NATURE RESERVES
Upper Orchid Field - Species Recorded
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Upper Orchid Field ......................................... Location ......................................... Species Recorded ......................................... Insectopia ......................................... Molluscopolis ......................................... Management Plan ......................................... |
WILDFLOWERS - 122 SPECIES
Achillea millefolium - Yarrow Adoxa moschatellina - Moschatel Agrimonia eupatoria - Agrimony Agrostema githago - Corncockle Alchemilla filicaulis ssp vestita - Ladys Mantle Alchemilla mollis - Ladys Mantle Allium ursinum - Wild garlic Anacamptis pyramidalis - Pyramidal Orchid Anemone nemorosa - Wood Anemone Anthriscus sylvestris - Cow Parsley Arum maculatum - Lords and Ladies Blackstonia perfoliata - Yellow Wort Borago officinalis - Borage Calendula officinalis - Pot Marigold Calystegia sepium - Hedge Bindweed Cardamine Hirsuta - Hairy Bittercress Cardamine pratensis - Cuckoo Flower Centaurea nigra - Common Knapweed Centaurium erythraea - Common Centaury Cerastium fontanum - Common Mouse-ear Chamerion angustifolium - Rosebay Chrysanthemum segetum - Corn Marigold Circaea lutetiana - Enchanter’s Nightshade Cirsium arvense - Creeping Thistle Cirsium palustre - Marsh Thistle Cirsium vulgare - Spear Thistle Conopodium majus - Pignut Convolvulus arvensis - Field Bindweed Conyza Canadensis - Canadian Fleabane Dactylorhiza fuchsii - Common Spotted Orchid Daucus carota ssp carota - Wild Carrot Digitalis purpurea - Foxglove Dipsacus fullonum - Teasel Epilobium hirsutum - Great Willowherb Epilobium montanum - Broad-leaved Willowherb Epilobium parviflorum - Hoary Willowherb Epipactis helleborine - Broad-leaved Helleborine Eupatorium cannabinum - Hemp Agrimony Euphrasia nemorosa - Eyebright Filipendula ulmaria - Meadowsweet Fragaria vesca - Wild Strawberry Galium aparine - Cleavers Geranium dissectum - Cut-leaved Cranesbill Geranium robertianum - Herb Robert Geum urbanum - Herb Bennett Glechoma hederacea - Ground Ivy Heracleum sphondylium - Hogweed Hyacinthoides non-scriptus - Bluebell Hypericum androsaemum - Tutsan Hypericum cf X inodorum Hypericum hirsutum - Hairy St Johns Wort Hypericum perforatum - Perforate St Johnís Wort Hypericum pulchrum - Slender St Johns Wort Hypericum tetrapterum - Square-stalked St Johns Wort Hypochaeris radicata - Cats Ear Knautia arvenis - Field Scabious Lamiastrum galeobdolon - Yellow Archangel Lathyrus pratensis - Meadow Vetchling Leucanthemum vulgare - Oxeye Daisy Linum catharticum - Fairy Flax Listera ovata - Common Twayblade Lotus corniculatus - Birds Foot Trefoil Lotus pedunculatus - Greater Birds Foot Trefoil Malva sylvestris - Common Mallow Meconopsis cambrica - Welsh Poppy Mercurialis perennis - Dogs Mercury Mimulus guttatus - Monkey Flower Myosotis arvensis - Field Forget-me-not Nigella damascena - Love-in-a-mist Odontites vernus - Red Bartsia Ononis repens - Common Restharrow Ophrys apifera - Bee Orchid Orchis mascula - Early Purple Orchid Papaver rhoeas - Field Poppy Paris quadrifolia - Herb Paris Picris echioides - Bristly Oxtongue Pilosella aurantiaca - Fox and Cubs Plantago lanceolata - Ribwort Plantain Platanthera chlorantha - Greater Butterfly Orchid Potentilla anserine - Silverweed Potentilla reptans - Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans - Hybrid with Trailing Tormentil Potentilla Sterilis - Barren Strawberry Primula veris - Cowslip Primula vulgaris - Primrose Primula X polyantha - False Oxlip Prunella vulgaris - Self-Heal Pulicaria dysenterica - Common Fleabane Ranunculus acris - Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus ficaria - Lesser Celandine Ranunculus repens - Creeping Buttercup Rhinanthus minor - Yellow Rattle Ribes rubrum - Redcurrant Rubus fruticosus agg. - Bramble Rumex acetosa - Common Sorrel Rumex obtusifolius - Broad-leaved Dock Sanguisorba minor - Salad Burnet Senecio erucifolius - Hoary Ragwort Senecio jacobaea - Common Ragwort Sherardia arvensis - Field Madder Silene dioica - Red Campion Solanum dulcamaria - Bittersweet Sonchus asper - Prickly Sowthistle Sonchus oleraceus - Smooth Sowthistle Stachys sylvatica - Hedge Woundwort Symphytum officinale - Common Comfrey Trifolium campestre - Hop Trefoil Trifolium medium - Zigzag Clover Trifolium pratense - Red Clover Trifolium repens - White Clover Tussilago farfara - Coltsfoot Urtica dioica - Nettle Verbascum Thapsus - Great Mullein Veronica chamaedrys - Germander Speedwell Veronica persica - Common Field Speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia - Thyme-leaved Speedwell Vicia cracca - Tufted Vetch Vicia sativa - Common Vetch Vicia sepium - Bush Vetch Viola odorata - Sweet Violet Viola reichenbakiana - Early Dog Violet Viola riviniana - Common Dog Violet CLIMBERS - 5 SPECIES Clematis vitalba - Travellerís Joy Hedera helix - Ivy Humulus lupulus - Hop Lonicera periclymenum - Honeysuckle Tamus communis - Black Bryony GRASSES - 15 SPECIES Agropyron repens - Couch Agrostis capillaries - Common Bent Agrostis stolonifera - Creeping Bent Anthoxanthum odoratum - Sweet Vernal Grass Arrhenatherum elatius - False Oat Grass Cynosurus cristatus - Crested Dogstail Dactylis glomerata - Cocksfoot Festuca gigantea - Giant Fescue Festuca ovina - Sheepís Fescue Festuca rubra - Red Fescue Holcus lanatus - Yorkshire Fog Phleum bertolonii - Small-leaved Timothy Phleum pratense - Timothy Poa trivialis - Rough Meadow Grass Trisetum flavescens - Yellow Oat Grass SEDGES - 3 SPECIES Carex flacca - Glaucous Sedge Carex hirta - Hairy Sedge Carex pendula - Pendulous Sedge FERNS - 8 SPECIES Asplenium ceterach - Rustyback Fern Asplenium scolopendrium - Harts Tongue Fern Asplenium trichomanes - Maidenhair Spleenwort Dryopteris dilatata - Broad Buckler Fern Dryopteris filix-mas - Common Male Fern Polypodium australe - Southern Polypody Polypodium CF interjectum Intermediate - Polypody Pteridium aquilinum - Bracken |
BUTTERFLIES - 18 SPECIES
Aphantopus hyperantus - Ringlet Celastrina argiolus - Holly Blue Gonepteryx rhamni - Brimstone Inachis io - Peacock Lycaena phlaeas - Small Copper Maniola jurtina - Meadow Brown Ochlodes venatus - Large Skipper Pararge aegeria tircis - Speckled Wood Pieris brassicae - Large White Pieris napi - Green-veined White Polygonium c-album - Comma Vanessa atalanta - Red Admiral Vanessa cardui - Painted Lady Polyommatus icarus - Common Blue Aglais urticae - Small Tortoiseshell Pyronia tithonus - Gatekeeper Pieris rapae - Small White Thymelicus sylvestris - Small Skipper MOTHS - 81 SPECIES
Abrostola tripartite - Spectacle Agapeta hamana Agonopterix propinquella/subpropinquella Agriphila straminella Agrotis exclamationis - Heart and Dart Agrotis puta - Shuttle-shaped Dart Amblyptilia punctidactyla Anaplectoides prasina - Green Arches Apamea lithoxylaea - Light Arches Argyresthia bonnetella Autographa gamma - Silver Y Autographia pulchrina -Beautiful Golden Y Axylia putris - Flame Biston betularia - Peppered Moth Cacoecimorpha pronubana - Carnation Tortrix Calliteara pudibunda - Pale Tussock Caloptilia rufipennella Cameraria ohridella - (Horse chestnut leaf miner) Campaea margaritata - Light Emerald Camptogramma bilineata - Yellow shell moth Celypha lacunana Charanyca trigrammica - Treble Lines Chiasmia clathrata - Latticed Heath Chloroclysta truncate - Common Marbled Carpet Cidaria fulvata - Barred Yellow Cnephasia stephensiana/incertana - Grey Tortrix/Light Grey Tortrix Cochylidia rupicola Chalk - Cliff Tortrix Cochylimorpha straminea Colostygia pectinataria - Green Carpet Crambus lathionellus Cydia nigricana - Pea Moth Deilephila elpenor - Elephant Hawk Moth Diarsia mendica - Ingrailed Clay Eilema griseola - Dingy Footman Epirrhoe alternate Common Carpet Eucosma cana Eupithecia abbreviate - Brindled Pug Euplexia lucipara - Small Angled Shades Grapholita compositella - Clover Seed Moth Hada plebeja - Shears Hedya pruniana - Plum Tortrix Hepalus lupulinus - Common Swift Hepialis humuli - Ghost Moth Herminia grisealis - Small Fan-foot Hypatima rhomboidella - Lobster-clawed Moth Hypena proboscidalis - Snout Idaea biselata - Small Fan-footed Wave Lomographa temerata - Clouded Silver Macroglossum stellatarium - Hummingbird Hawkmoth Mompha divisella Mompha raschkiella Noctua pronuba - Large Yellow Underwing Ochropleura plecta - Flame Shoulder Oligia fasciuncula - Middle-barred Minor Oligia strigilis - Marbled Minor Opisthograptis luteolata - Brimstone Parornix devonienalla - Leaf miner on Corylus Perizoma alchemillata - Small Rivulet Phlogophora meticulosa - Angle Shades Phyllonorycter coryli Phyllonorycter genicunella Phyllonorycter nicellii Pseudargyrotoza conwagana Rivula sericealis - Straw Dot Scoparia ambigualis/basistrigalis Spilosoma lubricipeda - White Ermine Stenoptilia pterodactyla Stigmella floslactella Stigmella microthriella Stigmella plagicolella Stigmella speciosa Thera cupressata - Cypress Carpet Thyatira batis - Peach Blossom Tyria jacobaeae (larvae) - Cinnabar Udea olivalis Xanthorhoe montanata - Silver Ground Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia - Red Twin-spot Carpet Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous - Hebrew Character Xestia triangulum - Double Square-spot Zygaena filipendulae filipendulae ssp. stephensi - Six-spot Burnet Zygaena trifolii Five-spot Burnet + Burnet Moth Pupa COLEOPTERA - 14 SPECIES Athous haemorrhoidalis - Click Beetle (or similar species) Cantharis rustica - Soldier Beetle Clytus arietis - Wasp Beetle Coccinella 7-punctata - 7 spot Ladybird Coccinella 7-punctata - 7 spot Ladybird larvae Gastrophysa viridula larva Halyzia 16-guttata - 16 spot Orange Ladybird Nicrophorus vespilloides Nicrophorus humator Oedemera nobilis Pyrochroa serraticornis Rhagonycha fulva - Soldier Beetle Strangalia maculata - Longhorn beetle Thea 22-punctata - 22 spot Ladybird DIPTERA - 25 SPECIES Bibio marci - St Marks Fly Cheilosia illustrata Chrysotoxum bicinctum - Hoverfly Dilophus febrilis - Feverfly Episyrphus balteatus - Hoverfly Eristalis pertinax Eristalis tenax Eupeodes luniger Helophilus pendulus Leucozona laternaria - Hoverfly Melanostoma scalare - Hoverfly Mesembrina meridiana Myathropa florae p - Hoverfly Platycheirus rosarum Sarcophaga sp. - Flesh Fly Scaeva pyrastri - Hoverfly Sepsis fulgens Sphaerophoria scripta - Hoverfly Tipula paludosa Tipula sp. - Cranefly species Urophora cardui Volucella bombylans - Hoverfly Volucella inanis - Hoverfly Volucella pellucens - Hoverfly Volucella zonaria - Hoverfly HEMIPTERA - 10 SPECIES Aphrophora alni Calocoris stysi Wagner Centrotus cornutus - Horned Treehopper Cercopis vulnerata Cicadella viridis Dolycoris baccarum - Hairy Shield Bug Evacanthus interruptus Lygocoris pabulinus Palomena prasina (larvae) - Green Shieldbug Philaenus spumarius - Common Froghopper HYMENOPTERA - 10 SPECIES Apis mellifera - Honey Bee Bombus lapidarius - Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus pascuorum - Carder Bee Bombus pratorum - Early Bumblebee Bombus terrestris - Buff-tailed Bumblebee Psithyrus vestalis - Cuckoo Bumble bee Vespula vulgaris - Common Wasp Rhogogaster viridis - Sawfly (or similar species) Tentaredo mesomelas - Sawfly Tenthredo arcuata MECOPTERA - 1 SPECIES Panorpa germanica - Scorpion Fly agg. NEUROPTERA - 2 SPECIES Chrysopa carnea Chrysopa perla - Lacewing ODONATA - 3 SPECIES Anax imperator - Emperor Dragonfly Aeshna cyanea - Southern Hawker Sympetrum striolatum - Common Darter |
BIRDS - 33 SPECIES
Accipiter nisus - Sparrowhawk Aegithalos caudatus - Long-tailed Tit Buteo buteo - Buzzard Carduelis carduelis - Goldfinch Carduelis chloris - Greenfinch Certhia familiaris - Treecreeper Columba palumbus - Woodpigeon Corvus corax - Raven Corvus corone - Crow Corvus monedula - Jackdaw Cyanistes caeruleus - Blue Tit Delichon urbica - House Martin Dendrocopos major - Great Spotted Woodpecker Erithacus rubecula - Robin Fringilla coelebs - Chaffinch Garrulus glandarius - Jay Larus argentatus - Herring Gull Parus major - Great Tit Periparus ater - Coal Tit Phasianus colchicus - Pheasant Phylloscopus collybita - Chiffchaff Pica pica - Magpie Picus viridis - Green Woodpecker Prunella modularis - Dunnock Pyrrhula pyrrhula - Bulfinch Sitta europaea - Nuthatch Streptopilia decaocto - Collared Dove Strix aluco - Tawny Owl Sturnus vulgaris - Starling Sylvia atricapilla - Blackcap Troglodytes troglodytes - Wren Turdus merula - Blackbird Turdus philomelos - Song Thrush MAMMALS - 9 SPECIES
Apodemus sylvaticus - Wood Mouse Microtus agrestis - Field Vole Mustela putorius - Polecat-Ferret cross Nyctalus noctula - Noctule bat Oryctolagus cumiculus - Rabbit Pipistrellus pipistrellus - Common Pipistrelle bat Sorex araneus - Common Shrew Talpa europaea - Mole Vulpes vulpes - Fox AMPHIBIANS - 3 SPECIES Anguis fragilis - Slow Worm Bufo bufo - Common Toad Rana temporaria - Common Frog ORTHOPTERA - 6 SPECIES Chorthippus brunneus - Common Field Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus - Meadow Grasshopper Leptophyes punctatissima - Speckled Bush-cricket Myrmeleotettix maculatus - Mottled Grasshopper Pholidoptera griseoaptera - Dark Bush-cricket Tetrix undulata - Common Groundhopper ARACHNIDA - 2 SPECIES Enoplognatha ovata - Comb-footed Spider Araneus diadematus - Garden Spider MOLLUSCS - 17 SPECIES Aegopinella nitidula Arion ater - Great Grey Slug Balea heydeni Cepea hortensis - White-lipped Banded Snail Cepea nemoralis - Brown-lipped Banded Snail Clausilia bidentata - Two-toothed Door Snail Cochlicopa lubrica Cochlodina laminata Deroceras reticulatum Discus rotundatus Helix aspersa - Garden Snail Limax maximus - Leopard Slug Monacha cantiana - Kentish Snail Oxychilus alliarius - Garlic Glass Snail Oxychilus draparnaudi Tricia hispida - Hairy Snail Trochulus striolatus GALLS - 6 SPECIES Aceria macrorhynchus (on Sycamore) Andricus fecundator - Artichoke Gall (on Oak) Andricus kollari - Marble Galls (on Oak) Andricus quercuscalicis - Knopper Gall Diplolepsis rosae - Robinís Pincushion Gall (on Field Rose) Urophora cardui - The Creeping Thistle Gall (on Creeping Thistle) TREES & SHRUBS - 29 SPECIES Acer campestre - Field Maple Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore Aesculus hippocastanum - Horse Chestnut Alnus glutinosa - Alder Betula pubescens - Downy Birch Buddleja davidii - Buddleia Carpinus betulus - Hornbeam Castanea sativa - Sweet Chestnut Cornus sanguinea - Dogwood Corylus avellana - Hazel Crataegus monogyna - Common Hawthorn Euonymous europaeus - Spindle Frangula alnus - Alder Buckthorn Fraxinus excelsior - Ash Ilex aquifolium - Holly Malus sylvestris - Crabapple Prunus avium - Wild Cherry Prunus padus - Bird Cherry Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn Pyrus pyraster - Wild Pear Quercus sp. - Oak Rhamnus cathartica - Purging Buckthorn Salix caprea - Goat Willow Sambucus nigra - Elder Sorbus domestica - Service Tree Sorbus torminalis - Wild Service Tree Ulmus procera - Elm Viburnum lantana - Wayfaring Tree Viburnum opulus - Guelder Rose MOSSES - 8 SPECIES Brachythecium rutabulum - Rough-stalked Feather Moss Cryphaea heteromalla Homalothecium sericeum Kindbergia praelonga Neckera complanata Orthotrichum CF affine - Bristle Moss Plagiomnium undulatum Thamnobryum alopecurum LIVERWORT - 1 SPECIES Frullania dilatata - Dilated Scalewort LICHEN - 5 SPECIES Hypotrachyna revoluta Physcia adscendens Physcia tenella Ramalina farinacea Xanthoria parietina FUNGI - 5 SPECIES Clavulinopsis corniculata - Meadow Coral Fungus Daldinia concentrica - Cramp Balls Macrolepiota procera - Parasol Sarcoscypha coccinea - Scarlet Elf Cup Xylaria hypoxylon - Candle-snuff fungus |