Ledbury Naturalists Field Survey 2017 - Dales Hall Appendix 2 Species Records

Flowering Plants

Latin Name Common Name Notes Achillea millefolium Yarrow Aegopodium podagraria Ground Elder Agrimonia eupatoria Agrimony Ajuga reptans Bugle Alchemilla sp. Lady's-mantle lower part of orchard Allium ursinum Ramsons Anemone nemorosa Wood Anemone Angelica sylvestris Wild Angelica Anthriscus sylvestris Cow Parsley Apium nodiflorum Fool's-water-cress Arabidopsis thaliana Thale Cress Arctium minus Lesser Burdock Wood Arum maculatum Lords-and-Ladies Bellis perennis Daisy Bryonia dioica White Bryony Caltha palustris Marsh Marigold Campanula rotundifolia Harebell Capsella bursa-pastoris Shepherd's-purse Cardamine flexuosa Wavy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine pratensis Cuckooflower Carduus nutans Musk Thistle Centaurea nigra Common Knapweed Cerastium fontanum Common Mouse-ear Cerastium glomeratum Sticky Mouse-ear Chaerophyllum temulum Rough Chervil Chamerion angustifolium Rosebay Willowherb Chrysosplenium oppositifolium Golden Saxifrage Circaea lutetiana Enchanter's-nightshade Cirsium arvense Creeping Thistle Cirsium palustre Marsh Thistle Cirsium vulgare Spear Thistle Clematis vitalba Traveller's Joy Conium maculatum Hemlock Conopodium majus Pignut Convolvulus arvensis Field Bindweed Coronopus didymus Lesser Swine-cress Coronopus squamatus Swine-cress Crepis capillaris Smooth Hawksbeard Crepis vesicaria Beaked Hawksbeard Dactylorhiza fuchsii Common Spotted-orchid prolific in meadow Digitalis purpurea Foxglove Epilobium hirsutum Great Willowherb Epilobium obscurum Short-fruited Willowherb Epipactis helleborine Broad-leaved Helleborine 12+ spikes in meadow Equisetum sp. Horsetail Eupatorium cannabinum Hemp Agrimony Euphorbia amygdaloides Wood Spurge Filipendula ulmaria Meadowsweet

Appendix 2 Page 1 Ledbury Naturalists Field Survey 2017 - Dales Hall Latin Name Common Name Notes Fragaria vesca Wild Strawberry Galium aparine Cleavers Galium odoratum Woodruff Galium verum Ladies Bedstraw Geranium dissectum Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium pyrenaicum Hedgerow Crane's-bill Geranium robertianum Herb Robert Geum urbanum Wood Avens Glechoma hederacea Ground Ivy Hedera helix Ivy Heracleum sphondylium Hogweed Hyacinthoides non-scripta Bluebell Hypericum tetrapterum Square-stalked St. John's Wort Hypochaeris radicta Cat's-ear Iris pseudacorus Yellow Iris Garden pond Lamiastrum galeobdolon Yellow Archangel Lamium album White Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Red Dead-nettle Lapsana communis Nipplewort Lathryus pratensis Meadow Vetchling Leontodon hispidus Rough Hawkbit Leucanthemum vulgare Ox-eye Daisy Linaria vulgaris Common Toadflax Linum catharticum Fairy Flax Lonicera periclymenum Honeysuckle Bird's-foot-trefoil Lychnis flos-cuculi Ragged Robin Lysimachia nemorum Yellow Pimpernel Lysimachia nummularia Creeping Jenny Malva moschata Musk Mallow Matricaria discoidea Pineappleweed Medicago lupulina Black Medick Melissa officinalis Balm Mentha aquatica Water mint Mentha arvensis Corn Mint Mercurialis perennis Dog's Mercury Mycelis muralis Wall Lettuce Myosotis arvensis Field Forget-me-not Oxalis acetosella Wood-sorrel Papaver rhoeas Common Poppy Pimpinella saxifraga Burnet-saxifrage Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Plantago major Greater Plantain Polygonum aviculare Knotgrass Potentilla anserina Silverweed Potentilla reptans Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla sterilis Barren Strawberry Primula veris Cowslip Primula vulgaris Primrose Prunella vulgaris Selfheal Pulicaria dysenterica Common Fleabane Ranunculus acris Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus auricomus Goldilocks Buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus Bulbous Buttercup

Appendix 2 Page 2 Ledbury Naturalists Field Survey 2017 - Dales Hall Latin Name Common Name Notes Ranunculus ficaria Lesser Celandine Ranunculus flammula Spearwort Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Rhinanthus minor Yellow Rattle Rorippa sylvestris Creeping Yellow-cress Rumex acetosa Common Sorrel Rumex crispus Curled Dock Rumex obtusifolia Broad-leaved Dock Rumex sanguineus Wood Dock Sagina procumbens Procumbent pearlwort Sanicula europaea Sanicle Scrophularia auriculata Water Figwort Scrophularia nodosa Common Figwort Senecio jacobaea Ragwort Senecio vulgaris Groundsel Silene dioica Red Campion Solanum dulcamara Bittersweet Sonchus asper Prickly Sowthistle Sonchus oleraceus Smooth Sowthistle Stachys sylvatica Hedge Woundwort Stellaria graminea Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria holostea Greater Stitchwort Stellaria media Common Chickweed Stellaria uliginosa Bog Stitchwort Tamus communis Black Bryony Tanacetum parthenium Feverfew Naturalised Taraxacum officinale Dandelion Teucrium scorodonia Wood Sage Thlaspi arvense Field Penny-cress Torilis japonica Upright Hedge-parsley Tragopogon pratensis Goatsbeard Trifolium campestre Hop Trefoil Trifolium dubium Lesser Trefoil Trifolium medium Zigzag Red Clover White Clover Typha latifolia Bulrush in pond Urtica dioica Stinging Nettle Verbascum thapsus Great Mullein Veronica arvensis Wall Speedwell Veronica beccabunga Brooklime Veronica chamaedrys Germander Speedwell Veronica filiformis Slender Speedwell Veronica hederifolia Ivy-leaved Speedwell Veronica montana Wood Speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia Thyme-leaved Speedwell Vicia sativa Common Vetch Vicia sepium Bush Vetch Vicia tetrasperma Smooth Tare Viola riechenbachiana Early Dog-violet Viola riviniana Common Dog-violet

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Grasses, Sedges and Rushes

Latin Name Common Name Notes Grasses Agrostis capillaris Common Bent Agrostis stolonifera Creeping Bent Alopecurus pratensis Meadow Foxtail Anthoxanthum odoratum Sweet Vernal-grass Arrhenatherum elatius False Oat-grass Brachypodium sylvaticum False Brome Bromus hordeaceus Soft Brome Cynosurus cristatus Crested Dog's-tail Dactylis glomerata Cocksfoot Deschampsia cespitosa Tufted Hair-grass Festuca gigantea Giant Fescue Festuca rubra Red Fescue Glyceria fluitans Floating Sweet-grass Holcus lanatus Yorkshire Fog Lolium perenne Perennial Ryegrass Phleum pratense Timothy orchard Poa annua Annual Meadow-grass Trisetum flavescens Yellow Oat-grass Vulpia bromoides Squirreltail Fescue

Rushes Juncus acutiflorus Sharp-flowered Rush Juncus bufonius agg. Toad Rush Juncus effusus Soft Rush Juncus inflexus Hard Rush

Woodrushes Luzula campestris Field Wood-rush

Sedges Carex flacca Glaucous Sedge Carex hirta Hairy Sedge Carex nigra Common Sedge Carex panicea Carnation Sedge Carex pendula Pendulous Sedge Carex remota Remote Sedge Carex strigosa Thin-spiked Wood-sedge Carex sylvatica Wood Sedge

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Fungi and other non flowering Plants

Group Latin Name Common Name Notes Algae Trentepohlia sp. Orange/brown stain on trunks

Fungi Abortiporus biennis Blushing Rosette occasional Agaricus campestris Field Mushroom Armillaria mellea Honey Auricularia auricula-judae Jelly Ear Blumeriella jaapii Leaf Spot on Wild Cherry Bolbitius titubans Yellow Fieldcap Clavaria fragilis White Spindles Coprinus disseminatus Trooping Crumble Cap Daldinia concentrica King Alfred's Cakes Diatrypella quercina Oak Barkspot Entoloma sericeum Silky Pinkgill Hypoxylon fuscum on Hazel Inocybe lilacina Lilac Fibrecap Kuehneola uredinis Pale Stem Rust Lepista nuda Wood Blewit Lycoperdon nigrescens Dusky Puff-ball Macrolepiota procera Parasol Mushroom Marasmiellus ramealis Twig Parachute Melampsora populnea Dog's Mercury Rust Mucilago cristacea Cat sick – a slime mould Mycosphaerella effigurata Ash Leaf Spot Nectria cinnabarina Coral Spot Ophiognomonia leptostyla Walnut Anthracnose Leaf Spot on Walnut Phragmidium violaceum Violet Bramble Rust Puccinia phragmitis Rust on Rumex leaves Reticularia lycoperdon Slime mould Rhytisma acerinum Tar Spot on Sycamore leaves Rhytisma salicinum Tar Spot on Grey Willow leaves Russula cyanoxantha Charcoal Burner Stereum hirsutum Hairy Stereum alni Tongue gall Gall on female Alder catkins Taphrina crataegi Gall on Hawthorn leaf Taphrina tosquinetii Blister leaf gall on Alder Trametes versicolour Turkey Tail Tricholoma ustale Burnt Knight Uromyces dactylidis Celandine Clustercup Rust Xylaria hypoxylon Candle-snuff Fungus

Lichens Xanthoria parietina

Ferns Athyrium felix-femina Lady Fern Ceterach officinarum Rustyback garden wall Dryopteris affinis Scaly Male-fern Dryopteris dilatata Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris filix-mas Male-fern Ophioglossum vulgatum Adder's-tongue patches in meadow Phyllitis scolopendrium Hart's-tongue

Appendix 2 Page 5 Ledbury Naturalists Field Survey 2017 - Dales Hall Group Latin Name Common Name Notes Polystichum aculeatum Hard Shield-fern Pteridium aquilinum Bracken

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Trees and Shrubs

Latin Name Common Name Notes Acer campestre Field Maple Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore Alder Betula pendula Silver Birch Castanea sativa Sweet Chestnut Cornus sanguinea Dogwood Corylus avellana Hazel Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn Cytisus scoparius Broom Euonymus europaeus Spindle Planted in hedge Fagus sylvatica Beech few in new woodland Fraxinus excelsior Ash Ilex aquifolium Holly Juglans regia Walnut Malus domestica orchard & garden escape in hedge Populus tremula Aspen 1 in new woodland Prunus avium Wild Cherry Prunus spinosa Blackthorn Quercus robur Pedunculate Oak Rosa arvensis Field Rose Rosa arvensis Field Rose Rosa canina Dog Rose Rosa pimpinellifolia Burnet rose Rubus fruticosus Bramble Salix caprea Goat Willow Salix cinerea Grey Willow Salix fragilis Crack Willow Sambucus nigra Elder Sorbus aucuparia Rowan Sorbus torminalis Wild Service Tree Taxus baccata Yew Planted by Camerons Tilia cordata Small-leaved Lime Tilia x europaea Common Lime Ulex europaeus Gorse Ulmus glabra Wych Elm Ulmus procera English Elm Viburnum opulus Guelder Rose Viscum album Mistletoe

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Birds

Latin Name Common Name Notes Accipiter nisus Sparrowhawk R&TC Aegithalos caudatus Long-tailed Tit R&TC Anas platyrhynchos Mallard R&TC Ardea cinerea Grey Heron R&TC Buteo buteo Buzzard Certhia familiaris Treecreeper Columba palumbus Wood Pigeon Corvus corax Raven Corvus corone Carrion Crow Corvus frugilegus Rook R&TC Corvus monedula Jackdaw Cuclus canorus Cuckoo Delichon urbica House Martin Dendrocopos major Great Spotted Woodpecker Erithacus rubecula Robin Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon Falco tinnunculus Kestrel Fringilla coelebs Chaffinch Garrulus glandarius Jay Hirundo rustica Swallow Milvus milvus Red Kite R&TC Motacilla alba yarrellii Pied Wagtail R&TC Muscicapa striata Spotted Flycatcher Parus ater Coal Tit R&TC Parus caeruleus Blue Tit Parus major Great Tit Phasianus colchicus Pheasant Phylloscopus collybita Chiffchaff Phylloscopus trochilus Willow Warbler Pica pica Magpie Picus viridis Green Woodpecker Prunella modularis Dunnock Pyrrhula pyrrhula Bullfinch Regulus regulus Goldcrest Scolopax rusticola Woodcock Sitta europaea Nuthatch Strix aluco Tawny Owl R&TC Sylvia atricapilla Blackcap Sylvia communis Whitethroat Troglodytes troglodytes Wren Turdus merula Blackbird Turdus philomelos Song Thrush Turdus viscivorus Mistle Thrush

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Appendix 2 Page 9 Ledbury Naturalists Field Survey 2017 - Dales Hall Invertebrates

Group Latin Name Common Name Notes Adela rufimatrella Aglais urticae Small Tortoiseshell Anthocharis cardamines Orange tip Anthophila fabriciana Nettle-Tap Aphantopus hyperantus Ringlet Argynnis aglaja Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis paphia Silver-washed Fritillary Aricia agestis Brown Argus Autographa gamma Silver Y Moth Bactra lanceolana Cabera pusaria Common Wave Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell Celastrina argiolus Holly Blue Celypha lacunana Chrysoteuchia culmella Crambus pascuella Ecliptoptera siloceata Small Phoenix Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet Esperia sulphurella Euclidia glyphica Burnet Companion Moth Evergestis pallidata Gonepteryx rhamni Brimstone compositella Inachis io Peacock Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border Moth Lycaena phlaeas Small Copper Lyonetia clerkella Apple leaf Blister moth Leaf Mine on Hazel Macroglossum stellatarum Hummingbird Hawkmoth T&RC Maniola jurtina Meadow Brown Melanargia galathea Marbled White Ochlodes venata Large Skipper Orthosia gothica Hebrew Character Moth Pararge aegeria Speckled Wood Perizoma albulata Grass Rivulet moth Petrophora chlorosata Brown Silver-line Phyllonorycter coryli On Hazel Phyllonorycter stettinensis Leaf mine on Alder Phyllonorycter tristrigella Leaf Mine on English Elm Pieris brassicae Large White Pieris napi Green-veined White Polygonia c-album Comma Polyommatus icarus Common Blue Pyronia tithonus Gatekeeper Shargacucullia verbasci Mullein Moth aceris Leaf Mine on Field Maple Stigmella anomalella on Rose Stigmella atricapitella agg, on Oak Stigmella aurella Leaf Mine on Bramble Stigmella floslactella Stigmella incognitella Leaf Mine on Crab Apple

Appendix 2 Page 10 Ledbury Naturalists Field Survey 2017 - Dales Hall Group Latin Name Common Name Notes Stigmella pyri on pear Stigmella salicis Leaf Mine on Grey Willow Sigmella samiatella Leaf Mine on Sweet Chestnut Thymelicus sylvestris Small Skipper Vanessa atalanta Red Admiral Xanthorhoe montanata Silver-ground Carpet Zygaena filipendulae Six-spot Burnet Moth

Diptera Agromyza alnivora Leaf Mine on Alder Aulagromyza cornigera Leaf Mine on Honeysuckle Blennocampa phyllocolpa Sawfly Sawflygall on Rose Leaf Chrysotoxum bicinctum Hoverfly Dasineura irregularis Midge Midge Gall on Field Maple Dasineura urticae Gall Midge Gall on stinging nettle leaves Epistrophe grossulariae Hoverfly Eriosoma lanuginosum Aphid Aphid Gall on English Elm Leaf Eristalis nemorum Stripe-faced Dronefly Eristalis tenax Stripe-eyed Dronefly Janetiella lemeei Midge Midge Gall on English Elm Leaf Kaltenbachiella pallida Aphid Aphid gall on English Elm Leaf Pegomya solennis Fly Mine on Dock Leaf Phytomyza spondylii or Leaf mining flies on pastinacae Hogweed Phytomyza ilicis Holly Gall on Holly Pontania proxima Willow Redgall Sawfly Gall on Crack Willow leaves

Rabdophaga salicis Midge Gall on Grey Willow Leaf Sphaerophoria taeniata Hoverfly Urophora cardui Thistle Gall Fly Gall on Creeping Thistle Stem Urophora cardui Gall on Thistle Volucella bombylans Hornet Mimic Hoverfly Volucella inanis Lesser Hornet Hoverfly Volucella pellucens Great Pied Hoverfly

Coleoptera Agrypnus murinus Click Beetle Cantharis rustica Soldier Beetle Depaurus betulae Birch Leaf Roller Weevil Alder leaves rolled by this polyphagous weevil Pyrrhalta viburni Viburnum Beetle Holes in leaves of Guelder Rose Rhagonycha fulva Common Soldier Beetle

Hemiptera Coreus marginatus Dock Shield bug Dolycoris baccarum Sloe Bug Dysaphis crataegi Hawthorn Aphid Gall on Hawthorn leaf Elasmucha grisea Parent Bug Palomena prisina Green Shieldbug

Appendix 2 Page 11 Ledbury Naturalists Field Survey 2017 - Dales Hall Group Latin Name Common Name Notes Psyllopsis fraxini Bug Gall on Ash Leaf

Hymenoptera Apis mellifera Honey Bee Bombus hypnorum Tree Bumblebee Bombus lapidarus Red-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus lucorum White-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus pascuorum Common Carder Bee Cynips quercusfolii Cherry Gall wasp Gall on oak leaf Diplolepis rosae Gall wasp Robin's pincushion gall or Bedeguar Gall on Rosebud Dolichovespula sylvestris' Tree Wasp on Heleborines Lasius flavus Yellow Meadow Ant grassland Nomada goodeniana Gooden's Nomad Bee Vespa crabro Hornet Vespula vulgaris Common Wasp

Odonata Aeshna cyanea Southern Hawker Calopteryx virgo Beautiful Demoiselle Ceriagrion tenellum Small Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Large Red Damselfly

Orthoptera Chorthippus parallelus Meadow Grasshopper Leptophyes punctatissima Speckled Bush-cricket Platycleis albopunctata Grey Bush-cricket

Mecoptera Panorpa communis Scorpion Fly

Acari Acalitus brevitarsus Gall on Alder Leaf Aceria exilis Gall on Small-leaved Lime leaves Aceria campestricola Gall on English Elm Leaf Aceria erinea Gall on Walnut Leaf Aceria eriobia Gall on Field Maple Leaf Aceria macrochela Gall on Field Maple Leaf Aceria myriadeum Gall on Field Maple Leaf Aceria pseudoplatani Gall on Sycamore Leaf Aceria vitalbae Gall on Wild Clematis Leaf Epitrimerus trilobus Gall on Alder Leaf Eriophyes laevis Gall on Small-leaved lime leaf Eriophyes lateannulatus Red Nail Gall Gall on Dogwood leaf Eriophyes tiliae Nail gall on Common Lime Phyllocoptes depressus

Dermaptera Forficula auricularia Common European Earwig

Araneae Paidiscura pallens Spider Egg case on underside of Oak leaf Pisaura mirabilis Nursery Web spider

Mollusca Arion ater Large Black Slug Arion subfuscus Arion subfuscus Dusky slug

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Group Latin Name Common Name Notes Amphibia Rana temporaria Common Frog Triturus helveticus Palmate Newt ? identification not confirmed

Mammalia Meles meles Badger Set Muntiacus muntjak Muntjac Droppings and hoof prints Oryctolagus cuniculus Rabbit Droppings Talpa europaea Mole Mole hills

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