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  • Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix L 11-12cm. Colourful warbler with a distinctive song and precise habitat requirements. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile have olive-green upperparts, bright yellow throat and supercilium, and clean white underparts. Note dark eyestripe and pale pink legs. Voice Utters a sharp tsip call. Song (likened to a coin spinning on a plate) starts with ringing notes and accelerates to a silvery trill. Status Locally common summer visitor to mature woodlands with tall trees, limited ground cover and closed canopy; Sessile Oak woods in W and N are favoured, and Beech woods elsewhere.
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  • Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix L 11-12cm. Colourful warbler with a distinctive song and precise habitat requirements. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile have olive-green upperparts, bright yellow throat and supercilium, and clean white underparts. Note dark eyestripe and pale pink legs. Voice Utters a sharp tsip call. Song (likened to a coin spinning on a plate) starts with ringing notes and accelerates to a silvery trill. Status Locally common summer visitor to mature woodlands with tall trees, limited ground cover and closed canopy; Sessile Oak woods in W and N are favoured, and Beech woods elsewhere.
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  • Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix L 11-12cm. Colourful warbler with a distinctive song and precise habitat requirements. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile have olive-green upperparts, bright yellow throat and supercilium, and clean white underparts. Note dark eyestripe and pale pink legs. Voice Utters a sharp tsip call. Song (likened to a coin spinning on a plate) starts with ringing notes and accelerates to a silvery trill. Status Locally common summer visitor to mature woodlands with tall trees, limited ground cover and closed canopy; Sessile Oak woods in W and N are favoured, and Beech woods elsewhere.
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  • Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix L 11-12cm. Colourful warbler with a distinctive song and precise habitat requirements. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile have olive-green upperparts, bright yellow throat and supercilium, and clean white underparts. Note dark eyestripe and pale pink legs. Voice Utters a sharp tsip call. Song (likened to a coin spinning on a plate) starts with ringing notes and accelerates to a silvery trill. Status Locally common summer visitor to mature woodlands with tall trees, limited ground cover and closed canopy; Sessile Oak woods in W and N are favoured, and Beech woods elsewhere.
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  • Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix L 11-12cm. Colourful warbler with a distinctive song and precise habitat requirements. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile have olive-green upperparts, bright yellow throat and supercilium, and clean white underparts. Note dark eyestripe and pale pink legs. Voice Utters a sharp tsip call. Song (likened to a coin spinning on a plate) starts with ringing notes and accelerates to a silvery trill. Status Locally common summer visitor to mature woodlands with tall trees, limited ground cover and closed canopy; Sessile Oak woods in W and N are favoured, and Beech woods elsewhere.
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  • Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix L 11-12cm. Colourful warbler with a distinctive song and precise habitat requirements. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile have olive-green upperparts, bright yellow throat and supercilium, and clean white underparts. Note dark eyestripe and pale pink legs. Voice Utters a sharp tsip call. Song (likened to a coin spinning on a plate) starts with ringing notes and accelerates to a silvery trill. Status Locally common summer visitor to mature woodlands with tall trees, limited ground cover and closed canopy; Sessile Oak woods in W and N are favoured, and Beech woods elsewhere.
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  • Wood Warbler - Phylloscopus sibilatrix. L 11-12cm. Colourful warbler with a distinctive song and precise habitat requirements. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile have olive-green upperparts, bright yellow throat and supercilium, and clean white underparts. Note dark eyestripe and pale pink legs. Voice Utters a sharp tsip call. Song (likened to a coin spinning on a plate) starts with ringing notes and accelerates to a silvery trill. Status Locally common summer visitor to mature woodlands with tall trees, limited ground cover and closed canopy; Sessile Oak woods in W and N are favoured, and Beech woods elsewhere.
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  • Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix L 11-12cm. Colourful warbler with a distinctive song and precise habitat requirements. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile have olive-green upperparts, bright yellow throat and supercilium, and clean white underparts. Note dark eyestripe and pale pink legs. Voice Utters a sharp tsip call. Song (likened to a coin spinning on a plate) starts with ringing notes and accelerates to a silvery trill. Status Locally common summer visitor to mature woodlands with tall trees, limited ground cover and closed canopy; Sessile Oak woods in W and N are favoured, and Beech woods elsewhere.
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  • Wood Warbler - Phylloscopus sibilatrix L 11-12cm. Colourful warbler with a distinctive song and precise habitat requirements. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile have olive-green upperparts, bright yellow throat and supercilium, and clean white underparts. Note dark eyestripe and pale pink legs. Voice Utters a sharp tsip call. Song (likened to a coin spinning on a plate) starts with ringing notes and accelerates to a silvery trill. Status Locally common summer visitor to mature woodlands with tall trees, limited ground cover and closed canopy; Sessile Oak woods in W and N are favoured, and Beech woods elsewhere.
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  • Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix L 11-12cm. Colourful warbler with a distinctive song and precise habitat requirements. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile have olive-green upperparts, bright yellow throat and supercilium, and clean white underparts. Note dark eyestripe and pale pink legs. Voice Utters a sharp tsip call. Song (likened to a coin spinning on a plate) starts with ringing notes and accelerates to a silvery trill. Status Locally common summer visitor to mature woodlands with tall trees, limited ground cover and closed canopy; Sessile Oak woods in W and N are favoured, and Beech woods elsewhere.
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  • Hen of the Woods - Grifola frondosa
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  • Hen of the Woods - Grifola frondosa
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  • Chicken of the Woods - Laetiporus sulphureus
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  • Wood Anemone - Anemone nemorosa. Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire.
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  • Wood Anemone - Anemone nemorosa. Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire.
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  • Wood Anemone - Anemone nemorosa. Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire.
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  • Corsican Pine - Pinus nigra, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Goldilocks Buttercup - Ranunculus auricomus , Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Goldilocks Buttercup - Ranunculus auricomus , Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Early Purple Orchid - Orchis mascula, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Early Purple Orchid - Orchis mascula, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Footpath through Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Yellow Archangel - Lamiastrum galeobdolon, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Hornbean seedlings - Carpinus betulus, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Ancient Wild Service Tree - Sorbus torminalis, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Ancient coppiced Hornbeam - Carpinus betulus, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Dog's Mercury - Mercurialis perennis, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Dog's Mercury - Mercurialis perennis, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Ancient coppiced Hornbeam - Carpinus betulus, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Footpath through ancient woodland at Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Pedunculate or English Oak - Quercus Robur, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Field Maple - Acer campestre, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Footpath through Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Common Nettle - Urtica dioica, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Common Nettle - Urtica dioica, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scriptaStoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Ancient Wild Service Tree - Sorbus torminalis, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Bluebell woodland - Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Bluebell woodland - Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Early Purple Orchid - Orchis mascula, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Corsican Pine - Pinus nigra ssp. maritima, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Corsican Pine - Pinus nigra ssp. maritima, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Bluebell woodland - Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Footpath through Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Bluebell - Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire
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  • Footpath through Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Yellow Archangel - Lamiastrum galeobdolon, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Herb Robert - Geranium robertianum, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Yellow Archangel - Lamiastrum galeobdolon, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Bugle - Ajuga reptans, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Greater Stitchwort - Stellaria holostea, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Wild Strawberry - Fragaria vesca, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Hazel - Corylus avellana, spring leaf burst, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Field Maple - Acer campestre, spring leaf burst, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Hornbean seedlings - Carpinus betulus, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Footpath through the Bluebells at Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Footpath through Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Lords-and-Ladies - Arum maculatum, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Bugle - Ajuga reptans, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Ancient coppiced Hornbeam - Carpinus betulus, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Ancient coppiced Hornbeam - Carpinus betulus, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Ancient woodland boundary covered in Bluebells, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Bluebell - Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire
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  • Soft Wood-grass/Creeping Soft-grass  (Holcus mollis) HEIGHT to 60cm. Similar to Yorkshire Fog but more slender; stems downy only at the joints. Grows in woods and on heaths, mainly on acid soils. FLOWERS In heads, compact at first then spreading, with purplish-green spikelets, each with a bent awn (June-Aug). FRUITS Small, dry nutlets. LEAVES Grey-green.
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  • WOOD VETCH Vicia sylvatica (Fabaceae) Height to 1.5m<br />
Elegant, straggling perennial of shady woods and steep, coastal slopes. FLOWERS are 12-20mm long, white and purple-veined; borne in spikes of up to 20 flowers (Jun-Aug).  FRUITS are black, hairless pods. LEAVES comprise 6-12 pairs of oblong leaflets and end in a branched tendril. STATUS-Widespread but local; commonest in W.
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  • WOOD VETCH Vicia sylvatica (Fabaceae) Height to 1.5m<br />
Elegant, straggling perennial of shady woods and steep, coastal slopes. FLOWERS are 12-20mm long, white and purple-veined; borne in spikes of up to 20 flowers (Jun-Aug).  FRUITS are black, hairless pods. LEAVES comprise 6-12 pairs of oblong leaflets and end in a branched tendril. STATUS-Widespread but local; commonest in W.
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  • Bluebells in Micheldever Woods, Hampshire. BLUEBELL Hycanithoides non-scripta (Liliaceae) Height to 50cm. Attractive and hairless, bulbous perennial that grows in woodland and also on coastal cliffs. In wooded areas where the management regime suits its needs (sympathetically coppiced Hazel is ideal) it forms extensive and continuous carpets on the woodland floor. FLOWERS are bell-shaped with 6 recurved lobes at the mouth, and are bluish purple (very occasionally pink or white); borne in 1-sided drooping-tipped spikes (Apr-Jun). FRUITS are capsules. LEAVES are long, 15mm wide, glossy green and all basal. STATUS-Widespread throughout the region and sometimes locally abundant.
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  • Autumn Beech, Stoke woods, Oxfordshire
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  • Goldcrest Regulus regulus L 9cm. Our smallest bird. Recalls a Phylloscopus warbler but note large head and white-ringed dark eye and colourful crown stripe. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult has greenish upperparts with 2 pale wingbars, and yellow-buff underparts. Note black-bordered crown stripe (orange in male, yellow in female). Juvenile is similar but crown stripe is absent. Voice Utters a thin, high-pitched tsee-tsee-tsee. Song is a series of high-pitched phrases that ends in a flourish. Status Common woodland resident; favours conifers but also found in deciduous woods, especially in winter. Migrants from N Europe boost numbers outside breeding season.
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  • Tree canopy in winter, Felbrigg Woods, Norfolk, UK
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  • Black Hairstreak Satyriuim pruni Wingspan 35mm. A rather sluggish butterfly with lethargic flight. Easiest to see when feeding on Privet flowers or honeydew on leaves. Adult seldom reveals upperwings. Underwings are rich brown with orange band white line on both wings. Upperwings are dark grey-brown. Flies July. Larva is rather slug-like and feeds on Blackthorn. Pupa has markings that make it look like a bird dropping. A rare butterfly, found in open woods with Blackthorn thickets; mainly in the East Midlands.
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  • Black Hairstreak Satyriuim pruni Wingspan 35mm. A rather sluggish butterfly with lethargic flight. Easiest to see when feeding on Privet flowers or honeydew on leaves. Adult seldom reveals upperwings. Underwings are rich brown with orange band white line on both wings. Upperwings are dark grey-brown. Flies July. Larva is rather slug-like and feeds on Blackthorn. Pupa has markings that make it look like a bird dropping. A rare butterfly, found in open woods with Blackthorn thickets; mainly in the East Midlands.
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  • Black Hairstreak Satyriuim pruni Wingspan 35mm. A rather sluggish butterfly with lethargic flight. Easiest to see when feeding on Privet flowers or honeydew on leaves. Adult seldom reveals upperwings. Underwings are rich brown with orange band white line on both wings. Upperwings are dark grey-brown. Flies July. Larva is rather slug-like and feeds on Blackthorn. Pupa has markings that make it look like a bird dropping. A rare butterfly, found in open woods with Blackthorn thickets; mainly in the East Midlands.
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  • Black Hairstreak Satyriuim pruni Wingspan 35mm. A rather sluggish butterfly with lethargic flight. Easiest to see when feeding on Privet flowers or honeydew on leaves. Adult seldom reveals upperwings. Underwings are rich brown with orange band white line on both wings. Upperwings are dark grey-brown. Flies July. Larva is rather slug-like and feeds on Blackthorn. Pupa has markings that make it look like a bird dropping. A rare butterfly, found in open woods with Blackthorn thickets; mainly in the East Midlands.
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  • Black Hairstreak Satyriuim pruni Wingspan 35mm. A rather sluggish butterfly with lethargic flight. Easiest to see when feeding on Privet flowers or honeydew on leaves. Adult seldom reveals upperwings. Underwings are rich brown with orange band white line on both wings. Upperwings are dark grey-brown. Flies July. Larva is rather slug-like and feeds on Blackthorn. Pupa has markings that make it look like a bird dropping. A rare butterfly, found in open woods with Blackthorn thickets; mainly in the East Midlands.
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  • LORD-AND-LADIES Arum maculatum (Araceae) Height to 50cm. Perennial of woods and hedges. FLOWERS comprise a pale green, purple-margined spathe, cowl-shaped and part-shrouding the club-shaped, purplish brown spadix; on slender stalks (Apr-May). FRUITS are red berries, borne in a spike. LEAVES are arrowhead-shaped, stalked, sometimes dark-spotted; appear in spring.
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  • Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Shoulder height 38-45cm Tiny, unobtrusive deer. Territorial and mainly solitary. Browses low vegetation. Adult is mainly reddish brown coat with whitish chest and belly. Has large head (with converging dark stripes on forehead) and short legs. Tail is long, reddish brown above but whitish below; conspicuous when raised in alarm. Male (buck) develops tusk-like upper canine teeth; antlers appear in autumn, shed the following summer. Female (doe) does not grow antlers. Fawn is tiny and reddish brown with white spots. Utters a piercing bark. Introduced from Far East, now locally common in scrub, woods and gardens.
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  • Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Length 45-55cm Abundant rodent. Introduced to Britain, now the most familiar squirrel. Diet is omnivorous and renowned for its cunning in exploiting food sources. Adult has plump but elongated body and long bushy tail. Rounded ears lack ear tufts. Coat is mainly grizzled grey with whitish chest and belly. Some individuals are variably tinged with brown in summer. Utters teeth-smacking ‘tchack’ when alarmed. Native to North America, introduced here in 1876. Now widespread and common, its adaptability allowing it to thrive in woods, parks and gardens.
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  • Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Length 45-55cm Abundant rodent. Introduced to Britain, now the most familiar squirrel. Diet is omnivorous and renowned for its cunning in exploiting food sources. Adult has plump but elongated body and long bushy tail. Rounded ears lack ear tufts. Coat is mainly grizzled grey with whitish chest and belly. Some individuals are variably tinged with brown in summer. Utters teeth-smacking ‘tchack’ when alarmed. Native to North America, introduced here in 1876. Now widespread and common, its adaptability allowing it to thrive in woods, parks and gardens.
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  • Goldcrest Regulus regulus L 9cm. Our smallest bird. Recalls a Phylloscopus warbler but note large head and white-ringed dark eye and colourful crown stripe. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult has greenish upperparts with 2 pale wingbars, and yellow-buff underparts. Note black-bordered crown stripe (orange in male, yellow in female). Juvenile is similar but crown stripe is absent. Voice Utters a thin, high-pitched tsee-tsee-tsee. Song is a series of high-pitched phrases that ends in a flourish. Status Common woodland resident; favours conifers but also found in deciduous woods, especially in winter. Migrants from N Europe boost numbers outside breeding season.
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  • Goldcrest Regulus regulus L 9cm. Our smallest bird. Recalls a Phylloscopus warbler but note large head and white-ringed dark eye and colourful crown stripe. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult has greenish upperparts with 2 pale wingbars, and yellow-buff underparts. Note black-bordered crown stripe (orange in male, yellow in female). Juvenile is similar but crown stripe is absent. Voice Utters a thin, high-pitched tsee-tsee-tsee. Song is a series of high-pitched phrases that ends in a flourish. Status Common woodland resident; favours conifers but also found in deciduous woods, especially in winter. Migrants from N Europe boost numbers outside breeding season.
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  • Autumn in Stoke Woods, Oxfordshire
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  • Black Hairstreak - Satyriuim pruni. Wingspan 35mm. A rather sluggish butterfly with lethargic flight. Easiest to see when feeding on Privet flowers or honeydew on leaves. Adult seldom reveals upperwings. Underwings are rich brown with orange band white line on both wings. Upperwings are dark grey-brown. Flies July. Larva is rather slug-like and feeds on Blackthorn. Pupa has markings that make it look like a bird dropping. A rare butterfly, found in open woods with Blackthorn thickets; mainly in the East Midlands.
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  • Goldcrest Regulus regulus L 9cm. Our smallest bird. Recalls a Phylloscopus warbler but note large head and white-ringed dark eye and colourful crown stripe. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult has greenish upperparts with 2 pale wingbars, and yellow-buff underparts. Note black-bordered crown stripe (orange in male, yellow in female). Juvenile is similar but crown stripe is absent. Voice Utters a thin, high-pitched tsee-tsee-tsee. Song is a series of high-pitched phrases that ends in a flourish. Status Common woodland resident; favours conifers but also found in deciduous woods, especially in winter. Migrants from N Europe boost numbers outside breeding season.
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  • Goldcrest Regulus regulus L 9cm. Our smallest bird. Recalls a Phylloscopus warbler but note large head and white-ringed dark eye and colourful crown stripe. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult has greenish upperparts with 2 pale wingbars, and yellow-buff underparts. Note black-bordered crown stripe (orange in male, yellow in female). Juvenile is similar but crown stripe is absent. Voice Utters a thin, high-pitched tsee-tsee-tsee. Song is a series of high-pitched phrases that ends in a flourish. Status Common woodland resident; favours conifers but also found in deciduous woods, especially in winter. Migrants from N Europe boost numbers outside breeding season.
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  • Goldcrest Regulus regulus L 9cm. Our smallest bird. Recalls a Phylloscopus warbler but note large head and white-ringed dark eye and colourful crown stripe. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult has greenish upperparts with 2 pale wingbars, and yellow-buff underparts. Note black-bordered crown stripe (orange in male, yellow in female). Juvenile is similar but crown stripe is absent. Voice Utters a thin, high-pitched tsee-tsee-tsee. Song is a series of high-pitched phrases that ends in a flourish. Status Common woodland resident; favours conifers but also found in deciduous woods, especially in winter. Migrants from N Europe boost numbers outside breeding season.
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  • Grey Squirrel - Sciurus carolinensis - Skull showing deformity in incisors. Length 45-55cm Abundant rodent. Introduced to Britain, now the most familiar squirrel. Diet is omnivorous and renowned for its cunning in exploiting food sources. Adult has plump but elongated body and long bushy tail. Rounded ears lack ear tufts. Coat is mainly grizzled grey with whitish chest and belly. Some individuals are variably tinged with brown in summer. Utters teeth-smacking ‘tchack’ when alarmed. Native to North America, introduced here in 1876. Now widespread and common, its adaptability allowing it to thrive in woods, parks and gardens.
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  • Goldcrest Regulus regulus L 9cm. Our smallest bird. Recalls a Phylloscopus warbler but note large head and white-ringed dark eye and colourful crown stripe. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult has greenish upperparts with 2 pale wingbars, and yellow-buff underparts. Note black-bordered crown stripe (orange in male, yellow in female). Juvenile is similar but crown stripe is absent. Voice Utters a thin, high-pitched tsee-tsee-tsee. Song is a series of high-pitched phrases that ends in a flourish. Status Common woodland resident; favours conifers but also found in deciduous woods, especially in winter. Migrants from N Europe boost numbers outside breeding season.
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  • Tree canopy in winter, Felbrigg Woods, Norfolk, UK
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  • Tree canopy in winter, Felbrigg Woods, Norfolk, UK
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  • Abstract of Felbrigg Woods in winter, Norfolk, UK
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