St Martin’s Churchyard, Eynsford - Wildlife Survey 2017

Month

Flora

Fauna etc

January

Aconite buds opening (middle section)

One wren (front section) and three chaffinches (front section), flock of greenfinches (front section to middle section). 2 grey squirrels in cedar & yew trees (middle section). 2 hibernating Roman snails in ivy (back section)

February

First volunteer survey carried out

Dandelion, ivy, snowdrops, foxglove, moss in grass, speedwell, Winter aconite and Snowdrops (middle section). naturalized primroses (middle section). Winter heliotrope in flower since early December (back section). Green alkanet, snowdrops, cyclamen, sycamores, Hop, Hazel catkins in hedge, yellow aconites, ground ivy, cow parsley, ivy, lords-and-ladies, tutsan, wood avens (rear section)

White dove, (front section), Thrush near border (middle section). Wren (middle section). Centipede, orange woodlice, black slug, orange/brown jelly fungus, brown snails (middle section). Honey bee on aconite (back section).

Rear section; wood pigeon, roman snail, lots of jackdaws, blackbird, pied wagtail, grey squirrel.

March

Second volunteer survey, area unspecified.

Violets (dark Purple), celandines, daffodils, almond blossom, primroses, sycamore, bramble, dock, hazel (catkin), periwinkle

Fox under yew at front of churchyard. Blue tit, evidence of sparrowhawk (feathers), shield bug, wasp(?), blackbird. Jackdaw, buff-tailed bumble bee, collared dove, ladybird, brimstone butterfly, bee fly, wood pigeons, magpie, tree bumble bee, solitary nesting Ichneuman wasp, at least two pipistrelle bats

April

Front section; Violet, elder, thistle, hop

Middle section; bluebell, buttercups (bulbous and meadow, cats-ear, lesser celandine, creeping cinquefoil, cleavers, cow parsley, daisy, dandelion, dead nettle, tet-a-tete, columbine, tulip, crocus, white briony, garlic mustard, ground elder, ground ivy, herb-robert, honesty, lords-and-ladies, ladies smock, honeysuckle, mahonia, elder, geranium macrorhizum, Spanish bluebell, common nettle, ox-eye daisy, primrose, common ragwort, prickly sow-thistle, ivy-leaved speedwell, pellitory of the wall, winter aconite, stinking iris, hellebores, wood forget-me-not, tutsan, broad-leaved willow herb, wood avens, yarrow, lesser wood violet,

Rear section; Horse chestnut seedling, bluebell, cow parsley, ivy, honesty, bramble, old-mans-beard, forget-me-not, lords-and-ladies (cuckoo pint), white dead nettle, gooseberry, couch grass, cleavers, bed straw, elderberry, sycamore, hazel, honeysuckle,

Hover flies, wood pigeon, blackbird, bumble bee, roman snail, chaffinch, speckled wood butterfly

May

Front Section; Dense-flowered fumitory,honeysuckle, hazelnuts forming, buttercups, wild geum, herb Robert, cow parsley, daisies, ladies bed-straw, lords-and-ladies, Jack-by-hedge, bluebells, ragwort, White Briony, staghorn, sumac, elderberry flowers, docks, Ivy-leaved toadflax, ground ivy, borage, Hedge bedstraw, creeping buttercup, greater celandine, creeping cinquefoil, field forget-me-not, garlic mustard, common mouse-ear, greater plantain, ribwort plantain, Germander speedwell, Green alkanet, Hedge bedstraw, bramble, cats ear, Lesser celandine, cleavers, white clover, dandelion, white dead nettle, horehound, garlic mustard, Ivy, field madder, common ragwort, Wall Speedwell, spear Thistle, hop trefoil, broad leaved willow herb, yarrow, false brome, red fescue, Smooth meadow grass, couch grass, grey sedge

Middle section; Borage, Hedge bedstraw, creeping buttercup, greater celandine, creeping cinque foil, Daisy, field forget-me-not, garlic mustard, ground Elder, Lords and ladies, common mouse ear, Common nettle, greater plantain, RibWort plantain, germander speedwell, wood avens.

​Rear section; herb Robert, hedge woundwort

3 white doves, (front, 1 collared dove, (rear), 1 collared dove and one squirrel (front), dead red fox (rear), Roman snails (front), hybrids (rear), frog (middle)

Rear Section; Roman snail hybrid and true, honeybee, small brown/cream snail, midges, eight spot ladybird, jackdaw, holly blue butterfly, peacock butterfly, small black spider, buff tail bumble bee, wasp, middle section - magpie, Roman snail, ladybird,

June

Thyme attracting bees and butterflies, Middle Section ;

Red clover, white clover, Daisy, dandelion, field forget-me-not, Ivy, greater plantain, Germander speedwell, buttercup, grasses, corn flowers. Rear section; Herb Robert, Hedge wound wort, buttercup, violet leaf, campanula, Cow parsley, nettles, dandelions, forget-me-not, sycamore seedlings, rose, common stalks bill, fumitory, creeping cinquefoil, Daisy, orange hawkweed (hieracium aurantiacum), broad leaf willow herb, white clover, common hawkweed.

Front section; Bees, blackbird, swifts, baby collared dove,

Four ringlet butterflies and one meadow brown at rear, Parakeet and jackdaw 

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            July

Middle section; green alkanet, hedge bedstraw, field bindweed, bramble, creeping buttercup, cats-ear, creeping cinquefoil, cleavers, white clover, cow parsley, daisy, Ivy, wood dock, dandelion, ash seedlings, dogwood seedlings, broad-leaved dock, garlic mustard, ground elder, ground ivy, autumn hawk-bit, smooth hawks-beard, Herb Robert, common knap-weed, common mallow, black nightshade, common nettle, Scarlet Pimpernel, broadleaved plantain, ribwort plantain, self-heal, common sorrel, smooth sow-thistle, prickly sow-thistle, petty spurge, old-man’s-beard, short-fruited willow-herb, Yorkshire Fog, white briony, sycamore seedlings, small-flowered willow-herb, sweet violet, wood avens, false brome, cocks-foot, meadow fescue, annual meadow-grass, couch grass, false-oatgrass,

Rear section; Alkanet, white convolvulus, ragwort, Herb Robert, curled dock, white bryony, honeysuckle, enchanters nightshade, broad-leaved willowherb

Song thrush, 2 squirrels, 8-10 swifts (Front section), red admirals

Rear section; Roman snail, speckled Wood butterfly, hoverflies, Blue tit, foxes and cubs, Wood pigeon, solitary wasp, Meadow Brown butterfly, small white butterfly, bumblebee,

Middle section

Roman snails x2.

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August

Front section; Heath bedstraw, field bindweed, bramble, ivy, cleavers, creeping buttercup, creeping cinquefoil, white clover, common comfrey, daisy, dandelion, black Briony, field forget-me-not, ground ivy, groundsel, Herb Robert, common knap-weed, common mallow, black Medick, common nettle, ox-tongue hawk-weed, broadleaved plantain, ribwort plantain, common ragwort, common Rock-rose, self-heal, common sorrel, smooth sow-thistle, prickly sow-thistle, petty spurge, pellitory-of-the-wall, shepherds purse, broadleaved willow-herb, wood avens, yarrow, Maiden-hair fern, Burnet saxifrage, autumn hawkbit, fools parsley.

Rear section; Alkanet , Lords-&-ladies with orange berries, red dead nettle, couch grass, field bind weed , Ash and sycamore seedlings, petty spurge, broad leaved willow herb, wild Rose, herb Robert, common knot grass, hop.

Middle section; robin in rose garden frog on side of vestry door

Rear section-

Wren near olive seal hall, Buff tailed bee, small white butterfly, common frog, wood louse, capsid big, banded snails.

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September

No survey supplied

October

Front section

Fairy ring, lepista serdido fungus, Bramble, procumbent pearl wort, male fern, maidenhair, thale cress

​Middle section

Ivy, ground Elder, mushroom/toadstools (Brown gills), Mallow, alkanet, companula, white Briony, hedge bedstraw, primulas

Rear section

Campanula, wild geum, Rose hips, Mallow, Primroses, cyclamen, dogwood flowers, Thistle (yellow flower), ivy flowers, blackberries, creeping buttercup, mushroom type fungus, corydalis, herb Robert , mushrooms x 2, Hedge wound wort (purple flowers)

Fox poo

Common frog disturbed while cleaning gullies , hopped off to A1 area (front section)

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November

Rear section 

Winter sweet in flower on Olive Seal bank, primrose out on grave

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