Conisbrough Parks Natural History Survey Pt 2.
Saturday 23rd August 2025
This treport to be read in conjunction with the main report to be found here
| Taxonomic Name | Vernacular name | Recording area | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Acer campestre | Field Maple | 5 | 7 | |||||
| Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore | 7 | ||||||
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow | 1 | ||||||
| Aethusa cynapium | Fools Parsley | 6 | ||||||
| Agrostis stolonifera | Creeping Bent-grass | 1 | ||||||
| Alnus glutinosa | Alder (by stream under railway) | 5 | ||||||
| Alopecurus geniculatus | Marsh Foxtail Grass | 2 | ||||||
| Alopecurus pratensis | Meadow Foxtail | 1 | ||||||
| Anthriscus sylvestris | Cow Parsley | 1 | ||||||
| Aphanes arvensis | Parsley Piert | 3 | ||||||
| Arctium minus | Lesser Bur-dock | 3 | ||||||
| Arrhenatherum elatius | False Oat-grass | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Asplenium scolpendrium | Hart’s-tongue Fern (with male fern under metal railway foot bridge) | 5 | ||||||
| Avenella flexuosa | Wavy Hair-grass | 5 | ||||||
| Betula pendula | Silver Birch | 4 | 5 | |||||
| Bromus sterilis | Barren Brome | 1 | ||||||
| Calystegia sepium | Hedge Bindweed | 1 | ||||||
| Campanula sp. | Harebell (cultivated species several clumps ? introduced) | 4 | ||||||
| Carex hirta | Hairy Sedge | 2 | ||||||
| Centaurea nigra | Knapweed | 1 | ||||||
| Chaerophyllum temulum | Rough Chervil | 1 | ||||||
| Chamaenerion angustifolium | Rosebay | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Chenopodium rubra | Red Goosefoot | 3 | ||||||
| Chenopodium sp. | A Goosefoot | 1 | ||||||
| Circium vulgare | Spear Thistle | 1 | ||||||
| Cirsium arvense | Creeping Thistle | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Convolvulus arvensis | Field Bindweed | 4 | ||||||
| Corilus avellana | Hazel | 4 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| Cornus sanguinea | Dogwood | 3 | ||||||
| Crataegus monogyna | Hawthorn | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |
| Dactylis glomerata | Cock’s-foot Grass | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Deschampsia cespitosa | Tufted Hair-grass | 3 | 6 | |||||
| Dryopteris dilitata | Broad Buckler Fern (by stream under railway) | 5 | ||||||
| Dryopteris filix-mas | Male Fern | 3 | 5 | |||||
| Epilobium hirsutum | Great Willowherb | 3 | ||||||
| Equisetum arvense | Field Horsetail | 4 | ||||||
| Festuca rubra | Red Fescue | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Fraxinus excelsior | Ash | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||
| Galium verum | Lady’s Bedstraw | 1 | ||||||
| Geraneum dissectum | Cut-leaved Cranesbill | 3 | ||||||
| Geranium lucidum | Shining Cranesbill | 3 | ||||||
| Geranium molle | Dove’s-foot Cranesbill | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Geranium robertianum | Herb Robert | 3 | ||||||
| Geum urbanum | Wood Avens | 5 | ||||||
| Hedera helix | Ivy | 7 | ||||||
| Helminthotheca echioides | Bristly Ox-tongue | 1 | ||||||
| Heracleum sphondylium | Hogweed | 1 | ||||||
| Hieracium vagum | Glabrous-headed Hawkweed | 4 | ||||||
| Holcus lanatus | Yorkshire Fog | 1 | ||||||
| Hordeum murinum | Wall Barley | 1 | ||||||
| Hypericum perforatum | Perforate St. John’s wort | 3 | ||||||
| Hypochaeris radicata | Cat’s ear | 4 | ||||||
| Ilex aquifolium | Holly | 5 | 7 | |||||
| Juncus effusus | Soft Rush | |||||||
| Juncus inflexus | Hard Rush | |||||||
| Lapsana communis | Nipplewort | 3 | ||||||
| Lathyrus pratensis | Meadow Vetchling | 4 | ||||||
| Leontodon autumnalis | Autumn Hawkbit | 1 | ||||||
| Lepidium coronopus | Swine Cress | 1 | ||||||
| Linaria vulgaris | Common Toadflax | 4 | ||||||
| Lolium perenne | Perennial Ryegrass | 1 | ||||||
| Lotus corniculatus | Bird’s-foot Trefoil | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Malus x domestica | Apple (good crop of fruit) | 4 | ||||||
| Malus sylvestris | Crab Apple (at least 4 specimens in railway cutting, 1 venerable) | 5 | 7 | |||||
| Matricaria camomilla | Scented Mayweed | 6 | ||||||
| Matricaria discoide | Pineapple Weed | 1 | ||||||
| Medicago lupulina | Black Medic | 3 | ||||||
| Medicago sativa | Lucern | 1 | ||||||
| Odontites vernus | Red Bartsia | 6 | ||||||
| Papava rhoeas | Common Poppy | 6 | ||||||
| Phleum pratense | Timothy Grass | 1 | ||||||
| Pimpinella saxifraga | Burnet Saxifrage (SK51203 96348) | 3 | ||||||
| Plantago lanceolatum | Ribwort Plantain | 3 | ||||||
| Plantago major | Broad Leaved Plantain | 3 | ||||||
| Polygonum aviculare | Knotgrass | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Potentilla reptans | Creeping Cinquefoil | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Prunus avium | Wild Cherry (with many suckers) | 3 | ||||||
| Prunus spinosus | Blackthorn | 1 | 7 | |||||
| Pteridium aquilinum | Bracken | 3 | ||||||
| Quercus robur | Pedunculate Oak | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |||
| Ranunculus repens | Creeping Buttercup | 3 | ||||||
| Rosa arvensis | Field Rose | 4 | 5 | |||||
| Rosa canina | Rose (Dog) | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Rubus fruticosus agg.. | Bramble | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Rumex acetosella | Sheep’s Sorrel | 4 | ||||||
| Rumex obtusifolius | Broad-leaved Dock | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Salix aurita | Eared Willow | 3 | ||||||
| Salix caprea | Goat Willow | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Salix cinerea | Grey Willow | 3 | ||||||
| Sambucus nigra | Elder | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |||
| Sanguisorba officinalis | Great Burnet (SK51019 95826) | 4 | ||||||
| Sysimbrium officinale | Hedge Mustard | 6 | ||||||
| Solanum dulcamara | Woody Nightshade | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Sonchus asper | Prickly Sow thistle | 3 | ||||||
| Sorbus torminalis | Wild Service Tree (at least 7 shrubs growing within a few meters in the hedge on the eastern side of Park Lane, just south of Conisbrough Lodge SK505956. | 7 | ||||||
| Sparganium errectum | Branched Bur-reed | 2 | ||||||
| Stachys sylvatica | Hedge Woundwort | 3 | ||||||
| Tamus communis | Black Bryony | 1 | ||||||
| Teucreum scorodonia | Wood Sage | 7 | ||||||
| Torilis japonica | Erect Hedge parsley | 3 | ||||||
| Trifolium pratensis | Red Clover | 3 | ||||||
| Trifolium repens | White Clover | 3 | ||||||
| Tripleurospermum inodorum | Scentless Mayweed | 3 | ||||||
| Ulex europaeua | Gorse | 4 | 7 | |||||
| Ulmus sp. | Elm | 2 | 7 | |||||
| Urtica dioica | Nettle | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Veronica beccabunga | Brooklime | 2 | ||||||
| Veronica persica | Field Speedwell | 1 | ||||||
| Vicia sepium | Bush Vetch | 3 | ||||||
| Fungi | ||||||||
| Fomitopsis betulina | Birch Polypore (many on dead birch trees) | 5 | ||||||
| Spiders | ||||||||
| Araneus diadematus | Garden Spider | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Metallina segmentata | An Orb web spider | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Butterflies | ||||||||
| Pararge aegeria | Speckled Wood | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Pieris brassicae | Large White | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Pieris rapae | Small White | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Hemiptera (Bugs) | ||||||||
| Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale | Hawthorn Shield-bug | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Diptera (Flies) | ||||||||
| Calliophora vicina | A Blue Bottle | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Eriothrix rufomaculata | A Tachinid fly. Larvae parasitic on subterranean moth larvae | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Lucillia sericata | A Green Bottle | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Syrphus ribesii | A Hover fly | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Tipula oleracea | A Cranefly | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Orthoptera (Grasshoppers & Crickets) | ||||||||
| Chorthippus paralellus | Meadow Grasshopper | 3 | 4 |