APPENDIX
SPECIES LISTS
1.HIGHER PLANTS
A.MONOCOTYLEDONS (LILIIDAE)
Grasses (Poaceae)
Agrostis stolonifera (creeping bent) *
Alopecurus myosuroides (black-grass) *
Anisantha sterilis (barren brome) *
Arrhenatherum elatius (false oat-grass) *
Bromus hordeaceus (soft-brome) *
Bromopsis ramosa (hairy-brome) *
Dactylis glomerata (cock’s-foot) *
Elytrigia repens (common couch) *
Festuca rubra (red fescue) *
Holcus lanatus (Yorkshire-fog) *
Lolium perenne (perennial rye-grass) *
Phleum pratense (Timothy) *
Poa pratensis (smooth meadow-grass) *
Poa trivialis (rough meadow-grass) *
Triticum aestivum (bread wheat)
Vulpia myuros (rat’s-tail fescue)
Sedges (Cyperaceae)
Carex flacca (glaucous sedge) nw
Orchids (Orchidaceae)
Ophrys apifera (bee orchid)
B.DICOTYLEDONS
Acer campestre (field maple) *
Anagallis arvensis (scarlet pimpernel) *
Anthriscus sylvestris (cow parsley) *
Cerastium fontanum (common mouse-ear) *
Chenopodium album (fat-hen) nw *
Cirsium arvense (creeping thistle) *
Cirsium vulgare (spear thistle) *
Clematis vitalba (traveller’s-joy) *
Convolvulus arvensis (field bindweed) *
Crataegus monogyna (hawthorn) *
Crepis capillaris (smooth hawk’s-beard) *
Crepis vesicaria (beaked hawk’s-beard)
Epilobium hirsutum (great willowherb) *
Epilobium montanum (broad-leaved willowherb) *
Erigeron acer (blue fleabane)
Fraxinus excelsior (ash) *
Galium aparine (cleavers) *
Geranium dissectum (cut-leaved crane’s-bill) *
Geum urbanum (wood avens) *
Glechoma hederacea (ground-ivy) nw *
Hedera helix (ivy) *
Heracleum sphondylium (hogweed) *
Medicago lupulina (black medick)
Myosotis arvensis (field forget-me-not) nw *
Odontites vernus (red bartsia) *
Picris echioides (bristly oxtongue) *
Plantago major (greater plantain) *
Potentilla reptans (creeping cinquefoil) *
Prunus spinosa (blackthorn) *
Quercus robur (pedunculate oak)
Ranunculus repens (creeping buttercup) *
Rosa canina (dog-rose) *
Rubus caesius (dewberry) *
Rubus fruticosus agg (bramble) *
Rumex crispus (curled dock) *
Rumex obtusifolius (broad-leaved dock) *
Rumex sanguineus (wood dock) *
Senecio erucifolius (hoary ragwort)
Senecio jacobaea (common ragwort)
Sinapis arvensis (charlock) nw *
Sonchus arvensis (perennial sow-thistle) *
Sonchus asper (prickly sow-thistle) *
Stachys sylvatica (hedge woundwort) *
Stellaria media (common chickweed) nw *
Taraxacum officinale agg. (dandelion)
Torilis japonica (upright hedge-parsley) *
Tragopogon pratensis (goat’s-beard) *
Trifolium campestre (hop trefoil)
Trifolium dubium (lesser trefoil)
Urtica dioica (common nettle) *
Veronica arvensis (wall speedwell) *
Veronica persica (common field-speedwell) *
NB The above species include only those recorded in quadrats.
nw Species not recorded in woodland plots.
Additional higher plant species recorded in the Boxworth Project, 1982-88:
Pteridophyta
Equisetum arvense
Monocotyledons
Allium vineale
Alopecurus pratensis
Arum maculatum
Avena fatua
Brachypodium sylvaticum
Bromus commutatus
Elymus caninus
Festuca gigantea
Festuca pratensis
Hordeum murinum
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Juncus inflexus
Lolium multiflorum
Poa annua
Tamus communis
Typha latifolia
Dicotyledons
Acer pseudoplatanus
Achillea millefolium
Aethusa cynapium
Agrimonia eupatoria
Alliaria petiolata
Alnus glutinosa
Amoracia rusticana
Arctium lappa
Arctium minus
Atriplex patula
Ballota nigra
Barbarea vulgaris
Bryonia dioica
Calystegia sepium
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Cardamine sp.
Carduus acanthoides
Centaurea nigra
Centaurea scabiosa
Chaerophyllum temulentum
Chamerion angustifolium
Conium maculatum
Conopodium majus
Coronopus squamatus
Corylus avellana
Crataegus laevigata
Daphne laureola
Daucus carota
Dipsacus fullonum
Epilobium roseum
Euonymus europaeus
Euphorbia exigua
Fallopia convolvulus
Filipendula ulmaria
Galeopsis tetrahit
Galium cruciata
Galium verum
Geranium molle
Geranium pratense
Geranium robertianum
Geranium rotundifolium
Hypericum hirsutum
Hypochoeris radicata
Kickxia elatine
Kickxia spuria
Lactuca serriola
Lamium album
Lamium purpureum
Lapsana communis
Ligustrum vulgare
Lithospermum arvense
Lonicera periclymenum
Malus sylvestris
Malva sylvestris
Oxalis acetosella
Papaver dubium
Papaver lecoquii
Papaver rhoeas
Plantago lanceolata
Plantago media
Polygonum aviculare
Polygonum persicaria
Potentilla anserina
Primula veris
Prunus domestica
Quercus sp.
Ranunculus acris
Ranunculus ficaria
Rhamnus catharticus
Rosa arvensis
Rumex conglomeratus
Salix caprea
Salix fragilis
Sambucus nigra
Scandix pecten-veneris
Scrophularia auriculata
Senecio vulgaris
Silene alba
Silene dioica
Silene vulgaris
Sisymbrium sp.
Solanum dulcamara
Sonchus oleraceus
Trifolium repens
Tripleurospermum inodorum
Tussilago farfara
Ulmus glabra
Ulmus spp.
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica montana
Viburnum lantana
Vicia sp.
Viola arvensis
Viola odorata
Viola reichenbachiana
2.INSECTS
A.BEETLES (COLEOPTERA)
GROUND BEETLES (CARABIDAE)
Abax parallelepipedus *
Acupalpus dorsalis
Acupalpus meridianus *
Agonum dorsale *
Agonum moestum
Agonum obscurum *
Amara aenea
Amara apricaria
Amara aulica
Amara communis
Amara convexior
Amara eurynota
Amara familiaris *
Amara lunicollis
Amara montivaga
Amara ovata
Amara plebeja *
Amara similata
Amara tibialis
Asaphidion flavipes *
Badister bipustulatus *
Bembidion aeneum *
Bembidion biguttatum
Bembidion guttula *
Bembidion lampros *
Bembidion lunulatum *
Bembidion obtusum *
Bembidion properans
Bembidion quadrimaculatum *
Bradycellus verbasci
Calathus piceus
Carabus violaceus *
Clivina fossor *
Demetrias atricapillus *1
Dromius linearis *1
Harpalus aeneus *
Harpalus ardosiacus
Harpalus attenuatus
Harpalus latus
Harpalus rubripes
Harpalus rufibarbis *
Harpalus rufipes *
Harpalus rupicola
Leistus ferrugineus *
Leistus fulvibarbis
Leistus rufomarginatus
Leistus spinibarbis *
Loricera pilicornis *
Microlestes maurus
Microlestes minutulus
Nebria brevicollis *
Notiophilus biguttatus *
Notiophilus palustris
Notiophilus substriatus
Panagaeus bipustulatus
Platyderus ruficollis
Pterostichus cupreus
Pterostichus macer *
Pterostichus madidus *
Pterostichus melanarius *
Pterostichus niger *
Pterostichus nigrita
Pterostichus strenuus *
Pterostichus vernalis
Stomis pumicatus *
Synuchus nivalis
Trechus quadristriatus *
Additional “common” ground beetle species recorded in the Boxworth Project, 1982-88:
Badister sodalis
Bembidion bipunctatum
Calathus fuscipes
Calathus melanocephalus
Carabus granulatus
Carabus monilis
Metabletus obscuroguttatus
Pterostichus versicolor
Trechus obtusus
ROVE BEETLES (STAPHYLINIDAE)
Achenium humile
Acidota cruentata
Aleochara curtula
Anotylus complanatus
Anotylus insecatus
Anotylus inustus
Anotylus rugosus
Anotylus sculpturatus
Anotylus tetracarinatus
Anthobium unicolor
Astenus lyonessius
Bisnius cephalotes
Bisnius fimetarius
Bolitobius castaneus *
Carpelimus corticinus
Carpelimus elongatulus
Carpelimus fuliginosus
Coryphium angusticolle
Cypha longicornis1
Dinothenarus pubescens
Drusilla canaliculata
Euaesthetus bipunctatus
Euaesthetus ruficapillus1
Gyrohypnus fracticornis
Ischnosoma splendidum *
Lathrobium angustatum
Lathrobium elongatum
Lathrobium fulvipenne *
Lathrobium geminum
Lathrobium longulum
Lathrobium pallidum
Lesteva punctuata
Lordithon lunulatus
Lordithon trinotatus
Megalinus glabratus (prev. Xantholinus glabratus)
Metopsia clypeata
Micropeplus staphylinoides
Mycetoporus angularis
Mycetoporus longulus
Myrmedonia limbata
Ocypus aeneocephalus
Ocypus globulifer
Ocypus olens *
Omalium septentrionis
Othius laeviusculus
Othius punctulatus *
Philonthus carbonarius
Philonthus cognatus*
Philonthus decorus
Philonthus laminatus
Philonthus marginatus
Philonthus nigrita
Philonthus politus
Philonthus rubripennis
Philonthus succicola
Plataraea brunnea
Platydracus stercorarius
Platystethus nitens
Platystethus nodifrons
Proteinus brachypterus
Proteinus ovalis
Quediini sp.
Quedius brevis
Quedius cinctus
Quedius fuliginosus *
Quedius lateralis *
Quedius mesomelinus
Quedius molochinus
Quedius picipes
Quedius schatzmayri
Quedius semiobscurus
Rugilus rufipes
Sepedophilus marshami
Sepedophilus sp. *
Staphylinus brunnipes
Stenus aceris
Stenus bimaculatus
Stenus binotatus
Stenus brunnipes1
Stenus clavicornis1
Stenus fulvicornis1
Stenus geniculatus
Stenus latifrons
Stenus nitidiusculus
Stenus ossium1
Stenus pallipes
Stenus providus
Stenus pusillus
Stenus similis
Stenus sp. *
Sunius propinquus
Tachinus proximus
Tachinus rufipes
Tachinus signatus *
Tachinus subterraneus
Tachyporus chrysomelinus *
Tachyporus hypnorum *1
Tachyporus nitidulus *1
Tachyporus obtusus
Tachyporus scutellaris
Tachyporus solutus
Tasgius ater
Tasgius globulifer
Tasgius morsitans
Tasgius pedator
Trichophya pilicornis
Xantholinus linearis *
Xantholinus longiventris
Xantholinus tricolor *
Additional “common” rove beetle species recorded in the Boxworth Project, 1982-88:
Quedius nigrocaeruleus
Quedius nemoralis
Tachinus marginellus
Xantholinus laevigatus
CLICK BEETLES (ELATERIDAE)a
Denticollis linearis2
SAP BEETLES (NITIDULIDAE)a
Meligethes sp.2
MOULD BEETLES (LATHRIDIIDAE)a
Enicmus transversus2
Melanopthalma gibossa2
LEAF BEETLES (CHRYSOMELIDAE)a
Phyllodecta laticollis2
Crepidodera feruginea2
Apthona atrovirens2
Chaetocnema concinna2
Phyllotreta undulata2
Longitarsus melanocephalus2
WEEVILS (CIRCULIONIDAE)a
Sitona lineatus2
Barypithes pellucidus2
WEEVILS (APIONIDAE)a
Apion immune2
Apion carduorum2
Apion onopordi2
Apion vorax2
Ceuthorrynchus quadridens2
Ceuthorrynchus floralis2
HYDRAENIDAEa
Ochthebius nanus2
Notes:
a) Only species of Carabidae and Staphylinidae were identified from pitfall trap catches.
1 Species also recorded from July 2000 D-vac catches.
2 Species only recorded from D-vac catches.
* indicates species recorded at Boxworth during the ‘Boxworth Project’ (Greig-Smith, Frampton & Hardy, 1992)
B.BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS (LEPIDOPTERA)
BUTTERFLIES
Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
Clouded yellow (Colias crocea)
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)
Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina)
Orange tip (Anthocharis cardamines)
Painted lady (Vanessa cardui)
Peacock (Inachis io)
Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)
Small copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
Small heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)
Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
Small white (Pieris rapae)
Small/Essex skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris or T. lineola)
Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria)
Wall brown (Lasiommata megera)
MOTHS
Angle shades (Phlogophora meticulosa)
Barred sallow (Xanthia aurago)
Barred straw (Eulithis pyraliata)
Blood-vein (Timandra griseata)
Bright-line brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea)
Broad-bordered yellow underwing (Noctua fimbriata)
Brown-line bright eye (Mythimna conigera)
Brown rustic (Rusina ferruginea)
Buff arches (Habrosyne pyritoides)
Chocolate tip (Clostera curtula)
The Clay (Mythimna ferrago)
Cloaked minor (Mesoligia furuncula)
Clouded border (Lomaspilis marginata)
Common carpet (Epirrhoe alternata)
Common footman (Eilema lurideola)
Common rustic (Mesapamea secalis)
Common swift (Hepialus lupulinus)
Common wainscot (Mythimna pallens)
Coxcomb prominent (Ptilodon capucina)
Dark arches (Apamea monoglypha)
Dark sword-grass (Agrotis ipsilon)
Dark-barred twin-spot carpet (Xanthorhoe ferrugata)
Dingy footman (Eilema griseola)
Double lobed (Apamea ophiogramma)
Double square-spot (Xestia triangulum)
The Dun-bar (Cosmia trapezina)
Dusky brocade (Apamea remissa)
Dusky sallow (Eremobia ochroleuca)
Early thorn (Selenia dentaria)
The Engrailed (Ectropis bistortata)
The Fan foot (Herminea tarsipennalis)
Feathered gothic (Tholera decimalis)
Flame shoulder (Ochropleura plecta)
Flounced rustic (Luperina testacea)
Frosted orange (Gortyna flavago)
Garden carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)
Green carpet (Colostygia pectinataria)
Garden dart (Euxoa nigricans)
Grey dagger (Acronicta psi)
Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)
The Herald (Scoliopteryx libatrix)
Hedge rustic (Tholera cespitis)
The Lackey (Malacosoma neustria)
Large nutmeg (Apamea anceps)
Large twin-spot carpet (Xanthorhoe quadrifasciata)
Large thorn (Ennomos autumnaria)
Large yellow underwing(Noctua pronuba)
Least yellow underwing (Noctua interjecta caliginosa)
Lesser broad-bordered yellow underwing (Noctua janthina)
Lesser yellow underwing (Noctua comes)
Light emerald (Campaea margaritata)
Light feathered rustic (Agrotis cinerea)
Lime-speck pug (Eupithecia centaureata)
Lunar underwing (Omphaloscelis lunosa)
The Magpie (Abraxas grossulariata)
The Mallow (Larentia clavaria)
Marbled beauty (Cryphia domestica)
Minor shoulder-knot (Brachylomia viminalis)
Mottled beauty (Alcis repandata)
Mottled rustic (Caradrina morpheus)
The Mouse (Amphipyra tragopoginis)
The Muslin (Diaphora mendica)
Obscure wainscot (Mythimna obsoleta)
The Olive (Ipimorpha subtusa)
Orange swift (Hepialus sylvina)
Pale prominent (Pterostoma palpina)
Poplar grey (Acronicta megacephala)
Riband wave (Idaea aversata)
Rosy minor (Mesoligia literosa)
Rosy rustic (Hydraecia micacea)
Ruby tiger (Phragmatobia fuliginosa)
The Rustic (Hoplodrina blanda)
Rustic shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens)
The Sallow (Xanthia icteritia)
Satin beauty (Deileptenia ribeata)
Scalloped oak (Crocallis elinguaria)
Scarce footman (Eilema complana)
Scorched carpet (Ligdia adustata)
Setaceous Hebrew character (Xestia c-nigrum)
Shuttle-shaped dart (Agrotis puta)
Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
Single-dotted wave (Idaea dimidiata)
Small blood-vein (Scopula imitaria)
Small fan-footed wave (Idaea biselata)
Small scallop (Idaea emarginata)
Small square-spot (Diarsia rubi)
Smoky wainscot (Mythimna impura)
Square-spot rustic (Xestia xanthographa)
Square-spotted clay (Xestia rhomboidea)
Straw dot (Rivula sericealis)
Straw underwing (Thalpophila matura)
Swallow prominent (Pheosia tremula)
Turnip moth (Agrotis segetum)
Twin-spot carpet (Perizoma didymata)
Waved umber (Menophra abruptaria)
White ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda)
Willow beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria)
Wormwood pug (Eupithecia absinthiata)
Yellow shell (Camptogramma bilineata)
Yellow-tail (Euproctis similis)
C.LACEWINGS (NEUROPTERA)
BROWN LACEWINGS (HEMEROBIIDAE)
Hemerobius humulinus
Micromus variagatus
GREEN LACEWINGS (CHRYSOPIDAE)
Chrysopa carnea
D.FLIES (DIPTERA)
SCUTTLE FLIES (PHORIDAE)
Phora aterrima
HOVERFLIES (SYRPHIDAE)
Episyrphus balteatus
TEPHRITID FLIES (TEPHRITIDAE)
Opomyza germinationis
E.TRUE BUGS (HEMIPTERA)
LACEBUGS (TINGIDAE)
Monanthia ampliata
NABIDAE
Nabis flavomarginatus
ANTHOCORIDAE
Anthocoris nemorum
MIRIDAE
Miris laevigatus
Dichypus epilobii
Campyloneura virgula
Oncotylus viridiflavus
Phytocoris longipennis
Liocoris tripustulatus
CERCOPIDAE
Philaenus spumarius
CICADELLIDAE
Aphrodes bicinctus
Aphrodes flavostriatus
Aphrodes albiger
Ribautiana tenerrima
Fagocyba cruenta
Eupteryx aurata
Eupteryx urticae
Eupteryx notata
Lindbergina aurovittata
Typhlocyba quercus
Empoasca decipiens
Zigina flammigera
Athyansus argentarius
Mocydia crocea
Euscelis incisus
Balclutha punctata
Megophthalmus scanicus
Macropsis fuscula
DELPHACIDAE
Delphacodes pellucida
Stenocranus sp.
Criomorphus sp.
JUMPING PLANT LICE (PSYLLIDAE)
Psylla sp.
3.SPIDERS
A.MONEY SPIDERS (LINYPHIIDAE)
Bathyphantes gracilis *1
Bathyphantes parvulus
Centromerita bicolor
Centromerita concinna
Centromerus sylvaticus *
Ceratinella scabrosa
Ceratinopsis stativa
Cnephalocotes obscurus
Dicymbium nigrum *
Dicymbium tibiale
Diplocephalus latifrons *
Diplostyla concolor *1
Dismodicus bifrons
Erigone atra *
Erigone dentipalpis *
Erigonella hiemalis
Gongylidium rufipes *
Lepthyphantes ericaeus
Lepthyphantes insignis
Lepthyphantes pallidus
Lepthyphantes tenebricola
Lepthyphantes tenuis *1
Maso sundevalli
Meioneta beata
Meioneta rurestris *
Meioneta saxatilis
Micrargus apertus
Micrargus herbigradus *
Micrargus subaequalis
Neriene clathrata
Oedothorax apicatus *
Oedothorax fuscus *
Oedothorax retusus *
Pelecopsis parallela
Pocadicnemis juncea
Pocadicnemis pumila
Porrhomma microphthalmum *
Stemonyphantes lineatus
Tiso vagans
Walckenaeria acuminata
Walckenaeria antica *
Walckenaeria atrotibialis
Walckenaeria capito
Walckenaeria nudipalpis *
Walckenaeria unicornis
Additional “common” species of money spidera recorded in the Boxworth Project, 1982-88:
Baryphyma pratense
Panamomops sulcifrons
Porrhomma pygmaeum
Saloca diceros
Savignya frontata
Scotinotylus evansi
Walckenaeria clavicornis
Walckenaeria stylifrons
B.LONG-JAWED SPIDERS (TETRAGNATHIDAE)b
Meta segmentata2
C.COMB-FOOTED SPIDERS (THERIDIIDAE)b
Enoplognatha ovata2
D.CRAB SPIDERS (THOMISIDAE)b
Xysticus cristatus2
Notes:
a) Pachygnatha degeeri was also listed by Greig-Smith, Frampton & Hardy (1992) as a common species of Linyphiidae recorded during the Boxworth Project. However, this is actually a species of the family Tetragnathidae.
b) Only species of Linyphiidae were identified from pitfall trap catches.
1 Species also recorded from July 2000 D-vac catches
2 Species only recorded from D-vac catches
4.BIRDS
Black headed gull (Larus ridibundus) *
Blackbird (Turdus merula) *
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) *
Blue tit (Parus caeruleus) *
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) *
Carrion crow (Corvus corone) *
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) *
Collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) *
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) *
Dunnock (Prunella modularis) *
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) *
Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) *
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) *
Great tit (Parus major) *
Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) *
Green woodpecker (Picus viridis) *
Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) *
House martin (Delichon urbica) *
House sparrow (Passer domesticus) *
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) *
Jay (Garrulus glandarius) *
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) *
Lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) *
Linnet (Carduelis cannabina) *
Little owl (Athena noctua) *
Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) *
Magpie (Pica pica) *
Marsh tit (Parus palustris) *
Mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus) *
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) *
Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba) *
Red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) *
Redwing (Turdus iliacus) *
Robin (Erithacus rubecula) *
Rook (Corvus frugilegus) *
Skylark (Alauda arvensis) *
Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) *
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) *
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) *
Stock dove (Columba oenas) *
Swallow (Hirundo rustica) *
Swift (Apus apus) *
Tawny owl (Strix aluco) *
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) *
Willow tit (Parus montanus)
Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) *
Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) *
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) *
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) *
Additional bird species recorded in the Boxworth Project, 1982-88:
Barn owl (Tyto alba)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Coal tit (Parus ater)
Common gull (Larus canus)
Corn bunting (Miliaria calandra)
Feral pigeon (Columba livia var.)
Garden warbler (Sylvia borin)
Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Grasshopper warbler (Locustella naevia)
Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey partridge (Perdix perdix)
Grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Herring gull (Larus argentatus)
Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
Reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Sand martin (Riparia riparia)
Sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Tree sparrow (Passer montanus)
Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava)
5.MAMMALS
Badger (Meles meles)
Bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) *
Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) *
Common shrew (Sorex araneus) *
Field vole (Microtus agrestis) *
Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) *
House mouse (Mus musculus) *
Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)
Noctule (Nyctalus noctula)
Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus) *
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) *
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
Water shrew (Neomys fodiens)
Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) *
Yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis)
Additional mammal species recorded in the Boxworth Project, 1982-88:
Weasel (Mustela nivalis)1
1 A weasel was observed near, but not in, the woodland field during autumn 2001.
* indicates species recorded at Boxworth during the ‘Boxworth Project’ (Greig-Smith, Frampton & Hardy, 1992)