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Southern hawker

Hairy Dragonfly

Four-spotted chaser

Banded demoiselle

One of only two damselflies with coloured wings, the Banded Demoiselle is mainly seen in summer and lives near to slow flowing rivers and streams.

Azure damselfly

Common blue damselfly

Red eyed damselfly

Blue tailed damselfly

Scarce chaser

Small Tortoiseshell butterfly

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The small tortoiseshell butterfly can often be found along old railway lines where there are lots of nettles for it to lay its eggs. It hibernates over the winter and can usually be seen flying between March and October.

Orange tip butterfly

Orange tip butterflies are usually found along hedgerows and in scrubby areas in springtime. Only the males have orange tips on their wings; the females are mainly white.

Common blue butterfly

Common blue butterflies tend to live in grassy habitats and are most active in the summer. Only the males are blue with the females being a dull brown colour.

Holly blue

Peacock butterfly

The peacock butterfly is a common species that is found mainly in scrubland and along hedgerows between March and October.The striking red colour and eye spots makes the adults easily recognisable. The caterpillars are black and feed mainly on nettles.

Speckled Wood

Large white butterfly

Large white or cabbage white butterflies like to feed on members of the cabbage family. They can be seen between April and October and live in a variety of habitats.

Green veined white

Brimstone butterfly

Brimstone butterflies are often the first butterflies to emerge in spring and can be found in a variety of habitats including grassland and scrub. They are also very long lived butterflies and remain active until October.

Small white

Comma

Red admiral

Red admiral butterflies are usually seen in summer and live in a variety of habitats where there are plenty of nectar sources, such as Buddleias and nettles.

Silver Y

Distinctive Y mark on wings.

Mother shipton

Derived from profile of old woman on wings. Caterpillars feed mainly on clovers.

Silver-ground carpet

Common swift

Common Carpet

Burnet Companion

Cinnabar

Day flying moth with red/pink wing spots. Conspicious black and yellow striped caterpillars that mainly feed on ragwort.

Cuckoo

Cuckoos are migrant birds that usually arrive in April and leave in August. They lay their eggs in the nests of other birds, such as reed warblers, who raise the cuckoo chick as their own. The distinctive call of the

House Martin

House martins are smaller than swallows but arrive at a similar time in spring. They hunt for insects on the wing and build mud nests under the eaves of buildings, hence their name.

Hobby

The hobby is Britain’s only migratory falcon and it arrives in April to breed in the disused nests of crows. It is an excellent flier and hunts dragonflies and other birds, such as swallows on the wing. It can be

Swallow

Swallows are migratory birds that spend the winter in Africa and arrive in the UK in April. They feed mainly on flying insects and often build their mud nests on the sides of buildings, returning to the same spot year

Grasshopper warbler

This is a species which skulks in the undergrowth, creeping through bushes and low foliage, and which is very difficult to see except sometimes when singing from a prominent position. The song, which gives this species its name, is a

Chiffchaff

Chiffchaffs are a small warbler, known for their distinctive song. They are summer visitors to the UK, living mainly in woodland and scrubby areas and feeding on insects.

Willow Warbler

Willow Warblers are slim, delicate birds of woodland, scrub, parks and gardens. They can be heard singing a melodious, warbling song from amongst the tree canopy. Willow Warblers are migratory birds, breeding in Europe and migrating to southern Africa for

Sand martin

Sand martins are common summer visitors, arriving in March and leaving in October. They nest in colonies, digging burrows in steep, sandy cliffs, usually around water, so are commonly found on wetland sites. The tunnels they bore can be up

Garden Warbler

The Garden Warbler is a medium-sized warbler of woodland and tall scrub, habitats it shares with the Blackcap. Garden Warblers are summer visitors, arriving in April and leaving in July, although Continental birds can be seen on migration around the

Field maple

‘Whirly-gig type seeds’.

Garlic mustard

Smells like garlic when crushed. Also known as ‘Jack-by-the-hedge’

Alder

In winter, old catkins remain and look like clusters of small pine cones.

Colt’s-foot

Small, purplish leaves hug stem up to flower.

Brooklime

Germander speedwell

Common Vetch

Climbing plants with pea-like flowers. Hairy.

Bush Vetch

Climbing plants with pea-like flowers. Hairy.

Cow parsley

Mugwort

Stems purple.

Winter cress

Long, thin, pea-like seed pods.

White bryony

Climbing plant with spiral tendrils. Red berries, leaves and stem in Autumn and Winter. Poisonous.

Cuckooflower

One of the first flowers to appear in Spring. Flowers on erect stem.

Common Mouse-ear

Midland Hawthorn

Often referred to as may blossom. Red berries or hawes provide a valuable source of food for birds in winter. Spiky branches. Flowers lightly larger than common hawthorn and leaves less deeply lobed.