Plants in grassland areas
Alkanet Pentaglossis sempervirens
Birds foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus picture
Bittercress Cardamine sp
Broad-leaved willowherb Epilobium montanum picture
Common ragwort Senecio jacobaea picutre
Creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens picture
Great mullein Verbascum thapsus picture
Mouse ear chickweed Cerastium fontanum
Self heal Prunella vulgaris picture
Wild parsnip Pastinaca sativa
Yorkshire Fog (a grass) Holcus

Lakeside and streamside flowering plants
Bugle Ajuga reptans
Cuckoo flower Cardamine pratensis picture
Common water plantain Alisma plantage-aquatica
Great willowherb Epilobium hirsutum picture
Hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum picutre
Yellow iris Iris pseudacorusIris
Marsh bedstraw Galium palustre
Marsh thistle Cirsium palustre picture
Purple loosetrife Lythrum salicara picture
Swallow-wort Vincetoxicum hirundinari
Wild strawberry Fragaria vesca picture
Woody nightshade Solanum dulcamara


Lakeside and streamside ferns and liverworts
Hart’s tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium
Lady fern Athyrium filix-femina

Animal species in lake water
Caddis fly larva Limnephilus sp
Common frog tadpoles and adults Rana temporaria
Freshwater shrimp Gammarus pulex more information
Hog louse Asellus sp
Mayfly nymph Caenis sp picture
Midge larva Chironomous sp more information
Pond skater Gerris lacustris more information
Ramshorn snail Planorbis sp picture
Toad (tadpoles) Bufo bufo more information

Animals around or on the lake
*visitors not resident on site, as far as we know.
Birds
*Heron Ardea cinerea
*Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Coot Fulica atra
*Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Insects in flight
Common darter Sympetrum striolatum
Brown hawker Aeshna grandis
Southern hawker Aeshna cyanea
Reptiles
Grass snake Natrix natrix

Woodland floor and edge herbaceous flowering plants
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta picture
Dogs mercury Mercuralis perennis picture
Dog violet Viola riviniana
Foxglove Digitalis pupura picture
Ground ivy Glechoma hederacea picture
Hedge woundwort Stachys sylvatica picture
Herb robert Geranium robertianum picture
Lords and Ladies Arum maculatum picture
Primrose Primula vulgaris (garden varieties or hybrids with garden varieties) picture
Red campion Silene dioica
Scarlet pimpernel Anagallis arvensis
Small balsam Impatiens parviflora
Stinging nettle Urtica dioca picture
White bryony Bryonia cretica picture
White campion Silene latifolia
Wood anemone Anemone nemorosa picture
Wood meadow grass Poa nemoralis
Wood forget-me-not Myositis sylvatica picture
Wood sage Teucrium canadense picture

Woodland floor shrubs and climbers
Bramble Rubus fruticosus
Honeysuckle Lonicera xylosteum picture

Woodland floor fungi
Amethyst deceiver Laccaria amethystea
Charcoal burner Russula cyanoxantha
Common bonnet Mycena galericulata
Common earth –ball Scleroderma citrinum
Common parasol mushroom Lepiota procera
Common yellow russula Russula ochroleuca
Crab brittlegill Russula xerampelina
Drab bonnet Mycena aetites
Fly agaric Aminita muscaria
Hare's Foot Inkcap Coprinus lagopus
Milk cap Lactarius sp
Milky bonnet Hemimycena lactea
Navel toadstools Omphalina sp
Red cracking boletes Boletus chrysenteron
Shaggy ink cap Coprinus comatus
Shaggy parasol Macrolepiota rhacodes
The deceiver Laccaria laccata
Wood blewit Lepista nuda

Woodland edge fungi
Crested lepiota Lepiota cristata
Shaggy ink cap Coprinus comatus




Grassland fungi
Golden Spindles Clavulinopsis fusiformis

Log pile: invertebrate life
brown centipede Lithobius forficus
common rough woodlouse Porcellio scaber
pill millipede Glomeris marginata
violet ground beetle Carabus violaceus

Woodland floor ferns
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum
Buckler fern (Dryopteris austriaca
Male fern Dryopteris filis-mas

Woodland birds
blackbird Turdus merula picture
blue tit Parus caerulous picture
common buzzard Buteo buteo picture
carrion crow Corvus carone picture
chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita picture
coal tit Parus ater
collared dove Streptopelia decaocto
dunnock Prunella modularis
goldcrest Regulus regulus picture
greater spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major picture
great tit Parus major
greenfinch Carduelis chloris
green woodpecker Picus viridis picture
jay Garrulus glandarius
long tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus picture
magpie Pica pica
nuthatch Sitta europaea picture
robin Erithacus rubecula picture
song thrush Turdus philomelos picture
swallow Hirundo rustica picture
swift Apus apus picture
red kite Milvus milvus
starling Sternus vulgaris
tawny owl Strix aluco
wood pigeon Columba palumbus
wren Troglodytes troglodytes

Woodland trees: native species
Broad-leafed species
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Beech Fagus sylavatica
Common oak Quercus robur
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Hazel Corylus avellana
Silver birch Betula pendula
White willow Salix alba
Wild cherry Prunus avium

Pine and other evergreen species
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Scots pine Pinus sylvestris
Yew Taxus baccata

Woodland trees: non-native species
Horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum