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 |