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Mill Common, Southrepps Parish: Southrepps Grid Reference:TG 264347 Area: 12.4Ha District: North Norfolk Survey Date: 17/09/18 WILDLIFE IN COMMON SURVEY Wildlife in Common Survey Site Name: Mill Common, Southrepps Parish: Southrepps Grid reference:TG 264347 Area: 12.4ha District: North Norfolk Survey date: 17/09/18 Registered Common Number – CL 389 Habitat description: Small oak (Quercus robur) dominated woodland with, at times, dense holly (Ilex aquifolium), blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) and bramble (Rubus fruticosa agg.) in shrub layer. Sloping down to the north, alder (Alnus glutinosa) dominates in the damper woodland. There is occasional willow (Salix sp.) and sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus). The damper area of woodland has rare angelica (Angelica sylvestris), water mint (Mentha aquatica) and occasional redcurrant (Ribes rubrum). Remote sedge (Carex remota), soft rush (Juncus effusus) and bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara) occur in and around an old, dry pond. Broad buckler fern (Dryopteris dilatata) is occasional. The south of the site is drier, and in places has bracken (Pteridium aquilinum), gorse (Ulex europaeus) and broom (Cytisus scoparius). Annotated habitat map (showing target note numbers): 1 WILDLIFE IN COMMON SURVEY Target notes for Mill Common map 1 C1 Bracken 2 A1.1 Oak and holly woodland with a small patch of acidic grassland species with common bent (Agrostis capillaris), tormentil (Potentilla erecta), hawkweed agg. (Hieracium agg.). Also broom and gorse. Area of past sand extraction in the south east part of the site. 3 Young oaks 4 A1.1 Alder dominated woodland with willow, redcurrant, water mint, broad buckler, angelica, hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica), remote sedge and soft rush. An old pond in the north east corner. 5 A2 North west corner inaccessible scrub of holly and bramble 6 Mature oak, very large apple (Malus sp.) and large sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus). 7 Sapling young oaks Target note for Mill Common boundaries 8 J2.8 On the east old banks with mature oaks and hollies J2.8 On the west bank an old bank but the boundary became inaccessible half way down On the north bank a ditch and wire which then became inaccessible towards the west On the south bank boundary of mature oaks with recent planting of blackthorn hedging. 2 obvious entrances into the common can be found. Other notable species: Include non-plant species eg turtle dove/barn owl/dingy skipper Common frogs breeding on site – for other fauna please see list below. Adjacent habitats/potential buffer zones & linkage to other sites: Is the site next to another CWS/SSSI? Is there similar habitat adjacent or is the site surrounded by agricultural land? Mill Common is one of five commons in Southrepps, one a SSSI and one a CWS. To the north of Mill Common is another CWS. There are residential properties to the west of the Common. Is the site in positive conservation management? Please give details of management if possible eg is it grazed/cut for hay/coppiced/no management? Is the site in a stewardship scheme/got a management plan etc Non-intervention. Brief management proposals: Non-intervention. 2 WILDLIFE IN COMMON SURVEY Habitat map 3 WILDLIFE IN COMMON SURVEY PLANT LIST Site: Mill Common, Southrepps Date of survey: 02/07/18 Surveyor: Margaret Dowland and Lynn Crooks Species Common name Comments name/Scientific name Alnus glutinosa Alder Malus domestica Apple Fraxinus excelsior Ash Solanum dulcamara Bittersweet(Woody Nightshade) Fallopia convovulus Black Bindweed Tamus communis Black Bryony Prunus spinosa Blackthorn Pteridium aquilinum Bracken Rubus fruticosus agg. Bramble Dryopteris dilatata Broad Buckler-fern Rumex obtusifolius Broad-leafed Dock Cytisus scoparius Broom Galium aparine Cleavers Ceratocapnos claviculata Climbing Corydalis Dactylis glomerata Cock's-foot Stellaria media Common Chickweed Urtica dioica Common Nettle Phragmites australis Common Reed Anthriscus sylvestris Cow Parsley Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Cruciata laevipes Crosswort Hesperis matronalis Dames violet Taraxacum agg. Dandelion Mercurialis perennis Dog's Mercury Rosa canina Dog-rose Lemna minor Duck weed (common) Sambucus nigra Elder Arrhenatherum elatius False Oat Grass Equisetum arvense Field Horsetail Apium nodiflorum Fool's Watercress Digitalis purpurea Foxglove Alliaria petiolata Garlic Mustard Ulex europaeus Gorse Plantago major Greater Plantain Aegopodium podagraria Ground Elder Glechoma hederacea Ground-ivy Senecio vulgaris Groundsel Hieracium agg. Hawkweed agg. Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn Stachys sylvatica Hedge woundwort Geranium robertianum Herb Robert Heracleum sphondylium Hogweed Ilex aquifolium Holly 4 WILDLIFE IN COMMON SURVEY Species Common name Comments name/Scientific name Lonicera periclymenum Honeysuckle Humulus lupulus Hop Hedera helix Ivy Polygonum aviculare Knotgrass Cardamine amara Large Bittercress Arum maculatum Lords-and-Ladies Cirsium palustre Marsh Thistle Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort Lapsana communis Nipplewort Quercus robur Pedunculate Oak Lolium perenne Perennial Rye-grass Matricaria discoidea Pineappleweed Oxalis articulata Pink Sorrel Sonchus asper Prickly Sowthistle Rubus idaeus Raspberry Silene dioica Red Campion Ribes rubrum Red Currant Lamium purpureum Red Dead Nettle Persicaria maculosa Redshank Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Poa trivialis Rough Meadow-grass Sorbus aucuparia Rowan Symphytum x uplandicum Russian Comfrey Tripleurospermum inodorum Scentless Mayweed Sonchus oleraceus Smooth Sowthistle Juncus effusus Soft Rush Cirsium vulgare Spear Thistle Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore Potentilla erecta Tormentil Mentha aquatica Water Mint Cardamine flexuosa Wavy Bittercress Angelica sylvestris Wild Angelica Salix sp. Willow Geum urbanum Wood Avens(Herb Bennet) Achillea millefolium Yarrow Fauna Date Seen Species Name Scientific Name 4.6.18 Common frog tadpoles Rana temporaria 2.7.18 Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus 2.7.18 Common carder bee Bombus pascuorum 2.7.18 Hoverfly Chysotoxum Cautum 2.7.18 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina 2.7.18 Longhorn beetle - Strangalia Maclata 2.7.18 Common Green Caspid Lygocoris pabulinus 5 WILDLIFE IN COMMON SURVEY Date Seen Species Name Comments 2.7.18 Cream Wave Moth Scopula floslactata 2.7.18 The Herald Moth Scoliopteryx libatrix 2.7.18 White/Buff tailed Bee Worker – difficult to id. 2.7.18 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria 11.10.18 Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 31.3.19 Tawny mining bee Andrena fulva 31.3.19 Frogspawn Rana temporaria 24.5.19 Red-tailed bumble bee Bombus lapidarius 24.5.19 Shrill carder bee Bombus sylvarum 24.5.19 Early bumblebee Bombus pratorum 24.5.19 Tree bumblebee Bombus hypnorum 24.5.19 Click beetle Athos Haemorrhoidalis 24.5.19 Brown banded carder bee Bombus humilis 24.5.19 Oak apple gall Biorhiza pallida 24.5.19 Holly blue Celastrina argiolus 24.5.19 Ground beetle Nebria brevicollis 24.5.19 Common banded hoverfly Syrphus ribesii 24.5.19 Brimstone moth Opisthograptis luteolata 24.5.19 Yellow tailed moth caterpillar Euproctis similis 24.5.19 Orange tip Anthocharis cardamines 15.7.19 Chequered Hoverfly Melanostoma scalare 31.7.19 Holly leaf miner Phytomyza ilicis 31.7.19 Marmalade hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus 31.7.19 Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella 31.7.19 Harvestman spider Opiliones sp. 31.7.19 Bagworm moth larvae Psychidae sp. 31.7.19 Straw dot moth Rivula sericealis 31.7.19 Rose sawfly Arge pagana 31.7.19 Mother of Pearl Patania ruralis 31.7.19 Drone-fly Eristalis tenax 31.7.19 Hoverfly Chrysogaster solstitialis 31.7.19 Hoverfly Eupeodes corolla 31.7.19 Beetle Lagria hirta 31.7.19 Rose leaf-rolling Sawfly Blennocampa phyllocolpa 31.7.19 Blackthorn Gall Mite Eriophyes similis 31.7.19 Alder Gall Mite Eriophyes laevis 6 .
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