LIST OF PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES RECORDED IN THE LINEAR PARK
BHTA maintains this list on behalf of the Friends of the Linear Park.
The original list was compiled by EMEC during the survey done for the management plan in 2001.
Since then the Friends of the Linear Park has taken over supervision of the Linear Park and has organised periodic surveys. Additional species that have been recorded by them are shown in different colours:
For the period 2001 to January 2004 they are shown in orange.
Species added as a result of observations from October 2004 to summer 2005 are shown in green.
Species added between 2005 and 2010 are in blue.
Species added between 2010 and 2014 shown in purple.
Please click on a section to scroll down:
Amphibian
Birds
Butterflies
Other insects
Other ground-crawling invertebrates
Ferns
Fungi
Herbs and grasses
Lichen
Mammals
Mosses
Moths
Micro-moths
Reptiles
Trees and shrubs
Amphibian
| English name |
Scientific name |
| Frog | Rana temporaria |
Birds
| English name |
Scientific name |
| Blackbird Blackcap Blue tit Bullfinch Buzzard Carrion crow Chaffinch Chiffchaff Coal tit Collared dove Corn bunting Dunnock Fieldfare Garden warbler Goldcrest Goldfinch Great tit Greater spotted woodpecker Green woodpecker Greenfinch Grey heron House martin House sparrow Jackdaw Kestrel Kingfisher Lapwing Lesser whitethroat Linnet Long-tailed tit Magpie Marsh tit Meadow pipit Mistle thrush Moorhen Pheasant Pied wagtail Red-legged partridge Redwing Robin Rook Skylark Song thrush Sparrowhawk Spotted flycatcher Starling Swallow Swlft Tawny owl Tree sparrow Wheatear Whitethroat Willow tit Willow warbler Wood pigeon Wren Yellow wagtail Yellowhammer |
Turdus merula Sylvia atricapilla Parus caeruleus Pyrrhula pyrrhula Buteo buteo Corvus corone Fringilla coelebs Phylloscopus collybita Parus ater Streptopelia decaocto Milaria calandra Prunella modularis Turdus pilaris Sylvia borin Regulus regulus Carduelis carduelis Parus major Dendrocopos major Picus viridis Carduelis chloris Ardea cinerea Delichon urbica Passer domesticus Corvus monedula Falco tinnunculus Alcedo atthis Vanellus vanellus Sylivia curruca Acanthis cannabina Aegithalos caudatus Pica pica Parus palustris Anthus pratensis Turdus viscivorus Gallinula chloropus Phasianus colchicus Motacila alba Alectoris rufa Turdus iliacus Erithacus rubecula Corvus frugilegus Alauda arvensis Turdus philomelos Accipiter nisus Muscicapa striata Sturnus vulgaris Hirundo rustica Apus apus Strix aluco Passer montanus Oenanthe oenanthe Sylvia communis Parus montanus Phylloscopus trochilus Columba palumbus Troglodytes troglodytes Mottacilla flava Emberiza citrinella |
Butterflies
| English name |
Scientific name |
| Brimstone |
Gonepheryx rhamni |
Other insects
| English name |
Scientific name |
| Grasshoppers and crickets | Orthoptera Stenobothrus lineatus |
| Earwigs | Demaptera Forficula auricularia |
| Aphids | Hemiptera Cicadellidae sp |
| Flies Bee-fly Marsh cranefly Hoverfly Hoverfly Hoverfly Hoverfly |
Diptera Dryomyza sp 1 Dryomyza sp 2 Anisopus ferestralis Sphaeroceridae sp 1 Sphaeroceridae sp 2 Trichocera sp Lonchoptera sp Heliomyza sp Bombylius major Tipula oleracea Episyrphus balteatus Leucozona lucorum Scaeva pyrastri Syrphus ribesii |
| Beetles Ground beetle Ladybirds 7-spot ladybird Harlequin ladybird |
Coleoptera Carabidae Bembidion sp Bradycellus sharpi Bradycellus verbasci Harpalus sp larvae Leistus spinabarbis Leistus fulvibarbis Leistus rufomarginatus Leistus ferrugineus Nebria brevicollis Notiophilus biguttatus Pterostichus madidus Cholevidae Catops fulginosus Choleva oblonga Staphylinidae Lathrimaeum atrocephalum Lesteva heeri Lesteva longelytra Ocypus olens Oxytelus sp Staphylinus aenocephalus Stenus sp Coccinellidae Coccinella 7 punctata Harmonia axyridis Chrysomelidae Chrysolina oleracea Lythraria salicariae Sphaeroderma sp Cantharidae Cantharis sp larvae Curculionidae Alophus triguttatus |
| Ants, bees and wasps Bumble bee ginger Black garden ant Bumble bee Bumble bee (red tail) Honey bee Red ant Yellow meadow ant Wasp Tawny Mining Bee |
Hymenoptera Bombus pascuorum Lasius niger Bombus terrestris Bombus lapidaries Apis mellifera Myrmica sp Lasius flavus Vespula vulgaris Andrena fulva |
| Dragonflies and damselflies Banded damsel Blue Damselfly Common darter Brown Hawker Large blue dragonfly Red Damselfly |
Odonata Agrion splendens Enallagma cyathigerum Sympetrum striolatum Aeshna grandis Aeshna cyanea Pyrrhosoma nymphula |
| Lacewings Green lacewing |
Neuroptera Chrysopa sp. |
| True Bugs Pied shield bug Shield bug |
Hemiptera Sehirus bicolour Eysarcoris fabricii |
Other ground-crawling invertebrates
| English name |
Scientific name |
| Segmented worms | Annelida Allolobophora chlorotica Allolobophora sp2 Lumbricus castaneus Lumbicus terrestris |
| Spiders, ticks etc Ticks and mites Harvestmen spiders Spiders Wolf spiders Orb web spiders Sac spiders Sheet web spiders |
Arachnida Acari Oribatidae Opiliones Mitostroma chrysomelas Nemastroma bimaculatum Oligolophus tridens Araneae Lycosidae Alopecosa barbipes Lycosa proxima Lycosa sp 2 Pardosa amentata Araneidae Larinioides cornutus (Aranaeus) Araniella cucurbitina Gnaphosidae Drassodes lapidosus Zelotes pusillus Linyphiidae Bathyphantes nigrinis Centromerus sylvaticus Lepthyphantes tenuis Walckenaera acuminata |
| Springtails | Collembola Entomobrya sp 1 Entomobrya sp 2 Tomocerus flavescens |
| Crustacea Isopoda |
Woodlice Oniscus asellus Porcellio scaber |
| Mollusca | Slugs and snails Agriolimax reticulates Arion circumscriptus Cepaea hortensis Helicella itala |
Ferns
| English name |
Scientific name |
| Black spleenwort Field horsetail Maidenhair spleenwort Male fern Wall rue |
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum Equisetum avensis Asplenium trichomanes Dryopteris filix-mas Asplenium ruta-muraria |
Fungi
| English name |
Scientific name |
| Bell cap Brown roll-rim Candle Snuff Fungus Coral spot Crumble cap Cup fungus Deceiver Fairies' bonnets Fairy parasol Grey polypore Hairy stereum Ivory wax cap Jelly rot Jew's ear King Alfred's cakes Morel Moss pixy cap Pestle puffball Puff ball fungus Silver leaf Stump bell cap Tar spot on sycamore leaf The Miller Turkey tail Velvet shank Wax cap orange-red Yellow wax cap |
Mycena vitilis Paxillus involutus Xylaria hypoxylon Nectria cinnabarina Psathyrella spadiceogrisea Peziza repanda Laccaria laccata Coprinus disseminatus Coprinus plicatilis Bjerkandera adusta Stereum hirsutum Hygrocybe nivea Merulius tremellosus Auricularia auricula-judea Daldinia concentrica Verpa conica Galerina vittiformis Calvatia excipuliformis Lycoperdon depressum Chondostereum purpureum Mycena alcalina Rhytisma acerinum Clitopilus prunulus Trametes versicolor Flammulina velutipes Hygrocybe strangulata Hygrocybe flavescens |
Herbs and grasses
| English name |
Scientific name |
| Agrimony Annual meadow-grass Annual wall rocket Bird's-foot trefoil Biting stonecrop Bittersweet Black knapweed Black medick Black nightshade Bladder campion Blue bell Blue fleabane Bristly ox-tongue Broad-leaved dock Broad-leaved everlasting pea Broad-leaved willow herb Bulbous buttercup Burnet-saxifrage Canadian fleabane Centaury Changing forget-me-not Chives Chondrilla Cock's-foot Columbine Colts foot Comfrey Common bent Common cat’s-ear Common chickweed Common cleavers Common cornsalad Common couch-grass Common cudweed Common dog-violet Common field speedwell Common fumitory Common mouse-ear Common nettle Common ragwort Common sorrel Common toadflax Common vetch Cornflower Cow-parsley Cowslip Creeping bent Creeping buttercup Creeping cinquefoil Creeping Jenny Creeping thistle Crocus Cudweed Cut-leaved crane's-bill Daisy Dandelion Dove's-foot cranes-bill Drooping brome Earlv hair-grass Fairy flax False oat-grass Fat hen Fern-grass Feverfew Field bindweed Field forget-me-not Field pansy Fool’s parsley Fox glove Garden grape hyacinth Garden lupin Garlic-mustard Germander speedwell Glaucous sedge Goatsbeard Goosegrass Grape Hyacinth Great burnett Great mullein Great willowherb Greater knapweed Greater plantain Ground-ivy Hairy brome Hairy sedge Hairy tare Hairy violet Hawkweed species Hawkweed species Hawkweed species Hedge bindweed Hedge woundwort Hedge-mustard Hemlock Henbit dead nettle Herb bennet Herb Robert Hoary cress Hoary plantain Hogweed Honesty Honeysuckle Hop trefoil Ipheion Ivy Ivy-leaved speedwell Kidney vetch Knotgrass Lady's bedstraw Large speedwell Large thyme Lavender Lesser burdock Lesser celendine Lesser toadflax Lesser trefoil Long-headed poppy Lungwort Lychnis Lysimachia Majorum Mayweed Meadow buttercup Meadow foxtail Meadow vetchling Meadowsweet Mouse-ear hawkweed Mugwort Mullein Musk mallow Narrow-leaved meadow-grass Nipplewort Opium poppy Ox-eye daisy Oxford ragwort Parsley-piert Perforate St. John's-wort Perennial rye-grass Pignut Pineappleweed Pink sp Ploughman's spikenard Poppy Prickly lettuce Purple geranium Purple toadflax Quaking grass Rat's-tail fescue Redshank Red Campion Red clover Red dead-nettle Red fescue Ribbed melilot Ribwort plantain Rosebav willowherb Rough hawkbit Rough meadow-grass Sage Salad burnet Scarlet Pimpernel Self-heal Sheep's fescue Shepherd's purse Silver hair-grass Silverweed Smith's pepperwort Smooth hawk's-beard Smooth meadow-grass Smooth sow thistle Snapdragon Soft brome Spanish bluebell Spear thistle Squirrel-tail fescue St John's wort Sterile brome Sticky mouse-ear Stinking iris (Gladdon) Sulphur Cinnquefoil Sweet vernal grass Sweet violet Tall melilot Tansy Teasel Tufted Vetch Upright brome Wall barley Wall speedwell Weld White clover White dead-nettle Wild carrot Wlld parsnip Wild turnip Wood avens Woodruff Yarrow Yellow oat-grass Yellow stonecrop Yellow-juiced poppy Yorkshire-fog |
Agrimonia eupatoria Poa annua Diplotaxis muralis Lotus corniculatus Sedum acre Solanum dulcamara Centaurea nigra Medicago lupulina Solanum nigrum Silene vulgaris Hyacinthoides non-scriptus Erigeron acer Picris echioides Rumex obtusifolius Lathyrus latifolius Epilobium montanum agg Ranunculus bulbosus Pimpinnella saxifraga Conyza canadensis Centaurium erithraea Myosotis discolor Allium schoenoprasum Chondrilla juncea Dacylis glomerata Aquilegia sp. Tussilago farfara Symphytum officinale Agrostis capillary Hypochoeris radicata Stellaria media Galium aparine Valerianella locusta Elytrigia repens Filago vulgaris Viola riviniana Veronica persica Fumaria officinalis agg Cerastium fontanum Urtica dioica Senecio jacobaea Rumex acetosa Linaria vulgaris Vicia sativa Centuarea cyanus Anthriscus sylvestris Primula veris Agrostis stolonifera Ranunculus repens Potentilla reptans Lysimachia nummularia Cirsium arvense Crocus albiflorus Filago vulgaris Geranium dissectum Bellis perennis Taraxacum officinale agg Geranium molle Bromus tectorum Aira praecox Linum catharticum Arrhenatherum elatius Chenopodium album Catapodium rigidum Tanacetum parthenium Convuvulus arvensis Myosotis arvensis Viola arvensis Aethusa cynapium Digitalis purpurea Muscari armeniacum Lupinus polyphyllus Alliaria petiolata Veronica chamaedrys Carex flacca Tragopodon pratensis Galium aparine Muscari atlanticum Sanguisorba officinalis Verbascum thapsus Epilobium hirsutum Centaurea scabiosa Plantago major Glechoma hederacea Bromus ramosus Carex hirta Vicia hirsuta Viola hirta Hieracium grandidens Hieracium murorum Hieracium vulgatum Calystegia sepium Stachys sylvatica Sisymbrium officinale Conium maculatum Lamium amplexicauli Geum urbanum Geranium robertianum Lepidium draba Plantago media Heracleum sphondylium Lunaria annua Lonicera periclymentum Trifolium campestre Ipheion Hedera helix Veronica hedrifolia Anthyllis vulneraria Polygonum aviculare Galium verum Veronica teucrium Thymus pulgioides Lavendula sp Arctium minus Ranunculus ficaria Chaenorhinum minus Trifolium dubium Papaver dubium Pulmonaria ? Lychnis coronaria Lysimachia punctata Origanum vulgare Matricaria chamonilla Rununculus acris Alopecurus pratensis Lathyrus pratensis Filipendula ulmaria Pilosella officinarum Artemesia vulgaris Verbascum thapsus Malva moschata Poa angustifolium Lapsana communis Papaver somniferum Leucanthemum vulgare Senecio squalidus Aphanes arvensis Hypericum perforatum Lolium perenne Conopodium majus Matricaria discoidea Dianthus coronaries Inula conyza Papaver rhoes Lactuca seriola Geranium x magnificum Linaria purpurea Briza media Vulpia myuros Polygonum persicaria Silene dioica Trifolium pratense Lamium purpureum Festuca rubra Melilotus officinalis Plantago lanceolata Chamaenerion angustifolium Leontodon hispidus Poa trivialis Salvia officinalis Sanguisorbia minor Anagalis arvenis Prunella vulgaris Festuca ovina Capsella bursa-pastoris Aira caryophyllea Potentilla anserina Lepidium heterophylium Crepis capillaris Poa pratensis Sonchus oleraceus/asper Antirrhinum majus Bromus horeaceus Hyacinthoides hispanica Cirsium vulgare Vulpia bromoides Hypericum androsaemum Bromus sterilis Cerastium glomeratum Iris foetidissima Potentilla recta Anthoxanthum odoratum Viola odorata Melilotus alba Tanecetum vulgare Dipsacus fullonum Vicia cracca Bromopsis erecta Hordeum murinum Veronica arvensis Reseda luteola Trefolium repens Lamium album Daucus carota Pastinaca sativa Brassica rapu Geum urbanum Galium ordoratum Achillea millefolium Trisetum flavescens Sedum acre Papaver dubium locoquii Holcus lanatus |
Lichen
| English name |
Scientific name |
| Cup lichen Dog lichen |
Cladonia fimbriata Peltigera canina |
Mammals
| English name |
Scientific name |
| Badger Fox Grey squirrel Harvest mouse Hedgehog Pipistrelle bat Mole Rabbit Weasel Wood mouse |
Meles meles Vulpes vulpes Sciurus carolinensis Micromys minutes Erinaceus europaeus Talpa europaea Pipistrellus pipistrellus Oryctolagus cuniculus Mustella nivalis Apodemus sylvaticus |
Mosses
| English name |
Scientific name |
| Dicranum scoparium Hypnum cuppressiforme Tortula muralis |
Moths
| English name |
Scientific name |
| Angle
Shades |
Phlogophora
meticulosa |
Micro-moths
| English name |
Scientific name |
| Agapeta hamana Crambus lathoniellus Diamond-back moth Pammene aurana Pterophorus pentadactyle Scoparia pyralella |
Reptiles
| English name |
Scientific name |
| Grass snake | Natrix natrix |
Trees and shrubs
| English name |
Scientific name |
| Apple Ash Ash-leafed maple Beech Bird cherry Blackthorn Bramble Buddleia Burnet rose Cherry cultivars Dog rose Dogwood Elder Field maple Guelder rose Hawthorn Hazel Holly Horse chestnut Hybrid hawthorn Hybrid plum Japanese rose Pedunculate oak Purging buckthorn Rowan Snowberry Sycamore Whitebeam species Wild plum Wild privet Wych elm |
Malus sp Fraxinus excelsior Acer negundo Fagus sylvatica Prunus padus Prunus spinosa Rubus fruticosus agg. Buddleia davidii Rosa pimpinellifolia Prunus spp. Rosa cannina agg. Comus sanguinea Sambucus nigra Acer campestre Viburnum opulus Crataegus monogyna Corylus avellana Ilex aquifolium Aesculus hippocastanum Crataegus x media Prunus spinosa x domestica Rosa rugosa Quercus robur Rhamnus catharticus Sorbus aucuparia Symphoricarpos albus Acer pseudoplatanus Sorbus croceocarpa Prunus domestica Ligustrum vulgare Ulmus glabra |