Linked to my
Tree Following reports, I am posting my updated list of wildlife sightings 'in, on, under and around' the two trees in my home patch. My trees are a relatively mature Silver Birch and a four year old Ornamental Cherry, barely more than a sapling.
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| Silver Birch |
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| Ornamental Cherry (planted four years ago) |
I am hoping to keep this list updated as I see new species or have cause to comment on ones that are already on the list. I began the list with the help of sites which show pictures of different species, like the one for the RSPB. A certain amount of guesswork was involved, and there are still huge holes in my knowledge, hence the question marks and 'unidentified' entries below. I have now subscribed to iSpot and iRecord, and am very grateful to those who spend time confirming IDs.
Avian sightings
- TFb1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
- TFb2 Great tit
- TFb3 Long-tailed Tit
- TFb4 Blackbird
- TFb5 Song Thrush
- TFb6 Blue tit
- TFb7 Robin
- TFb8 Magpie
- TFb9 Wood Pigeon
- TFb10 Dunnock
- TFb11 Starling
- TFb12 Carrion Crow
- TFb13 Goldfinch
- TFb14 Jay
- TFb15 Green Woodpecker
- TFb16 Wren
- TFb17 Bullfinch
- TFb18 Sparrowhawk
- TFb19 Mallard
- TFb20 House Sparrow
- TFb21 Chaffinch
- TFb22 Grey Heron
- TFb23 Collared Dove
- TFb24 Coal tit
Mammal sightings
- TFm1 (?Wood) Mouse
- TFm2 Bat ... [first 2015 garden sighting 7 May 2015] [Apr/May 2015]
- TFm3 Shrew
- TFm4 Grey Squirrel [Jan/Feb 2016] [Feb/Mar 2016] [Mar/Apr 2016] [Jul/Aug 2016]
- TFm5 Stoat
- TFm6 Hedgehog
Insect sightings
- TFi1 Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly [March 2014]
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TFi2 Buff-tailed Bumblebee [March 2014] [Jan/Feb 2016] [Mar/Apr 2016]
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TFi3 Brimstone Butterfly [April 2014]
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TFi4 7-spot Ladybird [April 2014] [Oct 2014] [Apr/May 2015] [Jul/Aug 2015] [Sept/Oct 2015] [Mar/Apr 2016]
- TFi5 Skipper Butterfly [July 2014]
- TFi6 Meadow Brown Butterfly [July 2014] [Jul/Aug 2015]
- TFi7 Large White Butterfly [July 2014] [Jul/Aug 2016]
- TFi8 14-spot Yellow Ladybirds [July 2014]
- TFi9 Small White Butterfly [May 2014] [Apr/May 2015] [Sept/Oct 2015 - caterpillars]
- TFi10 Orange tip Butterfly [May 2014]
- TFi11 Harlequin ladybird [May 2014] [October 2014] [Sept/Oct 2015]
- TFi12 Garden Chafer (Phyllopertha horticola) [June 2014] [June/July 2016]
- TFi13 Ruby-tail Wasp
[June 2014] [May/June 2015] [May/June 2016]
- TFi14 Blackfly [June 2014]
- TFi15 Marmalade Hoverfly [July 2014] [Jul/Aug 2015] [Jul/Aug 2016]
- TFi16 Shield bug [July 2014] [Apr/May 2015]
- TFi17 Migrant Hawker
dragonflies [July 2014]
- TFi18 Unidentified Damselfly [August 2014]
- TFi19 Comma butterfly [August 2014] [June/July 2016]
- TFi20 Red Admiral butterfly [August 2014] [October 2014] [Jul/Aug 2015]
- TFi21 Peacock butterfly [August 2014] [Jul/Aug 2015] [Nov/Dec 2015]
- TFi22 Green bottle flies [August 2014] [May/June 2015]
- TFi23 Ants [August 2014] [Apr/May 2015] [May/June 2015] [Jul/Aug 2015] [Sept/Oct 2015 ] [Jun/July 2016]
- TFi24 Squashbug aka Dock Bug, Coreus marginatus [August 2014]
- TFi25 Birch Shieldbug (late instar?) [September 2014]
- TFi26 Lacewing [October 2014] [Sept/Oct 2015]
- TFi27 Cereal Leaf Beetle [Apr/May 2015]
- TFi28 Unidentified Moth [Nov/Dec 2014] [Feb/Mar 2015] [Jul/Aug 2015] [Sept/Oct 2015]
[Jan/Feb 2016] [June/July 2016]
- TFi29 Rosemary Beetle [[Sept/Oct 2015] [May/June 2016 - four]
- TFi30 Hawthorn Shieldbug [May/June 2015]
- TFi31 Forest Shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) [Sept/Oct 2015]
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TFi32 Early Bumblebee [Mar/Apr 2016]
- TFi33 Species of Miridae [Mar/Apr 2016]
- TFi34 Cranefly [May/June 2016]
- TFi35 Crossocerus, wasps family Crabronidae [May/June 2016]
- TFi36 Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis) [May/June 2016]
- TFi37 Tree Bumblebee (Bombus (Pyrobombus) hypnorum) [May/June 2016]
- TFi38 Moth Least Black Arches (Nola confusalis) [May/June 2016]
- TFi39 Gatekeeper Butterfly [Jul/Aug 2016 *New*]
- TFi40 Holly Blue Butterfly [Jul/Aug 2016 *New*]
- TFi41 Painted Lady [2016] ... And don't forget to watch the programme about this beautiful butterfly!
Molluscs
Arachnids
