Species recorded
There is an ever expanding variety of species to be observed at the Quarr and we keep lists of those that have been seen and recorded.
If you spot something that is not on one of our lists, please contact us and we will check it out and add it to this website.
Amphibians |
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| Common frog | Rana temporaria |
AphidsTrue Bugs — Hemiptera |
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| Rhopalid Bug | Rhopalus subrufus |
| ‘Nettle’ Bug | Liocoris tripustulatus |
| Grass-green Shield Bug | Palomena prasina |
| Sloe Bug | Dolycoris baccarum |
| Squash Bug | Coreus marginatus |
Bees & WaspsHymenoptera — Bees, Wasps |
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| Digger wasp | Ectemnius lituratus |
| Buff-tailed Bumblebee | Bombus terrestris |
| Common Carder bee | Bombus pascuorum |
| Common Wasp | Vespula vulgaris |
| Early Bumblebee | Bombus pratorum |
| Honey Bee | Apis melifera |
| Red-tailed Bumblebee | Bombus lapidarius |
| Vestal cuckoo Bumblebee | Bombus vestalis |
| White-tailed Bumblebee | Bombus lucorum |
BeetlesColeoptera — Beetles |
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| Common Red Soldier Beetle | Rhagonycha fulva |
| Fourteen Spot Ladybird | Propylea 14-punctata |
| Seven Spot Ladybird | Coccinella septempunctata |
| Two Spot Ladybird | Adalia 2-punctata |
Birds |
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| Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
| Blackbird | Turdus merula |
| Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla |
| Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
| Buzzard | Buteo buteo |
| Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs |
| Chiff Chaff | Phylloscopus collybita |
| Coal Tit | Parus ater |
| Crow | Corvus corone |
| Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus |
| Dunnock | Prunella modularis |
| Fieldfare | Turdis pilaris |
| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus |
| Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major |
| Great Tit | Parus major |
| Herring gull | Larus argentatus |
| House Martin | Delichon urbica |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
| Linnet | Acanthis cannabina |
| Long Tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus |
| Magpie | Pica pica |
| Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus |
| Pied Wagtail | Motacilla alba |
| Red Kite | Milvis milvus |
| Red Legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa |
| Rose-ringed parakeet | Psittacula krameri |
| Redwing | Turdus iliacus |
| Robin | Erithacus rubecula |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus |
| Skylark | Alauda arvensis |
| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos |
| Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus |
| Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
| Stonechat | Saxicola torquata |
| Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Swift | Apus apus |
| Tree Creeper | Certhia familiaris |
| Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus |
| Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes |
| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella |
ButterfliesLepidoptera — Butterflies |
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| Brimstone | Gonopteryx rhamni |
| Clouded Yellow | Colias croceus |
| Comma | Polygonia c-album |
| Common Blue | Polyommatus icarus |
| Gatekeeper | Pyronia tithonus |
| Green Veined White | Pieris napi |
| Holly Blue | Celastrina argiolus |
| Large skipper | Ochlodes venata |
| Large White | Pieris brassicae |
| Marbled White | Melanargia galathea |
| Meadow Brown | Maniola jurtina |
| Painted Lady | Cynthia cardui |
| Peacock | Inachis io |
| Red Admiral | Vanessa atalanta |
| Ringlet | Aphantopus hyperantus |
| Small Copper | Lycaena phlaeas |
| Small Tortoiseshell | Aglais urtica |
| Small White | Pieris rapae |
| Speckled wood | Parage aegeria |
CricketsOrthoptera — Crickets, Grasshoppers |
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| Dark Bush-cricket | Pholidoptera griseoaptera |
| Long-winged Conehead | Concephalus discolor |
| Meadow Grasshopper | Chorthippus parallelus |
| Speckled Bush-cricket | Leptophyes punctatissimus |
DragonfliesOdonata — Dragonflies |
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| Common Darter | Sympetrum striolatum |
| Southern Hawker | Aeshna cyanea |
FliesDiptera — Flies |
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| Marmalade Hoverfly | Episyrphus balteatus |
| Common fly | Musca domestica |
MammalsMammalia — Mammals |
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| Rat | Rattus rattus |
| Shrew | Sorex araneus |
| Badger | Meles meles |
| Grey Squirrel | Sciurus carolinensis |
| Wood Mouse | Apodemus sylvatica |
| Hedgehog | Erinaceus europaeus |
| Mole | Talpa europaea |
| Pipistrelle Bat | Pipistrellus pipistrellus |
MolluscsMollusca — Snails & Slugs |
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| Banded Snail | Cepeae nemoralis |
| Garden Snail | Helix aspera |
| Hairy Snail | Trichia hispida |
| Kentish Garden Snail | Monacha cantiana |
| White-lipped Snail | Cepaea hortensis |
MothsLepidoptera — Moths |
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| Bright-line Brown Eye | Lacanobia oleracea |
| Brown Rustic | Rusina ferruginea |
| Brown Silver Lines | Petrophora chlorosata |
| Buff Ermine | Spilosoma luteum |
| Cream Spot Tiger | Arctia villica britannica |
| Dark Arches | Apamea monoglypha |
| Eyed Hawk Moth | Smerinthus ocellata |
| Flame | Alyxia putris |
| Flame Shoulder | Ochropleura plectra |
| Garden Pebble | Evergestis forficalis |
| Heart & Club | Agrotis clavis |
| Heart & Dart | Agrotis exclamationis |
| Ingrailed Clay | Diarsia mendica mendica |
| Light Apple Moth | Epiphyas postvittana |
| Marbled Minor agg | Oligia strigilis |
| Miller | Acronicta leporina |
| Mottled Rustic | Caradrina morpheus |
| Mother of Pearl Moth | Pleuoptya ruralis |
| Oak Eggar | Lasiocampa quercus |
| Pale Tussock | Calliteara pudibunda |
| Rustic | Hoplodrina blanda |
| Rustic Shoulder-knot | Apamea sordens |
| Setaceous Hebrew Character | Xestia C-nigrum |
| Shuttle Shaped Dart | Agrotis puta puta |
| Silver Ground Carpet | Xanthoroe montanata montanata |
| Smoky Wainscot | Mythimna impura |
| Treble Lines | Charanyca trigrammica |
| White Ermine | Spilosoma lubricepeda |
| Timothy Tortrix | Aphelia paleana |
| Micromoth | Pseudargyrotoza conwagana |
| Small Magpie | Eurrhypara hortulata |
PlantlifePlantlife |
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| Birdsfoot Trefoil | Lotus corniculatus |
| Black Bryony | Tamus communis |
| Black Horehound | Ballota nigra |
| Black Medick | Medicago lupulina |
| Bramble | Rubus fruticosus |
| Broad-leaved Dock | Rumex obtusifolius |
| Bulbous Buttercup | Ranunculus bulbosus |
| Bush Vetch | Vicia sepium |
| Common Cleavers | Gallium aparine |
| Common Comfrey | Symphytum officinale |
| Common Mallow | Malva sylvestris |
| Common Mouse-ear | Cerastium fontanum |
| Common Nettle | Urtica dioica |
| Common Poppy | Papaver rhoeas |
| Common Ragwort | Senecio jacobaea |
| Common Valerian | Valeriana officinalis |
| Common Vetch | Vicia sativa |
| Cow Parsley | Anthriscus sylvestris |
| Creeping Buttercup | Ranunculus repens |
| Creeping Thistle | Cirsium sylvestris |
| Crow Garlic | Allium vineale |
| Cut-leaved Geranium | Geranium dissectum |
| Daisy | Bellis perennis |
| Dandelion | Taraxacum sp. |
| Field Bindweed | Convolvulus arvense |
| Field Forget-me not | Myosotis arvensis |
| Garlic Mustard | Alliaria petiolata |
| Germander Speedwell | Veronica chamaedrys |
| Goatsbeard | Tragopogon pratensis |
| Greater Periwinkle | Vinca major |
| Greater Plantain | Plantago major |
| Green Field Speedwell | Veronica agrestis |
| Ground Elder | Aegopodium podagraria |
| Ground Ivy | Glechoma hederacea |
| Guelder Rose | Viburnum opulus |
| Hairy Bittercress | Cardamine hirsuta |
| Harts tongue fern | Asplenium scolopendrium |
| Hedge Bedstraw | Galium mollugo |
| Hedge Bindweed | Calystegia sepium |
| Hedge Woundwort | Stachys sylvatica |
| Hemlock | Conium maculatum |
| Herb Bennet | Geum urbanum |
| Herb Robert | Geranium robertianum |
| Hogweed | Heracleum sphondylium |
| Horse-radish | Armoracia rusticana |
| Ivy | Hedera helix |
| Japanese Knotweed | Fallopia japonica |
| Knapweed | Centaurea nigra |
| Knotgrass | Polygonum aviculare |
| Lady’s Bedstraw | Galium verum |
| Lesser Burdock | Arctium minus |
| Lesser Celandine | Ranunculus ficaria |
| Long-stalked Cranesbill | Geranium columbinum |
| Lords and Ladies | Arum maculatum |
| Meadow Buttercup | Ranunculus acris |
| Meadow Cranesbill | Geranium pratense |
| Mugwort | Atremisis vulgaris |
| Oxeye Daisy | Chrysanthemum leucanthemum |
| Pineapple Mayweed | Matricaria discoidea |
| Prickly Sow-thistle | Sonchus asper |
| Primrose | Primula vulgaris |
| Red Clover | Trifolium pratense |
| Red Deadnettle | Lamium purpureum |
| Ribwort Plantain | Plantago lanceolata |
| Shepherd’s Purse | Capsella bursa-pastoris |
| Smooth Sow-thistle | Sonchus oleraceus |
| Snowdrop | Galanthus nivalis |
| Spanish Bluebell | Hyacinthoides hispanica |
| Spear Thistle | Cirsium vulgare |
| Teasel | Dipsacus fullonum |
| Violet | Viola riviniana |
| Wayfaring Tree | Viburnum lantana |
| White Clover | Trifolium repens |
| White Deadnettle | Lamium album |
| Yarrow | Achillea millefolium |
| Yellow Rattle | Rhinanthus minor |
Trees & ShrubsTrees & Shrubs |
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| Alder | Alnus glutinosa |
| Ash | Fraxinus excelsior |
| Beech | Fagus sylvatica |
| Black Poplar | Populus nigra |
| Cherry | Prunus avium |
| Common Hawthorn | Craetaegus monogyna |
| Crab Apple | Malus sylvestris |
| Elder | Sambucus nigra |
| Elm | Ulmus Triumph |
| Field Maple | Acer campestre |
| Glastonbury Thorn | Crataegus |
| Goat Willow | Salix caprea |
| Hazel | Corylus avellana |
| Holly | Llex aquifolium |
| Hornbeam | Carpinus betulus |
| Horse Chestnut | Aesculus hippocastaneum |
| Monterey Cypress | Cupressus macrocarpa |
| Mountain Ash | Sorbus aucuparia |
| Oak | Quercus robur |
| Silver Birch | Betula pendula |
| Sloe/Blackthorn | Prunus spinosa |
| Spindle | Eunomymus europaeus |
| Walnut | Juglans regia |
| Wild Service | Sorbus torminalis |