Nature Survey at Sheeplands 2023
SHORT SURVEY 09/07/2023 by R & R ButleR
Time: 1.40 – 2.40 Temp. : 22’C Wind: Southerly, light Sky: Clouds with blue patches
Habitat: open grass and scrub land
Invertebrates
Ants: meadow (nest)
Bees: red/white bottomed, honey
Butterflies: large white, small blue/copper, small skipper/white, tortoise shell, ringlet, meadow brown, marbled white,
Earwig
Flies: common, hover, blue damsel,
Grass hoppers: green, brown
Ladybirds: 7/5 spotted
Moths: small yellow underwing, magpie,angel shades
Wasps: field digger
LINK TO THE BIG BUTTERFLY COUNT Which includes downloadable butterFly ID CHART
Meadow Brown
Hummingbird HawkMoth
Red Admiral
Plants
Bind Weed: pink, white Ants: meadow (nest)
Clover: red Bees: red/white bottomed, honey
Cow parsley Butterflies: large white, small blue/copper
Crane’s Bill small skipper/white, tortoise shell, ringlet,
Dock meadow brown, marbled white,
Evening Primrose Earwig
Flea Bane: common Flies: common, hover, blue damsel,
Forget-me-not: tufted (Myosolis stricta) Grass hoppers: green, brown
Grass: floating sweet Ladybirds: 7/5 spotted
Herb Robert Moths: small yellow underwing, magpie,
Malian: great angel shades
Mallow: musk Wasps: field digger
Plantain: common
Ragwort: Oxford
Red Shanks
Rose Bay Willow Herb: lesser
Thistle: Carline, creeping, scotch
Trefoil: lesser yellow (Trifolium Dubium)
Vetch: common (Vicia Sativa)
Verbena: common (Verbena Officinalis)
Woundwort: Heal All (Prunella Vulgaris)
Yarrow