Species List (note some links need to be updated, please be understanding a new improved version of this page is in preparation)

This page is a list of the main species of plants and animals to be found in our "Wildlife Area". When possible the species have been linked to further pages both inside and outside sources.

If you happen to have further links or materials (for example photos or observation diary on the species in question) please contact us and will arrange to put up the information with due acknowledgment.

Lower plants

Common cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica

Lichens Xanthoria and Candelariella species

Higher plants

Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara

Black horehound Ballota nigra

Bramble Rubus fruticosus agg.

bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)

Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii

Cocksfoot Dactylis glomerata

Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis

White clover Trifolium repens

Common knapweed Centaurea nigra

Common mallow Malva sylvestris

Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris)

Creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera

Perennial rye-grass Lolium perenne

Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens

Dandelion Taraxacum officinale

Tall rockcress Cardaminopsis arenosa or Arabidopsis arenosa

Gorse Ulex (cultivar)

Great Forget-me-not (Brunnera macrophylla)

Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris

Rose bush Rosa arvensis

Rough meadow grass Poa trivialis

Stinging Nettle Urtica dioica

Spindle-tree (Euonymus europaeus)

Sycamore Acer speudoplatanus

Elderberry Sambucus nigra

London Plane Platanus hispanica

Birch Betula pendula

Lime tree Tiliaceae (cultivar)

Whitebeam Sorbus aria (cultivar)

Ramsons Allium ursinus

Black Bindweed Fallopia convolvulus

Black Nightshade Solanum nigrum

Canadian Fleabane Conyza canadensis

Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis

Field Pansy Viola arvensis

Great Hairy Willowherb or Codlins-and-Cream Epilobium hirsutum

Greater Celandine Chelidonium majus

Larger bindweed (also Hedge bindweed) Convolvulus sepium L. (also Calystegia sepium silvatica ssp.)

Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris

Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum L.

White Deadnettle (Lamium album)

Rosebay Willowherb or Fireweed Chamerion angustifolium

Smooth Sow-thistle ( also Milk thistle) Sonchus oleraceus

Shepard’s Purse Capsella bursa-pastoris

Fungi

Horse Mushroom Agaricus arvensis

Fairy ring champion Marasmius oreades

Hairy leather-bracket Stereum hirsutum

Jew's ear Auricularia auricula-judae

Sulphur tuft Hypholoma fasciculare

Velvet shank Flammulina velutipes

Fool's fannel Clitocybe rivulosa

Mower's mushroom Panaeolina foenisecii

Mlking bonnet Mycena galopus

Collybia Collybia cookei

Turkey Tail Trametes versicolor

Wood blewit Clitocybe nuda

Jack-O-Lantern mushroom (Omphalotus olearius)

Invertebrata

Black garden ant Lasius niger

Box mite Phithiracarus sp.

Soil mite Pergamasus sp.

Centipede Lithobius forficatus Geophilus sp. Polydesmus angustus

Millipede Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus

Springtail Tomocerus sp. , Sminthuridae sp.,

Entomobrya sp., Isostoma sensibilis

Bristletail Campodea sp.

Common earwig Forficula auricularia

Common earthworm Lumbricus terrestris

Common garden snail Helix aspersa

Roman snail Helix pomatia

Garden spider Araneus diadematus

Wolf spider Trochosa ruricola

Green lacewing Chrysopa carnea

Ground beetle Nebria brevicollis

Lesser stag beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus

Harvestman Phalangium opilio

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus

Large yellow underwing Noctua pronuba

Seven-spot ladybird Coccinella septempunctata

Woodlouse Porcellio scaber, Oniscus asellus

Birds

Blackbird Turdus merula

Blue Tit Parus caeruleus

Great Tit Parus major

Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis

Carrion Crow Corvus corone

Magpie Pica pica

Wren Troglodytes troglodytes

Dunnocks Prunella modularis

Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

Robin Erithacus rubecula

Starling Sturnus vulgaris

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) [regular visitor]

Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)

Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)

Also a pair of Swifts (Apus apus) has been sighted in the last few years circling and hunting for airborne insects on the wildlife area.

In addition a number of sightings have been reported for a further half dozen or so of species from parakeets to sparrow hawks and woodpeckers. The reports have been generally substantial and I have witnessed a number of them but have not been included because of the difficulty in correctly identifying the species. Other birds like the Common Gull (larus canus) or the ubiquitous pigeons (Columba livia) have not been included because of their unspecific connection to the park.

Mammals

Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis

Fox (Vulpes vulpes) has become a permanent resident.

In the last few years an unknown species of Bats (maybe a Pipistrelles and a larger species ) has been frequenting the area.

Others

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,

Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."

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