I have decided in my moment of madness to give space to the Nature/Wildlife I see at my place of work, things I see on a Lunch Break. There is a lot of wildlife/nature on this small site,.
It’s a place surrounded by farmers fields, small wooded area with a small pond at one end, with a brook running along the side. I’ve worked here since December 1998 and have been keeping a record of the various Nature and Wildlife on site.
Breeding birds on site are Bullfinch, Treecreeper, Grey Wagtail, Nuthatch, Wren, Robin, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Great Tit, Blue Tit and Swallow most years, Dipper was a breeding bird in the early years but is now lost has a breeding bird with only the odd sightings in some years. In the Summer months we attract Chiffchaff and Blackcap as breeding birds, with Willow Warbler only passing throu, hasn’t stopped to breed yet.
We attract the common grassland butterflies and various moths along with Dragonflies and Damselflies and of course various bugs and creepy crawlies.
The sites ID Wildlife below :-
Bird List
- Blackbird
- Blackcap
- Black headed Gull
- Blue Tit
- Brambling
- Bullfinch
- Buzzard
- Canada Goose
- Chaffinch
- Chiffchaff
- Coal Tit
- Collard Dove
- Common Gull
- Coot
- Cormorant
- Crow
- Dipper
- Dunnock
- Fieldfare
- Garden Warbler
- Goldcrest
- Goldfinch
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Great Tit
- Greenfinch
- Green Woodpecker
- Grey Heron
- Grey Wagtail
- Herring Gull
- Hobby
- House Martin
- House Sparrow
- Jackdaw
- Jay
- Kestrel
- Kingfisher
- Lapwing
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- Linnet
- Long Tailed Tit
- Mallard
- Magpie
- Mistle Thrush
- Moorhen
- Nuthatch
- Pheasant
- Pied Wagtail
- Pink footed Goose
- Raven
- Redwing
- Robin
- Rook
- Sand Martin
- Siskin
- Song Thrush
- Sparrowhawk
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Starling
- Swallow
- Swift
- Tawny Owl
- Treecreeper
- Willow Warbler
- Woodcock
- Woodpigeon
- Wren
Butterfly
- Brimstone
- Comma
- Common Blue
- Gatekeeper
- Green-veined White
- Holly Blue
- Large Skipper
- Large White
- Meadow Brown
- Orange tip
- Painted Lady
- Peacock
- Purple Hairstreak
- Red Admiral
- Ringlet
- Small Copper
- Small Heath
- Small Skipper
- Small White
- Small Tortoiseshell
- Speckled Wood
- White letter Hairstreak
Moths
- Adela reaumurella [150]
- Ancylis badiana [1126]
- Bee Moth [1428]
- Brimstone [1906]
- Buff Ermine [2061]
- Burrnished Brass [2434]
- Celypha lacunana [1076]
- Centre barred Sallow [2269]
- Cinnabar Moth [2069]
- Clouded Border [1758]
- Common Carpet Moth [1738]
- Common Footman [2050]
- Common Rustic agg
- Common White Wave [1955]
- Coxcomb Prominent [2008]
- Dark Arches [2321]
- Dotted Border [1934]
- Early Thorn [1917]
- Feathered Thorn [1923]
- Large Emerald [1666]
- Large Yellow Underwing [2107]
- Lesser Yellow Underwing [1813]
- Light Emerald [1961]
- Lime Hawk Moth [1979]
- Marbled White Spot [2410]
- Mother of Pearl [1405]
- Narrow bordered 5 spotted Burnet [171]
- Nettle Tap Moth [385]
- Orange Swift [1761]
- Pale Prominent [2011]
- Pale Tussock [2028]
- Scalloped Oak [1921]
- Silver Ground Carpet [1721]
- Silver Y [2441]
- Single dotted Wave [1708]
- Six Spotted Burnet [169]
- Small Fan footed Wave [1702]
- Small Yellow Underwing [1700]
- Smoky Wainscot [2198]
- Straw Dot Moth [2474]
- Swallow tailed [1922]
- Riband Wave [1713]
- White Ermine [2060]
- Yellow barred Brindle [1883]
- Yellow Barred Longhorn Moth [148]
- Yellow Shell [1742]
Dragonfly and Damselfly
- Azure Damselfly
- Blue tailed Damselfly
- Broad Bodied Chaser
- Brown Hawker
- Common Blue Damselfly
- Common Darter
- Common Hawker
- Emperor Dragonfly
- Large Red Damselfly
- Southern Hawker
Hoverflies
- Chrysotoxum bicinctum
- Cheilosia illustrata
- Dasysyrphus albostriatus
- Epistrophe grossulariae
- Episyrphus balteatus
- Eristalis arbustorum
- Eristalis horticola
- Eristalis pertinax
- Erastalis tenax
- Helophilus pendulus
- Helophilus trivittatus
- Leucozona glaucia
- Leucozona laternaria
- Leucozona lucorum
- Melanostoma scalare
- Merodon equestris
- Mesembrina meridiana
- Myathropa florea
- Platycheirus albimanus
- Rhingia campestris
- Sphaerophoria scripta
- Syritta pipiens
- Syrphus ribesii
- Syrphus torvus
- Volucella Bombylans
- Volucella inanis
- Volucella pellucens
- Xylota sylvarum
Longhorn Beetles
- Golden bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle [Agapanthia villosoviridescens]
- Grammoptera ruficornis
- Longhorn Wasp Beetle [Clytus arietis]
- Black Clouded Longhorn Beetle [Leiopus nebolosus]
- Spotted Longhorn Beetle [Rutpela maculata]
Shield Bugs
- Hawthorn Shield Bug [Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale]
- Sloe Shield Bug or Hairy [Dolycoris baccarum]
- Gorse Shield Bug [Piezodorus liturathus]
- Birch Shield Bug [Elasmostethus interstinctus]
- Common Green Shield Bug [Palomena prasina]
- Red Legged Shield Bug or Forest [Pentatoma rufipes]
- Spiked Shieldbug [Picromerus bidens]
Lady Bugs
- Harlequin Ladybird
- 2 Spot Ladybird
- 4 Spot Ladybird
- 7 Spot Ladybird
- 16 Spot Ladybird
Spiders
- Harvestman Spider [Rilaena triangularis]
- Long legged Spider [Tetragnatha entesa]
- Nursery Web Spider
- Wolf Spider [Pardosa lugubris]
Bats
- Common Pipistrelle
- Noctule
- Soprano Pipistrelle
Fungi
- Blushing Bracket
- Candle Snuff Fungi
- Clouded Agraic
- Common Earthball
- Common Puffball
- Jelly Ear
- Mycenae Species [Common Bonnet]
- Oyster Mushroom
Other
- Fox
- Mink
- Roe Deer
- Stoat