Glen Parva Nature Reserve - What is it?

Wildlife in Glen Parva and Glenhills Nature Reserve

This is your chance to be a nature DETECTIVE
Below the pictures are lists of species found during our BioBlitz 2015 which might help.

So if you have a few minutes to spare have a look at the pictures below and see if you can identifiy them.

If you think you have an answer please let me know using this email address glenparvanr@gmail.com
The latin name is the most useful but an English one will do.

If you hover over a picture on the left you should see an enlarged image

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John Ellis

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John Ellis

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John Ellis

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John Ellis

It looks a lot different to my picture on the Species.htm page. Are there more than one type of bluebottle?

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John Ellis

You can see a reflection of John on the flies back
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John Ellis

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John F Nov 19th 2011

I haven't a clue what this is - not seen an example since.

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John F

A waxcap I think - but which one?

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An old puffball?

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Amphibians

Common Frog - Rana temporaria
Common Toad - Bufo bufo
Smooth Newt - Lissotriton vulgaris

Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015

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Bats

Common Pipistrelle - Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Daubenton's Bat - Myotis daubentoni
Natterer's Bat - Myotis nattereri
Noctule - Nyctalus noctula

Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015
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Bees, Wasps, Ants

Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum
Early Bumblebee - Bombus pratorum
Garden Bumblebee - Bombus hortorum
Honey Bee - Apis mellifera
Red-tailed Bumblebee - Bombus lapidarius
Small Black Ant - Lasius niger
Tree Bumblebee - Bombus hypnorum
Vestal Cuckoo Bumblebee - Bombus vestalis
White-tailed Bumblebee - Bombus lucorum
Yellow Meadow Ant - Lasius flavus
Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015
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Beetles

Black Clock Beetle - Pterostichus madidus
Great Diving Beetle - Dytiscus marginalis
Harlequin Ladybird - Harmonia axyridis
Swollen-thighed Beetle - Oedemera nobilis
Cantharis rufa
Leistus ferrugineus
Leistus fulvibarbis
Leistus spinibarbis
Nebria brevicollis
Notiophilus biguttatus
Oedemera lurida
Parethelcus pollinarius
Pterostichus niger
Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015
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Birds

Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015

Blackbird - Turdus merula
Blackcap - Sylvia atricapilla
Blue Tit - Cyanistes caeruleus
Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Buzzard - Buteo buteo
Carrion Crow - Corvus corone
Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs
Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita
Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo
Dunnock - Prunella modularis
Garden Warbler - Sylvia borin
Goldcrest - Regulus regulus
Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis
Great Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopos major
Great Tit - Parus major
Green Woodpecker - Picus viridis
Greenfinch - Chloris chloris
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
Jackdaw - Corvus monedula
Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus
Lesser whitethroat - Sylvia curruca
Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus
Magpie - Pica pica
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
Mistle Thrush - Turdus viscivorus
Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus
Mute Swan - Cygnus olor
Robin - Erithacus rubecula
Song Thrush - Turdus philomelos
Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus
Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
Swallow - Hirundo rustica
Swift - Apus apus
Whitethroat - Sylvia communis
Willow Warbler - Phylloscopus trochilus
Wood Pigeon - Columba palumbus
Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes
Jay - Garrulus glandarius
Kesterel - Falco tinnunculus
 
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Bugs

Alder Spittlebug - Aphrophora alni
Birch Shieldbug - Elasmostethus interstinctus
Common Flower Bug - Anthocoris nemorum
Common Froghopper - Philaenus spumarius
Common Pondskater - Gerris lacustris
Green Shieldbug - Palomena prasina
Lesser Water Boatman - Corixa punctata
Potato Leafhopper - Eupteryx aurata
Sedate Shieldbug - Troilus luridus
Spear Thistle Lacebug - Tingis cardui
Tarnished Plant Bug - Lygus rugulipennis
Anthocoris nemoralis
Deraeocoris flavilinea
Stenodema laevigata

Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015
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Butterflies & Moths

Brimstone - Gonepteryx rhamni
Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus
Green-veined White - Pieris napi
Large White - Pieris brassicae
Meadow Brown - Maniola jurtina
Orange Tip - Anthocharis cardamines
Peacock - Inachis io
Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta
Ringlet - Aphantopus hyperantus
Small Tortoiseshell - Aglais urticae
Speckled Wood - Pararge aegeria
Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015
Moths
Data supplied by H N Ball, G McPhail &
L Holton - 24-04-2015
Bio Blitz - H N Ball, S Blandford &
L Holton - 26-06-2015

Brindled Pug - Eupithecia abbreviata
Common Quaker - Orthosia cerasi
Double-striped Pug - Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
Hebrew Character - Orthosia gothica
Least Black Arches - Nola confusalis
Pale Tussock - Calliteara pudibunda
Red-green Carpet - Chloroclysta siterata
Shuttle-shaped - Dart Agrotis puta
Streamer - Anticlea derivata
Tawny Pinion - Lithophane semibrunnea
Waved Umber - Menophra abruptaria
Yellow-barred Brindle - Acasis viretata
Acleris notana

Brimstone Moth - Opisthograptis luteolata
Buff Ermine - Spilosoma luteum
Clay - Mythimna ferrago
Common Emerald - Hemithea aestivaria
Common Marbled Carpet - Chloroclysta truncata
Common Pug - Eupithecia vulgata
Common Swift - Hepialus lupulinus
Common Wainscot - Mythimna pallens
Common White Wave - Cabera pusaria
Elephant Hawk-moth - Deilephila elpenor
Figure of Eighty - Tethea ocularis
Flame Shoulder - Ochropleura plecta
Ghost Moth - Hepialus humuli
Green Carpet - Colostygia pectinataria
Green Oak Tortrix - Tortrix viridana
Heart and Dart - Agrotis exclamationis
Large Yellow Underwing - Noctua pronuba
Light Emerald - Campaea margaritata
Marbled Minor - Oligia strigilis
Middle-barred Minor - Oligia fasciuncula
Mottled Beauty - Alcis repandata
Peach Blossom - Thyatira batis
Riband Wave - Idaea aversata
Rosy Minor - Mesoligia literosa
Small Fan-foot - Herminia grisealis
Small Square-spot - Diarsia rubi
Smoky Wainscot - Mythimna impura
Snout - Hypena proboscidalis
Willow Beauty - Peribatodes rhomboidaria
Udea olivalis
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Centipedes & Millipedes

Brown Centipede - Lithobius forficatus Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015

Dragonflies & Damselflies

Azure Damselfly - Coenagrion puella
Banded Demoiselle - Calopteryx splendens
Blue-tailed Damselfly - Ischnura elegans
Common Blue Damselfly - Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Darter - Sympetrum striolatum
Emerald Damselfly - Lestes sponsa
Red-eyed Damselfly - Erythromma najas
Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015
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Earwigs

Common European Earwig - Forficula auricularia Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015

Ferns & Horsetails

Field Horsetail - Equisetum arvense
Hart's-tongue - Asplenium scolopendrium
Male-fern - Dryopteris filix-mas
Soft Shield Fern - Polystichum setiferum
Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015
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Fish

Perch - Perca fluviatilis
Pike - Esox lucius
Roach - Rutilus rutilus
Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015
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Flies, Gnats and Midges

Horsefly - Haematopota pluvialis
Murky-legged Black Legionnaire - Beris chalybata
Dolichopus popularis
Rhagio scolopaceus
Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015
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Flowers and Plants

Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015

Amphibious Bistort - Persicaria amphibia
Arrowhead - Sagittaria sagittifolia
Autumal hawkbit - Scorzoneroides autumnalis
Bittersweet - Solanum dulcamara
Black Medick - Medicago lupulina
Bluebell - Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Bogbean - Menyanthes trifoliata
Bristly Oxtongue - Helminthotheca echioides
Broad-leaved Dock - Rumex obtusifolius
Broad-leaved Willowherb - Epilobium montanum
Canadian Pondweed - Elodea canadensis
Charlock - Sinapis arvensis
Chicory - Cichorium intybus
Cleavers - Galium aparine
Common Chickweed - Stellaria media
Common Groundsel - Senecio vulgaris
Common Knapweed - Centaurea nigra
Common Nettle - Urtica dioica
Common Ragwort - Senecio jacobaea
Common Reed - Phragmitis australis
Common Sorrel - Rumex acetosa
Common Vetch - Vicia sativa
Cow Parsley - Anthriscus sylvestris
Creeping Buttercup - Ranunculus repens
Creeping Cinquefoil - Potentilla reptans
Creeping Thistle - Cirsium arvense
Cuckoo Flower - Cardamine pratensis
Curled Dock - Rumex crispus
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill - Geranium dissectum
Daisy - Bellis perennis
Dandelion - agg. Taraxacum officinale agg.
Fat Hen - Chenopodium album
Field Bindweed - Convolvulus arvensis
Field Forget-me-not - Myosotis arvensis
Flowering-rush - Butomus umbellatus
Garlic Mustard - Alliaria petiolata
Goatsbeard - Arunus dioicus
Goat's-beard - Tragopogon pratensis
Great Burnet - Sanguisorba officinalis
Great Willowherb - Epilobium hirsutum
Greater Plantain - Plantago major
Groundsel - Senecio vulgaris
Hairy Tare - Vicia hirsuta
Hedge Mustard - Sisymbrium officinale
Hedge Woundwort - Stachys sylvatica
Herb-Robert - Geranium robertianum
Hoary Ragwort - Senecio erucifolius

Hogweed - Heracleum sphondylium
Honesty - Lunaria annua
Horse-radish - Armoracia rusticana
Ivy-leaved Speedwell - Veronica hederifolia
Knotgrass - Polygonum aviculare
Lady's Bedstraw - Galium verum
Large Bindweed - Calystegia silvatica
Lesser Stitchwort - Stellaria graminea
Lesser Trefoil - Trifolium dubium
Lords-and-Ladies - Arum maculatum
Marsh-bedstraw - Galium palustre
Meadow Buttercup - Ranunculus acris
Meadow Crane's-bill - Geranium pratense
Meadow Vetchling - Lathyrus pratensis
Meadowsweet - Filipendula ulmaria
Nipplewort - Lapsana communis
Ox-eye Daisy - Leucanthemum vulgare
Prickly Sow-thistle - Sonchus asper
Ragged Robin - Silene flos-cuculi
Red Bartsia - Odontites vernus
Red Campion - Silene dioica
Red Clover - Trifolium pratense
Red Dead-nettle - Lamium purpureum
Ribwort Plantain - Plantago lanceolata
Rosebay Willowherb - Chamerion angustifolium
Rough Chervil - Chaerophyllum temulum
Scentless Mayweed - Tripleurospermum inodorum
Shepherd's-purse - Capsella bursa-pastoris
Silverweed - Potentilla anserina
Skullcap - Scutellaria galericulata
Smooth Hawk's-beard - Crepis capillaris
Smooth Sow-thistle - Sonchus oleraceus
Spear Thistle - Cirsium vulgare
Stinking Iris - Iris foetidissima
Sweet Violet - Viola odorata
Tall Melilot - Melilotus altissimus
Thyme-leaved Speedwell - Veronica serpyllifolia
Tufted vetch - Vicia cracca
Upright Hedge-parsley - Torilis japonica
Wall Speedwell - Veronica arvensis
Water Dock - Rumex hydrolapathum
Water Figwort - Scrophularia auriculata
Welsh Poppy - Meconopsis cambrica
White Bryony - Bryonia dioica
White Clover - Trifolium repens
White Dead-nettle - Lamium album
Wild Carrot - Daucus carota subsp. carota
Wood Avens - Geum urbanum
Wood Dock - Rumex sanguineus
Yarrow - Achillea millefolium
Yellow Iris - Iris pseudacorus
Yellow Water-lily - Nuphar lutea

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Fungi & Lichen

Fungi
Bladder Plum gall - Taphrina pruni
Golden Scalycap - Pholiota aurivella
Pear Rust - Gymnosporangium sabinae
Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015
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Grasses, Rushes & Sedges

Barren Brome - Anisantha sterilis
Branched Bur-reed - Sparganium erectum
Cock's-foot - Dactylis glomerata
Common Bent - Agrostis capillaris
Common Club-rush - Schoenoplectus lacustris
Common Couch - Elytrigia repens
Creeping Bent - Agrostis stolonifera
False Fox-sedge - Carex otrubae
False Oat-grass - Arrhenatherum elatius
False-brome - Brachypodium sylvaticum
Hairy Sedge - Carex hirta
Hard Rush - Juncus inflexus
Hop Sedge - Carex pseudocyperus
Lesser Pond-sedge - Carex acutiformis
Meadow Barley - Hordeum secalinum
Pendulous Sedge - Carex pendula
Perennial Rye-grass - Lolium perenne
Red Fescue - Festuca rubra
Reed Canary-grass - Phalaris arundinacea
Reed Sweet-grass - Glyceria maxima
Rough Meadow-grass - Poa trivialis
Soft-rush - Juncus effusus
Sweet Vernal-grass - Anthoxanthum odoratum
Timothy - Phleum pratense
Wild-oat - Avena fatua
Yellow Oat-grass - Trisetum flavescens
Yorkshire-fog - Holcus lanatus
Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015
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Grasshoppers & Crickets

Oak Bush-cricket - Meconema thalassinum Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015

Hoverflies

Marmalade hoverfly - Episyrphus balteatus
Migrant Hoverfly - Eupeodes corollae
Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015
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Mammals

Badger - Meles meles
Bank vole - Myodes glareolus
Brown rat - Rattus norvegicus
Fox - Vulpes vulpes
Grey squirrel - Sciurus carolinensis
Mole - Talpa europaea
Otter - Lutra lutra
Wood Mouse - Apodemus sylvaticus

Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015
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Mayflies

Green Drake Mayfly - Ephemera danica Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015

Mosses and Liverworts

Common feather moss - Kindbergia praelonga
Common pocket moss - Fissidens taxifolius
Crescent cup liverwort - Lunilaria
Curled bristle moss - Ulota crispa
Greater water moss - Fontinalis antiferutica
Liverwort - Marchantia polymorpha
Liverwort - Metzgeria furcata
Liverwort - Pellia endiviifolia
Liverwort (once rare) - Frullania dilatata
Moss - Amblystegium serpens
Moss - Cryphaea heteromalla
Moss - Hypnum cupressiform
Moss - Minium undulatum
Rough-stalked feather moss - Brachythecium rutabulum
Silvergreen bryum moss - Bryum argenteum
Twisted moss - Tortula muralis
Wood bristle-moss - Orthotrichum affine
Brachythecium rivulare
Cratoneuron filicinum
Grimmia pulvinata
Leskea polycarpa
Pellia sp.
Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015
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Reptiles

Grass Snake - Natrix natrix Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015

Slugs & Snails

Black slug - Arion ater agg.
Brown-lipped Snail - Cepaea nemoralis
Budapest Slug - Tandonia budapestensis
Common garden slug - Arion distinctus
Discus Snail - Discus rotundatus
Dusky Slug - Arion subfuscus
Greenhouse Slug - Ambigolimax valentianus
Irish Yellow Slug - Limacus maculatus
Keeled Ramshorn - Planorbis carinatus
Kentish Garden Snail - Monacha cantiana
Leopard Slug - Limax maximus
Strawberry Snail - Trochulus striolatus
White-lipped Snail - Cepaea hortensis
Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015
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Spiders, Harvestmen & Mites

Comb-footed Spider - Enoplognatha ovata
Cucumber Green Orb Spider - Araniella cucurbitina sensu lato
Nail Gall - Eriophyes tiliae
Spider - Linyphia triangularis
Sycamore Gall - Aceria macrohycha
Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015
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Trees, Shrubs & Climbers

Apple - Malus pumila
Ash - Fraxinus excelsior
Beech - Fagus sylvatica
Bird Cherry - Prunus padus
Blackthorn - Prunus spinosa
Bramble - agg. Rubus fruticosus agg.
Cherry Laurel - Prunus laurocerasus
Common Lime - Tilia platyphyllos x cordata = T. x europaea
Crack-willow - Salix fragilis
Dog-rose - Rosa canina
Dogwood - Cornus sanguinea
Elder - Sambucus nigra
English Elm - Ulmus procera
Field Maple - Acer campestre
Field-rose - Rosa arvensis
Goat Willow - Salix caprea
Grey Willow - Salix cinerea subsp. cinerea
Guelder Rose - Viburnum opulus
Hawthorn - Crataegus monogyna
Hazel - Corylus avellana
Holly - Ilex aquifolium
Horse Chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum
Ivy - Hedera helix
Midland Hawthorn - Crataegus laevigata
Pear - Pyrus communis
Pedunculate Oak - Quercus robur
Red Currant - Ribes rubrum
Rowan - Sorbus aucuparia
Silver Birch - Betula pendula
Snowberry - Symphoricarpos albus
Spindle - Euonymus europaeus
Swedish Whitebeam - Sorbus intermedia
Sycamore - Acer pseudoplatanus
Wild Cherry - Prunus avium
Wild Privet - Ligustrum vulgare
Wych Elm - Ulmus glabra
Yew - Taxus baccata
Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015

Woodlice, Crustaceans

Common Rough Woodlouse - Porcellio scaber
Common Shiny Woodlouse - Oniscus asellus
Pill Woodlouse - Armadillidium vulgare
Water hog-louse - Asellus aquaticus
Bio Blitz ------ 26-06-2015

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