Common name 

Scientific name

Comment

Badger

Meles meles

Setts in the parish

Common (smooth) newt

Triturus vulgaris

Recorded on The Sands

Common frog

Rana temporaria

Recorded on The Sands

Common shrew

Sorex araneus

Road verges

Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Often seen crossing roads

Great crested newt

Triturus cristatus

Recorded on The Sands

Grey squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Visits village gardens

Hedgehog

Erinaceus europeaus

Breeds on The Sands

Mole

Talpa europaea

Fields and verges

Muntjac deer

Muntiacus reevsii

On the scarp

Pipistrelle bat

Pipistrellus pipistrellus

Present in village

Rabbit

Oryctolagus cuniculus

Common in the parish

Toad

Bufo bufo

Recorded in the village

Wood mouse

Apodemus sylvaticus

Visits village gardens

Common name

Scientific name

Comment

Black cap

Sylvia atricapilla

Visits village bird tables

Blackbird

Turdus merula

Common in village

Blue tit

Parus caeruleus

Common in village

Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Hunts over the parish

Carrion crow

Corvus corone

Visits village

Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Village gardens

Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

Village gardens

Coal tit

Parus ater

Village gardens

Collared dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Village gardens

Dunnock

Prunella modularis

Village gardens

Fieldfare

Turdus pilaris

Verges and fields

Goldfinch

Cardulelis carduelis

Charms over village

Great tit

Parus major

Nests in village

Greater spotted woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

Visits edge of village

Greenfinch

Carduelis chloris

Village gardens

Green woodpecker

Picus viridis

Visits village lanes

Heron

Ardea cinerea

Broadway Gravel Pit

Herring gull

Larus argentatus

Flies over village

House sparrow

Passer domesticus

Nests in old buildings

Jackdaw

Corvus monedula

Scavenges village green

Long-tailed tit

Aegithalos caudatus

Flocks in village trees

Magpie

Pica pica

Common in parish

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Broadway Gravel Pit

Mute swan

Cygnus olor

Flies over village

Nightingale

Luscinia megarhynchos

Nested in village in 1990’s

Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Often seen on road verges

Redpoll

Acanthis flammea

Forages silver birch

Redwing

Turdus iliacus

Verges and fields

Robin

Erithcacus rubecula

Village gardens

Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Hunts village gardens

Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Village gardens

Swift

Apus apus

Shrieks over village in summer

Tawny owl

Strix aluco

Hunts over parish

Treecreeper

Certhia familiaris

Visits gardens

Willow warbler

Phylloscopos trochilus

Visits gardens

Wood pigeon

Columba palumbus

Visits gardens

Wren

Troglodytes troglodytes

Visits gardens

Common name

Scientific name

Comment

Brimstone butterfly

Gonepteryx rhamni

Gardens

Comma butterfly

Polygonia c-album

Gardens

Humingbird hawkmoth

Macroglossum stellatarum

Gardens

Large red damselfly

Pyrrhosoma nymphula

Garden ponds

Mason bee

Osmia rufa

Village walls

Peacock butterfly

Inachis io

Gardens

Red admiral butterfly

Vanessa atalanta

Gardens

Small tortoiseshell butterfly

Aglais urticae

Gardens

Speckled bush cricket

Leptophyes punctatissima

Gardens

Water shrimp

Gammarus sp.

Streams

Common name

Scientific name

Comment

Adder’s-tongue

Ophioglossum vulgatum

Meadows beside old coach road

Apple

Malus domesticus

Hedgerows

Ash

Fraxinus excelsior

A weeping ash in garden on Leamington Road

Atlantic cedar

Cedrus atlantica

Gardens

Bee orchid

Ophrys apifera

Fish Hill verges

Black pine

Pinus nigra

Village

Blackthorn

Prunus spinosa

Hedgerows

Bluebell

Hyacinthoides non-scripta

Hedgerows and woodlands

Bramble

Rubus fruticosus

Hedgerows

Bulbous buttercup

Ranunculus bulbosus

Meadows

Broad-leaved helleborine

Epipactis helleborine

Access to  Kite’s Nest

Burnet saxifrage

Pimpinella saxifraga

Broadway Hill

Caper spurge

Euphorbia lathyrus

Ruderal areas

Cat’s ear

Hypochoeris radicata

Meadows and verges

Cock’s-foot

Dactylis glomerata

Grasslands

Common fumitory

Fumaria officinalis

Ruderal areas

Common gromwell

Lithospermum officinale

The Sands

Common lime

Tilia x vulgaris

Occasional specimens

Common nettle

Urtica dioica

Ruderal areas

Common twayblade

Listera cordata

Campden Hole and Coneygree Lane

Cornsalad

Valerianella sp.

Village

Cow parsley

Anthriscus sylvestris

Hedgerows and verges

Cowslip

Primula veris

Verges

Crab apple

Malus sylvestris

Hedgerows

Creeping buttercup

Ranunculus repens

Damper meadows

Crow garlic

Allium vineale

Verges

Cyclamen

Cyclamen sp.

Garden edges

Daisy

Bellis perennis

Lawns

Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Grasslands

Dog-rose

Rosa canina

Hedgerows

Dog’s mercury

Mercurialis perennis

Old hedgerows and woodlands

Dropwort

Filipendula vulgaris

Disused railway line

Early purple orchid

Orchis mascula

Broadway Hill and Coneygree Lane

Elder

Sambucus nigra

Hedgerows

English elm

Ulmus procera

Hedgerows

False oat grass

Arrhenatherum elatius

Verges

Field rose

Rosa arvensis

Hedgerows

Flowering ash

Fraxinus ornus

Village

Garlic mustard

Alliaria petiolata

Verges

Goldilocks

Ranunculus auricomus

Ancient woodlands

Great forget-me-not

Brunnera macrophylla

Garden verges

Greater celandine

Chelidonium majus

Ruderal verges

Green alkanet

Pentaglottis sempervirens

Garden verges

Ground ivy

Glechoma hederacea

Hedge bottoms

Groundsel

Senecio vulgare

Ruderal areas

Hard rush

Juncus inflexus

Damp meadows and ditches

Hardheads

Centaurea nigra

Verges and grasslands

Harebell

Campanula rotundifolia

Broadway Hill

Hart’s tongue

Phyllitis scolopendrium

Damp crevices and wells

Hawthorn

Crataegus monogyna

Hedgerows

Hay rattle

Rhinanthus minor

Fish Hill verges

Henbit dead-nettle

Lamium amplexicaule

Ruderal areas

Herb paris

Paris quadrifolia

Coneygree Lane

Herb robert

Geranium robertianum

Woodlands

Hogweed

Heracleum spondylium

Verges

Holly

Ilex aquifolium

Hedgerows

Hollyhock

Alcea rosea

Village

Hornbeam

Carpinus betulus

Village

Hybrid poplar

Populus x canadensis

Cheltenham Road

Ivy

Hedera helix

Hedgerows and woodlands

Ivy-leaved speedwell

Veronica hederifolia

Ruderal verges

Japanese knotweed

Fallopia japonica

Village

Laburnum

Laburnum sp.

Village

Lesser celandine

Ranunculus ficaria

Hedgerows and verges

Lords-and-ladies

Arum maculatum

Hedgerows and woodlands

Meadow buttercup

Ranunculus acris

Drier meadows

Meadow crane’s-bill

Geranium pratense

Verges and meadows

Meadow saxifrage

Saxifraga granulata

Old coach road

Moschatel

Adoxa moschatelina

Older hedgerows

Nettle

Urtica dioica

Ruderal areas

Opposite-leaved golden saxifrage

Chrysosplenium oppositifolium

One site on Snowshill Road

Ox-eye daisy

Leucanthemum vulgare

Meadows and verges

Pear

Pyrus pyraster

Hedgerows

Pedunculate oak

Quercus robur

Hedgerows and woodlands

Pellitory of the wall

Parietaria dioica

Village

Pendulous sedge

Carex pendula

Coneygree Lane

Primrose

Primula vulgaris

Verges

Procumbent pearlwort

Sagina procumbens

Village walls

Pyramidal orchid

Anacamptis pyramidalis

Fish Hill

Ramsons

Allium ursinum

Woodlands

Red campion

Silene dioica

Woodlands

Red dead nettle

Lamium purpureum

Ruderal areas

Red valerian

Centranthus ruber

Village

Ribwort plantain

Plantago lanceolata

Ruderal areas

Rue-leaved saxifrage

Saxifraga tridactylites

A few village walls

Sanicle

Sanicula europea

Older woodlands

Scots pine

Pinus sylvestris

Village

Self heal

Prunella vulgaris

Grasslands

Sheep’s sorrel

Rumex acetosella

One wall on Leamington Road

Shining crane’s-bill

Geranium lucidum

Verges

Slender speedwell

Veronica filiformis

Lawns

Soft rush

Juncus effusus

Damp meadows and ditches

Spanish bluebell

Hyacinthoides hispanica

Garden edges

Spindle

Euonymus europaeus

Hedgerows

Stone parsley

Sison amomum

Gardens and headlands

Sweet violet

Viola odorata

Verges

Tamarisk

Tamarix gallica

Village

Tutsan

Hypericum androsaemum

One lane in village

Wall lettuce

Mycelis muralis

Village walls

White dead nettle

Lamium album

Ruderal areas

White stone crop

Sedum album

Village

Whitlow grass

Erophila verna

Village walls

Wild strawberry

Fragaria vesca

Verges

Wisteria

Wisteria x sinensis

Village

Wood anemone

Anemone nemorosa

Woodlands

Wood avens

Geum urbanum

Woodlands

Wood meadow grass

Poa nemoralis

Woodlands

Wood melick

Melica uniflora

Woodlands

Wood sedge

Carex sylvatica

Coneygree Lane

Yellow archangel

Lamiastrum galeobdolon

Older woodlands

Common name

Scientific name

Comment

Wall rue

Asplenium ruta-muraria

Village walls

Hart’s tongue fern

Phylitis scolopendrium

Damper crevices

Common polypody

Polypodium vulgare

A few village roofs

Rustyback fern

Ceterrach officinarum

Rare on village walls

Common name

Scientific name

Comment

Bird’s-claw beard-moss

Barbula unguiculata

Arable fields

Bud-headed groove-moss

Aulacomnium androgynum

Campden Hole

Chalk comb-moss

Ctenidium molluscum

Campden Hole

Cuspidate earth-moss

Phascum cuspidatum

Arable fields

Dotted thyme-moss

Rhizomnium punctatum

Campden Hole

Forked veilwort

Metgeria furcata

Coneygree Lane

Great scented liverwort

Conocephalum conicum

Stream sides, two locations

Grey-cushioned grimmia

Grimmia pulvinata

Village walls and roofs

Intermediate screw-moss

Tortula intermedia

Village walls and roofs

Pointed spear-moss

Calliergon cuspidatum

Flushes

Silky wall feather-moss

Homalothecium sericeum

Village walls

Springy turf-moss

Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus

Lawns

Silver-moss

Bryum argenteum

Village pavements

Wall scalewort

Porella platyphylla

Three village walls

Wall screw-moss

Tortula muralis

Village walls

White-tipped bristle-moss

Orthotrichum diaphanum

Village walls

Scientific name

Comment

Amandinea punctata

Trees

Caloplaca flavescens

Village walls

Caloplaca heppiana

Village walls

Caloplaca teicholyta

Village walls

Candellariella mediens

Milestone, Upper High Street

Cladonia squamosa ssp. squamosa

On wooden shingles, toilet block behind Shear House. Possibly the only site in the parish

Cliostomum griffithii

Ash, old coach road

Collema auriforme

Village walls

Dermatocarpon miniatum

One churchyard wall

Evernia prunastri

Branches of trees

Graphis scripta

Trees, old coach road

Lecanora chlarotera

Ash, Broadway Hill

Lecanora conizaeoides

Old wooden fence, Broadway Tower

Lecanora expallens

Ash, old coach road

Lecanora symmicta

Ash, old coach road

Leparia incana

Dry stone walls

Leparia lobificans

Dry stone walls

Parmelia subaurifera

Trees, old coach road

Parmelia revoluta

Trees, old coach road

Parmelia glabratula

Trees, old coach road

Parmelia subrudecta

Trees, old coach road

Parmelia sulcata

Trees, old coach road

Parmelia ulophylla

Trees, old coach road

Pertusaria amara

Trees, old coach road

Phlyctis argena

Ash, old coach road

Physcia adscendens

Trees, common

Physcia tenella

Trees, common

Physconia grisea

Ash

Porina aenea

Ash, Coneygree Lane

Ramalina subfarinosa

Boles of trees

Sarcogyne regularis

Broadway Tower

Scolicosporum chlorococcum

Ash, old coach road

Toninia aromatica

Village walls

Verrucaria hochstetteri

Village walls

Verrucaria nigrescens

Village walls

Xanthoria parietina

Village walls amd trees

Xanthoria polycarpa

Branches of trees

Common name

Scientific name

Comment

Giant puff-ball

Langermannia gigantea

West End in Autumn

Common name

Scientific name

Comment

A slime mould

Mucilago crustacea

Road verges in Autumn