Diario de balders

Dates: 9th - 22nd September 2024

Weather conditions:
Mild (20 - 8 degrees), light E winds (max. 30mph), sunny all week.

Bats (emergence surveys):
Next survey - 16/09

Birds:
Buzzard
Chiffchaff
Raven

Butterflies (On transects):
Large White
Meadow Brown
Speckled Wood

Dragonflies:
Common Darter

Flowering plants:
Common Comfrey
Common Dandelion
Common Fleabane
Devil's-bit Scabious
Great Mullein
Large Bindweed
Marsh Marigold
Red Campion
Rusty Willow
Upright Hedge-Parsley
Viper's bugloss
Yarrow

Moths:
Angle Shades
Dingy Footman
Green Carpet
Large Yellow Underwing
Mecyna asinalis
Pale Mottled Willow
Rusty Dot Pearl
Scare Blackneck
Snout
Square-spot Rustic
Next survey - 16/09/24

Summary:
Species diversity and numbers are significantly down (75%) on previous years; many species have not been seen this year.

Brimstone - 18/03/24 - 15/09/24
Brown Argus - Not seen in 2024
Brown Hairstreak - Not seen in 2024
Clouded Yellow - Not seen in 2024
Comma - 18/03/24 - 14/09/24
Common Blue - 10/06/24
Dark Green Fritillary - Not seen in 2024
Dingy Skipper - Not seen in 2024
Gatekeeper - 07/07/24 - 30/08/24
Green Hairstreak - Not seen in 2024
Green-veined White - 01/05/24 - 13/09/24
Holly Blue - 21/04/24 - 13/09/24
Large Skipper - 31/05/24 - 27/07/24
Large White - 01/05/24 - 15/09/24
Marbled White - Not seen in 2024
Meadow Brown - 31/05/24 - 15/09/24
Monarch - Rare migrant recorded once on 02/10/19
Orange-Tip - 05/04/24 - 17/05/24
Painted Lady - 12/05/24 - 11/09/24
Peacock - 26/02/24 - 14/09/24
Pearl-bordered Fritillary - Not seen in 2024
Purple Hairstreak - Not seen in 2024
Red Admiral - 12/04/24 - 14/09/24
Ringlet - 19/06/16 - 31/07/24
Silver-washed Fritillary - 28/07/24 - 02/09/24
Small Copper - 21/07/24 - 11/09/24
Small Heath - Not seen in 2024
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary - Not seen in 2024
Small Skipper - Not seen in 2024
Small Tortoiseshell - 31/08/24 - 15/09/24
Small White - 05/04/24 - 13/09/24
Speckled Wood - 01/04/24 - 15/09/24
Wall Brown - Not seen in 2024

33 species have been recorded on site since January 2013; but only 19 in 2024.

Summary:
Summary of emergence surveys (sunset - 30 minutes to sunset + 180 minutes) carried out at a fixed location survey point using Echo Meter Touch and manually analysing all calls:

Dates recorded:
Barbastelle Bat 16/04 - 13/09
Brandt’s Bat 17/04 - 24/06
Brown Long-eared Bat 04/02 - 14/09
Common Pipistrelle 04/01 - 14/09
Daubenton's Bat 16/04 - 14/09
Greater Horseshoe Bat 14/05 - 14/09
Grey Long-eared Bat 26/03 - 13/09
Leisler’s Bat 20/03 - 13/09
Lesser Horseshoe Bat 04/01 - 14/09
Myotis sp. 16/03 - 14/09
Nathusius's Pipistrelle 16/04 - 07/08
Natterer's Bat 09/02 - 13/09
Noctule Bat 09/02 - 14/09
Serotine 15/03 - 30/08
Soprano Pipistrelle 04/01 - 14/09
Whiskered Bat 01/04 - 13/09

Total number of recordings:
Soprano Pipistrelle 12759 (74%)
Noctule Bat 2416 (14%)
Common Pipistrelle 1106 (6%)
Serotine Bat 411 (2%)
Brown Long-eared Bat 245 (1%)
Leisler’s Bat 137
Lesser Horseshoe Bat 116
Natterer's Bat 38
"Myotis species" 31
Nathusius's Pipistrelle 21
Daubenton's Bat 18
Grey Long-eared Bat 16
Barbastelle Bat 7
Brandt’s Bat 4
Greater Horseshoe Bat 5
Whiskered Bat 2
Total of 17332 passes in 99 surveys with the last survey on 14/09/24

Notes on each species:

Barbastelle Bat:
Very rarely recorded.

Brown Long-eared Bat:
Recorded between mid February and mid October in low numbers.

Common Pipistrelle:
7% of the Pipistrelles in my roost are this species; active all year with a peak in October.

Daubenton's Bat:
Hunt over water courses; occasionally recorded between mid February to mid November.

Greater Horseshoe Bat:
Very occasionally recorded each year between mid March and late September.

Grey Long-eared Bat:
Recorded mid February to early October in very low numbers.

Leisler’s Bat:
Recorded from mid February to mid October.

Lesser Horseshoe Bat:
Recorded between late August and mid April.

Nathusius's Pipistrelle:
Migratory species recorded between early March and late July although in milder years this can be up to early December.

Natterer's Bat:
Recorded year round; most active between late January and mid April.

Noctule Bat:
Active late March to mid September. Very high numbers recorded between late March and late May.

Serotine:
Active between mid March and mid August; peak numbers always seen in early July to mid August.

Soprano Pipistrelle:
Maturnity roost site; active year round and when pups are being reared can be seen during the day between May and July.

Whiskered Bat:
The most common Myotis species locally; recorded late March to late October.

Summary of species seen at a bio-blitz, moth and bat surveys at St. Nectan's Church, Welcombe:

Bats:
Common Pipistrelle
Soprano Pipistrelle

Beetles:
Common Red Soldier Beetle

Birds:
Barn Swallow
Buzzard
Collared Dove
Carrion Crow
Common Kestrel
Eurasian Jackdaw
Goldfinch
House Martin
Jay
Magpie
Tawny Owl
Wren

Butterflies:
Gatekeeper
Large White
Meadow Brown
Red Admiral
Ringlet

Ferns:
Hart's-tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)
Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas)

Flowering plants:
Barren Strawberry (Potentilla sterilis)
Black Medick (Medicago lupulina)
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
Brambles (Genus Rubus)
Broad-leaved Willowherb (Epilobium montanum)
Cleavers (Galium aparine)
Common Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
Common Cat's-Ear (Hypochaeris radicata)
Common Comfrey (Symphytum officinale)
Common Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Common Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Common Ivy (Hedera helix)
Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
Common Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris)
Common Sorrel (Rumex acetosa)
Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
Creeping Cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans)
Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense)
Cut-leaved Crane's-Bill (Geranium dissectum)
European Holly (Ilex aquifolium)
False-Brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum)
Garden Privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)
Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys)
Greater Plantain (Plantago major)
Greater Stitchwort (Rabelera holostea)
Ground-Ivy (Glechoma hederacea)
Hairy Tare (Vicia hirsuta)
Hazel (Corylus avellana)
Hedge Woundwort (Stachys sylvatica)
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
Hoary Willowherb (Epilobium parviflorum)
Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)
Large Bindweed (Calystegia silvatica)
Lesser Trefoil (Trifolium dubium)
Meadow Vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis)
Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)
Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
Prickly Sowthistle (Sonchus asper)
Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
Red Campion (Silene dioica)
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
Red Fescue (Festuca rubra)
Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)
Rusty Willow (Salix atrocinerea)
Russian-Vine (Fallopia baldschuanica)
Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea)
Slender Speedwell (Veronica filiformis)
Spiny Restharrow (Ononis spinosa)
Sweet Vernal Grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum)
Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)
Thyme-leaved Speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia)
Tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum)
Wall Speedwell (Veronica arvensis)
Wall-Rue (Asplenium ruta-muraria)
White Clover (Trifolium repens)
Wild Cherry (Prunus avium)
Wild Marjoram (Origanum vulgare)
Wild Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
Willows (Genus Salix)
Wood Avens (Geum urbanum)
Wood Dock (Rumex sanguineus)
Wych Elm (Ulmus glabra)
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Hymenopteran (Bees, wasps & Ants):
Buff-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Dialictus sp
Hornet (Vespa Crabro)
White-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lucorum)
Zele albiditarsus

Lichens:
Black Stone Flower (Parmotrema perlatum)
Common Greenshield Lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata)
Genus Circinaria
Gold Dust Lichen (Chrysothrix candelaris)
Map Lichens (Genus Rhizocarpon)
Pore Lichens (Genus Pertusaria)

Mammals:
Common Hedgehog

Molluscs:
Brown-lipped Snail (Cepaea nemoralis)
Garden Snail (Cornu aspersum)

Moss:
Feather Mosses (Order Hypnales)

Moths:
Acleris forsskaleana
Acrobasis advenella
Anania crocealis
Barred Red
Black Arches
Bordered Beauty
Brimstone Moth
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Brown House Moth
Buff Ermine
Burnished Brass
Celypha striana
Clay
Clouded Silver
Common Carpet
Common Emerald
Common Footman
Common Rustic agg.
Common White Wave
Crescent Dart
Cydia splendana
Dark Arches
Dingy Footman
Double-striped Pug
Double Square-Spot
Drinker
Early Thorn
Eudonia delunella
Eudonia lacustrata
Flame Carpet
Flame Shoulder
Heart and Dart
July Highflyer
Large Yellow Underwing
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Lesser Yellow Underwing
Magpie Moth
Mother of Pearl
Pale Prominent
Pebble Prominent
Privet Hawkmoth
Purple Bar
Red Twin-spot Carpet
Riband Wave
Rosy Footman
Rosy Rustic
Ruby Tiger
Scalloped Oak
Silver Y
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small Phoenix
Smoky Wainscot
Snout
Uncertain
V-Pug
Yellow-barred Brindle
Zeiraphera isertana

Orthoptera:
Common Field Grasshopper
Meadow Grasshopper

Spiders:
Eratigena sp.
Erythraeus sp.

Useful links:
https://www.bats.org.uk/
https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/buildings-planning-and-development/bat-boxes/putting-up-your-box
https://www.british-birdsongs.uk/
https://www.devonbirds.org/birdwatching/bird-sightings/
https://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/index.php
https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/
https://www.froglife.org/
https://www.devonmoths.uk/flyingtonight.php
https://wildflowerfinder.org.uk/

Introduction:
There are 18 species of bat in the UK of which 15 have been recorded within the Parish of Hartland.
Last year we discovered that Common Pipistrelle and Serotine Bat roost in the church; and four other species were recorded within Stoke.
Many thanks to Braunton Countryside Centre and the North Devon AONB team members for joining us and loaning bat detectors for the evening.

Species seen / recorded this year:
Common Pipistrelle - They probably roost between the roof slates and roof panelling inside the church; and can be seen flying inside the church before climbing over the top of the North porch door to emerge outside.
The first bat emerged at 21:12 and 405 recordings were made during the next hour; and were identified by tuning the detector to 45 kHz and listening for a wet slapping sound.
Some people heard the "feeding buzzes" made by the bat when it was about to catch insects; the sound resembled a dolphin call.
They were also recorded making social calls between them and other Common Pipistrelle bats.

Serotine Bat - Probably roosts around the gable end of the church in the roof space or wall voids.
The first bat was seen / detected at 21:44 around the East side of the church flying high and was noticeably larger than the Pipistrelle. They were detected by tuning the detector to 30 kHz and listening for an irregular hand clapping sound.
27 recordings were made of this bat echolocating over the next 15 minutes before it either returned to it's roost or flew off to hunt somewhere else.

What to look for in flight:
Look up into the sky to see bats silhouetted.
How big is the bat? Is it noticeably large?
Can you see the ears? Likely to be a long-eared bat
How high in the sky are they flying? Large species such as Noctule, Lesser Noctule and Serotine all fly high up around the same height as Swifts and Swallows.
How are they flying? Acrobatic flight or flying in a straight line and swooping down?
What are they flying over? Water, tree tops, around shrubs, within woodland or just above the ground.

Bat facts:
Bats are the only mammal capable of sustained flight and the earliest known fossils are from the Eocene approximately 52 million years ago.
Sound is produced by their voice box to navigate, hunt for food, socialise and provide warnings.
Human's can hears sounds up to a frequency of 20 kHz (20,000 Hz) and UK bats make sounds between 17 & 145 kHz.
Bat detectors have ultra-sonic microphones and they convert the sounds to a frequency that we can hear them.
The Common Pipistrelle can eat up to 3,000 insects in a night.
Nathusius's Pipistrelle hibernates in Eastern Europe and migrates to Britain in the summer travelling a distance of more than 1500 miles.
An adult female will rear one pup a year that is typically born in June and July.
The oldest recorded UK bat was over 30 years old.
Roosts are comparable to hotels; different species can live in roost sites and tree roosting species such as Noctule Bat can live in 20 different trees throughout a typical year.
In this part of North Devon most bat species are active throughout the year; although in mid-winter their feeding flights are limited to 30 minutes to 2 hours.
Bats will leave their roosts to feed etc providing it's not raining heavily or very windy; freezing temperatures is not a barrier to them being active since there are large numbers of moths, caddis flies and midges flying during mid-winter.
The Pipistrelle is the smallest UK bat having a body length of 35-45mm; wingspan of 200-235mm and weigh 3-8 grams.
The Greater Horseshoe is the largest with a body length of 57-71mm; wingspan of 350-400mm and weigh 17-34 grams.
The Serotine Bat that we saw has a long body that the Greater Horseshoe but a shorter wingspan.

Further info:
UK Bat species
Bat detectors
WildID - British Bats
British Bats Calls - A Guide to Species Identification by Jon Russ
Shebbear Bat Care - Please contact them promptly if you find an injured / exhausted bat and always wear gloves to handle them

Date: 24/06/24 (Count 2)
Sunset: 21:36
Cloud: Overcast
Wind: Calm (5mph from SW)
Rainfall: None
Temperature: 16 degrees C

Survey start: 20:30
First bat emerges: 20:56
Last bat emerges: 22:10
Total count: 185 (183 Soprano Pipistrelle, 2 Common Pipistrelle)

Date: 12/06/24 (Count 1)
Sunset: 21:32
Cloud: Clear
Wind: Calm (10mph from SW)
Rainfall: None
Temperature: 13 degrees C

Survey start: 20:30
First bat emerges: 20:44
Last bat emerges: 22:04
Total count: 166 (166 Soprano Pipistrelle)

Previous years maximum counts in June:
2023: 181
2022: 51 (Maternity roost moved to another site for 1-2 months)
2021: 205
2020: tbc (video survey)
2019: 121
2018: 100
2017: 173
2016: 92 (Maternity roost moved to another site for 1-2 months)
2015: 162
2014: 136
2013: 83

Roost ID: Private

First sightings dates for each species are listed; those in bold are new records for the site:

Acleris cristana - 17/03/24
Acleris emargana - 06/08/24
Acleris forsskaleana - 23/07/24
Acrobasis advenella - 26/07/24
Agapeta hamana - 02/06/24
Agonopterix arenella - 12/04/24
Agonopterix heracliana - 01/02/24
Agonopterix ocellana- 13/03/24
Angle Shades (Larva) - 28/01/24
Anania crocealis - 17/07/24
Annulet - 03/08/24
Barred Straw - 26/06/24
Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix - 26/06/24
Barred Yellow - 30/06/24
Beautiful Golden Y - 10/06/24
Bee Moth - 26/06/24
Belted Grass-Veneer - 28/01/24
Bird-cherry Ermine - 17/07/24
Black Arches - 23/07/24
Blood-vein - 05/06/24
Bordered Beauty - 19/07/24
Bramble Shoot Moth - 26/07/24
Brimstone Moth - 01/04/24
Brindled Beauty- 13/03/24
Brindled Pug - 13/03/24
Broken-barred Carpet - 13/05/24
Brown House Moth - 26/06/24
Brown Silver-line - 16/04/24
Brussels Lace - 01/06/24
Bryotropha terrella - 21/07/24
Buff Arches - 19/07/24
Buff Ermine - 18/05/24
Buff Footman - 16/07/24
Buff Tip 09/05/24
Bulrush Wainscot - 29/08/24
Burnished Brass - 01/07/24
Caloptilia stigmatella - 29/06/24
Canary-shouldered Thorn - 03/08/24
Celypha striana - 12/07/24
Centre-barred Sallow - 27/08/24
Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix - 30/07/24
Chestnut - 28/01/24
Chevron - 31/07/24
Chinese Character - 31/07/24
Clay - 25/07/24
Clifden Nonpareil - 05/09/24
Clouded-bordered Brindle - 05/06/24
Clouded Border - 11/06/24
Clouded Drab - 08/03/24
Clouded Silver - 12/04/24
Cochylichroa atricapitana - 12/08/24
Codling Moth - 09/08/24
Common Carpet - 04/08/24
Common Emerald - 29/06/24
Common Footman - 23/06/24
Common Lutestring - 31/05/24
Common Marble - 05/09/24
Common Marbled Carpet - 11/05/24
Common Plume - 30/06/24
Common Pug - 09/05/24
Common Rustic agg - 24/06/24
Common Quaker - 08/03/24
Common Swift - 27/05/24
Common Wainscot - 30/08/24
Common Wave - 29/05/24
Common White Wave - 30/06/24
Copper Underwing - 10/08/24
Coronet - 30/07/24
Coxcomb Prominent - 04/06/24
Cream-spot Tiger - 03/06/24
Cream Wave - 30/05/24
Cydia splendana - 14/07/24
Cydia ulicetana - 11/05/24
Dark Arches - 11/06/24
Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix - 25/07/24
Dark Sword-grass - 10/04/24
December Moth - 04/01/24
Depressaria daucella - 11/03/24
Dingy Footman - 26/06/24
Diurnea fagella- 13/03/24
Dotted Border - 04/01/24
Double Kidney - 19/07/24
Double Square-spot - 18/06/24
Double-striped Pug - 16/02/24
Drinker - 14/07/24
Dun-Bar - 24/07/24
Dusky Thorn - 04/08/24
Early Grey - 08/03/24
Early Moth - 09/02/24
Early Thorn - 11/03/24
Early Tooth-striped - 30/03/24
Earias clorana - 26/06/24
Elachista atricomella - 29/05/24
Elephant Hawk-moth - 25/07/24
Engrailed - 27/04/24
Eucosma cana - 13/07/24
Eudonia delunella - 24/06/24
Eudonia lacustrata - 26/06/24
Eudonia mercurella - 18/08/24
Eudonia pallida - 03/09/24
Eudonia truncicolella - 30/07/24
Five-spot Burnet - 26/06/24
Fan-Foot - 16/07/24
Flame - 10/06/24
Flame Carpet - 02/05/24
Flame Shoulder - 09/05/24
Flounced Rustic - 27/08/24
Four-spotted Footman - 30/07/24
Foxglove Pug - 31/05/24
Frosted Orange - 29/08/24
Garden Carpet - 03/05/24
Garden Grass-Veneer - 27/05/24
Garden Pebble - 10/06/24
Grass Emerald - 26/06/24
Great Prominent - 07/05/24
Green Arches - 30/05/24
Green Carpet - 16/04/24
Green Pug - 22/06/24
Grey Arches - 26/06/24
Grey Shoulder-Knot - 28/01/24
Heart & Dart - 03/06/24
Hebrew Character - 14/02/24
Herald - 31/03/24
Homoeosoma sinuella - 02/07/24
Hummingbird Hawkmoth - 21/07/24
Incurvaria oehlmanniella - 01/06/24
Ingrailed Clay - 26/06/24
Iron Prominent - 30/07/24
July Belle - 30/07/24
July Highflyer - 24/06/24
Knot Grass - 26/07/24
Lackey (Larva) - 30/05/24
Large Fruit-tree Tortrix - 26/06/24
Large Yellow Underwing - 02/06/24
Least Black Arches - 17/04/24
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing - 25/07/24
Lesser Wax Moth - 31/07/24
Lesser Yellow Underwing - 30/08/24
Light Brown Apple Moth - 29/01/24
Light Emerald - 05/06/24
Lobesia reliquana - 11/05/24
Lobster Moth - 29/05/24
Lunar Marbled Brown - 12/04/24
Lychnis - 04/06/24
Magpie Moth - 30/07/24
Marbled Coronet - 11/05/24
Marbled Green - 12/08/24
Marbled Minor agg. - 30/05/24
March Moth - 19/02/24
Mecyna asinalis - 24/06/24
Mother of Pearl - 06/08/24
Mottled Beauty - 13/05/24
Mottled Grey- 13/03/24
Mottled Umber - 29/01/24
Mullein Wave - 23/07/24
Muslin Moth - 09/04/24
Myelois circumvoluta - 03/06/24
Netted Pug - 07/05/24
Nettle Tap - 07/09/24
Nut-tree Tussock - 16/07/24
Notocelia rosaecolana - 03/06/24
Oak Beauty - 20/03/24
Oak Eggar - 10/08/24
Oak-tree Pug - 06/03/24
Olindia schumacherana - 02/09/24
Orange Footman - 27/05/24
Pale Eggar - 29/08/24
Pale Mottled Willow - 15/09/24
Pale Pinion - 15/03/24
Pale Prominent - 03/05/24
Pale Tussock - 11/05/24
Pammene aurita - 23/07/24
Pammene regiana - 16/07/24
Parsnip Moth - 13/08/24
Peach Blossom - 09/05/24
Pearly Underwing - 12/08/24
Pebble Prominent - 15/05/24
Pempelia palumbella - 30/06/24
Peppered Moth - 27/05/24
Phoenix - 24/06/24
Phtheochroa inopiana - 23/06/24
Phycita roborella - 04/08/24
Pinion-streaked Snout - 31/05/24
Plain Golden Y - 07/07/24
Poplar Hawkmoth - 11/05/24
Powdered Quaker - 29/03/24
Privet Hawkmoth - 22/06/24
Pseudoswammerdamia combinella - 06/05/24
Purple Bar - 01/06/24
Purple Clay - 30/06/24
Red Chestnut - 16/02/24
Red Twin-spot Carpet - 01/04/24
Riband Wave - 16/06/24
Rivulet - 24/07/24
Rosy Footman - 26/07/24
Rosy Rustic - 12/08/24
Ruby Tiger - 30/07/24
Rush Veneer - 01/09/24
Rustic - 25/07/24
Rusty Dot Pearl - 15/09/24
Sandy Carpet - 11/05/24
Satin Wave - 03/06/24
Scalloped Oak - 04/07/24
Scarce Blackneck - 06/09/24
Scoparia subfusca - 27/07/24
Scrobipalpa costella - 11/05/24
Shears - 31/05/24
Shoulder Stripe - 19/03/24
Scalloped Hazel - 02/05/24
Seraphim - 07/05/24
Setaceous Hebrew Character - 01/09/24
Sharp-angled carpet - 05/06/24
Sharp-angled Peacock - 27/05/24
Silver-ground Carpet - 05/05/24
Silver Y - 12/04/24
Single-Dotted Wave - 28/06/24
Six-Spot Burnet - 01/08/24
Slender Brindle - 26/07/24
Small Angle Shades - 30/05/24
Small Clouded Brindle - 26/06/24
Small Dotted Buff - 31/07/24
Small Fan-Foot - 22/06/24
Small Fan-footed Wave - 24/06/24
Small Magpie - 10/06/24
Small Phoenix - 03/04/24
Small Square-spot - 27/05/24
Small Quaker - 05/03/24
Small Wainscot - 06/08/24
Smoky Wainscot - 18/07/24
Snout - 26/05/24
Speckled Yellow - 05/05/24
Spectacle - 26/05/24
Square Spot - 01/05/24
Square-spot Rustic - 27/08/24
Small White Wave - 01/05/24
Stigmella aurella - 11/03/24
Straw Dot - 29/05/24
Streamer - 07/04/24
Swallow Prominent - 02/08/24
Swallow-tailed Moth - 02/07/24
Tortricodes alternella - 13/03/24
Treble Lines - 11/05/24
Triple-spotted Clay - 16/07/24
True Lover's Knot - 16/07/24
Turnip Moth - 04/04/24
Twenty-Plume Moth - 25/01/24
Twin-spotted Quaker - 09/03/24
Udea olivalis - 03/06/24
Udea prunalis - 23/06/24
Uncertain - 24/06/24
Vestal - 01/09/24
V-Pug - 17/03/24
Water Carpet - 13/03/24
White Ermine - 06/05/24
White Plume - 28/06/24
White-marked - 17/03/24
White-shouldered House-moth - 26/04/24
White-spotted Pug - 06/08/24
Willow Beauty - 31/05/24
Winter Moth - 19/01/24
Wormwood Pug
Yellow Shell - 30/06/24
Yellow-barred Brindle - 07/05/24
Yponomeuta padella agg - 01/09/24

263 species have been recorded in 2024 and 411 species since 2012.

Amphibians:
Smooth Newt - 14/02/24

Birds:
Lesser Whitethroat - 16/04/24
Oystercatcher - 07/02/24

Beetles:
Abax parallelepipedus - 08/05/24
Brown Leaf Beetle (Chrysolina staphylaea) - 09/04/24
Common Brown Click Beetle (Athous haemorrhoidalis) - 18/06/24
Common Dumble Dor - 26/07/24
Great Blackclock (Pterostichus niger) - 19/02/24
Lathronympha strigana - 08/05/24
Malthinus seriepunctatus - 29/06/24
Phyllobius glaucus - 05/05/24
Shore Sexton Beetle (Necrodes littoralis) - 03/06/24

Caddis flies:
Limnephilus marmoratus - 23/06/24
Limnephilus sparsus - 31/03/24
Sericostoma personatum - 19/07/24

Ferns:
Broad Buckler-Fern - 07/04/24
Common Polypody - 05/05/24
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 (Bees, Wasps & Ants):
Amblyjoppa proteus - 28/07/24
Ashy Mining Bee (Andrena cineraria) - 14/04/24
Banded Dark Bee (Stelis punctulatissima) - 16/06/24
Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica) - 05/05/24
Common Furrow Bee - 04/07/24
Cliff Mining Bee (Andrena thoracica) - 31/03/24
Enicospilus undulatus - 12/07/24
Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida) - 06/05/24
Marsham's Nomad Bee (Nomada marshamella) - 14/04/24
Orange-legged Furrow Bee (Halictus rubicundus) - 05/04/24
Red Mason Bee (Osmia bicornis) - 06/05/24
Variable Tenthredo (Tenthredo livida) - 11/05/24
Yellow-legged Mining Bee - 01/04/24

Lacewings:
Micromus variegatus - 07/09/24
Nineta flava - 03/07/24

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

Molluscs:
Green Cellar Slug (Limacus maculatus) - 29/05/24

Moss:
Common Smoothcap - 04/05/24
Fox-tail Feather-Moss - 05/02/24

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

Moths:
Barred Yellow - 30/06/24
Belted Grass-Veneer (Euchromius ocellea) - 28/01/24
Caloptilia stigmatella - 29/06/24
Chevron - 31/07/24
Clifden Nonpareil - 05/09/24
Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella) - 09/08/24
Cydia ulicetana - 11/05/24
Earias clorana - 26/06/24
Elachista atricomella - 29/05/24
Homoeosoma sinuella - 02/07/24
Incurvaria oehlmanniella - 01/06/24
July Belle - 30/07/24
Lesser Wax Moth - 31/07/24
Lobesia reliquana - 11/05/24
Myelois circumvoluta - 03/06/24
Netted Pug - 07/05/24
Pammene regiana - 16/07/24
Phycita roborella - 04/08/24
Scoparia subfusca - 27/07/24
Scrobipalpa costella - 11/05/24
Seraphim - 07/05/24
Small Dotted Buff - 31/07/24
Small White Wave - 01/05/24
Stigmella aurella - 11/03/24
White-marked - 17/03/24
Yponomeuta padella agg. - 01/09/24

Plants:
Atlantic Ivy - 07/02/24
Broad-leaved Willowherb - 16/06/24
Cock's-Foot -11/06/24
Common Cat's-Ear - 01/06/24
Common Dogwood - 17/06/24
Common Figwort - 11/06/24
Common Groundsel - 01/04/24
Common Mallow - 03/07/24
Compact Rush - 17/06/24
Early Dog-Violet - 03/03/24
European Aspen - 11/06/24
European Water-Plantain - 28/07/24
Hairy Hawkbit - 16/06/24
Lance-leaved Water-Plantain -12/06/24
Land Cress - 01/04/24
Large Bindweed - 04/07/24
Many-seeded Goosefoot - 27/07/24
Marsh Marigold - 13/09/24
Nipplewort - 16/06/24
Lesser Periwinkle - 31/01/24
Red Goosefoot - 21/07/24
Remote Sedge - 02/06/24
Rusty WIllow - 15/09/24
Sweet Vernal - 03/07/24
Upright Hedge-Parsley - 04/08/24
Wavy Bittercress - 01/05/24
Wood Dock - 03/07/24
Wood Forget-Me-Not - 01/04/24
Wood Speedwell - 04/05/24

Spiders:
Meadow Wolf Spider (Pardosa prativaga) - 15/05/24
Rustic Wolf Spider (Trochosa ruricola) - 12/04/24

True bugs:
Common Green Capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus) - 06/08/24

True flies:
Batman Hoverfly (Myathropa florea) - 10/06/24
Blotch-winged Hoverfly (Leucozona lucorum) - 01/06/24
Black-horned Smoothtail (Epistrophe grossulariae) - 27/06/24
Golden-tailed Leafwalker (Xylota sylvarum) - 01/06/24
Migrant Hover Fly (Eupeodes corollae) - 09/09/24
Narcissus Bulb Fly (Merodon equestris) - 13/05/24
Notch-horned Cleg (Haematopota pluvialis) - 04/07/24
Sixspot Cranefly - 20/03/24
Tipula fulvipennis - 03/09/24

The number of verified species recorded at this site is 1077 with 114 new species added in 2024.
For a full species list see; https://www.inaturalist.org/lifelists/balders?details_view=observations