Brickfields Country Park Wildlife

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Of the current total of 648 species that have been found in Brickfields Country Park, 22 are Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) species (2 plants, 4 birds, 1 animal and 15 invertebrates).  We also have a possible four more Biodiversity Action Plan species that we are still researching before adding to our lists.  There are a further 25 species that are unidentified in four groups that can be seen from this link.

Information Key - D = data, I = image, S = sound, V = video, P = poisonous, T = toxic.   denotes a new entry in the list,   = Biodiversity Action Plan species.

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Aquatic See also - Invertebrates | Birds | Animals | Invasive[top]
	Common name	Species	Key
	Beetle - Great Diving	Dytiscus marginalis	D I
	Beetle - Large Diving	Colymbetes fuscus	D I
	Beetle - Lesser Diving	Acilius sulcatus	D I
	Beetle - Whirligig	Gyrinus ssp.	D I
	Boatman - Greater Water Boatman	Notonecta glauca	D I
	Boatman - Lesser Water Boatman	Corixa punctata	D I S
	Common - Frog	Rana temporaria	D I
	Common - Newt	Lissotriton vulgaris	D I
	Common - Toad	Bufo bufo	D I
	Fish - Carp	Cyprinus carpio	D I
	Fish - Crusian Carp	Carassius carassius	D I
	Fish - European Perch	Perca fluviatilis	D I
	Fish - Goldfish	Carassius auratus	D I
	Fish - Koi Carp	Cyprinus spp.	D I
	Fish - Roach	Rutilus rutilus	D I
	Fish - Rudd	Scardinius erythrophthalmus	D I
	Fish - Tench	Tinca tinca	D I
	Fish - Three Spined Stickleback	Gasterosteus aculeatus	D I
	Leech - Medicinal	Hirudo medicinalis	D I
	Leech - Duck	Protoclepsis tasselata	D I
	Pond Skaters	Gerridae spp.	D I
	Water Flea	Daphnia Pulex	D I
	Water Louse	Asellus aquaticus	D I
	Water Scorpion	Nepa cinerea	D I
	Water Snail	Bithynia tentaculata	D I
	Water Stick insect	Ranatra linearis	D I
Invertebrates See also - Aquatic | Birds | Animals | Invasive[top]
	Common name	Species	Key
	Ant - Common Black Garden Ant	Lasius niger	D I
	Ant - Yellow Meadow Ant	Lasius flavus	D I
	Aphid - Variegated Oak	Lachnus roboris	D I
	Aphid - Black Bean	Aphis fabae	D I
	Bee - Chocolate Mining Bee	Andrena scotica	D I
	Bee - Hairy legged Mining Bee	Dasypoda hirtipes	D I
	Bee - Honey	Apis mellifera	D I V
	Bee Fly	Bombylius major	D I
	Beetle - Alder Leaf beetle	Agelastica alni	D I
	Beetle - Black and Yellow Longhorn beetle	Rutpela maculata	D I
	Beetle - Black Vine Weevil	Otiorhynchus sulcatus	D I
	Beetle - False Oil beetle	Oedemera nobilis	D I
	Beetle - Screech beetle	Hygrobia hermanni	D I
	Beetle - Soldier beetle	Cantharis rustica	D I
	Beetle - Stag beetle	Lucanus cervus	D I S
	Beetle - Willow Leaf beetle	Plagiodera versicolora	D I
	Bumblebee - Brown banded Carder Bee	Bombus humilis	D I
	Bumblebee - Red shanked Carder Bee	Bombus ruderarius	D I
	Bumblebee - Red Tailed Bumblebee	Bombus lapidarius	D I
	Bumblebee - White Tailed Bumblebee	Bombus lucorum	D I
	Butterfly - Brimstone	Gonepteryx rhamni	D I
	Butterfly - Brown Argus	Plebeius agestis	D I
	Butterfly - Clouded Yellow	Colias crocea	D I
	Butterfly - Comma	Polygonia c–album	D I
	Butterfly - Common Blue	Polyommatus icarus	D I
	Butterfly - Essex Skipper	Thymelicus lineola	D I
	Butterfly - Gatekeeper	Pyronia tithonus	D I
	Butterfly - Green Veined White	Pieris napi	D I
	Butterfly - Holly Blue	Celastrina argiolus	D I
	Butterfly - Large Skipper	Ochlodes sylvanus	D I
	Butterfly - Large White	Pieris brassicae	D I
	Butterfly - Meadow Brown	Maniola jurtina	D I
	Butterfly - Orange–tip	Anthocharis cardamines	D I
	Butterfly - Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui	D I
	Butterfly - Peacock	Inachis io	D I
	Butterfly - Pearl Bordered Fritillary	Boloria euphrosyne	D I
	Butterfly - Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta	D I
	Butterfly - Ringlet	Aphantopus hyperantus	D I
	Butterfly - Silver–washed Fritillary	Argynnis paphia	D I
	Butterfly - Small Copper	Lycaena phlaeas	D I
	Butterfly - Small Heath	Coenonympha pamphilus	D I
	Butterfly - Small Skipper	Thymelicus sylvestris	D I
	Butterfly - Small Tortoiseshell	Aglais urticae	D I
	Butterfly - Small White	Pieris rapae	D I
	Butterfly - Speckled Wood	Pararge aegeria	D I
	Butterfly - Wall Brown	Lasiommata megera	D I
	Bug	Pantilius tunicatus	D I
	Cinnamon Bug	Corizus hyoscyami	D I
	Cockchafer	Melolontha melolontha	D I
	Crane Fly - Common European	Tipula paludosa	D I
	Crane Fly - Spotted	Nephrotoma appendiculata	D I
	Cricket - Longwinged Conehead	Conocephalus discolor	D I
	Cricket - Roesel's Bush Cricket	Metrioptera roeselii	D I
	Cricket - Speckled bush Cricket	Leptophyes punctatissima	D I
	Common Froghopper	Philaenus spumarius	D I
	Damselfly - Azure	Coenagrion puella	D I
	Damselfly - Beautiful Demoiselle	Calopteryx virgo	D I
	Damselfly - Blue Tailed	Ischnura elegans	D I
	Damselfly - Common Blue	Enellagma cyathigerum	D I
	Damselfly - Red	Pyrrhosoma nymphula	D I
	Damselfly - Red–eyed	Erythromma najas	D I
	Dragonfly - Black Tailed Skimmer	Orthetrum cancellatum	D I
	Dragonfly - Brilliant Emerald	Somatochlora metallica	D I
	Dragonfly - Brown Hawker	Aeshna grandis	D I
	Dragonfly - Common Darter	Sympetrum striolatum	D I
	Dragonfly - Emperor	Anax imperator	D I
	Dragonfly - Ruddy Darter	Sympetrum sanguineum	D I
	Dragonfly - Southern Hawker	Aeshna cyanea	D I
	Fly - Bluebottle	Caliphora vomitoria	D I
	Fly - Dung Fly	Scatophaga stercoraria	D I
	Fly - Green Bottle	Lucilia sericata	D I
	Fly - Flesh Fly	Sarcophaga ssp.	D I
	Earthworm	Lumbricus terrestris	D I
	Earwig	Forficula auricularia	D I
	Grasshopper - Common Field	Chorthippus parallelus	D I
	Grasshopper - Meadow	Chorthippus brunneus	D I
	Hoverfly - Chrysotoxum cautum	Chrysotoxum cautum	D I
	Hoverfly - Common Club fly	Syritta pipiens	D I
	Hoverfly - Marmalade	Episyrphus balteatus	D I
	Hoverfly - Myathropa florea	Myathropa florea	D I
	Ladybird - 2 Spot	Adalia 2–punctata	D I
	Ladybird - 7 Spot	Coccinella 7–punctata	D I
	Ladybird - 10 Spot	Adalia 10–punctata	D I
	Ladybird - 14 Spot	Propylea 14–punctata	D I
	Ladybird - 22 Spot	Psyllobora 22–punctata	D I
	Ladybird - Harlequin	Harmonia axyridis	D I
	Ladybird - Orange	Halyzia 16–guttata	D I
	Meadow Froghopper	Philaenus spumarius	D I
	Moth - Angle Shades	Phlogophora meticulosa	D I
	Moth - Bright–line Brown–eye	Lacanobia oleracea	D I
	Moth - Brimstone	Opisthograptis luteolata	D I
	Moth - Broad–bordered Yellow Underwing	Noctua fimbriata	D I
	Moth - Broom	Melanchra pisi	D I
	Moth - Bulrush Wainscot	Nonagria typhae	D I
	Moth - Chinese Character moth	Cilix glaucata	D I
	Moth - Cinnabar	Tyria jacobaeae	D I
	Moth - Common Emerald	Hemithea aestivaria	D I
	Moth - Common Pug	Eupithecia vulgata	D I
	Moth - Dot	Melanchra persicariae	D I
	Moth - Early Thorn	Selenia dentaria	D I
	Moth - Elephant Hawk–moth	Deilephila elpenor	D I
	Moth - Eyed Hawk–moth	Smerinthus ocellatus	D I
	Moth - Fan–foot	Zanclognatha tarsipennalis	D I
	Moth - Fenland Pearl	Phlyctaenia perlucidalis	D I
	Moth - Garden Dart	Euxoa nigricans	D I
	Moth - Green Longhorn	Adela viridella	D I
	Moth - Grey Dagger	Acronicta psi	D I
	Moth - Herald moth	Scoliopteryx libatrix	D I
	Moth - Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner	Cameraria ohridella	D I
	Moth - July Highflyer	Hydriomena furcata	D I
	Moth - Knot Grass	Acronicta rumicis	D I V
	Moth - Lackey	Malacosoma neustria	D I
	Moth - Large yellow underwing	Noctua pronuba	D I
	Moth - Longhorn	Nemophora degeerellak	D I
	Moth - Magpie	Abraxas grossulariata	D I
	Moth - Mottled Umber	Erannis defoliaria	D I
	Moth - Oak Beauty	Biston strataria	D I
	Moth - Oak Nycteoline	Nycteola revayana	D I
	Moth - Orange Sallow	Tiliacea citrago	D I
	Moth - Orange Swift	Triodia sylvina	D I
	Moth - Pebble Prominent	Notodonta ziczac	D I
	Moth - Peppered	Biston betularia	D I
	Moth - Plume	Emmelina monodactyla	D I
	Moth - Poplar Grey	Acronicta megacephala	D I
	Moth - Short cloaked	Nola cucullatella	D I
	Moth - Silver Y	Autographa gamma	D I
	Moth - Small Dusty Wave	Idaea seriata	D I
	Moth - Small Magpie	Anania hortulata	D I
	Moth - Svensson's Copper Underwing	Amphipyra berbera	D I
	Moth - Sycamore	Acronicta aceris	D I
	Moth - The Snout moth	Hypena proboscidalis	D I
	Moth - Vapourer moth	Orgyia antiqua	D I
	Moth - Willow Beauty	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	D I
	Moth - Winter moth	Opherophtera brumata	D I
	Oak Marble Gall Wasp	Andricus kollari	D I
	Owl Midge	Pericoma fuliginosa	D I
	Parasitic insect	Stylops melittae	D I
	Scarab – Rose Chafer	Cetonia aurata	D I
	Shieldbug - Bishop's Mitre	Aelia acuminata	D I
	Shieldbug - Crucifer	Eurydema oleracea	D I
	Shieldbug - Dock Leaf	Coreus Marginatus	D I
	Shieldbug - Green	Palomena prasina	D I
	Shieldbug - Pied	Tritomegas bicolor	D I
	Shieldbug - Sloe	Dolycoris baccarum	D I
	Slug - Black	Arion ater agg.	D I
	Slug - Leopard	Limax maximus	D I
	Snail - Garden	Helix aspersa	D I
	Snail - Strawberry	Trochulus striolatus	D I
	Snail - White–lipped	Cepaea hortensis	D I
	Spider - Crab spider	Misumena vatia	D I
	Spider - European Garden	Araneus diadematus	D I
	Spider - European House	Tegenaria domestica	D I
	Spider - False Widow Spider	Steatoda nobilis	D I T
	Spider - Nursery Web	Pisaura mirabilis	D I
	Spider - Wasp	Argiope bruennichi	D I
	Tick	Ixodes ricinus	D I T
	Wasp - Common	Vespula vulgaris	D I T
	Wasp - German	Vespula germanica	D I T
	Wasp - Hornet	Vespa crabro	D I T
	Wasp - Parasitic	Diphyus quadripunctorius	D I
	Wasp - Parasitic	Ichneumon suspiciosus	D I
	Wasp - Ruby Tailed Jewel	Chrysis ignita	D I
	Wood louse	Oniscus asellus	D I
Birds See also - Aquatic | Invertebrates | Animals | Invasive[top]
	Common name	Species	Key
	Blackbird	Turdus merula	D I S
	Blue Tit	Cyanistes caeruleus	D I S
	Bullfinch	Pyrrhula pyrrhula	D I
	Buzzard	Buteo buteo	D I S
	Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	D I S
	Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	D I S
	Collared Dove	Streptopelia decaocto	D I S
	Coot	Fulica atra	D I S
	Crow	Corvus corone	D I S
	Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	D I S
	Duck - Buff Orpingdon	Anas platyrhynchos domesticus	D I
	Duck - Cayuga duck	Anas platyrhynchos x Anas rubripes	D I
	Duck - Domestic	Anas platyrhynchos domesticus	D I
	Duck - Egyptian goose	Alopochen aegyptiaca	D I S
	Duck - Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	D I S
	Duck - Swedish	Anas platyrhynchos domesticus	D I
	Duck - Tufted duck	Aix sponsa	D I
	Duck - Wood duck	Aythya fuligula	D I S
	Dunnock	Prunella modularis	D I S
	Eurasian Nuthatch	Sitta europaea	D I S
	European Greenfinch	Carduelis chloris	D I S
	Great Tit	Parus major newtoni	D I S
	Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea	D I S
	Grey Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	D I S
	Goldcrest	Regulus regulus	D I S
	Golden Pheasant	Chrysolophus pictus	D I S
	Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	D I S
	Gull - Black–headed gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	D I
	Gull - European Herring gull	Larus argentatus	D I
	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	D I S
	Jackdaw	Corvus monedula	D I S
	Jay	Garrulus glandarius	D I S
	Kestrel	Falco tinnunculu	D I S
	Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis	D I S
	Long–tailed Tit	Pica pica	D I S
	Magpie	Aegithalos caudatus	D I S
	Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	D I S
	Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	D I S
	Pied Wagtail	Motacilla alba ssp yarellii	D I S
	Redpoll	Carduelis flammea cabaret	D I S
	Red Kite	Milvus milvus	D I S
	Ring Necked Parakeet	Psittacula krameri	D I S
	Robin	Erithacus rubecula	D I S
	Song Thrush	Turdus philomelosa	D I S
	Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus	D I S V
	Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	D I S
	Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	D I S
	Waxwing	Bombycilla garrulus	D I S
	Winter Wren	Troglodytes troglodytes	D I S
	Woodpecker - Great Spotted	Dendrocopos major	D I S V
	Woodpecker - Green	Picus viridis	D   S
	Wood Pigeon	Columba palumbus	D I S
	Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla Flava	D I S
Animals See also - Aquatic | Invertebrates | Birds | Invasive[top]
	Common name	Species	Key
	Common Vandal	Homo sapiens ssp. stupidus	D I
	Grey Squirrel	Sciurus carolinensis	D I
	Hedgehog	Erinaceus europaeus	D I
	Pipistrelle bat	Pipistrellus pipistrellus	D I S
	Red Fox	Vulpes vulpes	D I
	Wood Mouse	Apodemus sylvaticus	D I
Invasive See also - Aquatic | Invertebrates | Birds | Animals[top]
The following species are being controlled where possible by relocation or trapping, contact FBCP if you also have a problem with them and require further information.
	Common name	Species	Key
	Brown Rat	Rattus norvegicus	D I
	Western Painted Turtle	Chrysemys picta bellii	D I
	Red Eared Terrapin	Trachemys scripta elegans	D I

Please do not introduce or remove any wildlife in the environment, besides being illegal, some introduced species could become widespread and threaten our own native species, as the Grey Squirrel has done to the Red Squirrel.

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