Rumex acetosa
Rumex acetosella
Rumex crispus
Rumex obtusifolius
Rumex sanguineus
Sagina apetala ssp erecta
Sagina procumbens
Salix alba
Salix alba var caerulea
Salix cinerea ssp cineria
Salix cineria ssp oleifolia
Salix x reichardtii
Salix viminalis
Sambucus nigra
Schoenoplectus lacustris
Scrophularia auriculata
Sedum album
Senecio erucifolius
Senecio jacobaea
Senecio viscosus
Senecio vulgaris
Silene alba
Silene dioica
Sisymbrium officinale
Solanum dulcamara
Sonchus arvensis
Sonchus asper
Sorrel
Sheep's Sorrel
Curled Dock
Broad-leaved Dock
Red-vcincd Dock
Pearlwort
Procumbent Pearlwort
White Willow
Cricket-bat Willow
Grey Willow
Rusty Willow
A hybrid Willow
Osier
Elder
Bulrush
Water Betony
White Stonecrop
Hoary Ragwort
Ragwort
Stinking Groundsel
Groundsel
White Campion
Red Campion
Hedge Mustard
Woody Nightshade
Field Milk Thistle
Spiny Sow Thistle
Sonchus oleraceus
Sorbus aucuparia
Sparganium erectum
Stachys sylvatica
Stellaria graminea
Stellaria media
Symphytum officinale
Tragopogon pratensis
ssp minor
Trifolium dubium
Trifolium ornithopodioides
Trifolium pratense
Trifolium repens
Triple Urospermum
inodorum
Trisetum flavescens
Tussilago farfara
Ulex europaeus
Urtica dioica
Veronica arvensis
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica persica
Veronica serpyllifolia
Vicia sativa
Vulpia bromoides
Sow Thistle
Rowan
Bur-reed
Hedge Woundwort
Lesser Stitchwort
Chickweed
Comfrey
Goat's Beard
Lesser Yellow Trefoil
Birdsfoot Fenugreek
Red Clover
White Clover
Scentless Mayweed
Yellow Oat
Coltsfoot
Gorse
Stinging Nettle
Wall Speedwell
Germander Speedwell
Large Field Speedwell
Thyme-leaved Speedwell
Common Vetch
Barren Fescue
NOAK BRIDGE FIELD MEETING SATURDAY 18TH JUNE 1994
The purpose of this meeting was to help record the wildlife interest in an area of old
Plotlands near Basildon that is under threat from housing development. We were shown
round by the local champion of the site Betty Haynes and Phil Butler, a member of the
Field Club who has been helping to record the area. The site is now mainly composed of
scrub and secondary woodland with small areas of surviving grassland. There is a pond
with marshy edges and much of the site is wet during the winter and spring. The pond
was extremely low at the time of our meeting, quite possibly due to drainage work being
carried out for the nearby housing development.
Spiders were recorded by David Can-, Spiders, Woodlice, Hoverflies and Hymenoptera
by Peter Harvey. The most notable find was a female Singa hamata only the fourth
record for the county. This attractive spider was found in its retreat in herbage by the side
of the path near the pond. Judging from its other Essex localities it may possibly require
uncut or ungrazed herbage and the vicinity of water. Other Nationally Scarce species
recorded were the spiders Philodromus praedatus and Zilla diodia, the hoverfly Pipizella
virens and the solder fly Odontomyia tigrina. Both spiders have in recent years turned
out to be quite widespread in the county. Other local species of interest were the Crab
spiders Ozyptila brevipes and Misumena vatia, several of which were seen with prey, and
the Jumping spider Ballus chalybeius.
Higher Plants were recorded by Tony Boniface during the meeting and on a subsequent
visit. One hundred and eight species were identified. Species of note included Wild
Service tree Sorbus torminalis, Grass Vetchling Lathyrus nissola, Dyer's Greenweed
Genista tinctoria and Twiggy Spurge Euphorbia x pseudovirgata.