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1 Scarning Water Meadows Saturday 2 July Group Common Name Scientific Name Kestrel Falco tinnunculus (5 young) Sparrowhawk Accipter nisus Blackbird Turdus merula Chiff chaff Phylloscopus collybita (heard) Song thrush Jay Reed bunting Dunnock Wren Herring gull Magpie Goldfinch Wood pigeon Whitethroat Carrion crow Oystercatcher House martin House sparrow Robin Lesser black-backed gull Swift Greenfinch Buzzard Blue tit Collared dove Black headed gull Chaffinch Great-spooted woodpecker Blackcap Rook Little egret Moorhen Pheasant Barn owl Goldcresr Bullfinch Hobby Long-tailed tit Great tit Wasp beetle Clytus arietus Stock Dove Invertebrate Tree bee Invertebrate Vestal cuckoo bee Invertebrate Cadisfly Larva Invertebrate Large white Butterfly 1

2 Invertebrate Figwort weevil Invertebrate Meadow brown Invertebrate Blue shieldbug Invertebrate 7 spot ladybird Invertebrate Common striped woodlouse Invertebrate Ring Invertebrate Small tortoiseshell Invertebrate Buff tail bumblebee Invertebrate Nettle bug Invertebrate Banded demoiseselle Invertebrate Hoverfly Chrysogaster solistalis Invertebrate Weevil Phyllobius pomaceous Invertebrate Fly Empis nivida Invertebrate Hoverfly Episymphus balteatus Invertebrate Beetle Meligethes aeneus Invertebrate Leaf beetle Altius sp Invertebrate Bug Anthacorus sp Invertebrate Bug Liocoris tripustulatus Invertebrate Weevil Nedyus quadromaculata Invertebrate Caddis fly Limnephilius lunatus Invertebrate Hoverfly Symphus sp Invertebrate Hoverfly Eristilis pertinax Invertebrate Hoverfly Cheilodia illustrata Invertebrate Beetle Oedemera nobilis Invertebrate Brown-lipped snail Invertebrate Honey bee Invertebrate black snipe fly Invertebrate Snout Moth Invertebrate Scorpion fly Panorpa sp Invertebrate Garden snail Invertebrate Dark bush cricket Invertebrate Amber snail Succinea putris Invertebrate White-lipped snail Invertebrate Bramble shoot moth Invertebrate 22 spot ladybird Invertebrate Dock bug Invertebrate Pied shieldbug Instar form Invertebrate Phyllobius sp Invertebrate Cassida viterex Invertebrate Large skipper Invertebrate Comma Invertebrate Speckled wood Invertebrate Red admiral Invertebrate Common blue damselfly Invertebrate Blue-tail damselfly Invertebrate Water boatman Invertebrate Common earwig Invertebrate Speckledbush cricket 2

3 Invertebrate Ant sp Invertebrate Small white Invertebrate Seven spot ladybird Invertebrate Common carder bee Invertebrate Burnet moth Invertebrate Tree bumble bee Invertebrate Comma Invertebrate Red tailed bumble bee Invertebrate specked wood Invertebrate Cuckoo bee sp Invertebrate White tail bumblebee Invertebrate Enstalis tenax Hoverfly Invertebrate Enistalis intricarius Hoverfly Invertebrate Volucella bombylaus Hoverfly Invertebrate Syrphus vibesii Hoverfly Invertebrate Gatekeeper Invertebrate Rhagio scolopacea Snipefly Invertebrate Chrysopilus cristatus Snipefly Invertebrate Nephrotoma flavescens Cranefly Invertebrate Eudasyphora cyanella Greenbottle Invertebrate Common darter Sympetrum stridatum Invertebrate White-lipped banded snail Cepea hortensis Invertebrate Pointed-wing fly Lonchoptera lutea Invertebrate Spider juvenile Araneus mamnoreus Invertebrate Carpet beetle Anthrems verbasci Invertebrate Case-bearing chivonomid Zavrellia sp Invertebrate Robber fly Invertebrate Leucozona laternarnia Hoverfly Invertebrate Chloronyia formosa Soldier fly Invertebrate Volucella pelluccus Hoverfly Invertebrate Episgrphus balteatus Hoverfly Invertebrate Wasp beetle Clytus arietis Invertebrate Garden spider Araneus diadematus Invertebrate Plaster beetle Lathridius sp Invertebrate bug Notostiva elongata Invertebrate Dock bug Coreus marginatus Invertebrate Shore fly Hydrellia manra Invertebrate Spider Enoplognatha ovata Invertebrate Crab spider Xystious sp Invertebrate Earthworm Allolobophora longa Invertebrate Dock leaf beetle Gastrophsa virdula Invertebrate Parasite fly Dexiosoma caninum Invertebrate Mayfly Cleon dipterum Invertebrate Spider Tibellus oblongus Invertebrate Froghopper Philaenus spumarius Invertebrate Water beetle Strictotarsus duodecimpustulatu Invertebrate Leaf beetle Invertebrate Buff ermine 3

4 Invertebrate White ermine Invertebrate Small magpie Invertebrate Large yellow underwing Invertebrate Dark arches Invertebrate Burnished brass Invertebrate Mid bar minor Invertebrate Marbled minor ae Invertebrate DB Square spot Xestia triangulum Invertebrate Light arches Invertebrate Green pug Invertebrate Elephant hawk moth Invertebrate Peppered moth Invertebrate Common wainscott Invertebrate Heart and club Invertebrate Heart and dart Invertebrate Plain golden Y Invertebrate Uncertain Invertebrate Clay moth Mythimna ferrago Invertebrate Clouded border Invertebrate Cyclamen tortrix Invertebrate Nettle tap Invertebrate Crambus pascuella Invertebrate Lozotaenodus formosana Invertebrate Harlequin ladybird Invertebrate Hawthorn shieldbug Invertebrate Four spotted chaser Invertebrate Long-legged fly Poecilobothias noblistatus Invertebrate Snail-killing fly Elgiva solicita Invertebrate Sheep tick Ixodes vicinus Invertebrate Soldier fly Pachygaster leachii Invertebrate Azure damselfly Invertebrate Long winged conehead Mammal Watervole Mammal Sporano pipistrelle Mammal Common pipistrelle Mammal Serratine bat Mammal Noctule bat Mammal Muntjac Mammal Mole Mammal Bank vole Other Toad Other Common newt Other Frog Other Toad Other Stickleback Other Chicken of the woods Other Peniophora quercina On Oak Figwort sp 4

5 Ragged robin St John's wort sp Water mint Hop Common valerian Meadowsweet Hedge woundwort Common spotted orchid Common nettle Ash Hawthorn False oat grass Cleavers Goosegrass Hog weed Great willow herb Bramble Yorkshire fog Creeping buttercup Broad-leaved dock Daisy Dandelion Cut-leaved crane's-bill Perennial rye grass Common fleabane lesser pond-sedge Creeping thistle Marsh horsetail Reed canary-grass Marsh thistle Meadowsweet White clover Reed mace Typha latifolia Smooth sow-thistle Blunt-flowered rush Ground ivy Redshank Ribwort plantain Lesser burdock Silverweed Tufted vetch Couch grass Coltsfoot Rough chervil Nipplewort Water forget-me-not Brooklime Angelica Hemlock 5

6 Hemp agrimony Pineapple weed Greater reed mace Greater plantain Meadow buttercup Greater birdsfoot trefoil Water figwort Common poppy Red clover White clover Elder Sycamore Hazel ivy Garlic mustard Timothy Square-stemmed St ohn's wort Hard rush Common sorrel Floating sweet-rrass Jointed rush oak Mugwort Hedge mustard Meadow foxtail Rough Meadow-grass White dead-nettle Red dead-nettle Prickly sow-thistle Red campion Dog roe Meadow vetchling Creeping cinquefoil Hybrid rye-grass Purple loosestrife Soft rush Bittersweet Toad rush Wavy bitter-cress Water starwort Marsh foxtail Blue water-speedwell Veronica anagallis-aquatica Celery-leaved buttercup Knotgrass White briony Perennial sow-thistle Sonchus arvensis Reed canary-grass Marsh woundwort 6

7 Greater spearwort Fool's water-cress Branched bur-reed Spear thistle Goat's Beard Common vetch Creeping cinquefoli Hairy sedge Spindle Amphibious bistort Dogwood Lesser trefoil Barren brome Crack willow Grey willow Shepherd's purse Water cress Water plantain Alder 7

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