10.30 to 12.15hrs 29 July 2020.

Leader: Nora (B)
Present Jim (S) & Colin (H).
Also present were walkers, cyclists, birdwatchers and visitors to Annabel’s Café.

Birds: Common Terns (6); Cormorant (1); Coot (2); Little Egret (1); Mallard (12); (Moorhen (1); Racing Pigeon (1 Rock dove type grounded); Wood Pigeon.
Mammals: Mole (Hills showing sandy soil).
Coleoptera: Larvae of the Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni on young Common Alder; 7-spot Ladybird.
Diptera: Horse Fly Chrysops sp.
Hymenoptera: Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Lepidoptera: Common Blue; Gatekeeper; Meadow Brown; Peacock; Large White; Small White.
Odonata: Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans; Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum; Black-tailed Skimmer Otherum cancellatum.

Flowering Plants

Botanical Name	Vernacular Name
Acer campestreem	Field Maple
Acer pseudoplatanusem	Sycamore
Achillea millefoliumem	Yarrow
Agrostis stoloniferaem	Creeping Bent
Alliaria petiolataem	Garlic Mustard
Alnus glutinosaem	Alder
Arctium minorem	Lesser Burdock
Artemisia vulgarisem	Mugwort
Bidens tripartitaem	Trifid Bur-marigold
Bryonia dioicaem	White Bryony
Carex otrubaeem	False Fox-sedge
Centaurea nigraem	Common Knapweed
Cerastium fontanumem	Common Mouse-ear
Chamerium angustifoliumem	Rosebay
Cirsium arvenseem	Creeping Thistle
Cirsium vulgareem	Spear Thistle
Convolvulus arvensisem	Field Bindweed
Convolvulus sepiumem	Hedge Bindweed
Cornus sanguineaem	Dogwood
Corylus avellanaem	Hazel
Crataegus monogynaem	Hawthorn
Dactylis glomerataem	Cock’s-foot Grass
Elodea canadensisem	Canadian Pondeed
Epilobium hirsutumem	Great Willowherb
Epilobium montanumem	Broad-leaved Willowherb
Euphorbia helioscopiaem	Sun Spurge
Filipendula ulmariaem	Meadowsweet
Galeopsis speciosaem	Large-flowered Hemp-nettle (Pasture to north of M18 det Nora Boyle & Jim S.)
Galium aparineem	Cleavers
Geranium dissectumem	Cut-leaved Crane’s-bill
Geranium molleem	Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill
Geranium robertianumem	Herb-robert
Hedera helixem	Ivy
Heracleum sphondyliumem	Hogweed
Hieracum pilosellaem	Mouse-ear Hawkweed (on limestone substrate on bridge over M18)
Holcus lanatusem	Yorkshire-fog
Inula conyzaem	Ploughman’s Spikenard
Juncus articulatusem	Jointed Rush
Juncus conglomeratusem	Compact Rush
Juncus effususem	Soft Rush
Juncus inflexusem	Hard Rush
Juncus subnodulosusem	Blunt-flowered Rush (a fine plant det Nora Boyle)
Lactuca serriolaem	Prickly Lettuce
Leucanthemum vulgareem	Oxeye-daisy
Lolium perenneem	Perennial Rye-grass
Malva sylvestrisem	Common Mallow
Medicago sativaem	Lucern
Melilotus albaem	White Melilot
Melilotus officinalisem	Ribbed Melilot
Mentha aquaticaem	Water Mint
Myosotis arvensisem	Field Forget-me-not
Myriophyllum spicatumem	Spiked Water-milfoil
Odontites vernaem	Red Bartsia
Oenothera erythrosepalaem	Large-flowered Evening-primrose
Ononis repensem	Restharrow (on limestone substrate on bridge over M18)
Papava rhoeasem	Red Poppy
Phragmites australisem	Common Reed
Picris echioidesem	Bristly Ox-tongue
Plantago lanceolataem	Ribwort Plantain
Plantago majorem	Rat-tail Plantain
Populus x canadensis var. serotinaem	Italian poplar
Potamogeton crispusem	Curled Pondweed
Prunus sp.em	Cherry sp.
Pulicaria dysentericaem	Common Fleabane
Quercus roburem	Pedunculate oak
Ranunculus repensem	Creeping Buttercup
Ranunculus sceleratusem	Celery-leaved Buttercup
Rosa caninaem	Dog-rose
Rubus fruticosus agg.em	Bramble
Rubus idaeusem	Raspberry
Rubus saxatilisem	Stone Bramble
Rumex crispusem	Curl Dock
Rumex obtusifoliusem	Broad-leaved Dock
Sagina procumbensem	Procumbent Pearlwort
Salix cinereaem	Grey Willow
Sambucus nigraem	Elder
Senecio erucifoliusem	Hoary Ragwort
Senecio jacobaeaem	Common Ragwort
Silene albaem	White Campion
Silene dioicaem	Red Campion
Sisymbrium officinalisem	Hedge Mustard
Sorbus aucupariaem	Rowan
Taraxacum agg.em	Dandelion
Torilis japonicaem	Upright Hedge-parsley
Trifolium campestreem	Bird’s-foot Trefoil
Trifolium dubiumem	Lesser Trefoil
Trifolium repensem	White Clover
Tripleurospermum inodorumem	Scentless Mayweed
Tussilago farfaraem	Colt’s-foot
Typha latifoliaem	Common Bullrush
Ulex europaeusem	Gorse
Urtica dioicaem	Nettle
Vicia craccaem	Tufted Vetch
Vicia tetraspermaem	Smooth Tare

CAH

Doncaster Naturalists’ Society Excursion 20 July 2020.

Leader: Nora Boyle
Members Present: Joyce & Paul (S); Jim (S); Margaret (P) & Colin (H).

Potted history:
Bentley is situated at about 5m above sea level, in the floodplain of the river Don which meanders across the bed of the post-glacial Lake Humber. With progressively warming sea temperatures the North Sea continues to rise and the Don, which feeds into the Humber estuary, has become tidal up to the centre of Doncaster.
The etymology of the name Bentley derives from the terms “Bent” referring to a type of meadow grass (of the genus Agrostis) which still abounds in the area and the Anglo-Saxon “Ley” or ”Leigh” meaning a field, hence a grassy field or meadow.
In this lowland rural/agricultural landscape, a part of the estate of the Cookes of Wheatley Hall, Doncaster, the mining company of Barber, Walker & Co. based at Watnall and High Park in Nottinghamshire was invited to explore for coal. Several exploratory borehole were excavated in the late 19th century and again in 1902 and 03 and coal-bearing seams were encountered. Though geological difficulties such as quicksand and water were experienced, the main shaft was sunk in 1906 and coal production commenced in 1908.
Due to the small rural population, the colliery workforce was largely recruited from Nottinghamshire and elsewhere. By 1910 there were 1,000 employees, rising to just under 3,000 between 1933 and 1947. The mine closed in December 1993 with the loss of 450 jobs and huge coal reserves left underground.
The production statistics for the mine are difficult to trace or calculate but in one year, 1924 prior to mechanization, over 1,200,000 tonnes (1,300,000 tons) of coal was brought to the surface. It would be interesting to know how much coal was contributed to the economy by the miners at Bentley Colliery through its 85 years of production … where is all that carbon now?
All surface buildings, including the pit-head gear, were demolished by 1995 and in 1998 the site was made safe and transferred to The Land Trust. It was landscaped and managed as woodland in 2004 and is now open to the descendants of the Bentley Miners and the public at large as the Bentley Community Woodland.

 
Highlights of the visit:
Our preliminary visit, though relatively brief and incomplete, revealed the site to be potentially species-rich, a boon to Doncaster’s biodiversity and a remarkable local example of habitat creation. Notable species were Spiny Restharrow Ononis spinosa (found by Joyce Simmons) representing the only known modern Doncaster record. The only previous documented occurrence was on the limestone at Warmsworth, recorded in F.A. Lees’ Flora of West Yorkshire (1888). The scarce and declining Dyer’s Greenweed Genista tinctoria, which occurs in profusion adjacent to the Shaftholme lake, here probably represents the largest population in the Doncaster region. The occurrence of Marbled White Butterfly was a welcome expansion from limestone vale sites in the Don Gorge and Brockadale. The Essex Skipper butterfly, a recent immigrant from the south was very well represented and the gall wasp Andricus aries, which causes the impressive Ram’s-horn gall on terminal buds of Turkey Oak, was only discovered in Britain in Berkshire in 1997. It is now widespread through southern Britain and is now moving north.

During our four hour visit on 20 July, other amenity users counted included – Walkers (19); Dog walkers (5 [Dogs not counted but often two or more per walker]); Equestrians (2); Cyclists (3); Joggers (1).

Although records were constantly noted along our circuitous route, for convenience these have been aggregated into the following 11 recording sites. Records are arranged into Table 1 (Zoology) and Table 2 (Botany).

(Recording site 1) The Avenue Car Park at SE569073.

(Recording site 2) at SE569074 (Grassland, drain/marsh and woodland edge).

(Recording site 3) at SE571074 (Grassland, drain/marsh and woodland edge).

(Recording site 4) Junction of Rides at SE573075 (Grassland, drain/marsh and woodland edge)

(Recording site 5) Lake (SE575077) [Had lunch on arc of limestone blocks overlooking water].

(Recording site 6) Lake bank (SE576078)

(Recording site 7) Woodland Ride from Shaftholme at (SE574079) to junction at (SE572077).

(Recording site 8) Woodland Ride from SE572076 to SE571076

(Recording site 9) Colliery Monument/Outlook SE570076.
Mowing regime has produced a fabulous colourful floral carpet.

(Recording site 10) Woodland Ride from Junction at SE569075 to SE565073.

(Recording site 11) Woodland Ride/Perimeter path from Junction at SE565073 to SE568073 back to The Avenue.

Sites 1, 2, 10 & 11 = SE5607. Sites 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 9 = SE5707.

Table 1: Zoological records from each of the recording areas (see above) along our route.

Species	Notes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Mammals	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mole	Hills		*	*	*			*			*	*
Rabbit	Droppings and scrapes				*					*	*	*
Fox	Scent		*
Roe Deer	Slots in dried mud showing animals moving from ride into adjacent forest. By tack side were old examples of ‘fraying’ of young self-set larches and pines caused by roe bucks striping the velvet from newly grown antlers.										*
Birds	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Blackbird					*
Carrion Crow			*	*	*					*
Jay					*					*	*
Magpie			*	*	*					*
Sedge Warbler	Singing						*
Willow Warbler	(fragment of song)				*
House Martin	10 on 18th July					*
Sand Martin	2					*
Swift	6											*
Green Woodpecker	1		*
Pheasant										*
Wood Pigeon			*	*	*					*	*	*
Black-headed Gull	60					*
Canada Goose	8					*
Greylag Goose	12					*
Mute Swan	2 adults & 2 cygnets					*
Mallard	11					*
Little Grebe	1					*
Coot	2 adults & 6 well grown young					*
Moorhen	2					*
Water Rail	Squealing calls coming from Phragmites bed		*
Little Egret	1 on 18th July					*
HERPTILES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Grass snake	Disturbed while coiled up but rapidly escaped into thick vegetation (MP)				*
BUTTERFLIES	All confirmed by PS.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ringlet	SE5707
Meadow Brown			*	*	*					*	*
Gatekeeper			*	*	*			*			*
Marbled White											*
Small Skipper			*	*	*					*	*
Essex Skipper			*	*	*			*		*	*
Large White	SE5707
Small White			*	*	*			*		*	*
Green-veined White	SE5707
Peacock			*					*			*
Red Admiral			*	*	*			*
Moths	All determined by PS.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Bulrush Veneer Calamatropha paludella	SE5707
Cinnabar Moth Tyria Jacobaeae	Adults & larvae on Ragwort		*	*	*			*
A Grass Moth Chrysoteuchia culmella	SE5707 One of our commonest ‘grass moths’
Shaded Broad-bar Scotopteryx chenopodiata	SE5707
Six-Spot Burnet Zygaena filipendulae	SE5707 The larvae feed mainly on bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus).
Hoverflies		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Syrphus ribesii		*						*
Marmalade Hoverfly  Episyrphus balteatus		*	*	*	*			*
Footballer Hoverfly Heliophilius pendulous
COLEOPTERA		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
2-spot Ladybird												*
7-spot Ladybird			*									*
Harlequin Ladybird												*
Longhorn Beetle Strangalis quadrifsciata	Landed on Wild Carrot flower		*
Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva	det RM. Pairs mating on inflorescences		*	*	*
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni.	det RM. Formerly rare and thought to be extinct in Britain from 1946. Recently spread back to Britain and is proving to be frequent on wetland alders around Doncaster. Larvae and adults on A. glutinosa & A. incan.		*	*	*			*				*
Thick-legged flower beetle Oedemera nobilis	det RM. SE5707
ORTHOPTERA		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus	det. PW. SE5707 A species moving north, and has been found at Potteric Carr			*
ODONATA		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis	det. PS.			*
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum	det. PS.			*
Blue-tailed damselfly  Ischnura elegans	SE5707			*
SYMPHYTA (Sawflies)		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Figwort Sawfly Tentheredo notha	det IA. SE5707. Photographed by Nora on creeping thistle flower			*
SPIDERS		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Agalena labyrinthica	Funnel Webs in Low shrubs. Recently arrived in Yorkshire		*	*	*		*				*
Dyctina arundinacea	Retreats spun in the heads of dead Phragmites and other tall grasses.	*	*	*	*		*
PLANT GALLS	All determined by NB.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
(Alder)		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gall mite Aceria nalepi	Pouch galls in angles of veins on Alder leaves											*
(Oaks)		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gall midge Macrodiplosis pustularis	Leaf fold on Q. robur				*						*
Gall wasp Andricus aries	Ram’s-horn gall on terminal buds of species of Oak. This gall was only discovered in Britain in Berkshire in 1997. It is now widespread through southern Britain and is now moving north.										*
Gall wasp Andricus kollari	Marble galls on Q. robur.				*						*
Gall wasp Andricus foecundatrix	Artichoke Gall on buds of Q. robur				*
Gall wasp Neuroterus quercus-baccarum	Spangle Gall on Q. robur leaves.
(Hawthorn)		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gall mite Phyllocoptes goniothorax	Leaf edge roll on Hawthorn				*
Gall mite Eriophyes crataegi	Pale patches on Hawthorn leaves				*
Gall midge Dasineura crataegi	Terminal shoot rosette on Hawthorn				*
(Dog Rose)		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gall wasp Diplolepis rosae.	Robin’s-pincushion gall on Dog rose.						*				*
(Grey Willow)		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sawfly Eupontania pedunculi	Globular gall near tip of leaf of grey sallow						*
Gall mite Aculus laevis.	Rash of pimples on upper surface of grey sallow leaf.						*
(Goat Willow)		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gall midge Iteomyia capreae	Pouch galls on Goat Willow leaves				*
(Phragmites)		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gall fly Lipara lucens	Cigar gall on Phragmites australis.	*		*

Table 2: Flowering Plants & Ferns. List in alphabetical order of the botanical names from each of the recording areas (see above) along our route.

 

Botanical Name

Vernacular Name

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Acer campstris

Field Maple

*

*

*

Acer pseudoplatanus

Sycamore

*

*

*

Agrimonia eupatoria

Agrimony

*

*

*

*

Agrostis stolonifera

Creeping Bent

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Alnus glutinosa

Alder

*

*

*

*

*

Alnus incarna

Grey Alder (could be hybrid of glutinosa x incarna)

*

*

Alopecurus geniculatus

Marsh Foxtail Grass

*

Alopecurus pratensis

Meadow Foxtail

*

*

*

*

*

Amoracia rusticana

Horse-radish

*

Anacamptis pyramidalis

Pyramidal Orchid

*

*

Arrhenatherum elatius

False Oat-grass

*

*

*

*

*

*

Bellis perennis

Daisy

*

*

*

*

Betula pendula

Silver Birch

*

*

*

*

*

*

Carex otrubae

False Fox-sedge

*

Centaurea nigra

Common Knapweed or Hardheads

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Centaurea scabiosa

Greater Knapweed

*

Centaureum erythraea

Common Centaury

*

*

*

*

*

*

Cerastium fontanum

Common Mouse-ear

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Chamerion angustifolium

Rosebay

*

*

*

*

*

Cirsium arvense

Creeping Thistle

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Cirsium vulgaris

Spear Thistle

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Convolvulus arvensis

Field Bindweed

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Cotoneaster horizontalis

Wall Cotoneaster

*

Cornus sanguinea

Dogwood

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Corylus avellana

Hazel

*

*

*

*

Crassula helmsii

Australian Pigmyweed (dominating damp areas and shallow water)

*

Crataegus monogyna

Hawthorn

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Cynosurus cristatus

Crested Dog’s-tail

*

*

*

*

Cytisus scoparius

Broom

*

Dactylis glomerata

Cock’s-foot

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Daucus carota

Wild Carrot

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Deschampsia cespitosa

Tufted Hair-grass

*

*

*

*

Dipsacus fullonum

Teasel

*

*

*

*

*

Erigeron canadensis

Blue Fleabane

*

Epilobium hirsutum

Great Willowherb

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Equisetum arvense

Field Horsetail

*

*

Filipendula ulmaria

Meadowsweet

*

*

Fraxinus excelsior

Ash

*

*

Galium aparine

Cleavers

*

*

*

*

*

Genista tinctoria

Dyer’s Greenweed

*

Geranium molle

Dove’s-foot Cranesbill

*

*

*

Geranium pratense

Meadow Crane’s-bill

*

Geranium robertianum

Herb Robert

*

*

Hedera helix

Ivy

*

*

Heracleum sphondylium

Hogweed

*

*

*

*

Hippophae rhamnoides

Sea-buckthorn (several shrubs on plantation edge)

*

Holcus lanatus

Yorkshire-fog

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Hypericum tetrapterum

Square stalked St John’s-wort

*

*

Iris pseudacorus

Yellow Flag Iris

*

Juncus articulatus

Jointed Rush

*

Juncus effusus

Soft Rush

*

*

*

*

Juncus inflexus

Hard Rush

*

*

*

Lamium album

White Dead-nettle

*

*

*

*

*

*

Larix sp.

Larch

*

*

*

Leucanthemum vulgare

Oxeye Daisy

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Linaria vulgaris

Common Toadflx

*

*

Linum catharticum

Fairy Flax (near limestone heap)

*

Lolium perenne

Perennial Rye-grass

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Lotus corniculatus

Bird’s-foot-trefoil

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Malus domesticus var.

Apple

*

Melilotus alba

White Melilot

*

Melilotus officinalis

Ribbed Melilot

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Odontites verna

Red Bartsia

*

*

*

*

*

Ononis spinosa

Spiny Restharrow (SE566074) Only one previous Doncaster record from Warmsworth in Lees Flora of West Yorkshire (1888).

*

Phleum pratense

Timothy Grass

*

Phragmites australis

Common Reed

*

*

*

*

*

Picris echioides

Bristly Ox-tongue

*

*

*

*

Pinus nigra

Corsican Pine

*

*

*

*

*

*

Pinus sylvestris

Scots Pine

*

Plantago lanceolata

Ribwort Plantain

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Potentilla anseina

Silverweed

*

*

Potentilla reptans

Creeping Cinquefoil

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Prunella vulgaris

Selfheal

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Prunus spinosa

Blackthorn

*

Prunus sp.

Cherry sp.

*

Populus tremula

Aspen

*

*

Pulicaria dysenterica

Common Fleabane

*

*

*

*

*

Quercus cerris

Turkey Oak

*

*

*

*

Quercus robur

Pedunculate Oak

*

*

*

*

*

*

Ranunculus acris

Meadow Buttercup

*

*

*

*

*

Ranunculus repens

Creeping Buttercup

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Rhinanthus minor

Yellow-rattle

*

*

*

*

*

Rosa canina

Dog Rose

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Rubus caesius

Dewberry

*

*

Rubus fruticosus agg.

Bramble

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Salix caprea

Goat Willow

Salix cinerea

Grey Willow

*

*

*

*

*

*

Salix fragilis

Crack Willow

*

*

*

*

Salix viminalis

Osier

*

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

Grey Club-rush

*

*

*

Senecio erucifolius

Hoary Ragwort

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Senecio jacobaea

Common Ragwort

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Sonchus arvensis

Perennial Sow-thistle

*

*

*

Sorbus aucuparia

Rowan

*

*

*

Stellaria holostea

Greater Stitchwort

*

Tanacetum vulgare

Tansy

*

*

Taraxacum officinale agg

Dandelion

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Torilis japonica

Upright Hedge-parsley

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Tragopogon pratensis

Goat’s-beard

*

*

*

*

*

Trifolium campestris

Hop Trefoil

*

*

*

*

*

*

TrIfolium pratense

Red Clover

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Trifolium repens

White Clover

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Tussilago farfara

Colt’s-foot

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Typha angustifolia

Lesser Reedmace

*

*

*

Typha latifolia

Reedmace

*

*

*

Ulex europaeus

Gorse

*

Urtica dioica

Nettle

*

*

*

Vicia cracca

Tufted Vetch

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Vicia sepium

Bush Vetch

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Vicia tetrasperma

Smooth Tare

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River Torne Washlands, Toad Holes Lane, Rossington
Meet at SK619985 10.30 hrs.

Leader: John Scott
Members Present: Anna (T); Caroline (B); Nora (B); Joyce & Paul (S); Jim (B); Louise & Tim & Colin (H).

(Recording site 1) Toad Holes Lane (SK620986 to 619989) grass verges, hedgerows, ditch & edge of Park Wood (East)

Birds: Chiffchaff; Dunnock
Mammals: Mole [hills]
Plant Galls: The rolled edges of Ash leaves were caused by the Psyllid bug Psyllopsis fraxini. The rolled leaves of Cleavers [Goose-grass] were cause by a Gall Mite of the genus Cecidophyes either C. rouhollahi or C. galii.

Flowering Plants:

Latin Name	English Name
Acer campestre	Field Maple
Acer pseudoplatanus	Sycamore
Anthriscus sylvestris	Cow parsley
Arctium minus	Lesser Burdock
Arrhenatherum elatius	False oat-grass
Artemisia vulgaris	Mugwort
Cirsium arvense	Creeping Thistle
Cirsium vulgaris	Spear Thistle
Corylus avellana	Hazel
Crataegus monogyna	Hawthorn
Dactylis glomerata	Cock’s-foot
Epilobium hirsutum	Great Willowherb
Equisetum arvense	Field horsetail
Fraxinus excelsior	Ash
Hedera helix	Ivy
Heracleum sphondylium	Hogweed
Holcus lanatus	Yorkshire-fog
Ilex aquifolium	Holly
Lamium album	White dead-nettle
Lolium perenne	Perennial rye-grass
Pentaglottis sempervirens	Green Alkanet
Plantago lanceolata	Ribwort plantain
Plantago major	Rat-tail Plantain
Prunus spinosa	Blackthorn
Quercus robur	Pedunculate Oak
Rosa canina	Dog Rose
Rubus fruticosus agg.	Bramble
Rumex obtusifolius	Broad-leaved dock
Salix caprea	Goat Willow
Salix cinerea	Grey Willow
Sambucus nigra	Elder
Sonchus asper	Prickly Sow-thistle
Sonchus oleraceus	Smooth Sow-thistle
Taraxacum sp	Dandelion
Trifolium repens	White clover
Tussilago farfara	Colt’s-foot
Ulmus procera	English Elm
Urtica dioica	Common Nettle

(Recording site 2) Torne Bridge (SK619989). Banks and Torne water course visible from cycle way/foot bridge.

Flowering Plants:

Latin Name	English Name
Arctium minus	Lesser Burdock
Arrhenatherum elatius	False oat-grass
Artemisia vulgaris	Mugwort
Cirsium vulgare	Spear Thistle
Dactylis glomerata	Cock’s-foot
Fraxinus excelsior	Ash
Galium aparine	Cleavers
Glyceria fluitans	Floating Sweet-grass
Glyceria maxima	Reed Sweet-grass
Heracleum sphondylium	Hogweed
Impatiens glandulifera	Himalayan Balsam
Lamium album	White dead-nettle
Lemna minor	Common Duckweed
Phalaris arundinacea	Reed Canary-grass
Ranunculus repens	Creeping Buttercup
Reseda luteola	Weld
Rumex obtusifolius	Broad-leaved dock
Salix viminalis	Osier
Sparganium erectum	Branched Bur-reed
Taraxacum sp	Dandelion
Typha latifolia	Reedmace

(Recording site 3) Torne Washland (SK617990). Embankments and wetland area between R. Torne cycleway and Mother Drain/ Rossington link road.

Birds: Reed Bunting; Moorhen.
Mammals: Mole Hills (sand/gravel); Rabbit (droppings & scrapes); Roe Deer (slots = footprints).
Herptiles: Common Frog (newly metamorphosed 2020 froglet).
Arachnida: Funnel-web spider possibly Agelina labyrinthica. Impressive webs constructed in grassy vegetation, no doubt ‘harvesting’ the enormous emergence of Meadow Grasshoppers.
Diptera: ‘Marmalade’ Hoverfly Episyrphus baltiatus.
Lepidoptera: Cinnabar Moth (caterpillars on and disbursing from Common Ragwort); Essex Skipper; Ringlet.
Orthoptera: Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus (huge numbers).
Tenthredinidae: Colony of the Sawfly Nematus miliarison on Hazel
Plant Galls: The rolled leaves of Cleavers [Goose-grass] were cause by a Gall Mite of the genus Cecidophyes either C. rouhollahi or C. galii.
Mollusca: Bladder Snail Physa fontinalis; Great Pond Snail Lymnaea stagnalis;
Flowering Plants:

Latin Name	English Name
Agrostis stolonifera	Creeping Bent
Alopecurus geniculatus	Marsh Fox-grass
Arctium minus	Lesser Burdock
Arrhenatherum elatius	False oat-grass
Artemisia absinthium	Wormwood
Artemisia vulgaris	Mugwort
Atriplex patula	Common Orache
Carex hirta	Hairy Sedge
Carex ovalis	Oval Sedge
Cirsium arvense	Creeping Thistle
Cirsium vulgaris	Spear Thistle
Conium maculatum	Hemlock
Corylus avellana	Hazel
Dipsacus fullonum	Teasel
Erigeron canadensis	Canadian Fleabane
Equisetum arvense	Field Horsetail
Galium aparine	Cleavers
Juncus articulatus	Jointed Rush
Juncus bufonius	Toad Rush
Juncus conglomeratus	Compact Rush
Juncus effusus	Soft Rush
Juncus inflexus	Hard Rush
Lactuca serriola	Prickly Lettuce
Lamium album	White dead-nettle
Lotus corniculatus	Bird’s-foot Trefoil
Lepidium latifolium	Dittander [large clump found on embankment by John Scott.  [See note below]
Myosotis arvensis	Field Forget-me-not
Odontites verna	Red Bartsia
Picris echinoides	Bristly Oxtongue
Plantago lanceolata	Lanceolate Plantain
Polygonum aviculare	Knotgrass
Ranunculus repens	Creeping Buttercup
Reseda luteola	Weld
Sagina recumbens	Recumbent Pearlwort
Senecio jacobaea	Common Ragwort
Torrilis japonica	Hedge-parsley
Tussilago farfara	Colt’s-foot
Tripleurospermum inodorum	Scentless Mayweed
Vicia hirsuta	Hairy Tare
Vicia tetrasperma	Smooth Tare
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Note. The South Yorkshire Plant Atlas only has 8 sites listed,  including just 1 for the Doncaster region. “A robust and vigorous species of waste ground, roadsides, marginal land and disused railway land but scattered and infrequent”.

(Recording site 4) Torne Washland (SK617992). Mother Drain and embankments between Mother Drain and the new Rossington link road. [Mother Drain embankment constructed from Colliery waste, giving characteristic acidic substrate].

Birds: Carrion Crow; Kestrel; Moorhen; Reed Bunting; Wood Pigeon.
Mammals: Mole Hills (dark organic soil); Rabbit (droppings & scrapes); Roe Deer (slots = footprints).
Herptiles: sub adult Common Toad.
Odonata: Banded Demoselle Colopterix splendens.
Lepidoptera: Essex Skipper; Large Skipper; Ringlet; Small White.
Plant Galls: Oak Apple caused by the Gall wasp Biorhiza pallida on Quercus robur
Mollusca: Bladder Snail Physa fontinalis (several spns had left the water and were ‘roosting’ in the tall emergent leaves of Sparganium erectum.
Flowering Plants:

Latin Name	English Name
Agrostis stolonifera	Creeping Bent
Alopecurus geniculatus	Marsh Fox-grass
Apium nodiflorum	Fool’s Water-cress
Arctium minus	Lesser Burdock
Artemisia vulgaris	Mugwort
Atriplex patula	Common Orache
Betula pendula	Silver Birch
Callitriche stagnalis	Common  Water-starwort
Carex hirta	Hairy Sedge
Carex ovalis	Oval Sedge
Carex pendula	Pendulous Sedge
Chamerion angustifolium	Rosebay
Cirsium arvense	Creeping Thistle
Cirsium vulgaris	Spear Thistle
Conium maculatum	Hemlock
Digitalis purpurea	Foxglove
Dipsacus fullonum	Teasel
Epilobium hirsutum	Hairy Willowherb
Equisetum arvense	Field Horsetail
Filipendula ulmaria	Meadowsweet
Galium aparine	Cleavers
Glyceria maxima	Reed Sweet-grass
Hypericum perforatum	Perforate St john’s-wort
Juncus articulatus	Jointed Rush
Juncus bufonius	Toad Rush
Juncus conglomeratus	Compact Rush
Juncus effusus	Soft Rush
Juncus inflexus	Hard Rush
Lamium album	White dead-nettle
Leucanthemum vulgare	Oxeye Daisy
Lotus corniculatus	Bird’s-foot Trefoil
Myosotis arvensis	Field Forget-me-not
Myosotis scorpioides	Water Forget-me-not
Nasturtium officinalis	Water-cress
Odontites verna	Red Bartsia
Phragmites australis	Common Reed
Picris echinoides	Bristly Oxtongue
Plantago lanceolata	Lanceolate Plantain
Polygonum aviculare	Knotgrass
Polygonum amphibium	Amphibious Bistort
Polygonum hydropiper	Water-pepper
Quercus robur	Pedunculate Oak
Ranunculus repens	Creeping Buttercup
Reseda luteola	Weld
Rosa canina	Dog Rose
Sagina procumbens	Procumbent Pearlwort
Senecio jacobaea	Common Ragwort
Sparganium erectum	Branched Bur-reed
Torrilis japonica	Hedge-parsley
Trifolium campestre	Hop Trefoil
Tussilago farfara	Colt’s-foot
Tripleurospermum inodorum	Scentless Mayweed
Typha latifolia	Reedmace
Urtica dioica	Common Nettle

CAH
 

Brockadale YWT Nature Reserve Butterfly Walk 1pm to 6pm

Leaders: Joyce & Paul Simmons.
Members Present: Caroline Barrass, John, Jim, Margaret, Nora; Anna Thirlwell, John Neep, Colin.

Though a gloomy and showery day, the turnout was enthusiastic and delighted to see and be shown such a wealth of species.

(Recording site 1)  Smeaton Pasture. Rolling limestone grassland (SE5117 & 5017)
 
Birds: Chiffchaff; Skylark; Song Thrush; Yellowhammer.
Mammals: Mole [hills]
Butterflies:  Meadow Brown; Ringlet; Small Tortoiseshell; Marbled White
Flowering Plants:

Latin Name	English Name
Agrimonia eupatoria	Agrimony
Anthriscus sylvestris	Cow parsley
Arctium minus	Lesser Burdock
Arrhenatherum elatius	False oat-grass
Artemisia vulgaris	Mugwort
Bellis perennis	Daisy
Berberis vulgaris	Barberry (large shrub in Leys Lane hedge)
Brachypodium pinnatum	Tor-grass
Bryonia dioica	White Bryony
Clinopodium vulgare	Wild Basil
Campanula glomerata	Clustered Bellflower
Centaurea nigra	Common Knapweed
Centaurea scabiosa	Greater Knapweed
Cirsium arvense	Creeping Thistle
Cirsium palustre	Marsh Thistle
Cirsium vulgare	Spear Thistle
Clinopodium vulgare	Wild Basil
Crataegus monogyna	Hawthorn
Dactylis glomerata	Cock’s-foot
Galium cruciata	Crosswort
Galium molugo	Hedge Bedstraw
Geranium molle	Dove’s-foot crane’s-bill
Helianthemum nummularium	Rockrose
Hypericum montanum	Pale St John’s-wort
Hypericum perforatum	Perforate St John’s-wort
Inula conyza	Ploughman’s-spikenard
Knautia arvensis	Field Scabious
Lamium album	White Dead-nettle
Leucanthemum vulgare	Oxeye Daisy
Ononis repens	Restharrow
Plantago lanceolata	Ribwort Plantain
Plantago major	Rat-tail Plantain
Poa annua	Annual Meadow-grass
Ranunculus acris	Meadow Buttercup
Rosa canina	Dog Rose
Senecio jacobaea	Common ragwort
Silene latifolia	White campion
Silene vulgaris	Bladder Campion
Silene dioica	Red Campion
Sisymbrium officinale	Hedge mustard
Taraxacum sp	Dandelion
Trifolium campestre	Hop Trefoil
Trifolium repens	White clover
Urtica dioica	Common nettle

(Recording site 2) Went floodplain & Brockadale Plantation (SE5017)
Birds: Chiffchaff; Song Thrush.
Mammals: Mole [hills]
Butterflies: Meadow Brown; Ringlet; Small Tortoiseshell; Marbled White
Flowering Plants:

Latin Name	English Name
Angelica sylvestris	Wild Angelica
Arctium minus	Lesser Burdock
Arrhenatherum elatius	False oat-grass
Artemisia vulgaris	Mugwort
Arum maculatum	Wild Arum
Asperula cynanchia	Squinancywort
Ballota nigra	Black Horehound
Brachypodium pinnatum	Tor-grass
Brachypodium sylvaticum	False Brome
Campanula latifolia	Giant Bellflower (30 on woodland edge with Bracken)
Cirsium vulgare	Spear Thistle
Clematis vitalba	Clematis
Clinopodium vulgare	Wild Basil
Cornus sanguinea	Dogwood
Corylus avellana	Hazel
Crataegus monogyna	Hawthorn
Dactylis glomerata	Cock’s-foot
Daphne mezerium	Mezerion
Eupatorium cannabinum	Hemp-agrimony
Fagus sylvatica	Beech
Fragaria vesca	Wild Strawberry
Fraxinus excelsior	Ash
Galium aparine	Cleavers
Galium verum	Lady’s Bedstraw
Gechoma hederacea	Ground-ivy
Geranium robertianum	Herb-Robert
Helianthemum nummularium	Rockrose
Helleborus viridis	Green Hellebore
Heracleum sphondylium	Hogweed
Holcus lanatus	Yorkshire-fog
Hypericum hirsutum	Hairy St John’s-wort
Hypericum perforatum	Perforate St John’s-wort
Lamium album	White dead-nettle
Lapsana communis	Nipplewort
Ligustrum vulgare	Wild Privet
Lithospermum officinale	Gromwell
Lonicera periclymenum	Honeysuckle
Lonicera xylosteum	Fly Honeysuckle
Matricaria matricarioides	Pineappleweed
Mercurialis perennis	Dog’s Mercury
Ononis repens	Restharrow
Plantago lanceolata	Ribwort Plantain
Plantago major	Rat-tail Plantain
Polygonum aviculare	Knotgrass
Prunella vulgaris	Selfheal
Quercus cerris	Turkey Oak
Quercus robur	Pedunculate Oak
Ranunculus repens	Creeping Buttercup
Rubus fruticosus agg.	Broad-leaved dock
Sambucus nigra	Elder
Scrophularia nodosa	Common Figwort
Sherardia arvensis	Field Madder
Stachys sylvatica	Hedge Woundwort
Stellaria graminea	Lesser Stitchwort
Tamus communis	Black Bryony
Taxus baccata	Yew
Taraxacum sp	Dandelion
Teucrium scorodonia	Wood Sage
Tilia x vulgaris	Hybrid Lime
Urtica dioica	Singing Nettle
Viburnum lantana	Wayfaring Tree

(Recording site 3) Dark Green Fritillary/ Wood Small-reed Field (adjacent to Brockadale Plantation (SE5017)
Birds: Chiffchaff; Song Thrush.
Mammals: Mole [hills]; Rabbit burrows.
Butterflies: Dark Green Fitillary; Meadow Brown; Ringlet; Small White; Marbled White;
Flowering Plants:

Latin Name	English Name
Aconitum napellus	Monk’s-hood
Anacamptis pyramidalis	Pyramidal Orchid
Anthyllis vulneraria	Kidney Vetch
Aquilegia vulgaris	Columbine
Calamagrostis epigejos	Wood Small-reed
Centaurea nigra	Common Knapweed
Centaurea scabiosa	Greater Knapweed
Chamerion angustifolium	Rosebay
Clematis vitalba	Clematis
Convallaria majalis	Lily-of-the-valley
Crataegus monogyna	Hawthorn
Dactylorhiza fuchsii	Common Spotted Orchid
Galium verum	Lady’s Bedstraw
Helianthemum nummularium	Rockrose
Helleborus foetidus	Stinking Hellebore
Lotus corniculatus	Bird’s-foot-trefoil
Malva moschata	Musk Mallow
Mercurialis perennis	Dog’s Mercury
Odontites verna	Red Bartsia
Rhinanthus minor	Yellow Rattle
Rubus fruticosus agg.	Bramble
Silene vulgaris	Bladder Campion
Silene dioica	Red Campion
Teucrium scorodonia	Wood Sage
Tragapogon pratense	Goat’s Beard
Verbascum thapsus	Great Mullein