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Yorkhill Green Spaces Wildlife Species List Yorkhill Green Spaces Wildlife Species List April 2021 update Yorkhill Green Spaces Species list Draft list of animals, plants, fungi, mosses and lichens recorded from Yorkhill, Glasgow. Main sites: Yorkhill Park, Overnewton Park and Kelvinhaugh Park (AKA Cherry Park). Other recorded sites: bank of River Kelvin at Bunhouse Rd/ Old Dumbarton Rd, Clyde Expressway path, casual records from streets and gardens in Yorkhill. Species total: 711 Vertebrates: Amhibians:1, Birds: 57, Fish: 7, Mammals (wild): 15 Invertebrates: Amphipods: 1, Ants: 3, Bees: 26, Beetles: 21, Butterflies: 11, Caddisflies: 2, Centipedes: 3, Earthworms: 2, Earwig: 1, Flatworms: 1, Flies: 61, Grasshoppers: 1, Harvestmen: 2, Lacewings: 2, Mayflies: 2, Mites: 4, Millipedes: 3, Moths: 149, True bugs: 13, Slugs & snails: 21, Spiders: 14, Springtails: 2, Wasps: 13, Woodlice: 5 Plants: Flowering plants: 174, Ferns: 5, Grasses: 13, Horsetail: 1, Liverworts: 7, Mosses:17, Trees: 19 Fungi and lichens: Fungi: 24, Lichens: 10 Conservation Status: NameSBL - Scottish Biodiversity List Priority Species Birds of Conservation Concern - Red List, Amber List Last Common name Species Taxon Record Common toad Bufo bufo amphiban 2012 Australian landhopper Arcitalitrus dorrieni amphipod 2021 Black garden ant Lasius niger ant 2020 Red ant Myrmica rubra ant 2021 Red ant Myrmica ruginodis ant 2014 Buff-tailed bumblebee Bombus terrestris bee 2021 Garden bumblebee Bombus hortorum bee 2020 Tree bumblebee Bombus hypnorum bee 2021 Heath bumblebee Bombus jonellus bee 2020 Red-tailed bumblebee Bombus lapidarius bee 2021 White-tailed bumblebee Bombus lucorum senso lato bee 2020 Common carder bumblebee Bombus pascuorum bee 2021 Early bumblebee Bombus pratorum bee 2021 Forest cuckoo bumblebee Bombus sylvestris bee 2020 Bloomed furrow bee Lasioglossum albipes bee 2020 Common furrow bee Lasioglossum calceatum bee 2020 Turquoise furrow bee Lasioglossum cupromicans bee 2019 Smooth-faced furrow bee Lasioglossum fratellum bee 2020 Smeathman's furrow bee SBL Lasioglossum smeathmanellum bee 2021 Honeybee Apis mellifera bee 2020 Patchwork leafcutter bee Megachile centuncularis bee 2020 Willughby's leafcutter bee Megachile willughbiella bee 2020 Red mason bee SBL Osmia bicornis bee 2020 Gwynne's mining-bee Andrena bicolor bee 2020 Clarke's mining-bee Andrena clarkella bee 2020 Grey-banded mining-bee Andrena denticulata bee 2019 Orange-tailed mining-bee Andrena haemorrhoa bee 2020 Chocolate mining-bee Andrena scotica bee 2020 Marsham's nomad bee Nomada marshamella bee 2020 Fork-jawed nomad be Nomada ruficornis bee 2020 Davies' colletes SBL Colletes daviesanus bee 2020 click beetle Agriotes pallidulus beetle 2020 Common sun beetle Amara aenea beetle 2020 Ridged violet ground beetle Carabus problematicus beetle 2020 Rusty plate-jaw beetle Leistus ferrugineous beetle 2021 Common blackclock beetle Pterostichus madidus beetle 2021 Great blackclock beetle Pterostichus niger beetle 2020 Two-spot ladybird Adalia bipunctata beetle 2021 Ten-spotted ladybird Adalia decempunctata beetle 2020 Cream-spot ladybird Calvia quttuordecimguttata beetle 2015 Seven-spot ladybird Coccinella septempunctata beetle 2021 Orange ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata beetle 2018 Harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis beetle 2020 Varied carpet beetle Anthrenus verbasci beetle 2020 Green dock beetle Gastrophysa viridula beetle 2020 Cereal leaf beetle Oulema melanopus beetle 2020 Devil's coach horse Ocypus olens beetle 2020 Common snail-hunter beetle Phosphga atrata Beetle 2021 Common red soldier beetle Rhagonycha fulva beetle 2020 Thick-thighed flower beetle Oedemera virescens beetle 2020 Vine weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus beetle 2020 Green nettle weevil Phyllobius pomaceus beetle 2020 Pink footed goose Anser brachyrhynchus bird 2021 Canada goose Branta canadensis bird 2021 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo bird 2021 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula bird 2021 Raven Corvus corax bird 2021 Carrion Crow Corvus corone bird 2021 Rook Corvus frugilegus bird 2020 Jackdaw Corvus monedula bird 2021 Magpie Pica pica bird 2021 Dipper Cinclus cinclus bird 2021 Dunnock Prunella modularis bird 2021 Lesser redpoll SBL Acanthis cabaret bird 2018 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis bird 2021 Greenfinch Chloris chloris bird 2020 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs bird 2021 Bullfinch SBL Pyrrhula pyrrhula bird 2021 Siskin Spinus spinus bird 2020 Black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus bird 2021 Herring gull SBL Larus argentatus bird 2021 Common gull Larus canus bird 2021 Lesser black-backed gull SBL Larus fuscus bird 2021 Grey heron Ardea cinerea bird 2021 Kingfisher SBL Alcedo atthis bird 2020 Feral pigeon Columba livia domestica bird 2021 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus bird 2021 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus bird 2020 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus bird 2021 Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus bird 2020 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus bird 2021 House sparrow SBL Passer domesticus bird 2021 Starling SBL Sturnus vulgaris bird 2021 Sand martin Riparia riparia bird 2021 Swallow Hirundo rustica bird 2020 Swift SBL Apus apus bird 2019 Robin Erithacus rubecula bird 2021 Redwing Turdus iliacus bird 2021 Blackbird Turdus merula bird 2021 Song thursh SBL Turdus philomelos bird 2020 Fieldfare SBL Turdus pilaris bird 2020 Mistle thrush SBL Turdus viscivorus bird 2020 Long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus bird 2021 Blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus bird 2021 Great tit Parus major bird 2021 Coal tit Periparus ater bird 2021 Tree creeper Certhia familiaris bird 2021 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola bird 2021 Pied wagtail Motacilla alba bird 2021 Grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea bird 2021 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita bird 2020 Willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus bird 2020 Goldcrest Regulus regulus bird 2021 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla bird 2020 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus bird 2017 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos bird 2020 Mute swan Cygnus olor bird 2018 Gooseander Mergus merganser bird 2021 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes bird 2021 Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus butterfly 2020 Meadow brown Maniola jurtina butterfly 2020 Peacock Aglais io butterfly 2020 Small tortoiseshell Aglais urticae butterfly 2020 Red admiral Vanessa atalanta butterfly 2020 Painted lady Vanessa cardui butterfly 2020 Orange tip Anthocharis cardamines butterfly 2020 Clouded yellow Colias croceus butterfly 2012 Large white Pieris brassicae butterfly 2020 Green-veined white Pieris napi butterfly 2020 Small White Pieris rapae butterfly 2020 caddisfly Athripsodes albifrons caddisfly 2020 micro-caddisfly Hydroptila caddisfly 2019 Long-horned geophlius Geophilus flavus centipede 2021 Western yellow centipede Haplophilus terraneus centipede 2021 Common stone centipede Lithobius forficatus centipede 2020 Lob earthworm Lumbricus terrestris earthworm 2020 Blue-grey worm Octolasion cyaneum earthworm 2020 Common earwig Forficula auricularia earwig 2020 Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria Fern/horsetail 2021 Maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes Fern/horsetail 2021 Broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata Fern/horsetail 2021 Male-fern Dryopteris filix-mas Fern/horsetail 2021 Field horsetail Equisetum arvense Fern/horsetail 2020 Hart's-tongue fern Phyllitis scolopendrium Fern/horsetail 2021 European eel Anguilla Anguilla fish 2020 Stone loach Barbatula barbatula fish 2020 Three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus fish 2020 Sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus fish 2009 Minnow Phoxinus phoxinus fish 2020 Atlantic salmon Salmo salar fish 2020 Brown trout Salmo trutta fish 2020 New Zealand flatworm Arthurdendyus triangulatus flatworm 2021 Yarrow Achillea millefolium flower /shrub 2021 Ground elder Aegopodium podagraria flower /shrub 2020 Ladys mantle Alchemilla vulgaris flower /shrub 2020 Garlic mustard Alliaria petiolata flower /shrub 2021 Allium Allium giganteum flower /shrub 2020 Chives Allium schoenoprasum flower /shrub 2021 Wild garlic Allium ursinum flower /shrub 2021 Winter windflower Anemone blanda flower /shrub 2021 Cow parsley Anthriscus sylvestris flower /shrub 2021 Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris flower /shrub 2020 Thale cress Arabidopsis thaliana flower /shrub 2021 Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris flower /shrub 2020 Daisy Bellis perennis flower /shrub 2021 Downy birch Betula pubescens flower /shrub 2021 Borage Borago officinalis flower /shrub 2020 Siberian bugloss Brunnera macrophylla flower /shrub 2021 Butterfly bush Buddleja davidii flower /shrub 2021 Pot marigold Calendula officinalis flower /shrub 2020 Shepherd's purse Capsella bursa-pastoris flower /shrub 2021 Wavy bitter-cress Cardamine flexuosa flower /shrub 2021 Hairy bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta flower /shrub 2021 Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis flower /shrub 2020 Cornflower Centaurea cyanus flower /shrub 2020 Common knapweed Centaurea nigra flower /shrub 2021 Great knapweed Centaurea scabiosa flower /shrub 2020 Common mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum flower /shrub 2021 Rosebay willowherb Chamerion angustifolium flower /shrub 2020 Fat hen Chenopodium album flower /shrub 2020 Creeping thistle Cirsium arvense flower /shrub 2021 Spear thistle Cirsium vulgare flower /shrub 2021 Pink purslane Claytonia sibirica flower /shrub 2020 Field bind weed Convolvulus arvensis flower /shrub 2020 Cornelian-cherry Cornus mas flower /shrub 2021 Green-barked dogwood Cornus stolonifera flower /shrub 2021 Cotoneaster Cotoneaster flower /shrub 2021 Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna flower /shrub 2021 Lantern bush Crinodendron hookerianum flower /shrub 2021 Yellow crocus Crocus angustifolius x flavus flower /shrub 2021 Spring crocus Crocus vernus flower /shrub 2021 Dutch crocus Crocus x stellaris flower /shrub 2021 Ivy-leaved toadflax
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