On 9th July 2023 we held our second annual Bio Blitz. Members of the public joined naturalists to conduct a Bio Blitz of the Denis’ Field site.  A Bio Blitz is a biological survey, usually conducted in one day, as an attempt to record all the living species within a designated area.  All images courtesy of Jennie Smith.
Flowering Plants
Common Ragwort
Bramble
Cleavers
Bush Vetch
Creeping Buttercup
Meadow Buttercup
Broad Leaf Dock
Rosebay Willowherb
French Cranesbill
Dusky Cranesbill
Wood Avens
Common Nettle
Green Alkanet
Corn Cockle
Phacelia
Himalayan Honeysuckle
Stonecrop
Great Willowherb
Broadleaved Willowherb
Crocosmia
Buddleia
Yellow Loosestrife
Herb Robert
Herb Bennett
Common Nettle
Common Daisy
Red Campion
Columbine
Japanese Knotweed
Hedge Honeysuckle
Himalayan Balsam
Cow Parsley
Dandelion
Sorrel
Bluebell
Ivy
Three Cornered Garlic
Fringe Cups
Garlic Mustard
Lesser Celandine
Wavy Bittercress
Chickweed
Wall Lettuce
Greater Plantain
White Clover
Common Groundsel
Shepherd’s Purse
Wood Forget Me Not
Pineapple Mayweed
​​Birds
Wood Pigeon
Blackbird
Invertebrates
Plant Bug (Leptuptema Dolabrata)
Blue Leaf Beetle
Seven Spot Ladybird
Yellow Ladybird
Ladybird Larvae
Froghopper
Cuckoo Spit
Saint Mark’s Fly
Blow Fly
Tree Bumble Bee
Garden Bumblebee
Nettle Weevils (mating)
Dock Beetle (pregnant)
Bee Imitating Hoverfly
Honey Bee (Italian)
Common Carder Bee
Gras​ses
False Oak Grass
Yorkshire Fog
Meadow Foxtail
Rough Meadow Grass
Annual Meadow Grass
Cocks Foot
Knot Grass
Knot Grass
Pendulous Sedge
Reed Canary Grass
Mammals
Brown Rat
Mole Hills (fresh)
Trees
Large Leafed Lime
Holly
Sessile Oak
Turkey Oak
Silver Birch
Horse Chestnut
Hornbeam
Elm
Ash
Hawthorn
Bird Cherry
Elder
Rowan
Red Dogwood
Goat Willow
Apple / Plum / Pear – Orchard Area
Ferns
Lady Fern
Male Fern
Broad Bladder Fern