Ecological biodiversity
Flowers
Yarrow, marsh thistle, pignut, bluebells, cats ear, violets, oxeye daisy, tormentil, glaucous sedge, birds foot trefoil, common knapweed, meadow buttercup betony, devils bit scabious, bedstraw spp., tare spp., sneezewort, meadow vetchling, germander speedwell, stitchwort, woodrush, heath spotted orchid and common spotted orchid. Betony, meadow buttercup, pignut, common knapweed, selfheal, dog violet, sorrel, greater birds foot trefoil, ribwort plantain, gallium spp., red clover, common twayblade, dyers greenweed, St John’s wort, cuckoo flower, meadow sweet, common vetch, wild angelica, cats ear spp., rough hawkbit, creeping cinquefoil, creeping buttercup, white clover, oval sedge, red clover, selfheal and lesser spearwort. Dandelion, cat ears spp., wild angelica, red clover, mouse ear chickweed and cowslips. Burdock, wild garlic, snowdrop species, wild daffodils, wild primroses, forget-me-knots, red campion and fox gloves.
Grasses
Yorkshire fog, cocksfoot, sweet vernal grass, fescue spp. bent spp., fox tail, false oat grass and quaking grass.
Ponds
Water lilies, marsh marigold, water mint, bulrushes, yellow flag irises and more.
Trees
Oaks, ash, hazel, Scots pine, alder, silver birch, eucalyptus, beech, sycamore, willows, holly, hawthorn. poplar, larch (Cedrus deodara), Judas tree, acers, American red oak, hornbeam, bird cherry, yew, Nordman firs, Norway spruce, Monterey pine and blue cyprus. Fruit trees – fig, cherry, variety of apple trees and greengage.
Bees, Butterflies and other insects
There are various species of honey bees, bumble bees, solitary bees and carder bees. There are many species of butterflies including: meadow brown, ringlet, gatekeeper, six-spot burnet, small heath, small skipper, common and small blue butterfly, red admiral and the peacock butterfly. There are many other insects such as dragonflies, beetles, hoverflies, ants, grasshoppers, damsel flies, lady birds, scarab beetles, woodlice, glow worms and more.
Birds
Buzzard, kestrel, barn owl, tawny owl, cuckoo, wagtail, common sparrow, nuthatch, goldfinch, blue tit, great tit, yellow tit, coal tit, swallows, house martin, swifts, robin, green woodpecker, great spotted woodpecker, woodcock, wren, nightingale, thrush, blackbird, starlings, crows, magpies, jay, chaffinch, crow, pheasant, heron, ducks, Canada geese, wood pigeon, sand piper, sparrow hawk, grebe and moor hen.
Wildlife
Fallow deer, badgers, foxes, rabbits, weasel, mice, long-eared and pippestrelle bats, toads, newts, grass snakes, and slow worms.
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