This is the list of species recorded on line by TDEG members (either on our TDEG Facebook group page or web site) and within approximately five miles of Tideswell. These sightings were submitted between March – December 2020.
Birds (73 species)
Bearded vulture
Blue tit
Great tit
Coal tit
Long-tailed tit
Goldcrest
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Bullfinch
Brambling
Siskin
Linnet
House sparrow
Dunnock
Wren
Robin
Redstart
Blackbird
Song thrush
Mistle thrush
Fieldfare
Redwing
Starling
Meadow pipit
Skylark
Chiffchaff
Willow warbler
Garden warbler
Blackcap
Whitethroat
Jackdaw
Carrion Crow
Rook
Magpie
Jay
Raven
Great spotted woodpecker
Lesser spotted woodpecker
Collared dove
Stock dove
Wood pigeon
Tree creeper
Nuthatch
Swift
Swallow
House martin
Grey wagtail
Pied wagtail
Wheatear
Dipper
Pink footed geese
Coot
Moorhen
Mute swan
Mallard
Grey heron
Curlew
Snipe
Woodcock
Red legged partridge
Barn owl
Tawny owl
Little owl
Osprey
Red kite
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel
Buzzard
Peregrine
Black-headed gull
Common gull
Great black backed gull
Flowers (68 species)
Wood anemone
Celandine
Water avens
Bluebells
Mountain pansies
Cowslips
Herb paris
Red campion
Ground ivy
Wild garlic
Jack in the hedge
Spring sandwort
Common mouse-ear
Stitchwort
Wood ruff
Wood spurge
Dogs mercury
Cuckoo pint
Meadow saxifrage
Green alkanet
Foxglove
Dead nettle
Rosebay willowherb
Great willowherb
Yellow rattle
Violets
Mouse ear hawkbit
Oxeye daisy
Meadow buttercup
Cuckoo flower
Field scabious
Common knapweed
Greater knapweed
Betony
Selfheal
Field daisies
Dandelions
Chicory
Ragwort
Wood sage
Wild basil
Wild marjoram
Wild thyme
Tufted vetch
Birds foot trefoil
Eyebright
Common valerian
Yarrow
Cow parsley
Goatsbeard
Meadowsweet
Lady’s bedstraw
Common hogweed
Sweet cicely
Meadow cranesbill
Small teasel
Teasel
Common blue sow thistle
Spear thistle
Field thistle
Nodding thistle
Marsh thistle
Early purple orchids
Common spotted orchid
Chalk fragrant orchid
Bee orchid
Dune helleborines
Dark red helleborines
Insects (38 species)
Tortoiseshell butterfly
Orange tip butterfly
Green hairstreak butterfly
Dark green fritillary
Brown argus butterfly
Meadow brown butterfly
Ringlet butterfly
Small skipper
Common blue butterfly
Large white butterfly
Green-veined white butterfly
Peacock butterfly
Red admiral butterfly
Painted lady butterfly
Wall butterfly
Ermine moth
Hummingbird hawk moth
Snouted moth
Cinnebar moth (caterpillar)
Elephant hawk moth (caterpillar)
Broad bodied chaser (dragonfly)
Southern hawker (dragonfly)
Large red damselfly
Cricket
Ladybird
Greenfly
Cockchafer
Drove beetle
Red cardinal beetle
Green dock beetle
Nettle weevil
Stone fly nymph
Nursery web spider
Crab spider
Black-rimmed snout hover fly
Flesh fly
Drone fly
Hairy shield bug
Mammals (13 species)
Hedgehogs
Grey squirrel
Brown hare
Fox and cubs
Badger
Stoat
Weasel
Shrew
Wood mouse
Rabbits
Bat (possibly Greater Horseshoe)
Pipistrelle bat
Soprano pipistrelle bat
Reptiles (1 species)
Slow worm
Amphibians (3 species)
Frogs
Palmate newt
Common toad
Fish (2 species)
Brown trout
Rainbow trout
Freshwater invertebrates (4 species)
Fingernail clam
Flatworm
Water fleas
Rat-tailed maggots
Fungi (7 species)
Birch bracket fungus (razor strop)
Common puffball
Pelt lichen
Petticoat toadstools
Candlesnuff fungus
Angels bonnets
Sulphur tuft toadstools
