St Michael’s Rectory Garden – SK 624984
Recorder – Pip Seccombe
| 1997 | Hedgehog Sightings | |
| Feb 17 | Hibernating | |
| Mar 21 | Foraging | |
| Jun 21 | Foraging | |
| July 31 | Young | |
| Nov 9 | Small hog – seen several times over the next few says | |
| Dec 25 | Hog out at night following strong wind | |
| 1998 | Feb 20 | Foraging |
| Mar 9 | Foraging | |
| Jun 25 | One adult & one young | |
| Aug 7 | Two hogs | |
| Aug 8 | 3 hogs | |
| Toad Sightings | ||
| 1997 | Feb 24 | Toad |
| Aug 7 | Immature toad | |
| Aug 29 | Toad (body length 6 cm) | |
| 1998 | Jun 21 | Toad (body length 7.5cm) |
| Long-tailed Field Mouse | ||
| 1999 | Jul 28 | Dead specimen on lawn |
| Rabbit | ||
| 1998 | Jun 23 | Rabbit |
| Pipistrelle Bat | ||
| 1997 | Aug | 6 each night (weather permitting) |
| 1998 | Aug | 5 each night (weather permitting) |
| Odonata | ||
| 1997 | Aug 29 | Sympetrum striolatum |
| 1998 | Sun 5 | Aeshna grandis |
| Coleopter | ||
| 1999 | Feb 20 | 2 spot ladybird – Ten active on inside landing window |
| Aug 28 | Ground Beetle – Badister bipustulatus | |
| Hemiptera | ||
| 1999 | Sep 2 | Forest Bug |
| Lepidoptera | ||
| 1996 | Oct 10 | Feathered Thorn (moth) |
| 1997 | Mar 28 | Peacock |
| Apr 9 | Small White & Holly Blue | |
| Apr 12 | Orange Tip | |
| May 1 | Green Veined White, Small White, Orange Tip, Holly Blue | |
| July 15 | Dwarf Cream Wave (moth) | |
| July 26 | Holly Blue (almost daily to Aug 7th) | |
| Aug 7 | Silver Ground Carpet (moth), Large Yellow Underwing | |
| Oct 10 | Holly Blue | |
| Oct 17 | Peacock | |
| Dec 12 | Herald (moth) | |
| 1998 | Feb 14 | Small Tortoiseshell |
| Mar 8 | Green Veined White | |
| Apr 25 | Holly Blue | |
| Apr 29 | Orange Tip | |
| Jun 4 | Holly Blue, Red Admiral | |
| Jun 15 | Red Admiral | |
| Jun 25 | Holly Blue, Red Admiral | |
| July 3 | Large Twin Spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata) confirmed by Ian Heppenstall | |
| July 8 | Holly Blue (almost daily to Aug 27th) | |
| Aug 6 | Red Admiral | |
| Aug 8 | Peacock | |
| Aug 26 | Angle Shades | |
| Sep 9 | Holly Blue | |
| 1999 | Mar 15 | Brimstone, Peacock |
| Mar 17 | Purple Thorn | |
| Apr 4 | Holly Blue | |
| Apr 25 | Orange Tip | |
| Apr 27 | Holly blue, Green Veined White | |
| May 6 | White Pinion Spotted (moth) confirmed I. H. | |
| May 20 | Speckled Wood, Holly Blue | |
| May 27 | Speckled Wood, Holly Blue | |
| May 28 | Speckled Wood, Holly Blue | |
| Jun 29 | Red Admiral | |
| July 10 | Holly Blue | |
| July 11 | Holly Blue, Red Admiral, Comma | |
| July 24 | Holly Blue, Red Admiral, Straw Underwing | |
| July 28 | Meadow Brown | |
| July 31 | Holly Blue, Peacock, Mouse moth | |
| Aug 8 | Herald Moth | |
| Aug 11 | Setaceous Hebrew Character | |
| Aug15 | Dark Marbled Carpet | |
| Sep 2 | Blood Veined moth | |
| Sep 7 | Holly Blue | |
| Spiders | ||
| 1999 | July | Zygiella x-notata |
| Oct | Tegenaria domestica | |
| Fungi | ||
| 1999 | March | Xylaria hypoxylon – Candel Snuff |
| April | Hypholoma fasciculare – Sulphur Tuft | |
| July | Lepiota rhacodes – Shaggy Parasol | |
| July | Armillaine mellea – Honey Fungus | |
| Sep | Coprinus comatus – Shaggy Inkcap | |
| Oct | Auricularia auricula – Judea – Jew’s Ear | |
| Oct | Hygrocybe nigrescens – Blackening Waxcap | |
| Oct | Polyporus badius | |
| Oct | Piptoporus betulinus – Birch Polypore | |
| 1996 | June | Polyporus squamosus – Dryads Saddle |
| Slugs & Snails | ||
| 1999 | May | Lauria cylindracea |
| Aegopinella nitidula | ||
| Discus rotundatus | ||
| Oxychilus allarius | ||
| Limax maximus | ||
| Arion hortensis | ||
| Deroceras reticulatum | ||
| Milax budapestensis | ||
Botanical Species (2 May 1999)
| Botanical Name | Vernacular Name |
| Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore |
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow |
| Arabidopsis thaliana | Thale Cress |
| Aesculus hippocastanum | Horse Chestnut |
| Arum maculatum | Wild Arum |
| Bellis perennis | Daisy |
| Cardamine flexuosa | Wavy Bittercress |
| Cardamine hirsuta | Hairy Bittercress |
| Conopodium majus | Pignut |
| Anthriscus sylvestris | Cow Parsley |
| Carpinus betulus | Hornbeam |
| Chamaenerion angustifolium | Rosebay |
| Crataegus monogyna | Hawthorn |
| Anthoxanthum odoratum | Sweet Vernal Grass |
| Dactylis glomerata | Cock’s Foot |
| Digitalis purpurea | Foxglove |
| Cirsium arvense | Creeping Thistle |
| Cirsium vulgare | Spear Thistle |
| Conyza canadensis | Canadian Fleabane |
| Fagus sylvatica | Beech |
| Galium aparine | Goosegrass |
| Glechoma hederacea | Ground Ivy |
| Heracleum sphondylium | Hogweed |
| Castanea sativa | Sweet Chestnut |
| Hypochaeris radicata | Cat’s-ear |
| Hedera helix | Ivy |
| Ilex aquifolium | Holly |
| Geranium molle | Dove’s-foot Cranesbill |
| Lamium album | White Deadnettle |
| Lamium purpureum | Red Deadnettle |
| Hyacinthoides non-scripta | Bluebell |
| Luzula campestris | Field Woodrush |
| Myosotis sylvatica | Wood Forget-me-not |
| Lactuca muralis | Wall Lettuce |
| Moehringia trinervia | 3 veined sandwort |
| Leucanthemum vulgare | Ox-eye Daisy |
| Plantago lanceolata | Lanceolate Plantain |
| Plantago major | Rat-tailed Plantain |
| Poa annua | Annual Meadow Grass |
| Mercurialis perennis | Dog’s Mercury |
| Quercus robur | Oak |
| Claytonia virginica | Spring Beauty |
| Ranunculus ficaria | Celandine |
| Ranunculus repens | Creeping Buttercup |
| Rubus fruticosus | Bramble |
| Rumex obtusifolius | Broad-leaved Dock |
| Rumex acetosa | Sorrel |
| Sambucus nigra | Elder |
| Stachys sylvatica | Hedge Woundwort |
| Senecio jacobaea | Ragwort |
| Senecio squalidus | Oxford Ragwort |
| Senecio vulgaris | Groundsel |
| Stellaria graminea | Lesser Stitchwort |
| Stellaria media | Chickweed |
| Sonchus oleraceus | Smooth Sow Thistle |
| Sisymbrium officinale | Hedge Mustard |
| Solanum dulcamara | Bittersweet |
| Taxus baccata | Yew |
| Taraxacum agg. | Dandelion |
| Tanacetum parthenium | Feverfew |
| Trifolium repens | White Clover |
| Veronica chamaedrys | Germander Speedwell |
| Veronica hederifolia | Ivy-leaved Speedwell |
| Veronica serpyllifolia | Thyme-leaved Speedwell |
| Veronica arvensis | Wall Speedwell |
| Vinca major | Large Periwinkle |
| Utica dioica | Stinging Nettle |
| July 1999 | |
| Alopecurus pratensis | Meadow Foxtail |
| Bromus sterilis | Barren Brome |
| Poa trivialis | Rough Meadow Grass |
| Hieracium pilosella | Mouse-eared Hawkweed |
| Hieracium umbellatum |