Flowers |
White dead nettle
Stinging nettle
Mallow
Wild parsnip
Hogweed
Thistle
Goatsbeard
Catsear I hawkbit?
Burdock
Knapweed |
Field scabious
Ribwort plantain
Self-heal
Rosebay willowherb
St-John's wort
Meadow cranesbill
Cut-leaved cranesbill
Herb Robert
Red clover
White clover
Hop trefoil |
Birdsfoot trefoil
Kidney vetch
Hairy tare
Grass vetchling
(several plants - haven't seen this for about 5 years!)
Field poppy
Bistort
Meadow buttercup
Wild marjoram
Yellow rattle (lots!)
Several grasses, not
identified |
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Butterflies
(and other invertebrates) |
Meadow brown
Gatekeeper
Large white
Speckled wood
Ringlet |
Small skipper
Small blue
Red admiral (two)
Peacock (one)
Fritillary (two)
Moths not identified |
Lots of dragonflies
not identified
Also of note;
Roesel's bush cricket
- numerous. Considered nationally scarce
Wasp Spider (From
Southern Europe - Not normally seen in this area) |
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Birds |
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Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
Hobby (flying low
over donkey field then allotment field)
Wood pigeon
Collared dove
Stock dove
Little owl
Tawny owl
Barn owl (several
sightings)
Green woodpecker
Great spotted
woodpecker
Pied wagtail
Starling |
Magpie
Jay
Commom crow
Rook
Jackdaw
Dunnock
Chiffchaff
Willow warbler
Whitethroat
Blackcap
Goldcrest
Robin
Song thrush
Mistle thrush |
Blackbird
Coal tit
Blue tit
Great tit
Long-tailed tit
Treecreeper
House sparrow
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Bullfinch
Goldfinch
Linnet
Reed bunting
Yellowhammer |
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Feeding overhead:
Swallows, house martins, sand martins, swifts, black-headed and common
gulls |
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Mammals |
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5 badgers, three
'adults' and two 'cubs'. |
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