Wildlife recorded in the churchyards at St Mary's, North Elmham

The team at St Mary's Church in North Elmham is seeking to gain a better understanding and appreciation of the diversity of wildlife using its two churchyards. To assist with this, I have been visiting the churchyards since May 2021 in order to record what wildlife I can find there. Below are lists of the various species that I have discovered there so far.

Birds

37 species recorded:

1. Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa


Red-legged Partridge on its nest



2. Swift Apus apus


Swift


Rock Dove Columba livia (domestic birds only, presumably from the Elmham Park dovecot, so not counted in the totals)


domestic dove



3. Stock Dove Columba oenas




Stock Dove



4. Woodpigeon Columba palumbus


Woodpigeons



5. Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto


Collared Doves



6. Herring Gull Larus argentatus


Herring Gull



7. Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus


Lesser Black-backed Gull



8. Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus


Sparrowhawk



9. Red Kite Milvus milvus


10. Kestrel Falco tinnunculus


11. Jay Garrulus glandarius


12. Magpie Pica pica


13. Jackdaw Corvus monedula




Jackdaw



14. Rook Corvus frugilegus


Rooks



15. Coal Tit Periparus ater


16. Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus


Blue Tit



17. Great Tit Parus major


18. Swallow Hirundo rustica


19. House Martin Delichon urbicum


House Martin



20. Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus


21. Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita


Chiffchaff



22. Goldcrest Regulus regulus


Goldcrest



23. Wren Troglodytes troglodytes


Wren



24. Nuthatch Sitta europaea




Nuthatch



25. Treecreeper Certhia familiaris


26. Starling Sturnus vulgaris




Starling



27. Blackbird Turdus merula


Blackbird



28. Redwing Turdus iliacus


Redwing



29. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos


Song Thrush



30. Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus


Mistle Thrush



31. Robin Erithacus rubecula


Robin



32. House Sparrow Passer domesticus


33. Dunnock Prunella modularis


34. Pied Wagtail Motacilla (alba) yarrellii


Pied Wagtail



35. Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs


Chaffinch



36. Greenfinch Chloris chloris


Greenfinches



37. Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis


Goldfinch

Mammals

4 species recorded:

1. Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis


Grey Squirrel



2. Mole Talpa europaea (fresh mole hills – no actual moles observed)


3. Noctule Nyctalus noctula - detected using bat detector


4. Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus - detected using bat detector

Amphibians

1 species recorded:

1. Common Toad Bufo bufo


Common Toad

 

Spiders, Harvestmen and Mites

5 species recorded:

1. Epitrimerus trilobus (galls in Elder leaves)


Galls of Epitrimerus trilobus



2. Eriophyes similis (galls in Prunus leaves)


Galls of Epitrimerus similis



3. Garden Spider Araneus diadematus


Garden Spider



4. Common Cucumber Spider Araniella cucurbitana


Common Cucumber Spider



5. Opilio canestrinii


Opilio canestrinii

Crustaceans

2 species recorded:

1. Common Striped Woodlouse Philoscia muscorum


Common Striped Woodlouse



2. Common Rough Woodlouse Porcellio scaber


immature Common Rough Woodlouse

Dragonflies

3 species recorded:

1. Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum


male and female Common Blue Damselflies



2. Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella


Azure Damselfly



3. Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula


Large Red Damselfly

Earwigs

1 species recorded:

1. Common Earwig Forficula auricularia


Common Earwig

Grasshoppers and crickets

4 species recorded:

1. Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus


Field Grasshopper



2. Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus


3. Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera


Dark Bush-cricket nymph



4. Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima


male and female Speckled Bush-crickets

Bugs (including leafhoppers and aphids)

33 species recorded:

1. Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale


Hawthorn Shieldbug nymph Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale



2. Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus


Juniper Shieldbugs Cyphostethus tristriatus - adult and nymph (not to scale!)



3. Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus


Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus



4. Common Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina


Common Green Shieldbug nymph Palomena prasina



5. Cardiastethus fasciiventris


Cardiastethus fasciiventris



6. Orsillus depressus


Orsillus depressus



7. Campyloneura virgula


Campyloneura virgula



8. Deraeocoris ruber


dark and pale examples of Deraeocoris ruber



9. Common Green Capsid Lygocoris pabulinus


Common Green Capsid Lygocoris pabulinus



10. Megacoelum infusum


Megacoelum infusum



11. Stenotus binotatus


Stenotus binotatus



12. Meadow Plant Bug Leptopterna dolabrata


Meadow Plant Bug



13. Megaloceroea recticornis


Megaloceroea recticornis (nymph in first photo and same individual after moulting to adult in second photo)



14. Heterotoma planicornis


Heterotoma planicornis nymph



15. Amblytylus nasutus


Amblytylus nasutus



16. Plagiognathus chrysanthemi


Plagiognathus chrysanthemi



17. Psallus perrisi


Psallus perrisi



18. Common Froghopper Philaenus spumarius


Common Froghopper Philaenus spumarius



19. Iassus lanio


brown and green forms of Iassus lanio



20. Allygus mixtus


Allygus mixtus



21. Thamnotettix dilutior


Thamnotettix dilutior



22. Balclutha punctata


Balclutha punctata



23. Empoasca vitis


Empoasca vitis



24. Fagocyba cruenta


Fagocyba cruenta



25. Edwardsiana spinigera


Edwardsiana spinigera



26. Zygina angusta


Zygina angusta



27. Zygina flammigera


Zygina flammigera



28. Issus coleoptratus


Issus coleoptratus



29. Elder Aphid Aphis sambuci


colony of Elder Aphids completely covering sections of stem



30. Giant Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus salignus


Giant Willow Aphid



31. Cacopsylla peregrina


Cacopsylla peregrina



32. Trioza remota


Trioza remota



33. Trioza urticae


Trioza urticae

Barkflies

4 species recorded:

1. Ectopsocus briggsi


Ectopsocus briggsi



2. Ectopsocus petersi


Ectopsocus petersi



3. Enderleinella obsoleta (apparently an uncommon species)


Enderleinella obsoleta



4. Graphopsocus cruciatus


Graphopsocus cruciatus

Thrips

1 species recorded:

1. Ox-eye Daisy Thrips Haplothrips leucanthemi

 
Ox-eye Daisy Thrips on Ox-eye Daisy flowerhead and close-up of a single thrips

Beetles

22 species recorded:

1. Leiodes litura


Leiodes litura



2. Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus


Lesser Stag Beetle



3. Rustic Soldier Beetle Cantharis rustica


Rustic Soldier Beetle



4. Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva


Common Red Soldier Beetles



5. Anthrenus fuscus


Anthrenus fuscus



6. Ptinomorphus imperialis


Ptinomorphus imperialis



7. Common Malachite Malachius bipustulatus

 
Common Malachite



8. Meligethes aeneus


Meligethes aeneus



9. 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata


10. Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis


Harlequin Ladybird



11. Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis


Swollen-thighed Beetle (a female - only the males have swollen thighs)



12. Anaspis regimbarti


Anaspis regimbarti



13. Anaspis maculata


Anaspis maculata



14. Common Grammoptera Grammoptera ruficornis


Common Grammoptera



15. Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle Pseudovadonia livida


Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle



16. Large Flax Flea Beetle Aphthoba euphorbiae


Large Flax Flea Beetle Aphthoba euphorbiae



17. Longitarsus parvulus


Longitarsus parvulus



18. Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala


Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala



19. Apple Fruit Weevil Tatianaerhynchites aequatus (despite the name this species is not restricted to Apple trees - here it was found on Rowan)


Apple Fruit Weevil



20. Phyllobius argentatus


Phyllobius argentatus



21. Common Leaf Weevil Phyllobius pyri


Common Leaf Weevil



22. Pachyrhinus lethierryi


Pachyrhinus lethierryi

Flies

26 species recorded:

1. Primrose Tiger Cranefly Nephrotoma flavescens


Primrose Tiger Cranefly



2. Many-banded Tiger Cranefly Nephrotoma flavipalpis


Many-banded Tiger Cranefly



3. Tipula vernalis (another species of cranefly)


Tipula vernalis



4. Limonia nubeculosa


Limonia nubeculosa



5. Dasinieura crataegi (galls on Hawthorn)


Dasinieura crataegi gall



6. Hartigiola annulipes (galls on Copper Beech)


Hartigiola annulipes galls



7. Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa


Broad Centurion



8. Bright Four-spined Legionnaire Chorisops nagatomii


Bright Four-spined Legionnaire



9. Empis tessellata


Empis tessellata



10. Balloon Fly Hilara sp. (likely to be Hilara maura)


Balloon Fly



11. Melanostoma scalare


Melanostoma scalare



12. Platycheirus scutatus agg.


Platycheirus scutatus agg.



13. Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus


Marmalade Hoverfly



14. Spring Epistrophe Epistrophe eligans

 
male and female Spring Epistrophe



15. Tapered Dronefly Eristalis pertinax


Tapered Dronefly



16. Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax


Common Dronefly



17. Tiger Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus


Tiger Hoverfly



18. Bumblebee Hoverfly Volucella bombylans


Bumblebee Hoverfly



19. Wasp Plumehorn Volucella inanis

 
Wasp Plumehorn



20. Tephritis formosa

 
Tephritis formosa



21. Chromatomyia 'atricornis' (leaf-mines in Ox-eye Daisy - this is an aggregate of two fly species whose leaf-mines are not separable)


Leaf-mine of Chromatomyia 'atricornis'



22. Phytomyza ilicis (leaf-mines in Holly)


Leaf-mine of Phytomyza ilicis



23. Phytomyza ranunculi (leaf-mines in Creeping Buttercup)


Leaf-mine of Phytomyza ranunculi



24. Spotted-winged Drosophila Drospophila suzukii


Spotted-winged Drosophila Drospophila suzukii



25. Yellow Dung Fly Scathophaga stercoraria


26. Noon Fly Mesembrina meridiana


Noon Fly Mesembrina meridiana

Sawflies, wasps, ants and bees

19 species recorded:

1. Zigzag Elm Sawfly Aproceros leucopoda (larvae only - this species was first identified in the UK as recently as 2017 but has already become well established)


larva of Zigzag Elm Sawfly



2. Athalia cordata


Athalia cordata



3. Pear Slug Sawfly Caliroa cerasi


Pear Slug Sawfly larva



4. Smooth Spangle Gall Wasp Neuroterus albipes (galls only)


gall of Smooth Spangle Gall Wasp



5. Common Spangle Gall Wasp Neuroterus quercusbaccarum (gall only)


gall of Common Spangle Gall Wasp



6. Common Red Ant Myrmica rubra


Common Red Ant



7. Small Black Ant Lasius niger


Small Black Ant



8. German Wasp Vespula germanica


German Wasp



9. Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris


Common Wasp



10. Hornet Vespa crabro


Hornet



11. Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva


Tawny Mining Bee



12. Chocolate Mining Bee Andrena scotica


Chocolate Mining Bee



13. Smeathman's Furrow Bee Lasioglossum smeathmanellum


Smeathman's Furrow Bee



14. Patchwork Leafcutter Bee Megachile centuncularis


Patchwork Leafcutter BeeBee



15. Flavous Nomad Bee Nomada flava


Flavous Nomad Bee



16. Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum


Tree Bumblebee



17. Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius


Red-tailed Bumblebee



18. Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum


19. Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris

Butterflies

8 species recorded:

1. Large White Pieris brassicae


2. Small White Artogeia rapae


Small White



3. Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus


4. Peacock Inachis io


Peacock



5. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta


Red Admiral



6. Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina


Meadow Brown



7. Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus


Ringlet



8. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria


Speckled Wood

Moths

43 species recorded:

1. Common Swift Korscheltellus lupulina


Common Swift



2. Small Beech Pigmy Stigmella tityrella


Small Beech Pigmy



3. Beech Pigmy Stigmella hemargyrella


Beech Pigmy



4. Large Long-horn Nematopogon swammerdamella


Large Long-horn



5. Cork Moth Nemapogon cloacella


Cork Moth



6. Bird's-nest Moth Tinea trinotella


Bird's-nest Moth



7. Skin Moth Monopis laevigella


Skin Moth



8. Ribwort Slender Aspilapteryx tringipennella


Ribwort Slender



9. Scarce Oak Midget Phyllonorycter kuhlweiniella


Scarce Oak Midget



10. Triple-barred Argent Argyresthia trifasciata


Triple-barred Argent



11. Brown Rowan Argent Argyresthia semifusca


Brown Rowan Argent



12. Lesser Tawny Tubic Batia lunaris


Lesser Tawny Tubic



13. Golden-brown Tubic Crassa unitella


Golden-brown Tubic



14. Small Dingy Tubic Borkhausenia fuscescens


15. Sulphur Tubic Esperia sulphurella


Sulphur Tubic



16. Treble-spot Flat-body Telechrysis tripuncta


Treble-spot Flat-body



17. Cinerous Neb Bryotropha terrella


Cinerous Nebs



18. Dark Neb Bryotropha affinis


Dark Neb



19. Common Mompha Mompha epilobiella


Common Mompha



20. Brown Plume Stenoptilia pterodactyla


Brown Plume



21. Common Nettle-tap Anthophila fabriciana


Common Nettle-tap



22. Privet Tortrix Clepsis consimilana


Privet Tortrix



23. Yellow-spot Tortrix Pseudargyrotoza conwagana


Yellow-spot Tortrix



24. White-barred Tortrix Olindia schumacherana


25. Hedge Tortrix Isotrias rectifasciana


Hedge Tortrix



26. Barred Marble Celypha striana


Barred Marble



27. Common Cloaked Shoot Gypsonoma dealbana


Common Cloaked Shoot



28. Kent Fruit Piercer Grapholita lobarzewskii


Kent Fruit Piercer



29. Silver-lined Drill Dichrorampha plumbagana


Silver-lined Drill



30. Lead-coloured Drill Dichrorampha plumbana


Lead-coloured Drill



31. Obscure Drill Dichrorampha aeratana


Obscure Drill



32. Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella


33. Hook-streak Grass-veneer Crambus lathoniellus


Hook-streak Grass-veneer



34. Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella


Hook-streak Grass-veneer



35. Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis


Common Grey



36. Lesser Pearl Sitochroa verticalis


Lesser Pearl



37. Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis


38. Twin-barred Knot-horn Homoeosoma sinuella


Twin-barred Knot-horn



39. Lesser Cream Wave Scopuila immutata


Lesser Cream Wave



40. Least Carpet Idaea rusticata


41. Black Arches Lymantria monacha


Black Arches



42. Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda


Pale Tussock caterpillar



43. Middle-barred Minor Oligia fasciuncula


Middle-barred Minor

Lacewings (including waxflies)

7 species recorded:

1. Chrysoperla canrea (one of the commonest species of green lacewing)


Chrysoperla canrea



2. Coniopteryx esbenpeterseni (a species of waxfly)


Coniopteryx esbenpeterseni



3. Coniopteryx tineiformis (another species of waxfly)


Coniopteryx tineiformis



4. Conwentzia psociformis (another species of waxfly)


Conwentzia psociformis



5. Hemerobius humulinus (a species of brown lacewing)


Hemerobius humulinus



6. Hemerobius micans (a species of brown lacewing)


Hemerobius micans



7. Sympherobius elegans (a pair found on 2nd July 2021 - the first time this species of brown lacewing has ever been recorded in Norfolk)


Sympherobius elegans

Caddisflies

2 species recorded:

1. Limnephilus auricula


Limnephilus auricula



2. Leptocerus tineiformis


Leptocerus tineiformis

Ferns

1 species recorded:

1. Broad Buckler Fern Dryopteris dilatata


Broad Buckler Fern

 

Flowers, trees and shrubs

As a rule I have excluded obviously planted species but included those that appear to be naturalised and those that continue to survive after being planted many decades ago as I imagine may be the case with some of the coniferous trees.

84 species recorded:

1. Lawson’s Cypress Chamaecyparis lawsoniana


Lawson’s Cypress



2. Western Red Cedar Thuja plicata


Western Red Cedar



3. Common Yew Taxus baccata


4. Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens


Creeping Buttercup



5. Lesser Celandine Ranunculus ficaria


6. Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas


Common Poppy



7. Smooth-leaved Elm Ulmus minor (tentative ID – the various Elms are very difficult to identify)


Elm sp., probably Small-leaved Elm



8. Hop Humulus lupulus


Hop



9. Common Nettle Urtica dioica


10. Copper Beech Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea'


Copper Beech



11. Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur


12. Fat Hen Chenopodium album


13. Common Chickweed Stellaria media


Common Chickweed

14. Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum


Common Mouse-ear



15. Knotgrass Polygonum aviculare


Knotgrass



16. Curled Dock Rumex crispus


17. Wood Dock Rumex sanguineus


Wood Dock



18. Common Mallow Malva sylvestris


Common Mallow



19. Common Dog Violet Viola riviniana


Common Dog Violet



20. White Bryony Bryonia dioica


White Bryony



21. Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale


22. Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata


23. Hairy Bittercress Cardamine hirsuta (tbc)


24. Shepherd's Purse Capsella bursa-pastoris


Shepherd's Purse



25. Primrose Primula vulgaris


26. Bramble Rubus fruticosus agg.


27. Dog Rose Rosa canina


Dog Rose



28. Plum Prunus domestica


29. Rowan Sorbus aucuparia


Rowan



30. Cotoneaster sp. Cotoneaster sp. (possibly Himalayan Cotoneaster Cotoneaster simonsii - some probably planted but at least the one growing out of an old stump is probably naturalised)


Cotoneaster, possibly Himalayan Cotoneaster



31. Common Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna


Common Hawthorn



32. Birdsfoot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus


33. Hairy Tare Vicia hirsuta


Black Medick



34. Black Medick Medicago lupulina


Black Medick



35. White Clover Trifolium repens


36. Red Clover Trifolium pratense


Red Clover



37. Rosebay Chamerion angustifolium


Rosebay



38. Dogwood Cornus sanguinea


Dogwood



39. Holly Ilex aquifolium




Holly



40. Field Maple Acer campestre


41. Sycamore Acronicta aceris


42. Cut-leaved Cranesbill Geranium dissectum


Cut-leaved Cranesbill



43. Hedgerow Cranesbill Geranium pyrenaicum


Hedgerow Cranesbill



44. Dovesfoot Cranesbill Geranium molle


45. Herb Robert Geranium robertianum


Herb Robert



46. Ivy Hedera helix


47. Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris


48. Ground Elder Aegopodium podagraria


Ground Elder



49. Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium


50. Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis


Field Bindweed



51. Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens


Green Alkanet



52. Field Forgetmenot Myosotis arvensis


Field Forgetmenot



53. Hedge Woundwort Pentaglottis sempervirens


Hedge Woundwort



54. Black Horehoud Ballota nigra


55. White Dead-nettle Lamium album


White Dead-nettle



56. Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum


Red Dead-nettles



57. Ground Ivy Glechoma hederacea


58. Self-heal Prunella vulgaris


Self-heal



59. Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata


Ribwort Plantain



60. Ash Fraxinus excelsior


61. Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis


62. Foxglove Digitalis purpurea


Foxglove



63. Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys


Germander Speedwell



64. Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum


Lady's Bedstraw



65. Cleavers Galium aparine


Cleavers



66. Elder Sambucus nigra


67. Musk Thistle Cirsium nutans


Musk Thistle



68. Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare


Spear Thistle



69. Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense


Creeping Thistle



70. Nipplewort Lapsana communis


71. Autumn Hawkbit Leontodon autumnalis


Autumn Hawkbit



72. Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus


73. Rough Sow-thistle Sonchus asper


74. Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola


Prickly Lettuce



75. Dandelion Taraxacum officinale agg.


76. Common Cudweed Filago vulgaris


Common Cudweed



77. Canadian Fleabane Conyza canadensis


Canadian Fleabane



78. Daisy Bellis perennis


Daisies



79. Yarrow Achillea millelfolium


80. Ox-eye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare


Ox-eye Daisy



81. Common Ragwort Senecio jacobaea


Common Ragwort



82. Groundsel Senecio vulgaris


Groundsel



83. Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum


Lords-and-Ladies



84. Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera


Bee Orchid