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The following tables give an idea of the species composition on the farm but it should be noted that this is only a minute percentage of the actual number of species likely to be present. The land is surveyed continually and new species are added to the website on a regular basis.

The following is a list of the species of fauna found on the farm to date:

FAUNA

Common Name Scientific Name
? Adela reaumurella
? Bombus pascuorum
? Micropterix calthella
Four-Spotted Libellula Libellula quadrimaculata
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Blue Tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Broad Bodied Libellula Libellula depressa
Brown Silver-line Moth Petrophora Chlorosata
Buff tailed Bumble bee Bombus terrestris
China Mark Moth Nymphula nymphaeaeta
Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata
Common Blue Butterfly Polyommatus icarus
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Carpet Moth Epirrhoe alternata
Common Frog Rana temporaria
Common Green Shield Bug Palomena prasina
Common Toad Bufo bufo
Common Vole Microtus arvalis
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
Crane-fly Tipula maxima
Cuckoo Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Devil's Coach-Horse Ocypus olens
Drinker Moth Euthrix potatoria
Early Moth Theria primaria
Earwig Forficula auricularia
Eel Anguilla anguilla
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Eurasian Water Shrew Neomys fodiens
Eurasian Shrew Sorex araneus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Five Spot Burnet Zygaena trifolii
Golden-Ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
Green Bottle Great Diving Beetle Lucilia caesar Dytiscus marginalis
Green Dock Leaf Beetle Gastrophysa viridula
Green-Veined White Artogeia napi
Hogweed Bonking Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Knotgrass Leaf Beetle Chrysolina polita
Lackey Moth Malacosoma neustria
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Skipper Ochlodes venatus
Longhorn Beetle Rhagium bifasciatum
Long-Jawed Orb Weaver Tetragnatha extensa
Mayfly Ephemera danica
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina
Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
Mottled Grasshopper myrmeleotettix maculatus
Nursery Web Spider Pisaura mirabilis
Orange Tip Butterfly Anthocharis cardamines
Orb Web Spider Zygiella atrica
Otter Lutra lutra
Palmate Newt Triturus helveticus
Peacock Butterfly Inachis io
Pond Skater Gerris lacustris
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Red Ant Myrmica ruginodis
Red Headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Red-Tailed Bumble Bee Bombus lapidarius
Ringlet Butterfly Aphantapus hyperatus
Scorpion fly Panorpa communis
Silver Y Moth Autographa gamma
Six Spot Burnet Zygaena filipendulae
Small Copper Butterfly Lycaena phlaeas
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae
Smooth Newt Triturus vulgaris
Soldier Beetle Cantharis fusca
Speckled wood Pararge aegeria
Speckled Yellow Moth Pseudopanthera macularia
Tenthredinid Sawfly Tenthredo mesomelas
Tenthredinid Sawfly Macrophya Sp
Thick-Legged Flower Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Trumpet Snail Planorbis planorbis
Water Boatman Lesser Water Boatman Water Measurer Notonecta glauca Corixa punctata Hydrometra stagnorum
Water Stick Insect Ranatra linearis
Weevil Phyllobius pomaceus
Whirligig Beetle Gyrinus natator
Wolf Spider Lycosa saccata
Yellow Dung Fly Scatophaga stercoraria
Yellow Shell Moth Camptogramma bilineata

The following is a table of the species of flora, including grasses, sedges, sorrels, thistles etc found on the farm to date:

FLORA

Common Name Scientific Name
Beaked Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris
Birdsfoot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Bluebell Endymion non scriptum
Brooklime Verbascum beccabunga
Bugle Ajuga reptans
Carnation Sedge Carex panicea
Changing Forget-Me-Not Myosotis discolor
Cocksfoot Dactylis glomerata
Common Bent Agrostis tenuis
Common Couch Agropyron repens
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa
Common Spotted Orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Daisy Bellis perennis
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale
Early Dog Violet Viola reichenbachiana
Early Purple Orchis Orchus mascula
False Brome Brachypodium sylvaticum
Fool's Parsley Aethusa cynapium cynapioides
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Garlic Mustard Alliaria officinalis
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys
Giant Fescue Festuca gigantea
Gorse Ulex europaeus
Greater Pond Sedge Carex riparia
Greater Stitchwort Stellaria holostea
Ground Ivy Nepeta hederacea
Hairy Brome Bromus ramosus
Heath Bedstraw Galium saxatile
Herb Robert Geranium robertianum
Lady's Smock Cardamine pratensis
Lesser Celandine Ranunculus ficaria
Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea
Lesser Water-Parsnip Berula erecta
Louse wort Pedicularis sylvatica
Maiden Pink Dianthus deltoides
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris
Meadow Cranesbill Geranium pratense
Meadow Foxtail Alopecurus pratensis
Mouse-Ear Chickweed Cerastium vulgatum
Ox-eye Daisy Crysanthemum leucanthemum
Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula
Perennial Rye Grass Lolium perenne
Pig Nut Conopodium majus
Ragged Robin Lychnis flos-cuculi
Red Campion Melandrium dioicium
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
Red Dead-Nettle Lamium purpureum
Red Fescue Festuca rubra
Reed Canary Grass Phalaris arundinacea
Rose -Bay Willow Herb Epilobium angustifolium
Rough Meadow Grass Poa trivialis
Sheep's Fescue Festuca ovina
Silverweed Potentilla anserina
Smooth Meadow Grass Poa pratensis
Soft Brome Bromus hordeaceaceus
Spear-leaved Willow Herb Epilobium lanceolatum
Sweet Vernal Grass Anthoxanthum odoratum
Sweet Violet Viola odorata
Timothy Phleum pratense
Tormentil Potentilla erecta
Upright Brome Bromus erectus
Wall Barley Hordeum murinum
Water Crowfoot Ranunculus aquatilis
Water Forget-Me-Not Myosotis scorpoides
White Clover Trifolium repens
Wood Forget-Me-Not Myosotis sylvatica
Wood Meadow Grass Poa nemoralis
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus
Yellow Loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris
Yellow Pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum
Yellow Rattle Rhinanthus crista-galli
Wood Melick Melica uniflora
Wood Sedge Carex sylvatica

TREES AND SHRUBS

 

Common Name Scientific Name
Canada Goose Branta canadensis

Greylag Goose

Heron

Anser anser

Ardea cinerea

Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Mallard Anas platyrhyncos
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Black Cap Sylvia atricapilla
Blue-Tit Parus caeruleus
Carrion Crow Corvus corone
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Chiff chaff Phylloscopus collybita
Coal Tit Parus ater
Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Gold Finch Carduelis carduelis
Great Tit Parus major
Hedge-Sparrow Prunella modularis
House Martin Delichon urbica
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Jackdaw Corvus monedula
Jay Garrulus glandarius
Long-Tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
Magpie Pica pica
Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba
Raven Corvus corax
Rook Corvus frugilegus
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Swallow Hirundo rustica
Swift Apus apus
Tree Creeper Certhia familiaris
White Throat Sylvia communis
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Buzzard Buteo buteo
Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
Hobby Falco subbuteo
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Little Owl Athene noctua
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Red Kite Milvus milvus
Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
Tawny Owl

The following tables give an idea of the species composition on the farm but it should be noted that this is only a minute percentage of the actual number of species likely to be present. The land is surveyed continually and new species are added to the website on a regular basis.

The following is a list of the species of fauna found on the farm to date:

FAUNA

Common Name

Scientific Name

?

Adela reaumurella

?

Bombus pascuorum

?

Micropterix calthella

Four-Spotted Libellula

Libellula quadrimaculata

Azure Damselfly

Coenagrion puella

Beautiful Demoiselle

Calopteryx virgo

Blue Tailed Damselfly

Ischnura elegans

Broad Bodied Libellula

Libellula depressa

Brown Silver-line Moth

Petrophora Chlorosata

Buff tailed Bumble bee

Bombus terrestris

China Mark Moth

Nymphula nymphaeaeta

Clouded Border

Lomaspilis marginata

Common Blue Butterfly

Polyommatus icarus

Common Blue Damselfly

Enallagma cyathigerum

Common Carpet Moth

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Frog

Rana temporaria

Common Green Shield Bug

Palomena prasina

Common Toad

Bufo bufo

Common Vole

Microtus arvalis

Common Wasp

Vespula vulgaris

Crane-fly

Tipula maxima

Cuckoo Spit Insect

Philaenus spumarius

Devil's Coach-Horse

Ocypus olens

Drinker Moth

Euthrix potatoria

Early Moth

Theria primaria

Earwig

Forficula auricularia

Eel

Anguilla anguilla

Emperor Dragonfly

Anax imperator

Eurasian Water Shrew

Neomys fodiens

Eurasian Shrew

Sorex araneus

Field Grasshopper

Chorthippus brunneus

Five Spot Burnet

Zygaena trifolii

Golden-Ringed Dragonfly

Cordulegaster boltonii

Green Bottle Great Diving Beetle

Lucilia caesar Dytiscus marginalis

Green Dock Leaf Beetle

Gastrophysa viridula

Green-Veined White

Artogeia napi

Hogweed Bonking Beetle

Rhagonycha fulva

Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Knotgrass Leaf Beetle

Chrysolina polita

Lackey Moth

Malacosoma neustria

Large Red Damselfly

Pyrrhosoma nymphula

Large Skipper

Ochlodes venatus

Longhorn Beetle

Rhagium bifasciatum

Long-Jawed Orb Weaver

Tetragnatha extensa

Mayfly

Ephemera danica

Meadow Brown

Maniola jurtina

Meadow Grasshopper

Chorthippus parallelus

Mottled Grasshopper

myrmeleotettix maculatus

Nursery Web Spider

Pisaura mirabilis

Orange Tip Butterfly

Anthocharis cardamines

Orb Web Spider

Zygiella atrica

Otter

Lutra lutra

Palmate Newt

Triturus helveticus

Peacock Butterfly

Inachis io

Pond Skater

Gerris lacustris

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Red Ant

Myrmica ruginodis

Red Headed Cardinal Beetle

Pyrochroa serraticornis

Red-Tailed Bumble Bee

Bombus lapidarius

Ringlet Butterfly

Aphantapus hyperatus

Scorpion fly

Panorpa communis

Silver Y Moth

Autographa gamma

Six Spot Burnet

Zygaena filipendulae

Small Copper Butterfly

Lycaena phlaeas

Small Skipper

Thymelicus sylvestris

Small Tortoiseshell

Aglais urticae

Smooth Newt

Triturus vulgaris

Soldier Beetle

Cantharis fusca

Speckled wood

Pararge aegeria

Speckled Yellow Moth

Pseudopanthera macularia

Tenthredinid Sawfly

Tenthredo mesomelas

Tenthredinid Sawfly

Macrophya Sp

Thick-Legged Flower Beetle

Oedemera nobilis

Trumpet Snail

Planorbis planorbis

Water Boatman Lesser Water Boatman Water Measurer

Notonecta glauca Corixa punctata Hydrometra stagnorum

Water Stick Insect

Ranatra linearis

Weevil

Phyllobius pomaceus

Whirligig Beetle

Gyrinus natator

Wolf Spider

Lycosa saccata

Yellow Dung Fly

Scatophaga stercoraria

Yellow Shell Moth

Camptogramma bilineata

The following is a table of the species of flora, including grasses, sedges, sorrels, thistles etc found on the farm to date:

FLORA

Common Name

Scientific Name

Beaked Parsley

Anthriscus sylvestris

Birdsfoot Trefoil

Lotus corniculatus

Bluebell

Endymion non scriptum

Brooklime

Verbascum beccabunga

Bugle

Ajuga reptans

Carnation Sedge

Carex panicea

Changing Forget-Me-Not

Myosotis discolor

Cocksfoot

Dactylis glomerata

Common Bent

Agrostis tenuis

Common Couch

Agropyron repens

Common Sorrel

Rumex acetosa

Common Spotted Orchid

Dactylorhiza fuchsii

Creeping Bent

Agrostis stolonifera

Creeping Buttercup

Ranunculus repens

Daisy

Bellis perennis

Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Early Dog Violet

Viola reichenbachiana

Early Purple Orchis

Orchus mascula

False Brome

Brachypodium sylvaticum

Fool's Parsley

Aethusa cynapium cynapioides

Foxglove

Digitalis purpurea

Garlic Mustard

Alliaria officinalis

Germander Speedwell

Veronica chamaedrys

Giant Fescue

Festuca gigantea

Gorse

Ulex europaeus

Greater Pond Sedge

Carex riparia

Greater Stitchwort

Stellaria holostea

Ground Ivy

Nepeta hederacea

Hairy Brome

Bromus ramosus

Heath Bedstraw

Galium saxatile

Herb Robert

Geranium robertianum

Lady's Smock

Cardamine pratensis

Lesser Celandine

Ranunculus ficaria

Lesser Stitchwort

Stellaria graminea

Lesser Water-Parsnip

Berula erecta

Louse wort

Pedicularis sylvatica

Maiden Pink

Dianthus deltoides

Meadow Buttercup

Ranunculus acris

Meadow Cranesbill

Geranium pratense

Meadow Foxtail

Alopecurus pratensis

Mouse-Ear Chickweed

Cerastium vulgatum

Ox-eye Daisy

Crysanthemum leucanthemum

Pendulous Sedge

Carex pendula

Perennial Rye Grass

Lolium perenne

Pig Nut

Conopodium majus

Ragged Robin

Lychnis flos-cuculi

Red Campion

Melandrium dioicium

Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

Red Dead-Nettle

Lamium purpureum

Red Fescue

Festuca rubra

Reed Canary Grass

Phalaris arundinacea

Rose -Bay Willow Herb

Epilobium angustifolium

Rough Meadow Grass

Poa trivialis

Sheep's Fescue

Festuca ovina

Silverweed

Potentilla anserina

Smooth Meadow Grass

Poa pratensis

Soft Brome

Bromus hordeaceaceus

Spear-leaved Willow Herb

Epilobium lanceolatum

Sweet Vernal Grass

Anthoxanthum odoratum

Sweet Violet

Viola odorata

Timothy

Phleum pratense

Tormentil

Potentilla erecta

Upright Brome

Bromus erectus

Wall Barley

Hordeum murinum

Water Crowfoot

Ranunculus aquatilis

Water Forget-Me-Not

Myosotis scorpoides

White Clover

Trifolium repens

Wood Forget-Me-Not

Myosotis sylvatica

Wood Meadow Grass

Poa nemoralis

Yellow Iris

Iris pseudacorus

Yellow Loosestrife

Lysimachia vulgaris

Yellow Pimpernel

Lysimachia nemorum

Yellow Rattle

Rhinanthus crista-galli

Wood Melick

Melica uniflora

Wood Sedge

Carex sylvatica

TREES AND SHRUBS

Common Name

Scientific Name

Alder Ash

Beech Blackthorn

Bramble

Alnus glutinosa

Fraxinus excelsior Fagus sylvatica

Rubus fruticosus

 

Buddleia

Buddleia davidii

Copper Beech

?

Elder

Sambucus nigra

Field Maple

Acer campestre

Hawthorn

Crataegus monogyna

Hazel Holly

Corylus avellana Llex aquifolium

Honeysuckle

Lonicera periclymenum

Horsechestnut

Aesculus hippocastanum

Ivy

Hedera helix

Larch

Lawson Cypress

 

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

 

Norway Spruce

Picea abies

Common Oak

Pedunculate oak

Poplar

Quaking aspen

 

Quercus robur

Rowan Silver Birch

Sorbus aucuparia Betula pendula

Spanish chestnut

Sycamore

Wild cherry

Willow

Yew

 

 

Acer pseudoplatanus

 

A few of the bird species seen to frequent the farm are listed below:

BIRDS

Common Name

Scientific Name

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Greylag Goose

Heron

Anser anser

Ardea cinerea

Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

Mallard

Anas platyrhyncos

Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

 

 

Black Cap

Sylvia atricapilla

Black-headed Gull

Blue-Tit

Larus ridibundus

Parus caeruleus

Bullfinch

Carrion Crow

 

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Corvus corone

Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Chiff chaff

Phylloscopus collybita

Coal Tit

Parus ater

Collared Dove

Coot

Cormorant

Cuckoo

 

 

Streptopelia decaocto

Fulica atra

Phalacrocorax carbo

Cuculus canorus

Dabchick

Feral pigeon

Fieldfare

Goldeneye

Goldfinch

 

 

 

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Columba livia

Turdus pilaris

Bucephala clangula

Carduelis carduelis

Greater spotted woodpecker

Great Tit

Dendrocopus major

Parus major

Greenfinch

Grey wagtail

Hedge-Sparrow

Herring Gull

 

 

Carduela chloris

Motacilla cinerea

Prunella modularis

Larus argentatus

House Martin

Delichon urbica

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Jackdaw

Corvus monedula

Jay

Garrulus glandarius

Linnet

Long-Tailed Tit

 

Acanthis cannabina

Aegithalos caudatus

Magpie

Pica pica

Mistle Thrush

Mute swan

Nuthatch

Pheasant

Pied Wagtail

 

 

Turdus viscivorus

Cygnus olor

Sitta europaea

Phasianus colchicus

Motacilla alba

Pintail

Pochard

Raven

 

 

Anas acuta

Aythya ferina

Corvus corax

Redwing

Robin

Rook

 

 

Turdus iliacus

Erithacus rubecula

Corvus frugilegus

Sand Martin

Riparia riparia

Sedge warbler

Skylark

Song Thrush

Starling

Snipe

Swallow

 

 

 

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Alauda arvensis

Turdus philomelos

Sturnus vulgaris

Gallinago gallinago

Hirundo rustica

Swift

Teal

 

Apus apus

Anas crecca

Tree Creeper

Water Rail

Certhia familiaris

Rallus aquaticus

White Throat

Sylvia communis

Willow Warbler

Woodcock

Phylloscopus trochilus

Scolopax rusticola

Wood Pigeon

Wren

Columba palumbus

Troglodytes troglodytes

 

 

Barn Owl

Tyto alba

Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Goshawk

Accipiter gentilis

Hobby

Falco subbuteo

Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

Little Owl

Athene noctua

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Red Kite

Milvus milvus

Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Tawny Owl

Strix aluco