Birds: Herring Gull, Rook, Wood Pigeon, House Martin, Jay, Magpie, Collared Dove, Buzzard, flock of 40-50 Swallows (evening of 18th), Tawny Owl (evening of 18th), Wren, Goldfinch.
Plants coming into flower: Enchanter’s Nightshade, Common Knapweed, Catsear, Creeping Cinquefoil (7th); Trailing Tormentil, Geranium sp probably Dovesfoot Cranesbill, Tutsan, Creeping Bent (10th); Spear Thistle (14th); Hedge Bindweed, Field Bindweed, Montbretia, Tufted Vetch (28th)
Plants continuing to flower: Hogweed, Cow Parsley, Hedge Bedstraw, Red Campion, Field Rose, hybrid Rose, Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil, Meadow Vetchling, Herb Robert, Creeping Buttercup, Nipplewort, Ragwort, Goosegrass, Common Field Speedwell, Yarrow, White Clover, Common Vetch, Ribwort Plantain, Perforate St John's Wort, Greater Hawkweed, Fuchsia, Foxglove, Common Willowherb, Common Sorrel, Herb Bennet, Selfheal, Daisy, Lesser Trefoil, Common Hemp-nettle, Cocksfoot, Scentless Mayweed.
Insects from a mothing session in the evening of 18th July, 9.30 pm to 1.00 am: Magpie Moth, Dingy Footman, Buff Arches, Ichneumon wasp (probably Heteropelma amictum), Common Carpet, Mottled Sedge, Barred Straw, Grass Veneer, Strawberry Seed Beetle (Harpalus rufipes), Green Lacewing, Smoky Wainscot, Knotgrass, Ruby Tiger, Small Magpie, Foxglove Pug, V-Pug, Bright-line Brown-Eye, Small Fan-footed Wave, Swallowtail, Marbled White-spot, Flame Shoulder, Cloaked Minor, Red Twin-spot Carpet, Clay, Limnophilus lunatus (caddis fly), Green Pug, Fan-foot, Eudonia micro-moths probably E. mercurella and E. lacustrata, Sandy Carpet, Cnephasia sp. tortrix, Agapeta zoegana yellow tortrix, Double-striped Pug, Slender Brindle, Elephant Hawk-moth, Dark Arches, Dot Moth, Uncertain, July Highflyer, Riband Wave, Smoky Wainscot, Spectacle, Barred Straw, Common Footman, Small Rivulet, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Large Yellow Underwing, Grey Dagger, Lackey, Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet, Silver Y, Cloaked Minor, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Heart and Dart, Peppered Moth, Coronet, Lychnis, Pale Prominent, Clouded Silver, Pretty Chalk Carpet, True Lovers’ Knot, Ear Moth, Common Rustic, Bee Moth, Common Red Soldier Beetle, European Corn Borer.
Other Insects: Meadow Brown, Small Skipper, Red Admiral, Seven-spot Ladybird, Halictus sp bee, probably Orange-legged Furrow Bee, White-tailed Bumblebee, Honey Bee, Common Darter, Common Red Soldier Beetle, Five-spot Burnet, Common Earwig, Yellow Meadow Ant, Field Grasshopper (all 7th); Gatekeeper (10th); Peacock butterfly (14th); Notch-horned Cleg, Common Carder Bee, Large White, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Southern Hawker, Silver-washed Fritillary (21st); Small Black Ant, Flesh Fly, Common Wasp, Red-tailed Bumblebee (28th)
Other “creepy-crawlies”: Woodlouse, Centipede.
Mammals: 2 small bats (probably one of the Pipistrelle species), 2 large bats (probably Noctules), evening of 18th.
Reptiles and Amphibians: Common Toad (in church porch)