Thursday 23 July 2009

What have I seen at Watermead so far?

Just a quick list to chronicle the species I have seen at Watermead to date

Birds

Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Canada Goose - Branta canadensis

Common Gull - Larus canus

Coot - Fulicia atra

Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo

Crow - Corvus corone

Dunlin - Calidris alpina

Goldcrest - Regulus regulus

Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis

Goosander - Mergus merganser

Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus

Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea

Kingfisher - Alcedo atthis

Lapwing - Vanellus vanullus

Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos

Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus

Mute Swan - Cygnus olor

Pochard - Aythya ferina

Shelduck - Tadorna tadorna

Shoveler - Anas clypeata

Starling - Sturnus vulgaris

Tree Sparrow - Passer montanus

Tufted duck - Aythya fuligula

Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus

Wigeon - Anas penelope

Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes

Butterflies and moths

Speckled wood - Pararge aegeria

Small White - Artogeia rapae

Large White - Pieris brassicae

Gatekeeper - Pyronia tithonus

Cinnabar moth - Tyria jacobaeae

Small Skipper - Thymelicus flavus

Ringlet - Aphantopus hyperantus

Peacock - Inachis io

Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta

Comma - Polygonum c-album

Dragonflies and Damselflies

Brown Hawker - Aeshna grandis

Common Blue Damselfly - Enallagma cyathigerum

Blue-tailed Damselfly - Ischnura elegans

Banded Demoiselle Damselfly - Calopteryx splendens

Insects

Soldier Beetle - Rhagonycha fulva

Green Bottle - Lucilia caesar

Speckled Bush-Cricket - Leptophyes punctatissima

Other Vertibrates

Grass Snake - Natrix natrix

Grey Squirrel - Sciurus carolinensis

Rabbit - Oryctolagus cuniculus

Fox - Vulpes vulpes

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