Species list for Racecourse Plantation

Species list for Racecourse Plantation, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich (updated 4/8/10)


Please note: This species list is not exhaustive, ie: any species listed have been recorded as occurring in these woodlands as of 4th August 2010, but there may well be additional species that have not yet been identified. This applies particularly to mammals (especially bats) and invertebrates: there is a strong likelihood that many mammal and invertebrate species are yet to be recorded, and this list will be updated as and when new records are known.

This species list is for Racecourse Plantation specifically. Species lists for Belmore & Brown’s plantations will be published separately, or as an appendix with annotations to the list below indicating species found in all three woodlands.

Please also note that the following symbols appear next to the species listed below:

• * = not reliably recorded in 2010 but very likely to still occur

• ** = not recently recorded but likely to occur, in view of the habitat

In the interests of user-friendliness, common / English names are used throughout. Scientific (Latin) names are only given where considered necessary.

Bold type indicates species of particular interest, including nationally and locally rare or scarce species, UK Biodiversity Action Plan priority species, and species of conservation concern. NB: Our research into species considered to be rare, scarce or of conservation concern both locally and nationally is incomplete. Some species not highlighted in bold may fall into one or more of these categories.

The records below are taken from the following:

Norfolk Wildlife Trust habitat survey, August 1997

Norfolk Wildlife Services survey, February 2001


Walk-through survey, John Allaway, 11th July 2010


Walk-through survey, John Allaway, 28th July 2010


Walk-through survey, Shane Plant & John Allaway, 30th July 2010


Walk-through survey, Shane Plant, 31st July 2010

The 2010 surveys confirmed the continued occurrence of all species listed by the earlier surveys, and identified several more.


Mammals

Fox

Hedgehog

Stoat

Weasel

Rabbit

Mole

Grey Squirrel

Roe deer

Red deer**

Muntjak deer**

Common shrew**

Field vole**

Bank vole**

Wood mouse**

Yellow necked wood mouse**

Bats (various species – yet to be assessed)

Badger**



Reptiles

Adder


Grass snake


Common lizard


Slow worm



Amphibians

Common toad


Common frog


Birds

Nightingale*


Hobby*


Sparrowhawk


Kestrel


Tawny Owl


Song Thrush


Bullfinch


Woodcock

Wren

Jay

Dunnock

Green Woodpecker


Great Spotted Woodpecker

Robin

Blackbird

Siskin

Jay

Magpie


Insects

Brown hawker dragonfly

Migrant hawker dragonfly

Common darter dragonfly

Azure damselfly



Very large numbers of Silver-Y moths, plus many species of day-flying moths, beetles, bumble bees, hoverflies, grasshoppers & crickets, bugs, flies, spiders and other invertebrates. An expert invertebrates survey of these woodlands would be likely to reveal many interesting species.


Butterflies


White admiral

Red admiral

Ringlet

Speckled wood

Comma

Gatekeeper

Meadow brown

Small skipper

Essex skipper

Brown argus

Common blue

Holly blue

Small white

Green-veined white

Small Tortoiseshell

Peacock*

Brimstone*

Orange tip*

Small copper*



Trees & Shrubs

English Oak

Beech

Sweet chestnut

Silver birch

Downy birch

Hazel

Rowan

Ash

Holly

Goat willow

Aspen

Alder

Hornbeam

Goat willow

Grey willow

Grey poplar

Wych elm

Hawthorn

Common lime

Turkey oak

Sycamore

Norway maple

Laburnum

Scots pine

Corsican pine

Douglas fir

Norway spruce

Western hemlock

Western red cedar

European larch

Gorse

Guelder rose

Spindle

Broom

Wild privet

Blackthorn

Elder

Rhododendron (R.ponticum)

Buddleia

Tutsan

Raspberry

Flowering currant

Dog rose

Bramble (see also under Flowering Plants below)




Flowering plants

Chaffweed (Anagalis minima)


Allseed (Radiola linoides)


Heath milkwort (Polygala serpyllifolia)

Ling heather

Bell heather

Cross-leaved heath

Common centaury

Slender St Johns Wort

Perforate St Johns Wort

Trailing St Johns Wort

Birdsfoot trefoil

Greater birdsfoot trefoil

Tufted vetch

Common vetch (Vicia cracca ssp. segetalis)

Hairy tare

White clover

Lesser trefoil

Black medick

White melilot

Weld

Parsley-piert

Garlic mustard

Shepherd’s purse

Hedge mustard

Wood sage

Bugle

Self-heal

Skullcap

Black horehound

Hedge woundwort

Ground ivy

Gipsywort

Water mint

Corn mint

Fairy flax/Purging flax

Enchanter’s nightshade

Great willowherb

American willowherb

Broad-leaved willowherb

Hoary willowherb

Short-fruited willowherb

Rosebay willowherb

Bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg.)

Bramble (various uncommon & rare spp., including R.malvernicus)

Wood avens

Tormentil

Trailing tormentil

Silverweed

Creeping cinquefoil

Sheep’s sorrel

Curled dock

Broad-leaved dock

Wood dock

Heath speedwell

Germander speedwell

Wall speedwell

Common field speedwell

Thyme-leaved speedwell

Yarrow

Marsh thistle

Spear thistle

Musk thistle

Creeping thistle

Common knapweed

Lesser burdock

Daisy

Smooth hawksbeard

Common hawkweed

Catsear

Prickly lettuce

Nipplewort

Autumn hawkbit

Pineapple-weed

Ragwort

Oxford ragwort

Groundsel

Heath groundsel

Perennial sow-thistle

Prickly sow-thistle

Smooth sow-thistle

Dandelion

Scentless mayweed

Teasel

Coltsfoot

Amsinckia

Bugloss

Wood forget-me-not

Field forget-me-not

Mugwort

Common orache

Spear-leaved orache

Fat-hen

Common mouse-ear

Sticky mouse-ear

Three-nerved sandwort

Chickweed

Bog stitchwort

Lesser stitchwort

Sanicle

Rough chervil

Hogweed

Cow parsley

Upright hedge parsley

Purple toadflax

Common mallow

Foxglove

Common fumitory

Common figwort

Heath bedstraw

Common cleavers

Dog violet

Field pansy

Foxglove

Harebell

Scarlet pimpernel

Cut-leaved cranesbill

Dove’s foot cranesbill

Small-flowered cranesbill

Herb robert

Common cudweed

Marsh cudweed

Field horsetail

Common poppy

Ribwort plantain

Greater plantain

Knot grass

Water pepper

Redshank

Creeping buttercup

Annual pearlwort

Procumbent pearlwort

Biting stonecrop

Red campion

White campion

Black briony

Great mullein

Common nettle

Lords-and-ladies

Ivy

Bittersweet

Hops

Traveller’s joy

Honeysuckle

Water starwort

Bulrush / great reedmace




Species considered likely to have been introduced, and garden escapes

Canadian fleabane

Ground elder

Betony

Marjoram

Silver-leaved yellow archangel

Snapdragon

Bellflower sp.

Yellow corydalis

Iris sp.

Honesty

Evening primrose

Opium poppy

Feverfew





Grasses


Heath-grass (Danthonia decumbens)

Common bent

Creeping bent

Back bent

Velvet bent

Wood small-reed

Tufted hair-grass

Wavy hair-grass

False brome

Red fescue

Giant fescue

Sweet vernal-grass

Timothy

Annual meadow-grass

Rough meadow-grass

Yorkshire fog

Soft grass

Wild oat

False oat

Sweet vernal-grass

Cocksfoot

Wall barley

Perennial rye-grass

Floating sweet grass




Rushes

Toad rush

Soft-rush

Clustered Rush

Jointed Rush

Bulbous rush

Bristle club-rush

Sharp-flowered rush

Compact rush



Woodrushes

Heath Woodrush

Great woodrush





Sedges

Carnation Sedge

Spiked Sedge

Hairy Sedge

Oval sedge

Pendulous sedge

Remote sedge

Grey sedge

Glaucous sedge

Common yellow-sedge

Cyperus sedge



Ferns

Male fern

Scaly male fern

Broad buckler fern

Lady fern

Bracken

Harts tongue fern