Dates: 22nd - 28th April 2024

Weather conditions:
Cool (12-2 degrees), light winds (max. 24mph), dry and sunny.

Amphibians:
Common Toad

Bats (emergence & dusk to dawn surveys):
Barbastelle Bat - 22/04
Brandt's Bat - 22/04
Brown Long-eared Bat - 24/04
Common Pipistrelle - 21/04, 22/04, 24/04, 25/04
Daubenton's Bat - 22/04
Myotis sp - 24/04, 25/04
Nathusius's Pipistrelle - 22/04, 24/04, 25/04
Noctule Bat - 21/04 - 25/04
Serotine - 21/04, 22/04, 24/04, 25/04
Soprano Pipistrelle - 21/04, 22/04, 24/04, 25/04
Next survey using Echo Meter Touch on 26/04

Beetles:
Violet Oil Beetle

Birds:
Blackcap
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
Coal Tit
Collared Dove
Common Cuckoo
Firecrest
Goldcrest
Goldfinch
Great Tit
Grey Wagtail
House Sparrow
Long-tailed Tit
Marsh Tit
Mistle thrush
Nuthatch
Oystercatcher
Peregrine
Pheasant
Redstart
Robin
Song Thrush
Swallow
Woodpigeon
Wren

Butterflies (On transects):
Orange-Tip
Red Admiral

Caddis flies:
Stenophylax sp

Dragonflies:

Ferns:

Flowering plants:
Alexanders
Barren Strawberry
Blackthorn
Bluebell
Bracken
Bugle
Common Dandelion
Common Dog-Violet
Common Groundsel
Common Twayblade (non-flowering)
Cowslip
Cuckoo Flower
Dog's mercury
Early Dog-Violet
Early Purple Orchid
Elder (non-flowering)
Germander Speedwell
Greater Stitchwort
Hazel
Herb Robert
Land Cress (non-flowering)
Lesser Celandine
Lesser Periwinkle
Marsh Thistle (non-flowering)
Opposite-leaved Golden-Saxifrage
Primrose
Ragged-Robin
Red Campion
Southern Marsh-Orchid (non-flowering)
Sycamore (non-flowering)
Water Figwort (non-flowering)
Wood Forget-Me-Not
Yellow Rattle (non-flowering)

Fungi:

Harvestmen:

Hymenopteran (Bees & wasps):

Isopoda (Woodlice):

Lacewing:

Lichens:

Liverwort:

Mammals:

Millipedes:

Molluscs:

Moss:

Moths :
Brimstone Moth
Brindled Beauty
Brown Silver-Line
Early Thorn
Hebrew Character
Muslin Moth
Powdered Quaker
Water Carpet
Next survey using Heath Trap with 40W actinic tube on 26/04

Orthoptera:

Reptiles:
Grass snake
Slow-worm

Scorpion flies:

Spiders:

True bugs:

True flies:

Amphibians:
Smooth Newt - 14/02/24

Birds:
Lesser Whitethroat - 16/04/24 (to be confirmed)
Oystercatcher - 07/02/24

Beetles:
Brown Leaf Beetle (Chrysolina staphylaea) - 09/04/24
Great Blackclock (Pterostichus niger) - 19/02/24

Butterflies:

Caddis flies:
Limnephilus sparsus - 31/03/24

Dragonflies:

Ferns:
Broad Buckler-Fern - 07/04/24
Intermediate Polypody - 09/02/24
Lady Fern - 07/04/24

Fungi:
Coral Spot (Nectria cinnabarina) - 22/01/24
Cushion Bracket (Phellinus pomaceus) - 17/02/24
Scurfy Twiglet (Tubaria furfuracea) - 06/03/24
White Brain (Exidia thuretiana) - 06/01/24

Hymenopteran:
Ashy Mining Bee (Andrena cineraria) - 14/04/24
Cliff Mining Bee (Andrena thoracica) - 31/03/24
Marsham's Nomad Bee (Nomada marshamella) - 14/04/24
Orange-legged Furrow Bee (Halictus rubicundus) - 05/04/24
Yellow-legged Mining Bee - 01/04/24

Isopoda:

Lacewings:

Lichens:
Cartilage Lichen - 07/02/24
Common Powderhorn - 05/02/24
Golden Shield Lichen - 09/02/24

Liverwort:
Great Scented Liverwort - 05/02/24
Snakewort (Conocephalum salebrosum) - 31/01/24

Mammals:
Brown Hare - 06/04/24

Mayfly:

Molluscs:

Moss:
Fox-tail Feather-Moss - 05/02/24

Millipedes:
Striped Millipede (Ommatoiulus sabulosus) - 13/04/24

Moths:
Belted Grass-Veneer (Euchromius ocellea) - 28/01/24
Stigmella aurella - 11/03/24
White-marked - 17/03/24

Plants:
Atlantic Ivy - 07/02/24
Common Groundsel - 01/04/24
Early Dog-Violet - 03/03/24
Land Cress - 01/04/24
Lesser Periwinkle - 31/01/24
Wood Forget-Me-Not - 01/04/24

Reptiles:

Spiders:
Rustic Wolf Spider (Trochosa ruricola) - 12/04/24

True bugs:

True flies:
Sixspot Cranefly - 20/03/24

The number of verified species recorded at this site is 998 with 36 new species added in 2024.
For a full species list see; https://www.inaturalist.org/lifelists/balders?details_view=observations

Brimstone - 18/03/24 - 18/04/24
Brown Argus - Not seen in 2024 but seen most years
Brown Hairstreak - Not seen in 2024 but seen occasionally over the years
Clouded Yellow - Not seen in 2024 but seen every year
Comma - 18/03/24
Common Blue - Not seen in 2024 but seen every year
Dark Green Fritillary - Not seen in 2024 but seen most years
Dingy Skipper - Not seen in 2024 but seen most years
Gatekeeper - Not seen in 2024 but seen every year
Green Hairstreak - Normally seen in April/May most years
Green-veined White - Normally seen in April/May most years
Holly Blue - 21/04/24
Large Skipper - Not seen in 2024 but seen every year
Large White - Normally seen in April/May most years
Marbled White - Not seen in 2024 but seen every year
Meadow Brown - Not seen in 2024 but seen every year
Monarch - Rare migrant recorded once on 02/10/19
Orange-Tip - 05/04/24 - 25/04/24
Painted Lady - Not seen in 2024 but seen every year
Peacock - 26/02/24 - 24/03/24, 12/04/24 - 17/04/24
Pearl-bordered Fritillary - Normally seen in April/May most years
Purple Hairstreak - Not seen in 2024 but seen most years
Red Admiral - 12/04/24 - 24/04/24
Ringlet - Not seen in 2024 but seen every year
Silver-washed Fritillary - Not seen in 2024 but seen every year
Small Copper - Normally seen in April/May most years
Small Heath - New species first seen in 2023; not seen in 2024.
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary - Not seen in 2024 but seen most years
Small Skipper - Not seen in 2024 but seen every year
Small Tortoiseshell - Normally seen in April/May most years
Small White - 05/04/24 - 24/04/24
Speckled Wood - 01/04/24 - 21/04/24
Wall Brown - Not seen in 2024 but seen every year