Wildlife Survey Serridge Green/Great God Meadow

13 June 2017

Members of the Dean Green Team took part in a wildlife survey at Serridge Green and Great God Meadow. We split into three groups and recorded the plants and species. The weather was quite overcast which is unfortunate as this means that the butterflies were not out and one group found absolutely NO butterflies.

Serridge Green/Great God Meadow Plants found:-

Birds Foot Trefoil
Black Medic
Bluebells / Sporadic over the whole site
Bog Iris / in anglers pond
Bog Pimpernel / In flower
Bramble / Abundant
Broad Leaved Helleborine
Brooklime / In flower, purple
Buttercup / Creeping Buttercup
Common Dog Violet / Scarce
Common Spotted Orchid / In flower, large clumps
Creeping Soft Grass
Daisy / Abundant
Dock / Abundant
Elderflower / In flower, abundant Elder Trees
Fern / Bracken - abundant
Field Forget-me-not
Foxglove / In flower, abundant
Germander Speedwell / In flower, abundant
Golden Saxifrage / Abundant
Gorse / Western
Greater Spearwort
Ground Ivy / Abundant
Heath Bedstraw / In flower, abundant
Herb Robert
Honeysuckle / In flower growing high up in the trees
Ivy / Abundant
Lesser Spearwort
Mares Tail / Just emerging
Mint
Narrow Buckler Fern
Nettle / Abundant
Plantain / Various types, abundant
Ragged Robin / Abundant dotted along side of track
Red Clover / In flower
Silverweed / Abundant
Soft Rush / Abundant
Sphagnum Moss / Wet ditch through grassy area
Stitchwort / Greater
Thistle / Various types, abundant and Marsh
Tormentil
Tufted Hair Grass / Abundant
Vetch / Common and Bush
White Bed Nettle
Wild Strawberry / Fairly common - Barren
Wood Sorrel
Wood Aven
Wood Sage
Yarrow
Yellow Pimpernel / In flower
Yorkshire Fog Grass

Other species:

Brown Silverline Moth / Abundant in old bracken
Large Skipper Butterfly / 2
Speckled Wood Butterfly / 8
Small Copper Butterfly / 1
Silver Ground Carpet Moth / 2
Bloodvein Moth / 1
Cuckoo spit / Abundant, Froghopper inside (adult + nymphs)
Common Lizard / Basking on old log
Garden Warbler
Willow Warbler
Canada Geese / 2 + 4 goslings in anglers pond
Coot / 2 in anglers pond
Moorhen / 2 in anglers pond
Boar signs / Not too obvious