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SPECIES LIST Back to KS1 contents |
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This list covers only the most widespread or conspicuous species to be found at Wilderness Wood. We are always grateful for information about finds or sightings. |
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TREES & LARGER SHRUBS Most frequent: Sweet chestnut Birch Beech Scots pine Widespread: Oak Rowan Willows (Grey & Goat) Holly Planted trees: (plus Scots pine & beech) Norway spruce Douglas fir Western hemlock Western red cedar Larch Coast redwood Wild cherry Poplar Southern beech Blue spruce (as Xmas trees) Occasional trees & shrubs: Sycamore Hazel Ash Crab apple Elder Guelder rose Alder buckthorn Yew Alder (by lower stream only)
FUNGI (mainly autumn) |
'FLOWERS' & SMALLER
SHRUBS: Broom Bramble Spring: Bluebell Wood anemone Also: Bugle, Wood sorrel, Dog violet, etc. Summer: Foxglove Honeysuckle Woodsage Tormentil Heather Also: Marsh thistle, Ground ivy, Heath bedstraw, Water figwort, etc. FERNS: Bracken Hard fern Also: Male fern, Broad buckler fern, etc. MOSSES: Many species. Liverworts by stream. BUTTERFLIES: Most commonly seen: Heath brown Speckled wood Also: Brimstone, Small copper, Peacock, Small tortoiseshell, Comma, White admiral, etc. |
BIRDS: Most commonly seen or heard: Chaffinch Robin Blackbird Wren Song thrush Wood pigeon Goldcrest Blue tit Great tit Chiff-chaff (summer) Willow warbler (summer) Also: Tawny owl, Sparrowhawk, Green woodpecker, Tree creeper, Jay, Magpie, Woodcock, Nuthatch, Long-tailed tit, etc. ANIMALS: Resident: Rabbit Grey squirrel Hedgehog Mole Woodmouse Vole Weasel Lizard Frog Toad Grass snake Slow worm Fallow deer Commonly seen in wood Badger Fox COMMONLY SEEN INSECTS: (Summer) Wolf spiders, Grasshoppers, Crickets, Dragonflies, Bees and wasps, Flies, Beetles. |
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