Nature diary for 21st July (From Bournemouth Echo)

Nature diary for 21st July

10:56am Monday 23rd July 2012 in On The Common By Friends of Kinson Common

Plants in flower

Greater birdsfoot trefoil, Marsh thistle, Rosebay Willowherb, Pale Willowherb, Greater Willowherb, Hedge Woundwort, Greater Water Dock, Lesser Spearwort, Bog Asphodel, Cross Leaved Heath, Sundew, Bell Heather, Green Alkanet, Herb Robert, Smooth Sow Thistle, Wood Avens, Scarlet Pimpernel, Dovesfoot Cranesbill, Black Medic, Common Mallow, Purple Loosestrife, Sheeps Sorrel, Wood Sage, Enchanters Nightshade, Greater Plantain, Ling, Oxalis, Selfheal, Pineapple Weed, Red Clover, White Clover, Spear Thistle, Honeysuckle, Cocks Foot Grass, Ribwort Plantain, Hogweed, Meadow Buttercup, Cats Ears, Lesser Knapweed, Lesser Stitchwort, Yarrow, Greater Bindweed, Ragwort, Leafy Hawkweed, Tormentil, Common Cow Wheat, Red Campion, Meadow Pea, Field Bindweed, Tufted Vetch, Red Bartsia, Timothy Grass, Slender St Johns Wort

Birds

House Sparrow, Greenfinch, Blackcap, Wren, Herring Gull, Great Tit, Blackbird, Magpie

Insects

Common Darter Dragonfly, Leaf Hopper, Conehead, Longhorn Beetle, Shield Bug, Speckled Wood Butterfly, Large White Butterrfly, Ladybird, Cinnabar Moth Caterpillar, Marbled White Butterfly, Robber Fly, Meadow Brown Butterfly, Small Skipper Butterfly, Soldier Beetle, Frog Hopper, Silvery Moth, White Tailed Bumblebee, Thick Kneed Beetle, Nursery Web Spider, Common Green Grasshopper, Azure Damselfly

Based on information supplied by Friends of Kinson Common.