| Comment | |
|---|---|
| Fallow Deer | |
| Roe Deer | Seem to be getting bolder - and do cause garden damage. |
| Fox | |
| Rabbit | |
| Brown Hare | I saw on several years ago in a field off Cot Lane. I haven't seen one since. |
| Stoat | |
| Weasel | |
| Grey Squirrel | Bird table visitor. I saw one 'duff up' a sparrow that got too close - the squirrel had it on the ground and looked to be giving it a good kicking but the bird escaped. Is this common squirrel behaviour? |
| Water Vole | |
| Hedgehog | Very partial to cat food |
| Mole | |
| Common Shrew | |
| Pygmy Shrew | |
| Water Shrew | (not very common) |
| Field Vole | |
| Woodmouse | |
| House Mouse | |
| Brown Rat | |
| Pipistrelle bat | Bat fact sheet |
| Long eared bat | |
| Others? Do we have..? | |
| Badger | |
| Harvest Mouse | |
| Dormouse | |
| Muntjac Deer | Not sure that we have these. Any comments? |
| Other sorts of Bat? |
Birds These are the birds you may see around. Let us know about your favourite sightings and send us your photos taken locally
Garden - Country - Harbour
| Robin | Garden |
| House Sparrow | Garden - bird table visitor |
| Blackbird | Garden, Great Song |
| Song Thrush | Garden Lovely song |
| Mistle Thrush | Garden but not common |
| Greenfinch | Garden - bird table visitor |
| Chaffinch | Garden - bird table visitor |
| Dunnock | Garden - no, its not a sparrow |
| Great Tit | Garden - bird table visitor |
| Blue Tit | Garden - bird table visitor |
| Coal Tit | Garden - bird table visitor |
| Collared Dove | Garden - bird table visitor |
| Wren | Tiny secretive, but makes a great noise to ward off predators |
| Starling | large flocks in Autumn |
| Goldfinch | Loves niger seed |
| Goldcrest | Tiny secretive, Likes conifers |
| Long tailed Tit | Usually goes around in a noisy gang |
| Pied Wagtail | Often seen on pavements and verges |
| Woodpigeon | Eats a lot |
| Tree Sparrow | I haven't seen one |
| Bullfinch | Not common |
| Magpie | Likes catfood |
| Swallow | summer visitor |
| Swift | summer visitor |
| Housemartin | summer visitor |
| Jackdaw | |
| Sparrowhawk | In your garden for all the wrong reasons. |
| Siskin | Not common |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Likes peanuts |
| Birds of the countryside | |
| Pheasant | Don't seem very bright, but isn't he gorgeous |
| Grey Partridge | |
| Red Legged Partridge | |
| Jay | Not often seen, they are rather shy |
| Carrion Crow | One, its a Crow, several they are Rooks |
| Rook | One, its a Crow, several they are Rooks |
| Fieldfare | Winter visitor |
| Redwing | Winter visitor |
| Green Woodpecker | Lovely - heard but not often seen, but quite a few down in southern Chidham |
| Yellowhammer | |
| Turtle Dove | |
| Tawny Owl | Not often seen |
| Barn Owl | Not often seen |
| Little Owl | |
| Cuckoo | Tell us about the first of the summer. |
| Kestrel | Hovers |
| Lapwing | |
| Skylark | Not as common as they were |
| Kingfisher | Seen by the stream to the west of Priors Leaze Lane and at Cut Mill |
| Meadow Pipit | |
| Hobby | |
| Nightjar | Summer visitor - seen at dusk |
| Common Buzzard | increasingly seen soaring on thermals |
| Wader and Harbour birds | |
| Grey Heron | Flaps lazily across the sky. Often one on the catchpond |
| Blackheaded Gull | Have black heads in the breeding season |
| Great Blackbacked Gull | Large predator gull |
| Moorhen | |
| Coot | |
| Cormorant | Often seen on posts in the harbour |
| Shelduck | |
| Mallard | |
| Brent Goose | Winter Visitor |
| Canada Goose | Winter Visitor |
| Little Egret | Very White |
| Mute Swan | Great to see them takeoff |
| Curlew | |
| Grey Plover | |
| Ringed Plover | |
| Oystercatcher | Yes on the mudflats, but also in nearby fields |
| Redshank | |
| Dunlin | |
| Turnstone | |
| Blacktailed Godwit | |
| Bartailed Godwit | |
| Widgeon | Winter visitor |
| Teal | Winter visitor |
| Goldeneye | Winter visitor |
| Common Tern | |
| Sandwich Tern | |
| Little Tern |
Bird Links
RSPB
Hampshire (mostly) Birds
Bird-watching (Hayling Island)
| Amphibians and Reptiles | |
|---|---|
| Slow worm | May well be in your compost heap |
| Common Lizard | I remember seing one many years ago - are they still around? |
| Common Frog | Seems to be surviving but much reduced (by frog plague)? |
| Marsh Frog | |
| Common Toad | |
| Common Newt | |
| Grass snake | |
| Adder? |
| Insects (well, some of them) |
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Butterflies you may see in your garden |
| Red Admiral |
| Peacock |
| Small Tortoiseshell |
| Painted Lady |
| Holly Blue |
| Meadow Brown |
| Gatekeeper |
| Comma |
| Speckled Wood |
| Large White (also known as Cabbage White) |
| Small White |
| Orange Tip |
| Ringlet |
Plants - Trees
In streams - Shore/Mudflats - Harbour waters coming ....sometime!
The Dell - Species identified in 2004 This is not a definitive list. Further species will be added as they are noted. Trees and Shrubs Vascular Plants Other Vegetation Mammals Invertebrates Butterflies Birds Trees and Shrubs Oak (Quercus sp) , Penduculate Oak (Quercus robur) , Cherry (Prunus sp) , Crack Willow (Salix fragilis) , Goat Willow (Salix caprea) , Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) , Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) , Holly (Ilex aquifolium) , Elder (Sambucus nigra) , Dogwood (Thelycrania sanguinea) , Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) , Field Maple (Acer campestre) , Bramble (Rubus fruticosus) , Dog Rose ( Rosa canina ) , Vascular Plants Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) , Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) , Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scriptus) , Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) , Watermint (Mentha aquatica) , Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea) , Traveller's Joy (Clematis vitalba) , Large Bitter-cress (Cardamine amara) , Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) , Black Bryony (Tamus communis) , White Byrony (Bryonia dioica) , Forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensis) , Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) , Nettle (Urtica dioica) , Lords and Ladies (Arum maculatum) , Large Lords and Ladies (Arum italicum) , Read Deadnettle (Lamium purpureum) , White Deadnettle (Lamium album) , Great Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum) , Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) , Water Figwort (Scrophularia aquatica) , Ragwort (Senecio sp) , Annual Mercury (Mercurialis annua) , Fool’s Watercress (Apium nodiflorum) , Hemlock Waterdropwort (Oenanthe crocata) , Curled Dock (Rumex crispus) , Broad-leaved Dock (Rumex obtusifolius) , Wood Dock (Rumex sanguineus) , Common Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica) , Garlic Mustard (Jack by the Hedge) (Alliaria petiolata) , Watercress (Nasturtium officinale) , Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) , Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus) , Enchanter’s Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana) , Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) , Summer Snowflake (Leucojum aestivum) , Pepperwort (Lepidium sp) , Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) , Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) , Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense) , White Willow (Salix alba) , Ivy-leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) (could be sub sp) , Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens) , Common Mousear (Cerastium holosteoides) , Tustan (Hypericum perforatum) , Cleavers (Galium aparine) , Annual Meadow Grass (Poa annua) , Rough Blue Grass (Poa trivialis) , Celery-leaved Buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus) , Wavy Bitter-cress (Cardamine flexuosa) , Wall Speedwell (Veronica arvensis) , Feverfew (Chrysanthemum parthenium) (possibly garden escape) Other Vegetation Crescent-cup Liverwort (Lunularia cruciata) Mammals Foxes, hedgehogs and rabbits use The Dell. The large oaks are an ideal bat roost and the area as a whole is a good bat feeding ground. Invertebrates Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) , Large Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) , White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) , Solitary Mining Bee (Andrena cineraria) , Solitary Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipes) , Small Black Wasp (species unknown) , Hoverfly (species unknown) , Common Groundhopper (Tetrix undulata) , Shield Bug (species unknown) , Green Lacewing (Chrysopa sp) Butterflies Small White (Pieris rapae) , Orange Tip (Anthocaris cardamines) , Peacocks (Inachis io) , Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) , Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) Birds Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) , Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) , Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) , Robin (Erithacus rubecula) , Dunnock (Prunella modularis) , Blackbird (Turdus menula) , Magpie (Pica pica) , Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus) , Great Tit (Parus major) , Chiff Chaff (Phylloscopus collybita) , Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) , House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) , Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus ) , Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) , Skylark (Alauda arvensis) , Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) , Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) , Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) , Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) |
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