Published by RUGBY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY www.rugbynaturalhistory.org.uk
PRESIDENT – Mr F Pearson
Newsletter No 246 July 2017
Contents this edition ~News of members ~Possible September coach trip ~June coach trip report ~Remaining field visits ~ Winter indoor meetings programme ~Reports from summer field visits (some supported by species lists in appendices) ~2018 calendar ~Data protection notice ~Current committee members (with contact information) Appendices included ~Brandon Marsh species list ~Birchley Hayes Wood Extension species list ~ Bubbenhall Wood and Meadow nature reserve species list ~ Goldicote Cutting species list ~ Stockton Cutting and Tasker’s Meadow species list Attached separately ~ Winter indoor meetings programme
Birmingham tropical butterfly photographs © Lyn Classey 1
News of members
George Garside With sadness we report that one of our very long-standing members, George Garside, passed away on 8 July 2017. In the early days of the society, before the present security era, George was a long-time committee member and was the society’s key holder for the science block - he cycled from Long Lawford for every meeting to open up. George made a point of going and talking to any new member and to those who knew and remember him, he was a very good countryman naturalist. In the last few years he and Elsie lived in France with their son David. Ted Pearson
Paul Hodges On behalf of the society, I’d like to congratulate Paul on gaining the professional qualification “Chartered Ecologist” through the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM). To quote CIEEM, “... the advice and practice of a chartered ecologist is based on a fundamental understanding of ecology and the critical evaluation of scientific evidence; they work in accordance with high standards of professional conduct; and they can communicate complex ecological concepts and ideas confidently and effectively to a wide range of audiences.”. Paul has been generous in sharing his knowledge and skills with other members of the society through wide-ranging talks, fungus forays and other field visits, as well as showing us how to read the tracks and signs of many species, so we are greatly indebted and more than grateful to him. Very well done, Paul. FH
Possible coach trip
One of our remaining field trips this year is a visit to Rutland Water (Thursday 14 September). We could consider making this a coach or minibus trip if enough people would take this option. If you’re interested, please let David Knapp know as soon as possible: telephone 01788 817346 or email [email protected] . Dave’s report below on the June coach trip might help you decide or trigger other ideas.
June coach trip – report
Having had to cancel the previous two planned trips, to London’s Natural History Museum and to Bempton Cliffs in Yorkshire, it was great to see 35 members and guests ready, and eager, to board the coach to Birmingham on Thursday 16 June.
Our first port of call was the Birmingham Botanical Gardens in Edgbaston, an oasis of calm and tranquillity, just a short walk from the city centre. The gardens have been in existence for over 175 years and are one of the very few independent self-sustaining botanical gardens in the world, run as an educational charity. Four glasshouses filled with exotic plants ranging from tropical rainforest to arid desert, fifteen acres of landscaped gardens, an aviary, butterfly house and the all-important tearoom and shop kept members fully engaged well into the afternoon.
Then it was time to dive in to an amazing underwater world at the National Sea Life Centre, located right at the heart of Birmingham’s canal network in Brindley Place. In a building designed by Sir Norman Foster, the National Sea Life Centre has over 60 displays of freshwater
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and marine life. Its one million litre ocean tank is home to giant green sea turtles, blacktip reef sharks and tropical reef fish. It also has the UK’s only fully transparent 360° underwater tunnel. Operating as a charitable trust, the centre works hard towards fulfilling its ‘Breed, Rescue and Protect’ conservation objectives. It has enjoyed particular success with its seahorse breeding programme and its thriving colony of gentoo penguins.
Such was the enthusiasm and enjoyment expressed by those who took part in the Birmingham day’s activities, it would be good to build on the success of this trip by organising something similar in the near future. If you have any thoughts, ideas or suggestions as to possible venues, please let me know. DK
Remaining field visits
Day & Date Time Site Map Reference Possible Sightings Post Code Saturday 12th 10:00 *Graham Robson's 140; SP 402676 Flora, Birds, Butterflies and August Farm, Tithe Barn, CV23 9RS Dragonflies Fields Farm Lane, Marton Village Thursday 24th 10:00 Draycote Reservoir 140; SP 467693 Birds, Wildfowl, Waders, August CV23 8AB Gulls, Wagtails, Pipits, Finches & Buntings. Dragonflies.
Saturday 2nd 10:00 Ashlawn Cutting 140 SP 516732 Flora, Birds, Fungi. September Local Nature CV22 5JX Willow Warbler, Chiff Chaff. Reserve Thursday 14th 11:00 Rutland Water 141; SK 878075 - Birds, Flora, Fungi, September Nature Reserve at LE15 8BT Dragonflies & Damselflies, Egleton, located Butterflies. just off the A6003 South East of Oakham Saturday 7th 10:00 Coombe Abbey 140; SP 403790 Fungi Foray - As part of October Country Park CV3 2AB International Fungi Day *Please note that this is open to RNHS members only, on the date organised. Members should gather 10 minutes early at the site so that the field visit can start promptly. 3
Winter indoor meetings programme 2017-18
The dates for this autumn and winter are shown in a separate “read-only” file, which is attached to the email carrying this newsletter. Two events remain to be confirmed, but do put the dates into your diary now.
Remember that any member can write about a meeting for the newsletter. Have a look at the programme attached and let Jan Tolley-Hodges know which you would like to write up. Then simply email your notes to Fern Hodges by the deadline for the next edition.
Photographic competition The proposed date for this is Thursday 7 December. Your photographs will have to be with Joan Sherratt by Thursday 16 November, so if you haven’t started working on your entries yet, now’s the time. As last year, the categories will be vertebrates, invertebrates, and flora or fungi. Entry forms will be attached to the next edition of the newsletter.
Reports from summer field visits
As with the winter meetings, these reports are often written by members of the committee, but they don’t have to be! Anyone who attends a field visit could send in some notes on the trip for the newsletter. (We can always have this as well as a full species list, so don’t imagine you have to match Paul’s erudition!) You could report on a site that particularly interests you or that you’re familiar with and tell us your favourite aspects of it. You could choose one that you’ve never been to before and tell us what was most surprising. Just let Paul or another committee member know at the start of the visit that you’re undertaking a piece for the newsletter. Current contributors’ styles are varied – adopt whatever style would suit you. Thanks to David Knapp, Biddy Allen, Wendy Classey and Paul Hodges for reports in this edition, especially for the extensive species lists which are needed for the recorders and other institutional experts who receive copies of this newsletter.
Brandon Marsh Twelve members attended this visit (Saturday 8 April) to look at the ornithological and spring floral interest of this site of special scientific interest (SSSI). A full list of what they saw is in Appendix 1. It includes eight kinds of wader, six different warblers, displaying great crested grebe, two types of heron, nine ducks, geese and rails, three hirundines, three gulls, six buntings and finches and nine others – a grand total of forty-seven species of bird. Also spotted were twenty-one flora species and six butterflies (including the couple in the photo below). PH
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Green-veined whites at Brandon Marsh. Photograph © Lyn Classey
Birchley Hayes Wood Extension, Corley Moor This is a site of importance for nature conservation (SINC), a designation used by local authorities in England for sites of substantive local nature conservation. Paul’s report of what the members saw (Thursday 20 April) is at Appendix 2. Beetles were identified by coleopterist Tim Newton (who identifies for the Natural History Museum); our thanks to him.
Bubbenhall Wood & Meadow The visit to this nature reserve (Thursday 11 May) was especially well supported, perhaps because of its recent acquisition by Warwickshire Wildlife Trust. A very extensive species list compiled by Paul is at Appendix 3. I learned when reading this that pugmarks are footprints, slots and fewmits are hoof prints and droppings, and that not only birds but also butterflies have leks (where males and females gather to select mates). Apologies to all who were ahead of me and knew these technical terms already.
Coombe Abbey Country Park Key contributions to the bioblitz (Saturday 13 May) were made by Mr Tim Newton (coleopterist- beetles), his friend Lisa from Northamptonshire Wildlife Trust and Mrs Janice Tolley-Hodges, who all added several new species to the sites species list. Clare Sidderway contributed flora. We were also aided by Warwickshire Mammal Group who undertook small mammal trapping with Longworth live traps (catches included wood mice). Debbie Wright put out several hedgehog tunnels. She got a positive result of tracks on the paper from a hedgehog taking food from under a hedge in the formal gardens area. Debbie is working on the Rugby Hedgehog Improvement Area with Warwickshire Wildlife Trust.
We have followed up the bioblitz with some partnership working with the officer from Warwickshire Habitats Biodiversity Audit, the engagement officer from Warwickshire Wildlife Trust’s Princethorpe Living Landscapes Project Partnership and Warwickshire Flora Group (Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland [BSBI], represented by John and Monika Walton - undertaking condition monitoring training focused on grassland habitats, eg the wild flower meadow.
In the autumn the society will be undertaking a fungal foray at Coombe (Abbey) Country Park around International Fungi Foray Day. During this we hope we will add yet more species to the site list.
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Coventry City Council, who manage Coombe (Abbey) Country Park, are always looking for wildlife and biodiversity records from knowledgeable members of the public or specialist groups. This is so we can better understand the site, its habitats and the species that are dependent on them. We can then more effectively work this knowledge into the practical habitat management tasks we undertake in the annual work programme(s) that are based on the five-year site management plan. (The latest, 2017-18 – 2022-23, is in the process of being written and updated). We also share our findings with the Warwickshire Habitats Biodiversity Audit and the Warwickshire Biological Records Centre (Warwickshire County Council).
All records are important but we especially value records from under-recorded groups (eg mosses, liverworts, lichens, spiders, slugs and snails, etc. It also helps the staff and site prove that the conservation management tasks are achieving the desired aims and objectives (or if not they can be altered so they do!). This aids with funding from the Higher Level Countryside Stewardship Scheme and the Heritage Lottery Fund (through the Princethorpe Woodlands Living Landscape Partnership Project). PH
Dunchurch Meadows On Saturday 20 May society members undertook some grassland surveying, as shown in the photograph below (© Lyn Classey).
Goldicote Cutting On Thursday 1 June members visited this nature reserve, which is also an SSSI. Paul has completed an extensive species list, which is at Appendix 4. Below you can see a common lizard that was found on the day (photograph © Paul E Hodges).
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Stockton Cutting and Tasker’s Meadow Appendix 5 gives Paul’s species list for our visit to this SSSI and nature reserve (Saturday 17 June).
Moth Identification Morning Twenty-two members enjoyed a cloudy and slightly windy but dry morning in Roy and Biddy Allen’s garden. They looked at and identified the following moths from moth traps belonging to the hosts and Graham Robson, and moths brought in by Paul Hodges, Janice Tolley-Hodges and David Knapp. (As last year, Graham's trap was the star performer!)
A few micro-moths were identified. Those with English names were Mother of Pearl, Small Magpie, Twenty-plume Moth and Willow Ermine and the ones with only Latin names Acleris forsskaleana, Anania coronata, Carcina quercana and Catoptria paella. There were plenty of unidentified micro-moths plus a few unidentified beetles/bugs, etc. BA
The committee would like to add that, once again, Roy and Biddy hosted a very enjoyable moth morning. Those who were present really enjoyed the morning (and also appreciated the refreshments they provided - especially the cakes!).
Fifty-eight species are on Biddy and Roy’s list, so it runs onto the next page!
Bright-line Brown-eye Dot July Highflier Brimstone Double Square-spot Large Yellow Underwing Buff Arches Dunbar Large Twin-spot Carpet Buff Ermine Dusky Sallow Least Carpet Buff Footman Early Thorn Lesser Broad-bordered Burnished Brass Elephant Hawkmoth Yellow Underwing Cabbage Flame Shoulder Lesser Yellow Underwing Clay Ghost Moth (female) Light Emerald Common Footman Gothic Lunar-spotted Pinion Common Rustic Green Pug Marbled Minor Dark Arches Grey Dagger Plain Golden Y Dark Sword-grass Heart and Dart Poplar Hawkmoth Dingy Footman Heart and Club Riband Wave 7
Ruby Tiger Single-dotted Wave Snout Rustic Small Angle Shades Spectacle Sallow Kitten Small Blood-vein Straw Dot Scarce Footman Small Emerald Tawny Marbled Minor Shaded Broad-bar Small Fan-footed Wave Uncertain Short-cloaked Moth Small Phoenix Yellow tail Silver Y Smoky Wainscot
Ufton Fields Fifteen members met in the newly-improved car park at Ufton Fields on a cloudy, but warm Saturday morning (29 July). At the entrance, we looked at the new interpretation board. During the walk, the sun shone briefly, which encouraged several gatekeeper butterflies to fly. The botanists in the group found many things of interest. (The species list with the full details of sightings will be in the next edition of the newsletter.) WC
2018 Calendar
This year the society’s calendar, which uses some of the great photographs taken by members, will be available earlier than previously, probably in September. This means that, as well as buying one for your own home and/or office, you’ll easily be able to plan them into your seasonal present lists! At the time of writing, they’re expected to be priced at £5 each.
Data protection notice
Under the Data Protection Act, as a member of the society your membership details will be kept on personal computers for the purposes of administering membership subscriptions, circulation of newsletters and the management of trips and other activities of the Rugby Natural History Society. Your details will not be passed on to any other organisation or third party.
Next newsletter
This is due for publication in October, so please email articles to the editor by Monday 2 October. Let me know also if you have any ideas for items to include in future newsletters.
Committee members with specific roles
CHAIRMAN Mr T Landless, 27 Spicer Place, Rugby VICE-CHAIRMAN Mr L Classey , 13 Orson Leys, Rugby HON SECRETARY Mrs W Classey, 13 Orson Leys, Rugby HON TREASURER Mr David Knapp, 34 Orson Leys, Rugby PROGRAMME SECRETARIES Mr P Hodges and Mrs J Tolley-Hodges 30 Rupert Brooke Road, Rugby NEWSLETTER EDITOR Miss Fern Hodges, [email protected] 8
Appendix 1 Species List for Brandon Marsh SSSI, 8 April 2017 Compiled by Paul E Hodges CEnv, CMIEEM, PgDip, BSc(Hons), NVQ III, NEBSMC, C & G II
Birds Black Tailed Godwit- Limosa limosa Greylag Geese- Anser anser Redshanks-Tringa totanus Sand Martins- Riparia riparia Oystercatcher-Haematopus ostralegus House Martins- Delichon urbicum Snipe- Gallinago gallingo Barn Swallows-Hirundo rustica Lapwings- Vanellus vanellus Moorhens- Gallinula chloropus Little Ringed Plovers- Charadrius dubius Coots- Fulica atra Ringed Plovers- Charadius hiaticula Black Headed Gulls- Chroicocephalus ridibundus Green Sandpiper- Tringa ochopus Yellow Legged Gulls- Larus michahellis Sedge Warbler- Acrocephalus Lesser Black Backed Gulls- Larus fuscus grasellsii schoenobaenus Bullfinches- Pyrrhula pyrrhula Reed Warbler- Acrocephalus scirpacus Chaffinches- Fringilla coelebs Cettis Warblers- Cettia cetti Greenfinches- Chloris chloris Chiff Chaffs- Phylloscopus colybita Reed Buntings- Emberiza schoeniclus Willow Warblers- Phylloscopus trochilus Siskins- Carduelis spinus Blackcaps- Sylvia atricapilla Redpolls- Cardelis flammea Shelducks- Tadorna tadorna Goldcrest – Regulus regulus Gadwall- Anas strepera Blackbirds- Turdus merula Teal- Anas crecca Song Thrushes- Turdus philomelos Mallards Anas platyrhynchos Mistle Thrushes- Turdus viscivorus Tufted Ducks- Aythya fuligula Stock Doves- Columba oenas Great Crested Grebes (Displaying) Wood Pigeons- Columba palumbus - Podiceps cristatus Feral Pigeons- Columba livia Grey Herons- Ardea cinerea Collared Doves- Streptopellia decancto Little Egrets- Egretta garzetta House Sparrows- Passer domesticus Canada Geese- Branta Canadensis
Flora Primroses- Primula vulgaris Germander Speedwell- Veronica camaedrys Cowslips- Primula veris Common Field Speedwell- Veronica Early Dog Violets- Viola reichenbachiana persicaria Common Dog Violets- Viola riviniana Thyme leaved Speedwell- Veronica serpyllifolia Bluebells- Hyacinthoides non-scripta Wood Dock- Rumex sanguineus Marsh Marigolds / Kingcups- Caltha Water Dock- Rumex hydrolapathum Lesser Celendine- Ranunculus ficarius Cuckoo Flower- Cradmine pratense Alexanders- Symrnium olusatrum Common Reeds- Phagmites australis Ground ivy- Gelchoma hederacea Cat Tails- Typha augustifolium Cow Parsley- Anthricus slyvestris White Dead Nettles- Lamium album Wood Speedwell- Veronica montana Red Dead Nettles-Lamium purpurum
Invertebrates (Butterflies) Orange Tip Butterflies- Anthocharis cradamines Speckled Wood- Pararge aegeria Green Veined Whites- Pieris napi Brimstones- Gonepteryx rhami Small Tortoiceshells-Aglais urticae Peacocks- Aglais io
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Appendix 2 Species List for Birchley Hayes Wood Extension SINC, Corley Moor, Warwickshire, 20 April 2017, 10.00 am – 1.00 pm Compiled by Paul E Hodges CEnv, CMIEEM, PgDip, BSc(Hons), NVQ III, NEBSMC, C & G II Beetles identified by coleopterist Tim Newton (who identifies for the Natural History Museum)
Birds Song Thrushes- Turdus philomelos House Sparrows- Passer domesticus Willow Warblers- Phylloscopus trochilus Jackdaws- Corvus mondula Chiff Chaffs- Phylloscopus colybita Chaffinches- Fingilla coelebs Blackcaps- Sylvia atricapilla Dunnocks- Prunella modularis Whitethroat- Sylvia comunis Blackbirds- Turdus merula Green Woodpeckers- Pica viridis Robins- Erthricus rubecula Goldfinches- Carduelis carduelis Blue tits- Cyanisties carulescens Nuthatches- Sitta europeaus Wood Pigeons- Columbia palumbus Treecreeper- Cethis familiaris Buzzard- Buto buto Great Spotted Woodpecker- Dendrocopus major
Flora Bluebells – Hyacinthoides non-scripta Pedunculate Oaks- Quercus robur Wood Sorrel – Oxalis acetosella Ash- Fraxinus excelsior Wood Anemone- Anemone nemorosa Hazel- Corylus avellana Enchanters Nightshade- Ciraea luteiana Holly- Ilex aquifolium Wood Avens- Geum urbanum Honey Suckle- Lonicera periclymenum Greater Stichwort- Stellaria holostea Common Nettles- Urtica diocea Wild Angelica- Angelica sylvestris Alder- Alnus glutinosa Brooklime- Veronica beccabunga Hawthorn- Cratgeus monogyna Silver Birches- Betula pendula Blackthorn- Prunus spinosa Hairy Birches- Betula pubescens Wood Dock- Rumex sanguineus Rowan- Sorbus acuparia Herb Robert- Geranium robertianum
Fungi St Georges Mushrooms- Calocybe gambosum Yellow Cow pat Toadstool- Bobitus vitellinus Sulphur Tuft- Hypholoma fasiculare Psathyrella spintrigena- on grassy area near Dryads Saddle- Polyporus squamosus wood. Birch Polypore- Piptoporus betulinus Panaeolina foenisecii- on manured pasture by White Oyster Fungi-Plurotus cornicopiae wood.
Insects Click Beetle – Agriotes acuminatus – local in terms of status, found by beating dead wood into tray Golden Ground Beetle- Notiophillus biguttatus Burying Beetle- Silpha atrata – found associated with badger latrines Rove Beetle- Stenus cicindeloides Rove Beetle-Stenus accris- found associated with roe deer fewmits Rove Beetle- Tachinus marginellus – found associated with roe deer fewmits
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Appendix 3 (three pp) Species List for Bubbenhall Wood and Meadow, 11 May 2017, 10.00 am - 1.00 pm Compiled by Paul E Hodges CEnv, CMIEEM, PgDip, BSc(Hons), NVQ III, NEBSMC, C & G II Dragonflies and damselflies identified by Peter and Kay Reeve Beetles identified by Tim Newton (who identifies for Natural History Museum in London)
Birds
Great Spotted Woodpecker- Dendrocopus Carrion Crows- Corvus corone major Jackdaws- Corvus monedula Green Woodpecker-Picus viridis Rooks- Corvus frugilegus Nuthatches- Sitta europaeus Sparrowhawk- Accipiter nisus Treecreeper- Certhia familiaris Goldcrest- Regulus regulus Spotted Flycatcher- Muscicapa striata Mallards- Anas platyrhynchos Chaffinch- Fringilla coelebs Mute Swans- Cygnus olor Bullfinch- Pyrrhula pyrrhula Little Grebe- Tachybaptus ruficollis Greenfinch- Chloris chloris Gadwall- Anas strepta Chiff Chaff- Phylloscopus colybita Tufted Ducks- Aythya fuligula Willow Warbler- Phylloscopus trochilus Coots- Fulica atra Blackcap- Sylvia atracapilla Moorhens- Gallinula chloropus Garden Warbler- Sylvia borin Kestrel- Falco tinnunculus Blue Tits- Cyanistes caeruleus Cuckoo- Cuculus canorus Great Tits- Parus major Grey Heron- Ardea cinera Coal Tits- Periparus ater Swallows- Hirundo rustica Wrens- Trolodytes troglodytes Sand Martins- Riparia riparia Dunnocks- Prunella modularis House Martins- Delichon urbicum Blackbirds- Turdus merula Canada Geese- Branta Canadensis Song Thushes- Turdus philomelos Tawny Owl- Strix aluco
Mammals Muntjac Deer – seen, barking, slots, fewmits Mole- molehills in the meadow Fox – droppings, Pugmarks
Amphibians Smooth/Common Newts under log – Lissotriton vulgaris (Triturus vulgaris) Common Toad – Bufo bufo Common Frog – Rana temporaria
Butterflies Brimstones- Gonepteryx rhamni Orange Tips- Anthocharis cardamines Speckled Wood- Pararge aegeria Peacock- Aglais io Small Heath- Coenonypha pamphilus Small Totoiceshells- Aglais urticae Green Veined White- Pieris napi
Dragonflies and Damselflies-Odonata Common Blue Damselflies- Enallagma Azure Damselflies/Bluets- Coenarigon puella cyanthigerum Large Red Damselflies- Pyrrhosoma nyphula
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Beetles- Coleoptera Pterostichus niger (Ground Beetle) Cuculio glandium Notiophillus biguttatus Mogulones asperifoliarum Agristes pallidulus Eutrichapion eris Byturus tormentosus Exapion ulicis Oulema obscura Hylesinus varius Cantharis rusticus Anaspis frontalis Cantharis decipiens Coccinella septempunctata (7 – Spotted Meligethes reneus Ladybird). Pyrochroa serraticornis Tachinus humeralis Sitona lineatus
Flies Scorpion Fly- Panorpa germanica Green Bottles- Phaenicia sericata St Marks Flies- Bibio marci (Lucilia sericata) Blue Bottles- Calliphora vomitoria Marmilade Hoverflies- Episyrphus balteatus
Bees Western Honeybees- Apis melanifera Buff Tailed/Large Earth Bumblebees- Bombus Solitary Bees- Nomada ssp terrestris Red Tailed Bumblebee’s- Bombus lapidaries
Trees and shrubs Wild Service Tree- Sorbus tormentalis Crab Apple- Malus sylvestris Pedunculate Oaks- Quercus robur Field Maple- Acer Campestre Ash –Fraxinus excelsior Wych Elm- Ulmus glabra Hazel – Corylus avellana Silver Birch- Betula pendula Holly- Ilex aquifolium Hairy Birch- Betula pubescens English Elm- Ulmus procera (Suckers) Dog Roses- Rosa canina Aspen- Populus tremula Elder- Sambucus nigra Goat Willow- Salix caprea
Flora – flowering plants
Bluebells- Hyacinoides- non-scripta Greater Stichwort- Stellaria holostea Wood Anenome- Anemone nemorosa Lesser Stichwort- Stellaria gramminea Wood Sorrel- Oxalis acetosella Thyme Leaved Sandwort- Arenaria Yellow Archangel- Lamiastrum galeobdlon serpyllifolia Bugle- Ajuga reptans Wood Dock- Rumex sanguineus Wood Forget me Nots-Myosotis sylvatica Clustered Dock- Rumex conglomeratus Common Dog Violets- Viola rivinana Curled Dock- Rumex crispus Sanicle- Sanicula europeaa Broad Leaved Dock- Rumex obtudifolius Wood Speedwell-veronica montana Redshank- Persicaria maculosa Heath Speedwell-veronica officinalis Wavy Bittercress- Cardamine flexuosa Germander Speedwell- Veronica chamaedrys Hairy Bittercress- Cardamine hirsuta Common Field Speedwell- Veronica persica Cuckoo Flower- Cardamine pratense Wall Speedwell- Veronica arvensis Shepherd’s Purse- Capsella bursa-pastoris Cleavers- Gallium aparine Charlock- Sinapis arvensis Hedge Bedstraw- Gallium album Hedge Mustard- Sismbrium officinale Yellow Pimpernel- Lysimachia nemorum Enchanters Nightshade- Circaea lutetiana Primroses- Primula vulgaris
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Rosebay Willowherb- Chamerion (Epilobium) Broom- Cytisus scoparius angustifolium Lord’s & Ladies- Arum maculatum Broad Leaved Willowherb- Epilobium Wild Angelica- Angelica sylvestris montanum Pignuts- Conopodium majus Great Willowherb- Epilobium hirsutum Hogweed- Heracleum sphondylium Common Storksbill- Erodium cicutarium Upright Hedge Parsley- Torilis japonica Herb Robert- Gernanium robertianum Rough Chervil- Chaerophyllum temulum Hedgerow Cranesbill- Geranium pyrenaicum Cow Parsley- Anthriscus sylvestris Cut leaved Cranesbill- Geranium dissectum Coltsfoot- Tussilago farfara Small Flowered Cranesbill- Geranium pusillum Groundsel- Senecio vulgaris Dovesfoot Cranesbill- Geranium molle Sticky Groundsel- Senecio viscosus Sun spurge- Euphorbia hellioscopia Common Ragwort- Senecio jacobaea Stinging Nettles- Urtica diocea Pineapple Weed- Matricaria discoidea Wood Avens- Geum urbanum Scentless Mayweed- Tripleurospermum Wild Strawberries- Potentilla vesca inodorum Barren Strawberries- Pontentilla sterillis Yarrow- Achillea millefolium Tormentil- Potentilla erecta Dasies- Bellis perennis Creeping Cinquefoil- Potentilla reptans Prickley Sow Thistles- Sonchus asper Trailing Tormentil- Potentilla anglica Smooth Sow Thistle- Sonchus oleraceus Silverweed- Potentilla anserina Nipplewort- Lapsana communis Meadow Sweet- Filpendula ulmaria Smooth Hawksbeard- Crepis capillaris Red Clover- Trifolium pratense Dandelions- Taraxacum spp agg White Clover- Trifolium reptans Rough Hawksbit- Leontodon hispidus Lesser Trefoil- Trifolium dubium Autumn Hawkbit- Scorzoneroides autumnalis Black Medic- Medicago lupulina Catsear- Hypochaeris radicata Meadow Vetchling- Lathyrus pratensis Spear Thistles- Cirsium arvense Common Birdsfoot Trefoil- Lotus corniculatus Creeping Thistles- Cirsium vulgare Lesser Celendine- (Ranunculus) Ficaria verna Lesser Burdocks- Arctium minus Lesser Spearwort- Ranunculus flammula Selfheal- Prunella vulgaris Bulbous Buttercups- Ranunculus bulbosus Ground Ivy- Glechoma hederacea Creeping Buttercups- Ranunculus repens Hedge Woundwort- Stachys sylvatica Meadow Buttercups- Ranunculus acris Red Dead Nettles- Lamium purpureum Brambles- Rubus fruticose agg. White Dead Nettles- Lamium album Dewberries- Rubus caesius Greater Plantain – Plantago major Gorse- Ulex europaeus Ribwort Plantain- Plantago lanceolate
Micro-moth -Adela reaumurella - lecking around brambles Shield Bug -Forest Bug - Pentatoma rufipes
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Appendix 4 Species List for Goldicote Cutting SSSI, 01 June 2017, 10.00 am - 12.30 pm Compiled by Paul E Hodges CEcol, CEnv, MCIEEM, PgDip, BSc(Hons), NVQ III, NEBSMC
Flora Common Gromwell- Lithospermum officinale Soft Brome Grass- Grass Vetchling- Lathyrus nissolia Hogweed- Meadow Vetchling – Lathyrus pratensis Cow Parsley- Pale Toadflax- Linaria repens Brambles- Rubus fruiticosa agg. Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil- Lotus pedunculata Field Roses- Rosa arvensis Common Spotted Orchids- Dactylorhiza Wild Privet- Yellow wort- Blackstonia perfoliata Oxeye Daisies- Leucanthemum vulgare Great Willowherb- Epilobium hirsutum Common Fleabane- Pullcaria dysenterica Goat Willow- Salix caprea Red Bartsia- Odontities vernus Hawthorn- Cratageus monogyna Corn Mint- Mentha arvensis Blackthorn- Prunus spinosa Water Mint- Mentha aquatica English Elm- Ulmus procera Ground Ivy- Glechoma hederacea Common Birdsfoot Trefoil- Lotus corniculatus Hedge Woundwort- Stachys sylvatica Meadow Buttercup- Ranunculus acris Common Figwort- Scrophularia nodosa Creeping Buttercup- Ranunculus reptans Hoary Plantain- Plantago media Bulbous Buttercup- Ranunculus bulbosus Common Mouse-Ear-Cerastium fontanum Lesser Spearwort- Ranunculus flammula Sticky Mouse-Ear- Cerastium glomeratum Lesser Celendine- Ranunculus ficaria verna Clustered Dock- Rumex conglomeratus Celery Leaved Buttercup- Ranunculus Cut Leaved Cranesbill- Geranium dissectum sceleratus Dovesfoot Cranesbill- Geranium molle Giant Horsetails- Meadow Cranesbill – Geranium pratense Wood Avens- Geum urbicum Perforate St Johns wort- Hypericum Wood Dock- Rumex sylvatica perforatum Stinging Nettles- Utica diocea Hairy St Johns wort – Hypericum hirsutum
Reptile: Common (Viparious) Lizard- Zootoca vivipara (Formerly Lacerta vivipara)
Birds Chiff Chaffs- Phylloscopus colybita Blackbirds- Turdus merula Willow Warbler- Phylloscopus trochilus Robins- Erthricus rubecula Blackcaps- Syliva atricapilla Dunnocks- Prunella modularis Garden Warblers- Sylvia borin Ravens- Corvus corax Skylarks- Alauda arvensis
Butterflies Speckled Woods- Pararge aegeria Large Skipper- Ochlodes Sylvanus Brimstone- Gonepteryx rhamni Small Skipper- Thymelicus sylvestris Green Veined Whites- Pieris napi
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Appendix 5 (two pp) Species List for Stockton Cutting SSSI and Tasker’s Meadow, 17 June 2017 Compiled by Paul E Hodges CEcol, CEnv, MCIEEM, PgDip, BSc(Hons), NVQ III, NEBSMC
Butterflies Marbled Whites- Melanargia glathea Gate Keepers- Pyronia tithonus Small Blues- Cupido minimus Large Skippers- Ochlodes sylvanus Common Blues- Polyommatus icarus Speckled Woods- Pararge aegeria Brimstones- Gonepteryx rhamni Ringlets- Aphantopus hyperantus Red Admirals- Vanessa atalanta Small Tortoiceshell- Aglais urticae Meadow Browns- Maniola jurtina Brown Argus- Aricia agestis
Moths Silver y- Autographa gamma Hummingbird Hawkmoth- Macroglossum Burnet Companion- Euclidia glyphica stellatarum
Dragonflies and damselflies Emperor Dragonfly- Anax imperator Blue Tailed Damselflies- Ischnura elegans Hairy Dragonfly-Brachytron pratense White Legged Damselflies- Platycnemis Common Blue Damselfly- Enallagma pennipes cyathigerum
Grasshoppers Meadow Grasshoppers- Chorthippus Common Field Grasshopper- Chorthippus parallelus brunneus
Beetle: Green Tiger Beetle- Cicindela campestris
Birds Garden Warbler- Sylvia borin Whitethroats- Sylvia communis Blackcap- Sylvia atricapilla Starlings- Sternus vulgaris Willow Warbler- Phylloscopus trochilus Pied Wagtail- Motacilla alba yarrelli Chiff chaff- Phylloscopus colybita Blackbirds- Turdus merula Song Thrush- Turdus philomelos Swifts- Apus apus Robins- Erthricus rubecula Reed Bunting- Emberiza schoeniclus Swallows- Hirundo rustica Buzzard- Buteo buteo Reed Warblers- Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Flora Bee Orchids- Ophrys apifera Eyebrights- Euphrasia officinalis Greater Butterfly Orchids- Platanthera Creeping Cinquefoil- Potentilla reptans chlorantha Agrimony- Agrimonia eupatoria Common Spotted Orchids- Dactyrhiza fuchsii Zig-Zag Clover- Trifolium medium Twayblades- Listera ovata Red Clover- Trifolium pratense Kidney Vetches-Anthyllis vulneraria White Clover- Trifolium repens Common Birdsfoot Trefoils- Lotus corniculatus Ladies Bedstraw- Galium vernum Horseshoe Vetch- Hippocrepis comosa Hedge Bedstraw- Galium mollugo Yellow Rattles- Rhinanthus minor Cleavers- Galium aparine Fairy Flax- Linum catharticum Ribbed Melliot- Melilotus officinalis
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Yellow Meadow Vetchling- Ragwort- Senico jacobaea Black Medick- Medicago lupulina Oxeye Daisies- Leucanthemum vulgare Self Heal- Prunella vulgaris Teasle- Dipsacus fullonum Cow Parsley- Anthriscus sylvestris Meadow Sweet- Filipendula ulmaria Hog Weed- Heracleum sphondylium Bulrushes/Common Club Rush- Schoenplectus Ribwort Plantain- Plantago lanceolata lacustris Common Centaury- Centaurium erythraea Reed mace- Typha latifolia Yellow-wort- Blackstonia perfoliata Rosebay Willowherb- Chamerion Quaking Grass- Briza media angustifolium Crested Dogstail Grass- Cynosurus cristatus Great Willowherb- Epilobium hirsutum Sweet Vernal Grass- Anthoxanthum odoratum Dasies- Bellis perennis Creeping Bent- Agrostis stolonifera Hawthorne- Cratageus monogyna Common Bent- Agrostis capillsris Blackthorn- Prunus spinose Meadow Fescue Grass- Festuca pratensis Ash- Fraxinus excelsior Yorkshire Fog- Holcus lanatus Sycamore- Acer pseudoplatinus Meadow Foxtail Grass-Alopecurus Wild Privet- Lingustrum vulgare Rough Meadow Grass- Poa trivialis Lesser Hawkbit- Leontodon saxatilis Smooth Meadow Grass- Poa pratensis Smooth Hawksbeard- Crepis capillaris Annual Meadow Grass- Poa annua Black Bryony- Tamus communis Soft Brome- Bromus hordaeceus Bristly Ox-tongue- Picris echioides Cock’s foot Grass- Dactylis glomerata Beaked Hawksbeard- Crepis vesicaria Great Mullien- Verbascum thapsus Lesser Hawkbit- Leontodon saxatilis Weld-Reseda luteola Common Catsear- Hypochaeris radicata Milkwort- Polygala vulgaris Rough Hawksbit- Leontodon hispidus Thyme- Thymus polytrichus Lesser Dandelion- Taxaxacum sect Rest Harrow-Ononis repens Erythrosperma Common Spike Rushes- Eleocharis palustris Goatsbeard- Tragopogon pratensis Cyperus Sedge- Carex pseudocyperus Common Knapweed- Centaurea nigra Hard Rushes- Juncus inflexus Coltsfoot- Tussilago farfara Lesser Spearwort- Ranunculus flammula Germander Speedwell- Veronica chamaedrys Meadow Buttercups- Ranunculus acris Hedge Bindweed- Calystegia sepium Creeping Buttercups- Ranunculus repens Cowslip- Primula veris Scarlet Pimpernel- Anagallis arvensis Meadow Vetchling- Lathyrus pratensis Dwarf Thistle- Cirsium acaule Wild Strawberries- Fragaria vesca Welted Thistle- Carduus crispus Dog Rose- Rosa canina Wooly Thistles-Cirsium eriophorum Brambles- Rubus Fruticosa Agg. Spear Thistles- Cirsium vulgare Common Mouse-Ear- Cerastium fontanum Creeping Thistle- Cirsium arvense Common Nettles- Urtica diocea
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