown (Jul) orange underwing (Jun) red admiral (Jun) ringlet (Jul) small skipper (Jun) (1) small white (Mar) speckled wood (Jun) bee fly (Mar) (5) common green bottle fly (May) dung fly (Jul) flesh fly (Jul) (5) midge (Jul) (5) sepsis fly (Jul) (5) soldier fly (Jul) (5) |
azure damselfly (Jul) blue-tailed damselfly (Jul) common darter (Jul) honey bee (Jul) red-tailed bumble bee (Mar) white-tailed bumble bee (Jul) (1) dark bush-cricket (Jul) field grasshoper (Jul) meadow grasshopper (Jul) speckled bush-cricket (Jul) 7-spot ladybird (Apr) flea beetle (Jul) (5) flower beetle (Jul) (5) soldier beetle (Jul) whirligig beetle (Jul) greater water boatman (Aug) lesser water boatman (Jun) pond skater (Apr) red and black froghopper (May) yellow and black leafhopper (Jul) (6) |
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(1) identification not certain (2) heard, not seen (3) newtlet (tadpole) - species not identified (4) heard, not seen; assumed to be edible frog (5) species not identified (6) Evacanthus interruptus |
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alkanet (May) apple (Apr) asparagus (May) (1) autumn hawkbit (Jul) birds-foot trefoil (Jul) black horehound (Jul) black medic (Jul) blackthorn (Mar) bramble (Jun) branched bur reed (Jul) bristly ox-tongue (Jul) broad-leaved pondweed (Jul) catsear (Jul) centaury (Jul) charlock (Jul) cleavers (May) common knapweed (Jul) common teasel (Jul) common st john's wort (Jul) common vetch (Jun) common water plantain (Jul) cow parsley (May) creeping thistle (Jul) cuckoo pint (May) daffodil (Mar) (2) dandelion (Mar) dog rose (Jun) |
elderberry (Jun) field bindweed (Jul) flowering rush (Jul) fodder vetch (May) (3) garlic mustard (May) goat's rue (Jun) great hairy willowherb (Jul) greater stitchwort (Apr) hawthorn (Mar) hedge bedstraw (Jul) hedge bindweed (Jul) hedge woundwort (Jun) hemlock (Jul) herb robert (May) hogweed (Jul) honeysuckle (May) hop trefoil (Jun) (4) horseradish (Jul) lesser burdock (Jul) lupin (Lupin) mallow (May) meadow buttercup (May) melilot (Jul) (5) Michaelmas Daisy (Oct) mugwort (Jul) nipplewort (Jul) ox-eye daisy (May) |
perennial sow thistle (Jul) prickly lettuce (Jul) primrose (Mar) purple loosestrife (Jun) ragwort (Jul) red clover (May) red dead nettle (Mar) remote sedge (Jul) salsify (Jul) scented mayweed (Jul) self-heal (Jul) smooth tare (Jul) snowberry (Jul) spiny sow thistle (Jul) tufted meadow grass (Jul) violet (Mar) (6) water crowfoot (Jul) white water lily (Jul) wavy bittercress (Mar) white campion (Jun) white clover (Jun) white dead nettle (Mar) wood dock (Jul) yarrow (Jul) yellow flag (Jun) yellow rattle (Jun) yellow vetchling (Jul) (4) |
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(1) not in flower (2) various hybrids, about a dozen clumps in the East Meadow (3) the vetch most commonly found in the Reserve is now thought to be fodder vetch (July 2102) (4) identification not certain (5) species not identified (6) 2 species, not identified (larger dark purple, and smaller light purple) |
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bracket fungus (Jan) (1) |
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(1) type not identified (perhaps oyster bracket?) |
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reported wildlife, flowering plants & fungi - first sightings in the Reserve - 2011 |
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common shrew (Apr) fox (Jul) grey squirrel (Nov) water vole (Jun) crow (Jan) blackbird (Apr) blackcap (Apr) blue tit (Feb) bullfinch (Jul) cetti's warbler (Apr) (1,2) chaffinch (Apr) chiffchaff (Apr) crow (Apr) great tit (Jan) greater spotted woodpecker (Apr) green woodpecker (Feb) (2) house sparrow (Apr) jay (Jan) kestrel (?) long-tailed tit (Mar) magpie (Jan) mallard (May) moorhen (Apr) robin (Feb) song thrush (Jul) sparrowhawk (Apr) (2) starling (Apr) wood pigeon (Jan) wren (Mar) adder (Apr) common lizard (Sep) grass snake (May) slow worm (Aug) frog (Jul) (3) smooth newt (Apr) great crested newt (Apr) |
great pond snail (Apr) water louse (May) bee fly (Apr) hoverfly (Apr) (3) flesh fly (Jun) (3) scorpion fly (May) brimstone (Apr) comma (Apr) essex skipper (Jul) (1) five-spot burnet (Jun) fritillary (Jun) (4) gatekeeper (Jun) (1) green-veined white (Jul) large skipper (Jun) (1) meadow brown (Jul) oak eggar moth (May) (5) orange tip (Apr) (6) red admiral (Jun) ringlet (Jun) peacock butterfly (Apr) speckled wood (Apr) six-spot burnet (May) (5) small white (Apr) speckled wood (Jul) buff-tailed bumblebee (Apr) (1) early bumblebee (Apr) (1) red-tailed bumblebee (Apr) |
azure damselfly (Jun) (1) common blue damselfly (May) large red damselfly (May) broad-bodied chaser (Jun) brown hawker (Jul) emperor dragonfly (May) four-spotted chaser (Jun) migrant hawker (Aug) (1) southern hawker (Aug) mayfly (May) colymbetes (May) false blister beetle (May) (7) flea beetle (Jul) (3) thick-kneed flower beetle (Jun) (1) raspberry beetle (May) whirligig beetle (Apr) 7-spot ladybird (Jan) harlequin ladybird (May) orange ladybird (Feb) (8) iris sawfly (May) (9) gorse shield bug (May) pond skater (Apr) red and black froghopper (May) horned treehopper (May) grey bush cricket (Jun) roesel's bush cricket (May) |
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(1) identification not certain (2) heard, not seen (3) species not identified (4) possibly a dark green fritillary or a high brown fritillary (5) caterpillar - burnet moth identification not certain (five-spot?) (6) male (female seen in May) (7) Oedemera nobilis (8) 16-spot ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata) (9) larva & imago (adult) |
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autumn hawkbit (Jul) birds-foot trefoil (May) black horehound (Jul) black medic (Jul) bluebell (Apr) bulbous buttercup (May) cinquefoil (Jul) creeping buttercup (Jul) creeping thistle (Jul) daisy (Apr) dandelion (Apr) dove's foot geranium (Jul) (1) chickweed (Jul) common vetch (May) cow parsley (Apr) cut-leaved cranesbill (May) daffodil (Apr) field bindweed (Jun) fleabane (Jul) fool's parsley (Jul) (2) garlic mustard (May) goats rue (Jun) cleavers (May) grape hyacinth (Apr) greater spearwort (Jul) greater stitchwort (Apr) |
hedge bedstraw (Jul) hedge bindweed (Jun) hedge mustard (May) hedge woundwort (Jun) herb robert (May) hoary cress (May) hogweed (Jul) horseradish (Jun) (1) lesser stitchwort (May) lesser trefoil (May) (2) cuckoo pint (May) mallow (May) meadow buttercup (May) meadow vetchling (May) mugwort (May) (1) ox-eye daisy (May) periwinkle (Apr) perennial sow thistle (Jul) primrose (Apr) purple loosestrife (Jun) red bartsia (Jul) red campion (May) red clover (May) red dead nettle (Mar) ribwort plantain (May |
sheep's sorrel (May slender bird's-foot trefoil (Jul) smooth hawk's-beard (May) spotted medick (May) st john's wort (Jul) (3) stinging nettle (May) stone parsley (Jul) (4) sweet violet (Mar) tufted vetch (Jul) (5) upright hedge parsley (Jul) white water lily (Sep) (1) water plantain (Jul) wavy bittercress (Mar) white campion (May) white clover (Jun) white dead nettle (Apr) wild carrot (Jul) wood avens (May) woodland violet woody mightshade (May) yarrow (Jul) yellow archangel (Apr) yellow flag (May) yellow melilot (Jul) yellow rattle (May) |
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(1) not in flower (2) identification not certain (hop trefoil?) (3) species not identified (4) identification not certain (corn parsley?) (5) the vetch most commonly found in the Reserve is now thought to be fodder vetch (July 2102) |
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butter cap (greasy tough-shank), Collybia butyracea (Nov) clouded agaric (clouded funnel cap), Clitocybe nebularis (Nov) common puffball, Lycoperdon perlatum (Nov) ink cap, Coprinus (Jul) (1) Mycena (Nov) (1) poison pie, Hebeloma crustuliniforme (Nov) russet shank, Collybia dryophila (Nov) silver-leaf fungus, Chondostereum purpureum (Nov) wood blewit, Lepista nuda (Nov) wood woolly-foot, Collybia peronata (Nov) |
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(1) species not identified |
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reported wildlife, flowering plants & fungi - (first) sightings on the Reserve - 2010 |
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fox (Nov) grey squirrel (Nov) muntjac (Jun) rat (May) wood mouse (Nov) (1) blackbird (Apr) blackcap (Apr) blue tit (Apr) bullfinch (Apr) crow (May) dunnock (Aug) green woodpecker (Aug) house martin (Jun) jay (Apr) kingfisher (Jun) long-tailed tit (Sep) magpie (Apr) mallard (Apr) moorhen (Apr) sparrowhawk (Jun) wood pigeon (Apr) |
adder (Aug) common lizard (Apr) smooth newt (Apr) great crested newt (Apr) grass snake (Jun) earthworm (Apr) great pond snail (Jul) daphnia (Apr) 7-spot ladybird (Apr) Colymbetes fuscus (Sep) soldier beetle (Apr) water ladybird (Jun) whirligig beetle (Jul) pond skater (Jul) red-tailed bumblebee (Apr) iris sawfly (Jul) (2) caddisfly (Limnephilus) (Apr) (3) |
comma (Apr) gatekeeper (Aug) holly blue (Jun) large white (Jul) meadow brown (Aug) orange tip (Apr) peacock butterfly (Apr) red admiral (Jun) small white (Apr) speckled wood (Jun) brown hawker (Aug) common darter (Sep) four-spotted chaser (Jun) emperor dragonfly (Aug) common darter (Aug) (4) ruddy darter (Aug) (5) southern hawker (Aug) (6) azure damselfly (Jun) (7) blue-tailed damselfly (Jun) common blue damselfly (Jun) (7) large red damselfly (Jun) (7) scarce emerald damselfly (Jun) (7) |
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(1) identification made from droppings and half-eaten food in dormouse shelters (2) Rhadinoceraea micans - larvae on yellow flag (3) larvae - species not identified (4) identification not certain - possibly ruddy darter (5) male & female (6) identification not certain (7) male |
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asparagus (Nov) blackthorn (Apr) bluebell (May) bramble (Jun) bush vetch (May) (1) buttercup (May) chickweed (Apr) sweet violet (Apr) common water plantain (Jul) corn parsley (Aug) cow parsley (Apr) creeping cinquefoil (Jun) creeping thistle (Aug) dandelion (Apr) dog rose (Jun) elderberry (Jun) |
field pepperwort (Jun) fleabane (Aug) flowering rush (Aug) golden rod (Sep) greater spearwort (Aug) greater stitchwort (Apr) hawthorn (May) hedge bindweed (Sep) hedge mustard (Jun) herb robert (May) hogweed (Jun) field bindweed (Aug) lilac (May) mallow (Jul) michaelmas daisy (Sep) primrose (Apr) |
purple loosestrife (Aug) ragwort (Sep) red dead nettle (Apr) spear thistle (Aug) stinging nettle (Jun) stonewort (Sep) (2) common teasel (Sep) upright hedge parsley (Aug) water mint (Sep) wavy bittercress (Apr) (3) white clover (Jul) white dead nettle (Apr) white water lily (Aug) wild carrot (Aug) woody nightshade (Jun) yellow flag (Jun) |
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(1) the vetch most commonly found in the Reserve is now thought to be fodder vetch (July 2102) (2) possibly Chara globularis (fragile stonewort) (3) identification not certain |
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amethyst deceiver (Sep) bay boletus (Sep) milkcap (Sep) (1) russula (Sep) (1) |
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(1) species not identified |
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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) smooth 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) (1) canadian pond weed (Aug) common club-rush (Aug) common reed (Aug) common teasel (Aug) sweet 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) (2) goat's rue (Aug) golden rod (Aug) (3) |
cleavers (Aug) grass vetchling (Jun) great hairy willowherb (Aug) great lettuce (Sep) great reed mace (Aug) (4) 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) cuckoo pint (May) mallow (Jul) many-flowered woodrush (Aug) meadow buttercup (May) michaelmas daisy (Sep) mugwort (Aug) pondweed (Potamogeton) (Aug) (3) primrose (Mar) privet (Aug) |
purple loosestrife (Jul) ragwort (Jul) red clover (Jun) red dead nettle (Jul) rigid hornwort (Aug) (2) rowan (Aug) sea club-rush (Aug) smaller cat's-tail (Aug) spear thistle (Aug) st john's wort (Aug) (3) stinging nettle (Aug) sweet vernal grass (Aug) (2) tare (Aug) (3) tufted vetch (Aug) unbranched bur-reed (Aug) upright hedge parsley (Aug) water milfoil (Aug) (2) water mint (Aug) white clover (Jun) white dead nettle (Apr) wood avens (May) wood dock (Aug) wood false-brome (Aug) (2) woody nightshade (Aug) yarrow (Jul) yellow medick (aug) yorkshire fog (Aug) |
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(1) the vetch most commonly found in the Reserve is now thought to be fodder vetch (July 2102) (2) identification not certain (3) species not identified (4) 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) edible 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 colony of edible frogs has since been identified in the Reserve by the Essex Amphibian and Reptile Group (5) caterpillar (6) species not identified (7) Cercopis vulnerata |
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apple (May) bird's-foot trefoil (Jun) black meddick (Jun) blackthorn (Feb) bluebell (Apr) bramble (May) bush vetch (Jun) (1) buttercup (May) common mallow (Jun) common sorrel (Jun) common teasel (Aug) sweet violet (Feb) cow parsley (Apr) crab apple (Apr) creeping cinquefoil (Jun) (2) 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) (2) cuckoo pint (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) (2) germander speedwell (Apr) white campion (Jun) white clover (Jun) white dead-nettle (Mar) white water lily (Jun) woody nightshade (Aug) yarrow (Aug) yellow archangel (Apr) yellow flag (Jun) yellow rattle (May) |
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(1) the vetch most commonly found in the Reserve is now thought to be fodder vetch (July 2102) (2) 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) house sparrow (Mar) jay (Jun) magpie (Feb) mallard (Mar) moorhen (Mar) robin (Nov) 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) cuckoo pint (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) cuckoo pint |
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flowers identified in the reserve during summer 2002 |
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birds-foot trefoil blackthorn bluebell bramble bush vetch (1) campion chamomile common cats ear common couch grass common horsetail common teasel sweet 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 dunnock fieldfare great spotted woodpecker green woodpecker |
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 not 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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