Species recorded at Tumbledown Farm since February 2020

all photos taken at Tumbledown by Bob Ford (unless otherwise stated)
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birds: Little Egret
Grey Heron
Cattle Egret
Cormorant
Canada Goose
Mallard
Gadwall
Teal
Shoveler
Moorhen
Lapwing
Snipe
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Black-headed Gull
Herring Gull
Osprey
Red Kite
Buzzard
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel
Peregrine
Merlin
Hobby
Marsh Harrier
Pheasant
Collared Dove
Feral Pigeon
Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
Cuckoo
Kingfisher
Tawny Owl
Barn Owl
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker
Skylark
Pied Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
Swift
Sand Martin
House Martin
Swallow
Robin
Blackbird
Mistle Thrush
Song Thrush
Redwing
Cetti's Warbler
Reed Warbler
Blackcap
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Goldcrest
Spotted Flycatcher
Wren
Dunnock
Long tailed tit
Coal Tit
Great tit
Blue tit
Treecreeper
Jay
Magpie
Raven
Rook
Jackdaw
Carrion crow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Siskin
Bullfinch
House sparrow
Snow Bunting


mammals: Roe Deer
Badger
Otter
Water Vole (burrows)
Bank Vole
Field Mouse
Brown Rat
Common Shrew
Fox
Rabbit


reptiles: Slow-worm
Grass Snake
Adder




amphibians: Toad
Frog
Smooth Newt


insects: Bristletail (Dilta?)
Springtail (Tomocerus?)
Meadow Grasshopper
Field Grasshopper
Great Green Bush-cricket
Roesel's Bush-cricket
Dark Bush-cricket
Banded Demoiselle
Beautiful Demoiselle
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Black-tailed Skimmer
Emperor Dragonfly
Migrant Hawker
Norfolk Hawker
Southern Hawker
Four-spotted Chaser
Hairy Dragonfly
Common Darter
Forest Bug
Green Shieldbug
Hairy Shieldbug
Hawthorn Shieldbug
Dock Bug
Mirid Bug (Notostira elongata)
Plant Bug (Stenodoma spp)
Damsel Bug (Nabis spp)
Froghopper
Rose Aphid
Large Knapweed Aphid
Dronefly
Marmalade Hoverfly
Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum bicinctus)
Hoverfly (Eupodes?)
Hoverfly (Helophilus pendulus)
Hoverfly (Merodon equestris)
Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Hoverfly (Scaeva pyrastri)
Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria)
Celandine Leaf Miner
Nettle Leaf Miner
Elder Leaf Miner
Honeysuckle Leaf Miner
Holly Leaf Miner
Scorpion Fly
Thick-headed Fly
Semaphore Fly
St Marks Fly
Noon Fly
Helicomyzid Fly
Yellow Dung Fly
Sweat Fly
Greenbottle
Cluster Fly
Flesh Fly
Fruit Fly (Tephritis spp)
Horse Fly
Tiger Marsh Fly
Dark-edged Bee Fly
Caddis Fly (Anabolia nervosa)
Caddis Fly (Sericostoma personatum)
Mosquito
Mayfly (Ephemera spp)
Meadowsweet Gall Midge
Speedwell Gall Midge
Cranefly (Tipula deracea)
Rose Sawfly
Large Alder Sawfly
Buff-tailed Bumblebee
White-tailed Bumblebee
Red-tailed Bumblebee
Tree Bumblebee
Common Carder Bee
Bronze Furrow Bee
Patchwork Leafcutter Bee
Honey Bee
Ivy Bee
Ashy Mining Bee
Nomad Bee
Robin's Pincushion Gall Wasp
Pea Gall Wasp
Parasitic Wasp (Gasteruption jaculator)
Ichneumon Wasp (Ichneumon sarcitorius)
Ichneumon Wasp (Campopleginae)
Ichneumon Wasp (Amblyteles?)
Common Wasp
Digger Wasp (Cerceris rybyensis)
Hornet
Red Ant
Black Ant
Soldier Beetle (Cantharis rustica)
Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
Longhorn Beetle (Leptura fulva)
Longhorn Beetle (Stenocorus meridianus)
Wasp Beetle
Dor Beetle
Thick-kneed Flower Beetle
Whiplash Beetle
Orange Ladybird
Harlequin Ladybird
Seven-spot Ladybird
Ten-spot Ladybird
Sixteen-spot Ladybird
Rove Beetle (Paederus littoralis?)
Red Dock Weevil
Vine Weevil
Brimstone
Large White
Green-veined White
Small White
Orange-tip
Clouded Yellow
Small Tortoiseshell
Comma
Painted Lady
Red Admiral
Peacock
Speckled Wood
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Ringlet
Wall
Marbled White
Common Blue
Brown Argus
Holly Blue
Small Copper
Large Skipper
Small Skipper
Micro-moth Depressaria daucella
Micro-moth Euconia lacustra
Micro-moth Chrysoteuchia culmella
Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner
Bramble Leaf Miner
Plume Moth
Mother of Pearl
Box Moth
Lunar Hornet Clearwing
Six-spot Burnet
Five-spot Burnet
Yellow Shell
Brimstone Moth
Magpie Moth
Oak Eggar
Snout
Lesser Common Rustic
Knotgrass
Cinnabar
Jersey Tiger
Burnet Companion
Silver Y
Privet Hawk-moth

arachnids: Garden Cross Spider
Wasp Spider
Woodlouse Spider
Walnut Orb Weaver
Herb Hammock Spider
Wolf Spider (Pardosa spp)
Nursery-web Spider
Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)
Crab Spider (Xytiscus)
Snake-back Spider
Harvestman
False Widow Spider
House Spider
Cricket Bat Spider
Deer Tick
Red Spider Mite
Orbatid Mite
Ash Gall Mite
Blackthorn Gall Mite
Elm Gall Mite

myriapods: Centipede (Geophilus carpophagus?)
Centipede (Lithobius spp)


crustaceans:Woodlouse (Oniscus assellus)


molluscs: Brown-lipped Banded Snail
White-lipped Banded Snail
Garden Snail
Door Snail
Discus Snail
Smooth Glass Snail
Silky Snail
Amber Snail
Whorl Snail
Kentish Snail
Black Slug
Green Cellar Slug



worms: Earthworm
Rosy-tipped Worm

flowering plants: Ash
Fig
Sycamore
Field Maple
Elm
Box
Spruce
Yew
Hornbeam
Walnut
Sallow
White Willow
Crack-willow
Spindle Tree
Hazel
Buddleia
Purging Buckthorn
Common Chickweed
Common Mouse-ear
Sticky Mouse-ear
Bladder Campion
Red Campion
Broad leaved Dock
Clustered Dock
Curled Dock
Wood Dock
Knotgrass
Sorrel
Water Pepper
Redshank
Pale Persicaria
Swinecress
Fat-hen
Common Orache
Spear-leaved Orache
Pink Sorrel
Horse-radish
Turnip
Hedge Mustard
Wintercress
Marsh Yellowcress
Honesty
Hairy Bittercress
Shepherd's Purse
Black Mustard
Garlic Mustard
Lady's Smock
Lesser Celandine
Creeping Buttercup
Bulbous Buttercup
Meadow Buttercup
Hairy Buttercup
Old Man's Beard
Blackthorn
Damson
Hawthorn
Bramble
Dog rose
Short-styled Field-rose
Wild Cherry
Apple
Crab Apple
Pear
Salad Burnet
Herb Bennet
Agrimony
Meadowsweet
Creeping cinquefoil
Silverweed
Cowslip
False Oxlip
Scarlet Pimpernel
Creeping Jenny
Enchanter's Nightshade
Common Poppy
Ivy
Mistletoe
Holly
Privet
Ground-ivy
Gypsywort
Lemon Balm
Skullcap
Red Dead-nettle
White Dead-nettle
Hedge Woundwort
Marsh Woundwort
Water Mint
Corn Mint
Selfheal
Great Willowherb
American Willowherb
Square-stalked Willowherb
Boad-leaved Willowherb
Purple Loosestrife
Himalayan Balsam
Square-stalked St John's-wort
Perforate St John's-wort
Tutsan
Tall Tutsan
Common Figwort
Common Toadflax
Purple Toadflax
Ivy-leaved Toadflax
Round-leaved Fluellen
Sharp-leaved Fluellen
Common Field Speedwell
Ivy-leaved Speedwell
Thyme-leaved Speedwell
Germander Speedwell
Wall Speedwell
Pink Water Speedwell
Brooklime
Yellow Rattle
Common Comfrey
Field Forgetmenot
Tufted Forgetmenot
Water Forgetmenot
Viper's Bugloss
Woody Nightshade
Black Nightshade
Field Bindweed
Hedge Bindweed
Great Bindweed
Herb Robert
Cut-leaved cranesbill
Round-leaved cranesbill
Shining cranesbill
Soft cranesbill
Stinging Nettle
Wild Hop
Sweet Violet
Early Dog Violet
Common Dog Violet
Cleavers
Marsh Bedstraw
Wild Madder
Greater plantain
Ribwort plantain
Common Water-starwort
Least Duck-weed
Honeysuckle
Wilson's Honeysuckle
Wayfaring Tree
Snowberry
Teasel
Field Scabious
Elder
Fool's Watercress
Charlock
Hedge Mustard
Alexanders
Angelica
Pepper Saxifrage
Burnet Saxifrage
Stone Parsley
Upright Hedge-parsley
Common Hogweed
Cow parsley
Wild Parsnip
Wild Carrot
Hemlock
Rough Chervil
Hemlock Water-dropwort
Corky-fruited Water-dropwort
Red Bartsia
Restharrow
Meadow Vetchling
Black Medick
Spotted Medick
Tall Melilot
Red Clover
White Clover
Alsike Clover
Strawberry Clover
Birdsfoot Trefoil
Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil
Lesser Trefoil
Common Vetch
Tufted Vetch
Bush Vetch
European Gorse
Common Mallow
Sun Spurge
Petty Spurge
Gooseberry
Black Bryony
Greater Periwinkle
Argentinian Vervain
Bristly Ox-tongue
Beaked Hawksbeard
Smooth Hawksbeard
Autumn Hawkbit
Rough Hawkbit
Dandelion
Nipplewort
Spear Thistle
Creeping Thistle
Prickly Sow-thistle
Smooth Sow-thistle
Common Cat's-ear
Yarrow
Marsh Cudweed
Daisy
Oxeye Daisy
Prickly Lettuce
Scentless Mayweed
Scented Mayweed
Mugwort
Pineapple Weed
Tansy
Fleabane
Groundsel
Common Ragwort
Hoary Ragwort
Marsh Ragwort
Black Knapweed
Greater Knapweed
Canadian Fleabane
Great Burdock
Lesser Burdock
Winter Heliotrope
Branched Bur-reed
Spurge Laurel
Montbretia
Stinking Iris
Grape Hyacinth
Yellow Iris
Daffodil
Three-cornered Leek
Crow Garlic
Rosy Garlic
Three-cornered Leek
Pyramidal Orchid
Bee Orchid
Arum


grasses:Wood False-brome
Annual Meadow-grass
Rough Meadow-grass
Smooth Meadow-grass
Meadow Foxtail
Downy Oat-grass
False Oat-grass
French Oat-grass
Wild Oat
Cocksfoot
Crested Dogstail
Ryegrass
Barren Brome
Soft Brome
Meadow Brome
Smooth Brome
False Brome
Creeping Bent
Black Bent
Sweet Vernal Grass
Timothy
Smaller Cat's-tail
Common Reed
Reed Canary Grass
Red Fescue
Tall Fescue
Wall Barley
Meadow Barley
Yorkshire Fog
Floating Sweet-grass
Small Sweet-grass
Plicate Sweet-grass
Wood Small-reed


rushes & sedges:Soft Rush
Hard Rush
Jointed Rush
Toad Rush
Field Wood-rush
Common Spike-rush
Sea Club-rush
Greater Pond Sedge
Divided Sedge
Glaucous Pond Sedge
Pendulous Sedge
Grey Sedge
False Fox Sedge


ferns: Hartstongue Fern
Buckler Fern
Shield Fern
Male Fern


mosses:Common Feather-moss
Clustered Feather-moss
Green Yoke-moss?
Small Hairy Screw-moss?
Capillary Thread-moss
Wood Bristle-moss


liverworts:Forked Veilwort
Dilated Scalewort


algae: Trentepohlia


lichens: Evernia prunastri
Diploicia canescens
Flavoparmelia caperata
Hypotrachyna revoluta
Lecanora chlarota
Lecanora conizaeoides?
Lecidella elaeochroma
Lepraria incana
Opegrapha atra
Parmelia sulcata
Parmotrema perlatum
Pertusaria pertusa
Physcia adscendens
Physcia tenella
Punctelia subrudecta
Ramalina farinacea
Ramalina fastigiata
Ramalina lacera
Xanthoria calcicola
Xanthoria parietina



fungi: Jelly Ear
Cobalt Crust
Rosy Crust
Cramp Balls
Purplepore Bracket
Hairy Bracket
Cushion Bracket
Wrinkled Club
Turkeytail
Yellow Fieldcap
Blackening Waxcap
Common Inkcap
Shaggy Inkcap
Snowy Inkcap
Pleated Inkcap
Deceiver
Velvet Shank
Honey Fungus
Shaggy Parasol
Common Jellyspot
Candlesnuff Fungus
Oysterling
Crystal Brain Fungus
Yellow Brain Fungus
Peziza spp.
Illosporiopsis christiansenii
Didymocyrtis slaptoniensis
Cheilymenia granulata
Vouauxiella lichenicola
Pocket Plum Gall
Violet Bramble Rust Fungus
Arum Rust Fungus
False Oat-grass Smut Fungus
Elder Whitewash
Slime Mould Badhamia utricularis
Slime Mould Fuligo septica


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