Friday 23rd August 2025 – Park Farm, Conisbro’
This species list supplements the Meeting Report found here
Recording Sites:
1) Verge/Hedgerow from Park Farm Cottages (SK506 970) to Parks Farm (SK513 967).
2) Kearsley Brook (SK509 969)
3) Disused Railway track from (SK514 967) to lunch stop (SK510 959).
4) Disused Railway track from lunch stop (SK510 959) to narrow path (SK509 955).
5) Disused Railway track from narrow path (SK509 955) to metal bridge (SK508 954).
6) Public Footpath from metal bridge (SK508 954) across arable field to Micklebring Gorse (SK504 954).
7) Park Lane from Micklebring Gorse (SK504 954) to the ruins of Conisbrough Lodge (SK505 957).
| 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 footbridge) | 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 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 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 | |||||
| Coleoptera (Beetles) | ||||||||
| Coccinella septempunctata | Seven-spot ladybird | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 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 |