SPRING WALK 2009 SPECIES LIST

Section of walk Species seen
Car park start St Mark’s flies
Bottom of Playing Field Blue Tit, Blackcap, Wood Pigeon, Chiffchaff, Wren, Chaffinch
Riverside Wren, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Large White butterfly, Green-veined White butterfly, Mallard with ducklings,
Coots with chicks, Canada Goose, Moorhen, Tufted Ducks, Heron, Gadwall, Water Parsnip, Water Starwort, Water Crowfoot, Greater
Tussock Sedge, Yellow Iris, Water Speedwell, Grey Squirrel, Roach, Trout
Eel House Swan on nest, Sedge Warbler, Orange Tip, ‘Witches Brooms’ on Birch, Beech leaves, ferns, Hedge Garlic, Wild Arum
Footpath Wild Hop, Ground Ivy, copper Maple, Swallows and House Martins, Brimstone, Buzzard, Whitethroat, Cetti’s Warbler
Road Skylark, Herons in heronry and flying, c.20 Canada Geese, Cormorant, Kestrel, Blackbird
Field Buzzard, Broad Bean crop, views, importance of hedgerows to wildlife, Kestrel/Barn Owl nest box
Green lane In hedge – Honeysuckle, Spindle, Hazel, Dog
Rose, Hawthorn, Blackthorn, Ivy, Black Bryony,
Cow Parsley, Hogweed, Nettles, Dandelions,
Goosegrass, White Dead Nettle, Elder, Wild
Privet, English Field Maple, Dogwood, Holly,
Lesser Stitchwort, Crab Apple, Field Speedwell,
Wayfaring Tree, Wild Clematis. Also Orange Tip
& Peacock butterflies and (a first for all of us) a Morel fungus
Hollow Way Dog’s Mercury
Manor Farm Greenfinch, Hazel, Guelder Rose, Cowslips, Elm
River by Fulling Mill Kingcups, Watercress, Water Avens, Fritillary, Ladies Smock, Bluebells, Grayling