FLORA & FAUNA – RIVER REA VALLEY

A complete list of the currently verified flora and fauna found along the River Rea in Stirchley.

AWVP = Ancient Woodland Indicator Plant
26 AWVPs
12 Protected Species
7 AMBER alert species
3 RED alert species
1 UK BAP Priority species
2 SCARCE species
1 RARE species

195 species total recorded and verified.

193 Species in Ten Acres so far
24 Species in Hazelwell so far
15 Species in Fordhouse so far
12 Species in Beilby so far

Birds 38
Plants/Ferns 89
Funghi 10
Animals 14
Butterflies/Moths 10
Other Insects/molluscs/crustaceans/ 16
Fish 1
Trees 17

Proper Name	Common Name	Category	Status	Location
Adalia Decempunctata f. Decempustulata	10 Spot Ladybird	Beetle	Common	Ten Acres
Acer Campestre	Field Maple	Tree	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Accipiter Nisus	Sparrowhawk	Bird	AMBER	Ten Acres
Acronicta Alni	Alder Moth	Moth	Local	Ten Acres
Aegithalos caudatus	Long Tailed Tit	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Aesculus Hippocastanum	Horse Chestnut	Tree	Common	Ten Acres Fordhouse
Acer Pseudoplatanus	Sycamore	Tree	Common	Ten Acres
Aglais Urticae	Small Tortoiseshell	Butterfly	Common	Ten Acres
Alcedinidae	Kingfisher	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Alliaria Petiolata	Hedge Garlic	Plant	Common	ALL
Allium Triquetrum	Three Cornered Leek	Plant	INVASIVE	Ten Acres
Allium Ursinum	Bears Garlic	Plant	Common – AWVP	ALL
Allium Vineale	Crow Garlic	Plant	Common	Ten Acres Hazelwell
Alnus Glutinosa	Alder	Tree	Common	Ten Acres
Anas Platyrhynchos (and hybrids with domestic runners)	Mallard Duck	Bird	AMBER	Ten Acres Hazelwell
Anemone Nemorosa	Wood Anemone	Plant	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Angelica Sylvestris	Wild Angelica	Plant	Common (NEW 2023)	Ten Acres
Anthocharis cardamines	Orange Tipped	Butterfly	Common	Ten Acres Fordhouse Beilby
Apium Nodiflorum	Fools Watercress	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Apus Apus	Swift	Bird	RED	Ten Acres
Asellus Aquaticus	Water Louse	Crustacea	Common	Ten Acres
Asplenium Scolopendrium	Hart’s Tongue	Fern	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Arctium Lappa	Burdock	Plant	Common	Ten Acres Fordhouse
Ardea cinerea	Grey Heron	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Armoracia Rusticana	Horseradish	Plant	Naturalised	Ten Acres
Arum Maculatum	Lords and Ladies	Plant	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Auricularia Auricula-Judae	Jelly Ear	Fungus	Common	Ten Acres
Barbarea Vulgaris	Winter Cress	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
BombusPascuorum	Common Carder Bee	Insect	Common	Ten Acres
Bombus Pratorum	Early BumbleBee	Insect	Common	Ten Acres
Bombus Terrestris	Buff Tailed Bumble Bee	Insect	Common	Ten Acres
Buddleja Davidii	Butterfly Bush	Plant	Naturalised	Ten Acres Hazelwell
Buteo Buteo	Common Buzzard	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Calocybe Gambosa	St Georges Mushroom	Fungus	Common	Ten Acres
Calopteryx Virgo	Beautiful Demoiselle Damselfly	Insect	Common	Ten Acres
Campanula (sub unknown)	Bellflower	Plant	Garden Escapee	Ten Acres
Cardamine Pratensis	Cuckoo Flower	Plant	Common	Ten Acres Hazelwell
Carex Pendula	Pendulous Sedge	Plant	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Carex Remota	Remote Sedge	Plant	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Cepaea hortensis	White Lipped Snail	Mollusc	Common	Ten Acres
Chamerion Angustifolium	Rosebay Willowherb	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Chloris chloris	Greenfinch	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Cirsium Arvense	Creeping Thistle	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Cirsium Vulgare	Spear Thistle	Plant	Common	Ten Acres Hazelwell
Clytus Arietis	Wasp Beetle	Beetle	Common	Ten Acres
Columba palumbus	Woodpigeon	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Columba oenas	Collared Dove	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Cottus Gobio	Bullhead Fish	Fish	Common	Ten Acres
Cornus Sanguinea	Dogwood	Tree	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Corvus Corone	Carrion Crow	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Corvus Monedula	Jackdaw	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Corylus Avellana	Hazel	Tree	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Crataegus Laevigata	Midland Hawthorn	Tree	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Crataegus Monogyna	Hawthorn	Tree	Common	Ten Acres
Crocus (spring)	Crocus	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Cyanistes Caeruleus	Blue Tit	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Cytisus Scoparius	Broom	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Daphnia	Water Flea	Crustacea	Common	Ten Acres
Delichon Urbicum	House Martin	Bird	AMBER	Ten Acres
Dendrocopos Major	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Digitalis Purpurea	Foxglove	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Dipsacus Fullonum	Teasel	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Egretta garzetta	Little Egret	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Elasmucha grisea	Parent Bug	Beetle	Common	Ten Acres
Epilobium Hirsutum	Great Willowherb	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Epipactis Helleborine	Broad Leaved Helleborine	Plant	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Equisetum Arvense	Horsetail	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Erigeron Canadensis	Canadian Fleabane	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Erithacus rubecula	Robin	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Euphorbia Peplus	Petty Spurge	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Filipendula Ulmaria	Meadowsweet	Plant	Common (NEW 2023)	Ten Acres
Flammulina Velutipes	Velvet Shank	Fungus	Common – Elm	Ten Acres
Fragaria Vesca	Wild Strawberry	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Fraxinus Excelsior	Ash	Tree	Common	Ten Acres
Galanthus Elwesii	Greater Snowdrop	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Galanthus Flore Pleno	Double Snowdrop	Plant	Uncommon	Ten Acres
Galanthus Nivalis	Common Snowdrop	Plant	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Galium Aparine	Goosegrass	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Gallinula chloropus	Moorhen	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Garrulus glandarius	Jay	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Geastrales	Earth Star	Fungus	Uncommon	Ten Acres
Genus Baetis	May Fly	Insect	Common	Ten Acres
Geranium Molle	Doves Foot Cranesbill	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Geranium Robertianum	Herb Robert	Plant	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Regulus regulus	Goldcrest	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Gonepteryx rhamni	Brimstone	Butterfly	Common	Ten Acres
Harmonia Axyridis	Harlequin Ladybird	Beetle	INVASIVE	Ten Acres
Hedera helix ssp. helix	Ivy (Climbing)	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Hedera helix ssp. hibernica	Ivy (Ground Spreading)	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Heracleum Mantegazzianum	Giant Hogweed	Plant	INVASIVE	Ten Acres Hazelwell
Heracleum Sphondylium	Common Hogweed	Plant	Common	Ten Acres Hazelwell
Hyacinthoides non-scripta	Native Bluebell	Plant	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Hyacinthoides x Massartiana	Hybrid Bluebell	Plant	INVASIVE	Ten Acres
Hypholoma Fasciculare	Sulphur Tuft	Fungus	Common	Ten Acres
Hypochaeris Radicata	Cats Ear	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Ilex Aquifolium	Holly	Tree	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Laburnum	Golden Chain Tree	Tree	Common	Ten Acres
Lamium Purpureum	Purple Deadnettle	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Lapsana Communis	Nipplewort	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Lathyrus Pratensis	Meadow Vetch	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Leersia Oryzoide	Cutgrass	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Leucanthemum Vulgare	Oxeye Daisy	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Lissotriton vulgaris	Smooth Newt	Amphibian	Common – Protected	Ten Acres
Lycaena Phlaeas	Small Copper	Butterfly	Common	Ten Acres
Lycoperdon	Puffball	Fungus	Common	Ten Acres
Malva Sylvestris	Common Mallow	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Meles Meles	Badger	Mammal	Uncommon – Protected	Ten Acres
Mentha Arvensis	Wild Mint	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Milvus Milvus	Red Kite	Bird	Green	Ten Acres
Motacilla Cinerea	Grey Wagtail	Bird	AMBER	Ten Acres
Muntiacus Reevesi	Muntjac Deer	Mammal	INVASIVE – Protected (NEW 2023)	Ten Acres Hazelwell
Myosotis Sylvatica	Wood Forget-me-not	Plant	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Myotis Brandtii	Brandt’s Bat	Mammal	Common – Protected	Ten Acres
Myotis Mystacinus	Whiskered Bat	Mammal	SCARCE – Protected	Ten Acres
Myotis Nattereri	Natterers Bat	Mammal	SCARCE – Protected	Ten Acres
Narcissus	Daffodil	Plant	Common	Ten Acres Hazelwell
Nyctalus Leisleri	Leisler’s bat (Lesser Noctule)	Mammal	Common – Protected	Ten Acres
Nyctalus Noctula	Common Noctule Bat	Mammal	Common – Protected UK BAP Priority	Ten Acres
Oenanthe Crocata	Hemlock Water Dropwort	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Oenothera Biennis	Evening Primrose	Plant	Naturalised	Ten Acres
Oniscus Asellus	Woodlouse	Crustacea	Common	Ten Acres
Papaver Rhoeas	Common Poppy	Plant	Common (in decline)	Ten Acres Hazelwell
Passer domesticus	House Sparrow	Bird	RED	Ten Acres
Pararge Aegeria	Speckled Wood	Butterfly	Common	Ten Acres
Parus major	Great Tit	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Pentaglottis Sempervirens	Green Alkanet	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Persicaria maculosa	RedShank	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Petasites Hybridus	Butterbur	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Phylloscopus collybita	Chiffchaff	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Pica Pica	Eurasian Magpie	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Pieris brassicae	Large White	Butterfly	Common	Ten Acres
Pieris rapae	Small White	Butterfly	Common	Ten Acres
Pipistrellus Pipistrellus	Common Pipistrelle Bat	Mammal	Common – Protected	Ten Acres
Pipistrellus Pygmaeus	Soprano Pipistrelle Bat	Mammal	Common – Protected	Ten Acres
Plantago Lanceolata	Ribwort Plantain	Plant	Common	ALL
Plantago Major	Broadleaf Plantain	Plant	Common	ALL
Plecotus Austriacus	Grey Long Eared Bat	Mammal	RARE – Protected	Ten Acres
Plecotus Auritus	Brown Long Eared Bat	Mammal	Common – Protected	Ten Acres
Pleurotus Ostreatus	Oyster Mushroom	Fungus	Common	Ten Acres Hazelwell
Polygonum Aviculare	Knotgrass	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Polyommatus Icarus	Common Blue	Butterfly	Common	Ten Acres
Polyporus Squamosus	Dryads Saddle	Fungus	Common	Ten Acres
Primula Veris	Cowslip	Plant	Common	Hazelwell
Prunella Modularis	Dunnock	Bird	AMBER	Ten Acres
Prunella Vulgaris	Selfheal	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Prunus Avium	Wild Cherry	Tree	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres Fordhouse
Prunus Spinosa	Blackthorn	Tree/Bush	Common	Ten Acres
Pyrrhula pyrrhula	Bullfinch	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Psittacula Krameri	Ring Necked Parakeet	Bird	non-native	Ten Acres
Pterostichus Madidus	Black Clock Beetle	Beetle	Common	Ten Acres
Ranunculus Repens	Creeping Buittercup	Plant	Common	ALL
Reynoutria Japonica	Japanese Knotweed	Plant	INVASIVE	Ten Acres
Rhagonycha fulva	Red Soldier Beetle	Beetle	Common	Ten Acres
Ribes Rubram	Redcurrant	Plant	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Ribes Uva-crispa	Gooseberry	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Rosa Arvensis (A Hybrid)	Field Rose	Plant	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Rosa Canina	Dog Rose	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Rubus Idaeus	Wild Raspberry	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Rubus Fruticosus	Bramble/Blackberry	Plant	Common	ALL
Salix Caprea	Goat Willow	Tree	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Salix Fragilis	Crack Willow	Tree	Common	ALL
Sambucus Nigra	Elder	Tree	Common	Ten Acres Hazelwell
Sarcoscypha Austriaca	Scarlet Elf Cup	Funghi	Uncommon	Ten Acres
Scirpus Sylvaticus	Wood Club Rush	Plant	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Sciurus Carolinensis	Grey Squirrel	Mammal	INVASIVE	ALL
Scrophularia Nodosa	Figwort	Plant	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres Beilby
Senecio Jacobaea	Ragwort	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Silene Dioica	Red Campion	Plant	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Sisymbrium Officinale	Wild Hedge Mustard	Plant	Common	ALL
Sitta Europaea	Nuthatch	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Solidago	Golden Rod	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Sorbus Aucuparia	Rowan	Tree	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres Hazelwell
Stachys Sylvatica	Hedge Woundwort	Plant	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Staphylinus Olens	Devils Coach Horse	Beetle	Common	Ten Acres
Streptopelia Decaocto	Collared Dove	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Strix Aluco	Tawny Owl	Bird	AMBER	Ten Acres
Sturnus Vulgaris	Starling	Bird	RED	Ten Acres
Sylvia Atricapilla	Blackcap	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Sylvia Communis	Common Whitethroat	Bird	AMBER	Ten Acres
Symphoricarpos Albus	Snowberry	Plant	Naturalised	Ten Acres
Symphytum Officinale	Comfrey	Plant	Common	Fordhouse
Syringa Vulgaris	Lilac	Tree	Naturalised	Ten Acres
Trametes Versicolor	Turkey Tail	Fungus	Common	Ten Acres
Troglodytes troglodytes	Wren	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Turdus merula	Blackbird	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Turdus philomelos	Song Thrush	Bird	Common	Ten Acres
Tyria Jacobaeae	Cinnabar	Butterfly/Moth	Common	Ten Acres
Urtica Dioica	Nettle	Plant	Common	ALL
Veronica Beccabunga	Brooklime	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Veronica Chamaedrys	Germander Speedwell	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Veronica Hederifolia	Ivy Leaved Speedwell	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Viburnum Opulus	Guelder Rose	Plant	Common – AWVP	Ten Acres
Viola Riviana	Dog Violet	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Viscum Album	Mistletoe	Plant	Common	Ten Acres
Vulpes Vulpes	Red Fox	Mammal	Common	Ten Acres