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THE FOUR SEASONS RECORDING PROJECT
GALLEYWOOD COMMON SUNDAY 13th AUGUST 1995
Today we concentrated on the grassland areas. Rainfall in recent weeks was veiy sparse
resulting in a virtual absence of fungi and slime moulds. The higher plants were
recorded by Jeremy Ison, Tony Boniface and Martin Gregory. A consolidated list from
today's records and those of the meeting of the 14th April 1995 was compiled by Jeremy
Ison and is included below. A total of 185 species must be a fairly comprehensive list.
Birds were recorded by John Bath and Judith Boniface.
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Blackbird
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Song Thrush
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Sparrow Hawk
House Martin
Goldfinch
Swallow
Green Woodpecker
Jay
Robin
A modest list of fifteen species.
Butterflies were conspicuous and 12 species were identified by Tony Walentowicz.
Large white
Small white
Green veined white
Small tortoiseshell
Red admiral
Holly blue
Common blue
Small heath
Meadow brown
Gatekeeper
Speckled wood
Small skipper
A Cinnabar moth caterpillar was located on Ragwort.
Tony Boniface collected grasshoppers and identified 3 species.
Chorthippus brunneus Common field grasshopper
Chorthippus albomarginatus Lesser marsh grasshopper
Chorthippus parallelus Meadow grasshopper
A large spider was identified by Tony Boniface as Araneus quadratus