Butterflies...
...orange-tip, peacock, small tortoiseshell, brimstone, red admiral and holly blue...
Birds...
Chiffchaff, garden warbler, rook, crow, blackbird, robin, bullfinch, chaffinch, greenfinch, bluetit, great tit, coal tit, blackcap, dunnock, wren, house sparrow, song thrush, pheasant, red-legged partridge, greater spotted woodpecker, buzzard, jackdaw, wood pigeon...
Invertebrates...
Woodlouse, nursery web spider, orb web spider, wolf spider, crab spider, bee fly, centipede, slug, snail, 2-spot ladybird, 7-spot ladybird, 22-spot ladybird, harlequin ladybird, caterpillars, hoverflies, buff-tailed bumblebee, white-tailed bumblebee, red-tailed bumblebee, common carder bee, red mason bee, common wasp, lacewing, ground beetle, earthworms, springtails, millipedes, beetle larvae, (plus the butterflies above)...Mammals...
...wood mouse, house mouse, badger tracks and latrine, fox tracks, pipistrelle bats, molehills...
Flowers...
...nettle, dock, fumitory, ivy-leaved toadflax, ivy, holly, ash, oak, birch, fir, elder, hawthorn, blackthorn, common field speedwell, germander speedwell, ground ivy, lesser celandine, greater celandine, red clover, white clover, bittercress, plantain, goosegrass, garlic mustard, white mustard, sycamore, damson, willow, violets, common chickweed, mouse ear chickweed, creeping buttercup...
The total stands at 91 species, with more surveying of moths, beetles and spiders, bats and fungus over the coming months.
The local residents are having lunch together tomorrow to share our thoughts and to find out what's been going on. Mark and Ian will be there, and they're planning to search the area looking for more plants and animals.
It's not all about the species count though. It's becoming more about the stories people have of the land we're potentially about to lose. There must be a way for the existing land to be protected in the same way it's valued?
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