Published by RUGBY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY www.rugbynaturalhistory.org.uk

PRESIDENT – Dr P Reeve

Newsletter No 250 July 2018

Contents this edition ~Minibus trip: Rutland Water (book now!) ~News of members ~Summer field visit reports ~ Winter indoor meetings: dates for your diary ~Data protection information ~Current committee members (with contact information) Appendices included: species lists for Grove Hill, Snitterfield Bushes, Dunchurch Meadows, Stockton Cutting and Tasker’s Meadow

Photos © Paul Hodges: cowslip carpet; thimble morel; semi-free morel at Grove Hill reserve

Minibus trip? Speak up now!

Rutland Water. Would you like to travel by minibus to our Rutland Water field visit on Thursday 6 September? Several members requested that we arrange this and David Knapp is willing to do so as long as there is sufficient interest - at least sixteen people would be

1 needed. The cost of a minibus would be £20 per person. The departure/return point would, as usual, be St Mark’s Church car park in Bilton, with additional pick up/drop off points in

Long Itchington and Marton. The proposed return visit to Oxford Natural History Museum was cancelled because there were not enough people to make it viable. This is therefore now the FINAL CALL (!) for Rutland Water. If you would be interested in travelling by minibus, please let David know by Wednesday 1 August 2018 and he will then get back to you with further details. Tel. 01788 817346 or e:mail [email protected]

News of members

Most members will already know that Frank Ollerenshaw died in May. Nine of us attended his funeral, where we learned that he had served in young people’s organisations, as well as being a member both of the society and of Warwickshire Wildlife Trust and having many other interests. We shall miss him.

We were saddened to hear from her daughter that Gwen Bale had recently died. Gwen was a vice-president of RNHS until our AGM in February, when Ted Pearson reminded us of her large contribution to the society over many years. Some of this was recorded in the April newsletter.

Our thoughts remain with their families.

Summer field visit reports

Thanks to everyone who has sent in a report from the first part of the summer field visit season: Biddy Allen; Lyn Classey; Paul Hodges; and Janice Tolley-Hodges. You, too, could send in a visit report. No special qualifications are needed and you don’t need to provide the sort of extensive species list that Paul compiles if you don’t want to. (As is now usual, these are in appendices and give a more detailed picture than the brief notes here. The lists also contribute to official records via copies of this newsletter.) Please have a go - just imagine that you’re telling some friends about the trip (which, in a way, you are).

Don’t forget that the remaining visits for this summer are on the printed programme card which was available at indoor meetings and was in a file attached to the email carrying the July newsletter. (They are Combroke for Oxhouse Farm on 21 July, Brandon Marsh on 4 August, Crick on 25 August, Rutland Water on 6 September [see above!], Swift Valley on 22 September and Coombe Country Park on 6 October.) Remember also to note whether a visit is to a restricted site. These are marked on the list, and open to RNHS members only, on the date organised. Gathering time at each site is ten minutes prior to the given time so that the visit can start promptly.

Grove Hill On Saturday 28 April members were treated to forty-three flora species, twenty-three birds, eight fungi, six lichens, four mosses, one alga, signs of four mammalian species, two types of 2 newts, with evidence of egg laying, and tadpoles of both frog and toad. Paul’s full list of species is in Appendix 1, three of them shown in photos on the front page above.

Snitterfield Bushes A group of the RNHS stalwarts turned out on Saturday 12 May to explore this classic Warwickshire Wildlife Trust site. The species list for the SSSI is in Appendix 2. PH

Draycote Meadows Eight members arrived at Draycote Meadows SSSI (Thursday 24 May) to a sea of yellow buttercups. The weather was cold and windy, with a short shower of rain at the beginning and end of the walk. The weather was such a contrast from the previous hot and summer-like few days. Underneath the golden buttercups were the green winged orchids. Due to the chilly wind there were no butterflies; however a blackcap was singing amongst the hawthorn blossom. There were a couple of common spotted orchids in flower and many adder’s tongue ferns. The moonwort remained elusive!

Our bird list was sparrowhawk, blackcap, buzzard, rook, woodpeckers, nuthatch, chiff chaff, willow warbler and blackbird.

The flora list was buttercups, green winged orchid, common spotted orchid, adder’s tongue fern, pignut, hawthorn, cowslip, twayblade, meadow vetchling, meadowsweet, English elm and blackthorn. JT-H

Adder’s tongue orchid at Draycote Meadows

photo © Lyn Classey

Dunchurch Meadows Eight people were on this trip (Saturday 9 June). The highlights were colonies of common spotted orchids (50+ spikes), displaying lapwing, green woodpecker, song thrush, ragged robin, two species of speedwell, large and small skipper butterflies, common blue butterflies, common knapweed, yellow barred brindle moth, yellow shell moth and pignuts in flower. See also Appendix 3. PH and JT-H Stockton Cutting and Tasker’s Meadow A few RNHS members assembled on Saturday 23 June and were treated, due to the hot and sunny conditions, to range of butterflies, dragonflies, damselflies and flora. Some things were going over as we hadn't had any real rain for over three weeks at that time. Highlights were greater butterfly orchids, six-spot burnet moths, marbled white butterflies, grizzled skippers,

3 dingy skippers, three species of grasshopper, green field tiger beetles hunting solitary wasps and bees. Appendix 4 gives a full species list. PH

Pond morning About twenty members attended Peter and Kay's pond morning (Thursday 5 July). We had an enjoyable morning watching dragonflies and damselflies at the quickly maturing pond, and looked at the night’s catch in the moth trap. Peter's pond was declared open and we helped him demolish a welcome buffet lunch. It may be that a full species list will appear in the next newsletter. LC

© Lyn Classey

Moth morning On Friday 6 July, fourteen members had a fabulous blue sky morning looking at and trying to identify, due to the warm night, hundreds of moths from moth traps belonging to Roy and Biddy Allen, David and Sue Knapp, Graham Robson and Paul and Janice Hodges. Some of those identified are listed below. A really good morning - we enjoyed it! BA

Angle Shades Dusky Sallow Polar Grey Beautiful Hook-tip Early Thorn Poplar Hawkmoth Bright-line Brown-eye Elephant Hawkmoth Riband Wave Brimstone Flame Round-winged Muslin Rustic Brown-line Bright-eye Flame Shoulder Scarce Footman Buff Arches Garden Carpet Short-cloaked Moth Buff Ermine Ghost Moth (female) Silver Y Buff Footman Green Pug Single-dotted Wave Buff Tip Grey Dagger Small Angle Shades Burnished Brass Heart and Dart Small Blood-vein Cabbage Heart and Club Small Fan-footed Wave Clay Iron Prominent Smoky Wainscot Cloaked Minor Large Emerald Snout Clouded Border Large Yellow Underwing Spectacle Common Footman Large Twin-spot Carpet Swallowtail Common Rustic Leopard Moth Swallow Prominent Coronet Lesser Yellow Underwing Sycamore Dark Arches Light Arches Tawny Marbled Minor Dingy Footman Lunar-spotted Pinion Uncertain Dot Marbled Minor V Pug Double Square-spot Peach Blossom Vines Rustic Drinker Phoenix Wainscot Dunbar Plain Golden Y Willow Beauty

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Autumn-spring programme

Many thanks to Paul and Janice, who once again have organised a varied programme of evening talks for our forthcoming Thursday evening indoor meetings. To make sure that you don’t miss any, please put these dates in your diary now.

2018 September 27, Paul Hodges, An explanation of Local Biodiversity Action Plans for priority habitats and species in Warwickshire October 11, Jan Clemons (WART), Amphibians and Reptiles in Warwickshire October 25, John and Val Roberts, Astonishing Fungi November 8, Steve Brookes, Conservation of Lear’s Macaw in Brazil November 22, Matthew Merritt, Birds and Wildlife of the Falkland Islands December 6, Photographic competition (with raffle and buffet)

2019 January 10, Tricia Scott (Warwickshire Bat Group), Ecology and Conservation UK of Bats January 24, Scott Hackett, Temple Balsall and Cuttle Pool Nature Reserve February 7, Dr Chris Leach, Change perspectives of Galls and their communities February 21, AGM, followed by a quiz set by Janice Tolley-Hodges and Paul Hodges March 7, Fern Hodges and Tony Landless, UK Wildlife Cruise March 21, Annual dinner (with raffle, though tickets will be available in advance)

Data protection (the General Data Protection Regulation [GDPR] refers) To comply with the data protection regulations which came into effect in May, your consent is required for the society to hold your personal information. As a member of the RNHS, 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 RNHS. The data recorded are taken from the annual membership application form and consist of name, address, telephone number and email address. These data are held securely in password protected files. Your details will not be passed on to any other organisation or third party and will be deleted if you leave the society. You have the right to see what information is held and, if required, to have it changed.

And you can...

Do let one of the committee know if you have an idea for a society coach trip. The destination should be within a reasonable distance and ideally provide options for things to do. Please note, though, that if there isn’t enough support for a minibus to take us to Rutland Water, then we shall probably decide not to attempt further coach trips.

Send in a report (formal or informal) on any field trip you go on. You don’t have to produce a list of all the sightings - just let any committee member present know that you’ll jot some notes on the visit then email them to the editor by the deadline for the next edition. Thanks for photographs in this edition to Lyn Classey, Paul Hodges (and vecteezy.com for the minibus!).

Consider what committee post you might like to stand for next year – some current holders intend to stand down early in 2019. Talk to one of them to see what might be involved. 5

Next newsletter and apology

This is due for publication in October 2018, so please email articles to the editor (Fern Hodges, see below) by Sunday 30 September. Please remember that you will only receive appendices either if your newsletter comes by email or (for those who still need a printed hard copy) if you let Lyn Classey know that you’d like to have them added. Ideas for items in future newsletters would be welcome, so please do let me know about any you have (or just send the items in!). Meanwhile, the editor’s apologies to Peter Reeve, who was without his proper title in the April edition’s heading – now restored.

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, 44 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]

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Appendix 1 Species list for Grove Hill Nature Reserve, SP112547 28 April 2018, 10.00 am – 1.00 pm Compiled by Paul E Hodges CEnv, CMIEEM, PgDip, BSc(Hons), NVQ III, NEBSMC, C & G II

Flora Common Gromwell-Lithospermum officinale Hairy St John’s wort-Hypericum hirsutum (Rosettes) Square Stemmed St Johns wort-Hypericum Hounds Tongue Cynoglossum officinale (Rosettes) tetrapterum Snakes-head Fritillaries-Fritillaria melegris (3 Honeysuckle-Loncera periclymenum flowering) Ash-Fraxinus excelsior (standards & coppice) Common Twayblades-Listera ovata Grey Willow/Osier-Salix cinerea Common Spotted Orchids-Dactylorhiza Hawthorn-Crategeus monogyna fuchsii(Rosettes) Blackthorn-Prunus spinosa Cowslips-Primula veris Wild Cherry-Prunus avium Primroses-Primula vulgaris Bird Cherry-Prunus padus Lesser Celendines-Ranunculus ficaria, Wayfaring Tree-Sorbus lantana Meadow Sweet-Filipendula ulmaria, Silver Birch-Betula pendula Creeping Buttercups-Ranunculus repens Alder-Alnus glutinosa Common Dog Violets-Viola riviniana, Elder-Sambucus nigra Hairy Violets-Viola hirta Crab Apple-Malus sylvestris in blossom Ground Ivy- Glechoma hederacea Coltsfoot-Tussilago farfara Dogs Mercury-Mercurialis perennis Hedge Bedstraw-Gallium mullugo Wild Strawberries-Fragaria vesca Garlic Mustard-Alliaria petiolata Creeping Cinquefoils-Potentilla reptans Dog Rose-Rosa canina Common Birds foot trefoils-Lotus corniculatus Field Roses-Rosa arvensis Great (Hairy) Willowherbs-Eplobium hirsutum Soft Rushes-Juncus effusus Rosebay Willowherbs-Chamerion angustifolium Glaucous Sedge-Carx flacca Marsh Thistles-Crisium palustre Field Woodrushes (Luzula campestre) Teasles- Birds Sparrowhawk -Accipiter Nisus Mistle Thrushes-Turdus Viscivorus Buzzard -Buteo Buteo Song Thrushes-Turdus Philomelos Whitethroats-Sylvia Communis Blackbirds-Turdus Merula Blackcaps -Sylvia Atricapilla Skylarks-Alauda Arvensis Chiff Chaffs-Phylloscopus Colybita Green Woodpecker-Picus Viridis Ravens-Corvus Corax Chaffinches- Fringilla Coelebs Rooks-Corvus Frugilegus Greenfinches- Carduelis Cholris Carrion Crows-Corvus Corone Long Tailed Tits-Aegithalos Caudatus Jackdaws-Corvus Monedula Great Tit- Parus Major Robins-Erithacus Rubecula Blue Tits-Cyansties Caeruleus Dunnocks-Prunella Modularis Starlings-Sternus Vulgaris Wrens-Trolodytes Troglodytes Mammals Roe Deer-Capreolus capreolus- Signs Domestic Sheep- Signs,droppings, Rabbits-Oryctolagus cuniculus hoofprints in mud Eurasian Badger-Meles meles - Sett & Signs Fungi Semi-free Morel-Mitrophora semilibera Hyphodontia sambuci-Elder Whitewash Thimble Morel-Verpa conica Coprinus lagopus St George’s Mushrooms-Calocybe-Tricholoma Coprinus plicatilis gambosum Peniophora Yellow Cow Pat Toadstool-Bolbitius vitellinus quercina 7

Amphibians Great Crested Newt-Triturus cristatus Evidence of Newt Egg Laying- Folded Over Leaves (1st Pond-seen- through Binoculars) Common Toads tadpoles-Bufo bufo Common/Smooth Newts-Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frogs tadpoles-Rana temporaria (1st pond seen M+F) Blue Green Algae- Knostock Lichens Mosses Xanthoria parietina Leucobryum glaucum Physia adscendens Schistidium apocarpum (on rock strata in old Lecanora muralis Quarries) Hypogymnia physoides Funaria hygrometrica (On old fire sites) Hypogymnia tubulosa Bryum argenteum Parmelia saxatilis

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Appendix 2 Species list for Snitterfield Bushes Nature Reserve 12 May 2018, 10.00 am – 12.30 pm Compiled by Paul E Hodges CEnv, CMIEEM, PgDip, BSc(Hons), NVQ III, NEBSMC, C & G II

Birds Green Woodpecker – Picus viridis Song Thrushes – Turdus philomelos Great Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopus major Robin- Erthraicus rubecula Great Tits- Parus major Wrens- Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tits- Cyansties caerulescens Stock Doves- Columba oenas Chiff Chaffs- Phylloscopus colybita Buzzards- Buteo buteo Willow Warbler- Phylloscopus trochilus Chaffinches- Fringilla coelebs Blackcaps – Sylvia atricapilla Coal Tits- Parus ater Flora Early Purple Orchids- Orchis mascula Herb Paris – Paris quadrifolia Greater Butterfly Orchids (Rosettes)- Platanthera Bugle- Ajuga reptans chlorantha Enchanter’s Nightshade- Circaea lutetiana Yellow Arch-Angel – Lamiastrum galebdolon Wood Millet- Milium effusum Bluebells- Hyacinthoides non-scripta Yellow Pimpernel- Lysimachia nemorum Ground Ivy – Glechoma hederacea Common Dog Violets- Viola riviniana Garlic Mustard – Alliaria petiolata Black Bryony- Tamus communis Hedge Bindweed – Calystegia sepium Sweet Wood Ruff- Galium odorata Cleavers – Galium apartine Cuckoo Flower- Cardamine pratensis Hazel- Corylus avellana Primroses- Primula vulgaris Pedunculate Oak- Quercus robur Wild Strawberries- Fragaria vesca Germander Speedwell- Veronica chamyardrys Common Valerian –Valeriana officinalis Wood Speedwell- Veronica montana Common Spotted Orchids – Dactylorhiza fuchsii Ivy-Leaved Speedwell- Veronica hederifolia Meadow Sweet- Filipendula ulmaria Herb Robert- Gernanium roberticum Eyebright- Euphrasia spp White Dead Nettles- Lamium album Ladies Bedstraw – Galium verum Nettles- Urtica diocea Creeping Cinquefoils – Potentilla reptans Dandelions- Taraxacum ssp. Daisies – Bellis perenis Hawthorne- Cratageus monogyna Common Figwort –Scrophularia nodosa Ash- Fraxinus excelsior Lords and Ladies – Arum maculatum Cow Parsley- Anthriscus sylvestris Holly – Ilium aquifolium Wild Angelica- Angelica sylvestris Autumn Crocus- Crocus nudiflorus Fungi Daedaleopus cronfragosa – Blushing Brackets Turkey Tail - Polyporus acularius Birch Polypore- Piptoporus betulinus Lichens Xanthoria paretina – Orange Shields Lichens Cladonia diditata Parmelia saxatilis Cladonia fimbriata Parmelia sulcate Caloplaca citrina Ferns Male Ferns- Dryopteris filix-mas Broad Leaved Buckler Ferns- Dryopteris dilatata Scaley Male Ferns- Dryopteris affinis Mosses Leucobryum glaucum Funaria hygrometrica Ceratodon purpureus Bryum argenteum

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Appendix 3 Species list for Dunchurch Meadows Nature Reserve 9 June 2018 10.00 am – 11.45 am Compiled by Paul E Hodges CEnv, CMIEEM, PgDip, BSc(Hons), NVQ III, NEBSMC, C & G II

Flora: trees and shrubs in hedges, associated woodland and scrub Pedunculate Oak – Quercus robur Holly – Ilex europeaus Turkey Oak – Quercus cerris Cherries- Prunus avium & Prunus padus Hawthorne- Cratageus monogyna Gorse- Ulex europaeus Blackthorn- Prunus spinose Silver Birch – Betula pendula Ash – Fraxinus excelsior Norway Maple – Acer platinoides Guelder Rose- Vibernum opulus Elder- Sambucus Nigra Hornbeam- Carpinus betulus Crab Apple- Malus slyvestris Sycamore- Acer psudoplatinus Grey Poplar- Populus x canesscens Flora: flowers Goats Beard- Tragopon pratensis Sweet Vernal Grass- Anthoxanthum odoratum Common Spotted Orchids- Dactylorhiza fuchsii Crested Dogstail Grass- Cynosurus cristatus Hogweed- Heracleum sphondylrum Cock’s Foot Grass- Dactylis glomerata Creeping Thistles- Cirsium arvense Red Fescue Grass- Festuca rubra Common Ragwort- Senecio jacobaea Common Bent Grass- Agrostis capillaris Yellowrattle- Rhinanthus minor Sorrel- Rumex acetosa Ragged Robin- Lychnis flos-cuculi Great Hairy Willowherb- Epilobium hirsutum Black Medick- Medicago lupulina Meadow Sweet- Filipendula ulmaria Birdsfoot Trefoil- Lotus corniculatus Green Field-Speedwells- Veronica agrestis White Clover- Trifolium repens Grey Field Speedwells- Veronica polita Red Clover- Trifolium pratense Fox & Cubs-Pilosella aurantiaca(Orange Hawkbit / Ribwort Plantain- Plantago lanceolata Devils Paint Brush) Field Mouse Eared Chickweed- Cerastuim arvense Zig Zag Clover- Trifolium medium Hawkweeds- Hieracium spp. Agg. Pignuts- Conipodium majus Hawk-beards- Crepis spp. Agg. Purple Bush Vetch- Vicia sepium Timothy Grass- Phleum pratense Common Knapweed- Centaurea nigra Upright Hedge-Parsley- Torilis japonica Oxeye Daisies- Leucanthemum vulgare Fungi: King Alfreds Cakes- Daldinia concentrica Birds Green Woodpecker-Picus viridis Jackdaws- Corvus monedula Lapwing- Vanellus vanellus Displaying(LBAP Priority Buzzards- Buteo buteo Species for Warwickshire) Chaffinches- Fringilla coelebs Skylark- Alauda arvensis (LBAP Priority Species for Mallards- Anas platyrhynchos Warwickshire) Blue Tits- Cyansties caeruleus Blackcap- Sylvia atricapilla Blackbirds- Turdus merula Robin- Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crows- Corvus corone Song Thrush- Turdus philomelos (LBAP Priority Great Spotted Woodpeckers-Dendrocopus major Species) Insects Meadow Brown Butterflies- Maniola jurtina Yellow Shell Moth- Camptogramma bilineata Silver Y Moths- Autographa gamma Common Blue Butterflies-Polyommatus icarus Red Tailed Bumblebees- Bombus lapidarius Common Blue Damselflies- Enallagma cyathigerum White Tailed Bumblebees- Bombus lucorum Large Skipper Butterflies- Ochlodes sylvanus Yellow-Barred Brindle Moth- Acasis viretata Small Skipper Butterflies- Thymelicus sylvestris Mammals (signs) Fox kill site- vulpes vulpes Rabbit droppings- oryctolagus cuniculus Reeves muntjac deer lie- muntiacus reevesi 10

Appendix 4 Species list for Stockton Cutting and Tasker’s Meadow 23 June 2018, 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Compiled by Paul E Hodges CEnv, CMIEEM, PgDip, BSc(Hons), NVQ III, NEBSMC, C & G II

Flora Woolly Thistles- Cirsium eriophorum Red Clover- Trifolium pratense Stemless Thistles- Cirsium acaule White Clover- Trifolium repens Welted Thistles- Cardus crispus Purple-Loosestrife- Lythrum salicaria Spear Thistles- Cirsium vulgare Bristly Ox-Tongue- Picris echioides Creeping Thistles- Cirsium arvense Yellow Vetchling- Lathyrus aphaca Common Knapweed- Centaurea nigra Meadow Vetchling- Lathyrus pratensis Agrimony-Agrimonia eupatoria Field Scabious- Knautia arvensis Common Centaury- Centaurium erythraea Dog Rose- Rosa cannina Rest Harrow- 0nonis repens Field Rose- Rosa arvensis Yellow Wort- Blackstonia perfoliata Dogwood- Cornus sangunea Wild Thyme- Clinopodium vulgare Red Bartsia- Odontites vernus Ribbed Melliot- Melilotus officinalis Eyebrights- Euphrasia spp. Greater Butterfly Orchids- Platanthera chlorantha Weld- Reseda luteola (Spikes: 15 Tasker’s Meadow, 9 Stockton Cutting) Wild Privet- Lingustrum vulgare Common Spotted Orchids- Dactylorhiza fuchsii Black Medic- Medicago lupulina Oxeye Daisies- Leucanthemum vulgare Wood False Brome- Brachypodium sylvaticum Daisies- Bellis perenis Annual Meadow Grass- Poa annua Rosebay Willow-herb- Chamerion angustifolium Rough Meadow Grass- Poa trivalis Great Hairy Willowherb- Epilobium hirsutum Smooth Meadow Grass- Poa pratensis Yellow Rattle- Rhinanthus minor Large Quaking Grass- Briza maxima Cowslips- Primula veris Common Quaking Grass- Briza media Fairy Flax- Linum catharticum Crested Dog’s Tail Grass-Cynosaurus cristatus Common Spike Rushes- Eleocharis palustris Yorkshire Fog Grass- Holcus lanatus False Fox Sedge- Carex otrubae Sweet Vernal Grass- Anthoxanthum odoratum Soft Rushes- Juncus effusus Meadow Fox-tail Grass-Alopecurus pratensis Hard Rushes- Juncus inflexus Black Bryony- Tamus communis Sharp Rushes- Juncus acutiflorus Coltsfoot- Tussilago farfara Wild Parsnips-Pastinaca sativa Common Ragwort- Senico jacobaea Ladies Bedstraw- Galium verum Opium Poppy- Papaver somniferum Hedge Bedstraw- Galium mullogo Goats-beard- Tragopogon pratensis Cleavers- Galium aparine Wild Strawberries- Fragaria vesca Kidney Vetches- Anthyllis vulneraria Creeping Cinquefoil- Potentilla reptans Common Birds-foot Trefoils- Lotus corniculatus Wild Cherries- Prunus avium Common Twayblades- Neottia ovata Blackthorn- Prunus spinosa Common Milkwort- Polygala vulgaris Hawthorn- Crategeus monogyna Smooth Tare- Vicia tetrasperma Birds Swallows- Hirundo rustica Song Thrushes- Turdus philomelos House Martins- Delichon urbica Mistle Thrushes- Turdus viscivorus Swifts- Apus apus Great Spotted Woodpecker- Dendrocopus major Blackcaps- Sylvia atricapilla Wood Pigeons- Columba palumbus Chiff Chaffs- Phylloscopus colybita Buzzard- Buteo buteo Blackbirds- Turdus merula Whitethroats- Sylvia communis Insects- grasshoppers Meadow Grasshoppers- Chorthippus parallelus Common Green Grasshoppers- Omocestus Field Grasshoppers- Chorthippus brunneus viridulus 11

Insects – dragonflies and damselflies Black-Tailed Skimmer Dragonflies- Orthetrum White-Legged Damselflies- platycnemis pennipes cancellatum(TaskersM) Common Blue Damselflies- Enallagma syathigerum Brown Hawker Dragonflies- Aeshna grandis (Taskers Meadow) Insects - butterflies Ringlets- Aphantopus hyperantus Large Skippers- Ochlodes venatus Marbled White Butterflies- Melanargia galathea Small Skippers- Thymelicus sylvestris (Stockton Cutting & Taskers Meadow) Grizzled Skipper Butterfly- Pyrgus malvae (Stockton Common Blue Butterflies- Polyommatus icarus Cutting) Meadow Brown Butterflies- Maniola jurtina Dingy Skipper Butterfly- Erynnis tages (Stockton Gatekeeper Butterflies- Pyronia tithonus Cutting) Speckled Wood Butterflies- Parage aegeria Insects -other 6 Spot Burnet Moths- Zygaena filipendulae Yellow Meadow Ants- Lasius flavus stephensi Solitary Mining Bees Green (Field) Tiger Beetles- Cicindela campestris on Hunting Solitary Bees & Solitary Wasps Blue Lias clay spoil-heap of Stockton Cutting Fungi Dryads Saddles- Polyporus squamosus Turkey Tails- Coriolus versicolor

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