Meeting Reports July 2026
“The society’s aims are to continue to document, …..the objective being to have a record of each survey undertaken.”
On 5 July 2026 Les Coe & Colin Howes made another visit to Morrisons Green Triangle (SE5700) to continue making records on behalf of the Doncaster Naturalists’ Society for Melissa Massarella and the Council’s Biodiversity team.
BIRDS
Blackbird
Blackcap
Black-headed Gull
Bluetit
Buzzards (2) being mobbed by Larus gulls.
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Moorhen (with one chick)
Robin
Sedge Warbler
Whitethroat
Wood Pigeon
Wren
Coleoptera
Click Beetle – Athous bicolor
Beetle in Oedemera-lurida-complex (Oedemera lurida?)
Swollen-thighed Beetle – Oedemera nobilis (f)
Diptera
Hoverfly – Sphaerophoria sp.
Hoverfly – Cheilosia illustrata
Hoverfly – Chrysotoxum bicinctum
Hemiptera
Dock Bug – Coreus marginatus nymph
Miridae – Plagiognathus arbustorum
Miridae – Red-spotted Plant Bug – Deraeocoris ruber
LEPIDOPTERA
Brimstone Goneperyx rhamni
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus
Green-veined White Pieris napi
Large White –Pieris brassicae
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina
Peacock Butterfly Aglais io
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperanthus
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola
Speckled Wood Pararge aegaria
Dichrorampha vancouverana
ORTHOPTERA
Roesel’s Bush Cricket Roeseliana roeselii (according to very strong stridulation at 22 kHz in most areas of long dry grasses, they are widespread throughout the site).
There were many Grasshoppers and Groundhoppers in varying stages of development.
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper – Chorthippus albomarginatus
Common Groundhopper –Tetrix undulata
ODONATA
Blue Damselflies were frequent.
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
A Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum flew over the lake.
SPIDERS
Funnel-web Spider Agelina labyrinthica Many occupied webs were in tall grassland and low shrubs.
FLOWERING PLANTS
Amphibious Bistort Persicaria amphibia
Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua
Barren Brome Bromus sterilis
Beech Fagus sylvatica (along drive from Weston Road)
Bird’s-foot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Black bindweed Fallopia convolvulus
Black Medic Medicago lupulina
Black Nightshade Solanum nigrum
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Bristly Ox-tongue Helminthotheca echinoides
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius
Broad-leafed Plantain Plantago major
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cock’s-foot Grass Dactylis glomerata
Common Fiddleneck Amsinkia micrantha
Common Oak Quercus robur
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Cotton Thistle (Scotch Thistle) Onopordum acanthium
Couch-grass Elymus repens
Crack Willow Salix fragilis
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Dog Rose Rosa canina
Dogwood Cornus sanguinea
Dove’s-foot Cranesbill Geranium molle
Elder Sambucus niger
False Brome Brachypodiun sylvaticum
False Fox-sedge Carex otroubae
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius
Fat Hen Chenopodium album
Goat’s Beard Tragopogon pratensis
Common Reed Phragmites australis
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum
Greater Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Grey Poplar Populus alba x tremula = P. x canadensis
Guelder Rose Viburnum opulus
Hairy Tare Vicia hirsuta
Hard Rush Juncus inflexus
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Hazel Corylus avellana
Heath Bedstraw Galium saxatile
Hedge Bindweed Calystegia cepium
Hemlock Conium maculatum
Hoary Ragwort Jacobaea erucifolia
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Hornbeam Carpinus betulus (small copse near site of ex Golf club house)
Knotgrass Polygonum aviculare
Lady’s Bedstraw Geum verum
Lanceolate Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Lombardy Poplars Populus nigra ‘italica’
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria
Monkeyflower hybrid Mimulus
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris
Ox-eye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare
Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne
Perennial Sow-thistle Sonchus arvensis
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoides
Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola
Pyramidal Orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis
Red Bartsia Odontites vernus
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
Reed Canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea
Reed Sweet-grass Glyceria maxima
Reedmace Typha latifolia
Rosebay Chamaenerion angustifolium
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris
Silver Birch Betula pendula
Silver Maple Acer saccharinum (along drive from Weston Road).
Silverweed Potentilla anserina
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus (some with variegated leaves along drive from Weston Road).
Tufted Hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca
Water Plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica
White Bryony Bryonia dioica
White Clover Trifolium repens
White Poplar Populus alba
Wild Carrot Daucus carota
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus
Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus
Leaders : Joyce Simmons