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The following observations were made:-
Reptiles
Common lizard (on mainland)
Mammals
Stoat (on mainland)
Rabbit
Birds
Blackbird
Common Whitethroat
Cuckoo
Chaffinch
Black headed gull
Mallard
Insects
Lackey moth caterpillars (on mainland)
Cinnabar moth (on mainland)
Oyster catcher
Pheasant
Shelduck
Songthrush
Sparrowhawk
Wood pigeon
Spiders
Funnelweb spider (Agelena labyrinthica- Ed.)
Ferns and Flowering plants (Square 2124)
Acer campestre
A esculus hippocastanum
Alopecurus pratensis
Anisantha sterilis
Armeria maritima
A triplex portulacoides
Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima
Betula pendula
Betula pubescens
Castanea sativa
Chenopodium album
Cirsium arvense
Cirsium vulgare
Crataegus monogyna
Cytisus scoparius
Dactylis glomerata
Dryopteris filix-mas
Elytrigia repens
Fraxinus excelsior
Galium aparine
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Limonium vulgare
Lonicera periclymenum
Lotus corniculatus
Malus sylvestris
Peucedanum officinale
Plantago maritima
Poa trivialis
Populus x canescens
Prunus spinosa
Puccinellia maritima
Quercus robur
Rubus fruticosus agg.
Sambucus nigra
Silene dioica
Solanum dulcamara
Spergularia media
Stellaria graminea
Suaeda maritima
Tamarix gallica
Tilia cordata
Ulex europaeus
Urtica dioica
Tony Boniface
Essex Field Club Newsletter No. 22, August 1997