Doncaster Naturalists’ Society preliminary survey of
Thorne Community Woodland (formerly Bunting’s Wood)
(SE6813) 6 September 2025
| Scientific name | Vernacular name | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Trees, Shrubs & woody climbers | ||
| Acer campestre | Field Maple | |
| Alnus glutinosa | Common Alder | |
| Betula pendula | Silver Birch | |
| Corylus avellana | Hazel | |
| Crataegus monogyna | Hawthorn | Common boundary species. Large specimens near Crayholes Pond are survivals from before the planting of the Community Woodland. |
| Fraxinus excelsior | Ash | Some large coppiced specimens which pre-date the community wood. Some young planted specimens suffering from or already succumbed to the fungal Ash die-back disease Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. |
| Hedera helix | Ivy | |
| Juglans regia | Walnut | |
| Malus x domestica | Apple | |
| Populus tremula | Aspen | |
| Populus x canescens | Grey Poplar | |
| Prunus avium | Wild Cherry | |
| Prunus padus | Bird Cherry | |
| Prunus spinosa | Blackthorn | |
| Quercus petraea | Sessile Oak | |
| Quercus robur | Pedunculate Oak | |
| Rosa canina | Dog Rose | |
| Rosa molle agg. | Downy Rose | |
| Rubus fruticosus agg | Bramble | |
| Salix alba | White Willow | Some large specimens on southern boundary probably pre-date the community wood. |
| Sambucus nigra | Elder | |
| Sorbus aucuparia | Rowan | |
| Tilia x europaea | Lime | |
| Ulmus procera | English Elm | Young shrubs suckering from rootstocks of deceased Dutch Elm disease trees along canal embankment. |
| Herbs | ||
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow | |
| Arctium lappa | Greater Burdock | Large populations of this locally scarce species mainly adjacent to canal embankment. |
| Arrhenatherum elatius | False Oat-grass | |
| Asplenium ruta-muraria | Wall Rue | 10 plants growing out of east-facing engineering brick buttress of railway bridge. |
| Asplenium scolopendrium | Hart’s-tongue Fern | 1 plant growing out of west-facing engineering brick buttress of railway bridge. |
| Calystegia sepium | Hedge Bindweed | |
| Chamaenerion angustifolium | Rosebay Willowherb | |
| Cirsium arvense | Creeping Thistle | |
| Cirsium vulgare | Spear Thistle | |
| Dactylis glomerata | Cock’s-foot Grass | |
| Dryopteris filix-mas | Male Fern | |
| Epilobium hirsutum | Hairy Willow-herb | By ponds and wet ditches |
| Filipendula ulmaria | Meadowsweet | In southern boundary Drain |
| Gallium aparine | Cleavers | |
| Geum urbanum | Wood Avens | |
| Glechoma hederacea | Ground Ivy | |
| Heracleum sphondylium | Hogweed | |
| Holcus lanatus | Yorkshire Fog | |
| Holcus mollis | Creeping Soft-grass | |
| Humulus lupulus | Hop | Colony of this vigorous climber on the Canal embankment |
| Iris pseudacorus | Yellow Flag Iris | In Perch’s Pond |
| Lamium album | White Dead-nettle | |
| Lemna minuta | Least Duckweed | In all still water bodies |
| Leucanthemum vulgare | Ox-eye Daisy | |
| Lolium perenne | Perennial Ryegrass | |
| Lycopus europaeus | Gypsywort | In Perch’s Pond |
| Lythrum salicaria | Purple Loosestrife | In southern boundary Drain |
| Plantago major | Broad-leaved Plantain | |
| Polygonum aviculare | Knotgrass | |
| Prunella vulgaris | Self-heal | |
| Prunus spinosa | Blackthorn | |
| Ranunculus acris | Meadow Buttercup | |
| Ranunculus repens | Creeping Buttercup | |
| Rumex obtusifolius | Broad-leaved Dock | |
| Rumex obtusifolius | Common Sorrel | |
| Solidago canadensis | Canadian Golden Rod | By Perch’s Pond |
| Sparganium erectum | Branched Burr-reed | In southern boundary Drain |
| Stachys sylvatica | Hedge Woundwort | |
| Taraxacom officinale agg | Dandelion | |
| Trifolium repens | White clover | |
| Typha latifolia | Reedmace | In Perch’s & Crayholes Ponds |
| Urtica dioica | Stinging Nettle | |
| Vicia sepium | Bush Vetch | By railway bridge |
| Hemiptera (Bugs) | ||
| Pentatoma rufipes | Red-legged Shield Bug | Killed by a fungus |
| Hymenoptera (Bees & Wasps) | ||
| Euura oligospilua | Willow Sawfly (evidence of defoliation) | Salix sp. with foliage stripped off one branch. |
| Bombus pascuorum | Carder Bumblebee | Nectaring on Creeping Thistle |
| See also gall-wasp and sawfly Plant Gall causers. | ||
| Lepidoptera (Moths & Butterflies) | ||
| Acrocercops brongniadella | Oak Cloud micro-moth | Formerly very local in southern counties. In recent years it has spread north. The first Yorkshire records (1999) were raised from Oak leaves on Potteric Carr. |
| Idaea biselata | Small Fan-footed Wave | A Geometridae moth |
| Pararge aegeria | Speckled Wood Butterfly | |
| Pieris rapae | Small White Butterfly | |
| Stigmella misrotheriella | Nut Tree Dot micro-moth | Leaf miner on Hazel leaves |
| Scopula immutata | Lesser Cream Wave | |
| Mecoptera (Scorpion Flies) | ||
| Panorpa germanica | Scorpion Fly | |
| Neuroptera (Lacewings) | ||
| Chrysopterla carnea | Green Lacewing | |
| Diptera (Flies) | ||
| Episyrphus balteatus | Marmalade Hoverfly | |
| Syrphus ribesii | A Common Banded Hoverfly | |
| Tipula oleracea | A Cranefly | |
| Melangyna umbellatrum | Hoverfly | |
| See also Tephritidae fly Plant Gall causers. | ||
| Coleoptera (Beetles) | ||
| Agelastica alni | Alder Leaf Beetle | On Alder by Perch’s Pond |
| Odonata (Dragonflies & Damselflies | ||
| Aeshna mixta | Migrant Hawker | Hunting along embankment adjacent to canal. |
| Arachnida (Spiders etc.) | ||
| Phalangium opilio | A Harvest spider | |
| Araneus diadematus | Garden Spider | |
| Pissura mirabilis | Nursery Web Spider | |
| Pardosa monticola | Wolf Spider | |
| Opilio canestrinii | Harvestman | male & female found |
| See also mite Plant Gall causers. | ||
| Isopoda (Woodlice) | ||
| Procellio scaber | Common Rough Woodlouse | On damp log. |
| Mollusca (Slugs & Snails) | ||
| Cepaea nemoralis | Brown-lipped Snail | Several on and around a young ash tree |
| Plant Galls (a preliminary list) | ||
| Aceria nalepai (now Eriophyes inangulis) | Gall mite on Alder leaves | On alder by Perch’s Pond |
| Aceria erinea | Walnut Blister (gall mite) on Walnut leaves | |
| Aculus tetranothrix | Mite gall on White Willow leaves | |
| Andricus fecundatrix | Artichoke Gall (gall wasp) on Pedunculate Gall | |
| Andricus quercuscalicic | Knopper Gall (gall wasp) on Pedunculate Oak | |
| Blennocampa phyllocolpa | Rose leaf-rolling Sawfly gall | |
| Cynips quercusfolii | Cherry Gall (gall wasp) on Pedunculate Oak | |
| Neuroterus anthracinus | Oyster Gall (gall wasp) on Pedunculate Oak | |
| Neuroterus numismalis | Silk Button Gall (gall wasp) on Pedunculate Oak | |
| Phyllocoptes populi | Gall mite on Aspen | |
| Urophora cardui | Thistle Gall Fly (a Tephritidae picture-wing fly). | Both galls and very attractive-looking adult flies seen. |
| Mammals | ||
| Sciurus carolinensis | Grey Squirrel | Feeding on Walnuts |
| Talpa europaeus | Mole | Mole Hills mainly on ste perimeter. |
| Birds | ||
| Columba palumbus | Wood Pigeon | |
| Erithacus rubecule | Robin | |
| Galinula chloropus | Moorhen | |
| Parus major | Great Tit | |