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BBOWT Wild Oxford Project - Chilswell Valley All Habitats Data 24 March 2018 to 13 April 2019 Dr J a Webb Page 1 of 10 BBOWT Wild Oxford Project - Chilswell Valley All habitats data 24 March 2018 to 13 April 2019 Dr J A Webb Page 1 of 10 KEY: Collected/Determined HA = Heather Armitage JB = J Ballantyne AB = Adam Bowes PJC = P J Chandler Method = field observation s = swept MG = M Gerrish AG = Andy Gunn JAW = Judith Webb TN = Terry Newsome RN = R Newton Shading = noteworthy in terms of conservation , Nos, sexes, Scientific name Common name Sub-site Map ref Col Det Date Comment abundance BRYOPHYTES – MOSSES & LIVERWORTS Bryum Marsh bryum Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 13.04.2019 4 small patches pseudotriquetrum/bimum below boardwalk Metzjeria fruticulosa Bluish veilwort Valley bottom west SP4989 0351 JAW JAW 24.03.2018 Occasional end FLOWERING PLANTS Anacamptis pyramidalis Pyramidal orchid Conservation SP5011 0374 JAW JAW 14.06.2018 Numerous – headland nearby over 100 Anacamptis pyramidalis Pyramidal orchid Limestone grassland SP498 035 JAW JAW 14.06.2018 Few Aster sp Michaelmas daisy Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 31.07.2018 Rare below boardwalk Buddleja davidii Buddleia Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 31.07.2018 1 seedling below boardwalk Carex distans Distant sedge Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 15.09.2018 3 clumps New germination from below boardwalk seed bank Chaerophyllum temulum Rough chervil Limestone grassland SP498 035 JAW JAW 02.06.2018 Locally frequent Path at top of limestone grassland Cirsium palustre Marsh thistle Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 15.09.2018 Locally frequent Increasing in the fen below boardwalk Dactylorhiza fuchsii Common spotted Conservation SP5011 0374 JAW JAW 14.06.2018 Occasional orchid headland nearby Daucus carota Wild carrot Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 31.07.2018 Rare below boardwalk Galium uliginosum Fen bedstraw Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 31.07.2018 1 plant below boardwalk Geranium robertianum Herb Robert Northern brookside SP5007 0363 JAW JAW 13.01.2018 Occasional wet woodland on peat BBOWT Wild Oxford Project - Chilswell Valley All habitats data 24 March 2018 to 13 April 2019 Dr J A Webb Page 2 of 10 KEY: Collected/Determined HA = Heather Armitage JB = J Ballantyne AB = Adam Bowes PJC = P J Chandler Method = field observation s = swept MG = M Gerrish AG = Andy Gunn JAW = Judith Webb TN = Terry Newsome RN = R Newton Shading = noteworthy in terms of conservation , Nos, sexes, Scientific name Common name Sub-site Map ref Col Det Date Comment abundance Helianthemum Common rockrose SE-facing limestone SP49832 JAW JAW 15.09.2018 Locally frequent Increasing in the nummularium grassland 03500 grassland Juncus articulatus Jointed rush Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 31.07.2018 Occasional below boardwalk Juncus planifolius or An alien foreign Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 31.07.2018 1 plant, 4 ? Garden escape ensifolius rush below boardwalk flowering heads Juncus subnodulosus Blunt-flowered Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 31.07.2018 About 5 plants rush below boardwalk Juncus subnodulosus Blunt-flowered Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 13.04.2019 Several clumps rush below boardwalk Lamium purpureum Red dead nettle Limestone grassland SP498 035 JAW JAW 13.04.2019 Rare Oenanthe lachenalii Parsley water Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 13.04.2019 Occasional Young plants, introduced dropwort below boardwalk by seed from Lye Valley in 2017 Ophrys apifera Bee orchid Limestone grassland SP498 035 RN RN 14.06.2018 1 In small quarry at west end of grassland Ophrys apifera Bee orchid Cut-over fen portion SP50238 JAW JAW 14.06.2018 1 In flower in fen by below boardwalk 03706 boardwalk Ophrys apifera Bee orchid Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 12.01.2019 9 vegetative Near BBOWT sign on below boardwalk rosettes boardwalk Pedicularis palustris Marsh lousewort Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 13.04.2019 Numerous Introduced as seed from below boardwalk Lye Valley spread 2017 Plantago major Greater plantain Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 31.07.2018 Rare below boardwalk Pulicaria dysenterica Common fleabane Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 15.09.2018 Occasional Increasing in the fen below boardwalk Ranunculus auricomus Goldilocks Limestone grassland SP498 035 JAW JAW 05.05.2018 Locally frequent buttercup BBOWT Wild Oxford Project - Chilswell Valley All habitats data 24 March 2018 to 13 April 2019 Dr J A Webb Page 3 of 10 KEY: Collected/Determined HA = Heather Armitage JB = J Ballantyne AB = Adam Bowes PJC = P J Chandler Method = field observation s = swept MG = M Gerrish AG = Andy Gunn JAW = Judith Webb TN = Terry Newsome RN = R Newton Shading = noteworthy in terms of conservation , Nos, sexes, Scientific name Common name Sub-site Map ref Col Det Date Comment abundance Ranunculus bulbosus Bulbous buttercup Limestone grassland SP498 035 JAW JAW 05.05.2018 Locally frequent Limestone grassland, level top area, mown path Senecio erucifolius Hoary ragwort Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 31.07.2018 Rare below boardwalk Stellaria holostea Greater stitchwort Limestone grassland SP498 035 JAW JAW 05.05.2018 Occasional Increasing along the top of the limestone grassland Succisa pratensis Devil's bit scabious Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 13.04.2019 Several rosettes Introduced as seed from below boardwalk Lye Valley in 2018 Tamus communis Black bryony Limestone grassland SP498 035 JAW JAW 02.06.2018 Occasional Hedge line at top of limestone grassland by path Ulmus glabra Wych elm Western end SP49809 JAW JAW 02.06.2018 1 coppice stool West end of valley near woodland 03473 path FUNGI Bjerkandera adusta Smoky bracket South bank copse SP5014 0365 JAW JAW 13.01.2018 On one oak Brackets all the way up woodland the standing dead trunk Byssomerulius corium Netted crust Valley bottom west SP4989 0351 HA JAW 24.03.2018 Occasional fungus end Laetiporus sulphureus Chicken of the South bank copse SP5007 0360 JAW JAW 05.05.2018 3 brackets On decaying hazel woods woodland coppice bole Phellinus pomaceus Cushion bracket Valley bottom west SP4989 0351 AB JAW 24.03.2018 Occasional On dead blackthorn end branch BBOWT Wild Oxford Project - Chilswell Valley All habitats data 24 March 2018 to 13 April 2019 Dr J A Webb Page 4 of 10 KEY: Collected/Determined HA = Heather Armitage JB = J Ballantyne AB = Adam Bowes PJC = P J Chandler Method = field observation s = swept MG = M Gerrish AG = Andy Gunn JAW = Judith Webb TN = Terry Newsome RN = R Newton Shading = noteworthy in terms of conservation , Nos, sexes, Scientific name Common name Sub-site Map ref Col Det Date Comment abundance VERTEBRATES Corvus corax Raven SP498 035 JB JB 24.03.2018 1 Garrulus glandarius Jay Northern brookside SP5011 0365 JAW JAW 14.06.2018 1 wet woodland on peat Sitta europaea Nuthatch South bank copse SP5007 0360 RN RN 13.04.2019 1 woodland Sylvia atricapilla Blackcap South bank copse SP5007 0360 AG AG 13.04.2019 1 woodland Triturus cristatus Great crested newt Limestone grassland SP49826 TN AG 13.01.2018 1 adult female Found in crevice in 03491 ground in the quarry area Sorex araneus Common shrew SP498 035 RN RN 24.03.2018 1 Neomys fodiens Water shrew SP500 036 AG AG 24.03.2018 1 Capreolus capreolus Roe deer Northern brookside SP5011 0365 JAW JAW 14.06.2018 1 wet woodland on peat Capreolus capreolus Roe deer Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 31.07.2018 1m below boardwalk Natrix natrix Grass snake SP500 036 AG 24.03.2018 1 INVERTEBRATES - FLIES Anomoia permunda A tephritid fly Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 31.07.2018 1 below boardwalk Baccha elongata A hoverfly Northern brookside SP5011 0365 JAW JAW 14.06.2018 s 1 wet woodland on peat Bombylius major Dark-edged bee fly Limestone grassland SP498 035 JAW JAW 05.05.2018 2 Bombylius major Dark-edged bee fly Limestone grassland SP498 035 JAW JAW 13.04.2019 2 Cheilosia variabilis A hoverfly Limestone grassland SP498 035 JAW JAW 02.06.2018 s 1m,1f On chaerophyllum flowers BBOWT Wild Oxford Project - Chilswell Valley All habitats data 24 March 2018 to 13 April 2019 Dr J A Webb Page 5 of 10 KEY: Collected/Determined HA = Heather Armitage JB = J Ballantyne AB = Adam Bowes PJC = P J Chandler Method = field observation s = swept MG = M Gerrish AG = Andy Gunn JAW = Judith Webb TN = Terry Newsome RN = R Newton Shading = noteworthy in terms of conservation , Nos, sexes, Scientific name Common name Sub-site Map ref Col Det Date Comment abundance Chloromyia formosa Broad centurion Limestone grassland SP498 035 JAW JAW 14.06.2018 s 1 Chrysopilus cristatus Black snipe fly Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 02.06.2018 s Numerous below boardwalk Chrysotoxun bicinctum A hoverfly Limestone grassland SP498 035 JAW JAW 14.06.2018 1 Coelosia flava Mycetophilidae Northern brookside SP5011 0365 JAW PJC 02.06.2018 s 2m 1f wet woodland on peat Dicranomyia lucida A cranefly Northern brookside SP5011 0365 JAW JAW 14.06.2018 4m wet woodland on peat Dioctria atricapilla An asilid fly Limestone grassland SP498 035 JAW JAW 02.06.2018 s 1 Empis livida A dance fly Limestone grassland SP498 035 JAW JAW 02.06.2018 s Numerous Empis livida An empid fly Limestone grassland SP498 035 JAW JAW 14.06.2018 s Epiphragma ocellare A deadwood Northern brookside SP5011 0365 JAW JAW 02.06.2018 s 2 cranefly wet woodland on peat Helophilus pendulus A hoverfly Cut-over fen portion SP502 037 JAW JAW 15.09.2018 1 below boardwalk Leptogaster cylindrica An asilid fly Limestone grassland SP498 035 JAW JAW 02.06.2018 s 2 Leucozona laternaria Hoverfly Stream bank SP4988 0350 JAW JAW 02.06.2018 s 1m,1f Feeding on nectar on
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