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Lion Coppice

Lion Coppice is home to a rich variety of wildlife, including the species listed below. However, the species list is certainly incomplete. If you have observed and identified any species on or near Lion Coppice that is not already listed, then please tell us about it via the contact form.

Birds

Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Cole Tit (Periparus ater)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus) (rookery on Battlefield Road, opposite Red Lion)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swift (Apus apus)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Willow Tit (Poecile montana)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Mammals

Badger (Meles meles) (more on the badgers of Lion Coppice)
Bats (species unknown)
Common Mole (Talpa europaea)
Field Vole (Microtus agrestis)
Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Polecat (Mustela putoriu)
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Butterflies

Comma (Polygonia c-album)
Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)
Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)
Green-veined White (Artogeia napi)
Large Skipper (Ochlodes faunus)
Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines)
Peacock (Inachis io)
Purple Hairstreak (Neozephyrus quercus)
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)
Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)
Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
Small White (Pieris rapae)
Speckled Wood (Parage aegeria)

Moths

(Acleris holmiana) iSpot
(Acleris sp.) (ferrugana or notana) iSpot
(Adela rufimitrella) iSpot
(Aethes smeathmanniana) iSpot
(Agapeta hamana) iSpot
(Agonopterix arenella) iSpot
(Agonopterix spp.) (heracliana or ciliella) iSpot
(Amblyptilia sp.) (acanthadactyla or punctidactyla) iSpot
Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) iSpot
Antler Moth (Cerapteryx graminis) iSpot
(Apotomis betuletana) iSpot
Apple Ermine (Yponomeuta malinellus) iSpot
(Argyresthia goedartella) iSpot
Ash Bud (Prays fraxinella) iSpot
Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis cerasana) iSpot
Barred Marble (Celypha striana) iSpot iSpot
Barred Straw (Eulithis pyraliata) iSpot
Barred Yellow (Cidaria fulvata) iSpot
Beautiful Hook-tip (Laspeyria flexula) iSpot
Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella) iSpot
Bird-Cherry Ermine (Yponomeuta evonymella) iSpot
(Blastobasis adustella) iSpot
(Blastodacna hellerella) iSpot
Blood-Vein (Timandra comae) iSpot
Bramble Shoot (Epiblema uddmanniana) iSpot
Brindled Pug (Eupithecia abbreviata) iSpot
Brimstone (Opisthograptis luteolata) iSpot
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua fimbriata)
Brown House-moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella) iSpot
Brown-spot Pinion (Agrochola litura) iSpot
Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum) iSpot
Buff-Tip (Phalera bucephala) iSpot
(Caloptilia stigmatella) iSpot
(Carcina quercana) photo
(Catoptria falsella) iSpot
Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis corylana) iSpot
Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) iSpot iSpot
Chinese Character (Cilix glaucata) iSpot
Chocolate-Tip (Clostera curtula) iSpot
Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae) iSpot (Section 41 UK priority species)
Clay (Mythimna ferrago) iSpot
Clouded Border (Lomaspilis marginata) iSpot
Clouded-bordered Brindle (Apamea crenata) iSpot
Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) iSpot iSpot
Clouded Magpie (Abraxas sylvata) iSpot
Clouded Silver (Lomographa temerata) iSpot
Clouded Slender (Caloptilia populetorum) iSpot
Common Emerald (Hemithea aestivaria) iSpot
Common Footman (Eilema lurideola) iSpot
Common Grass-veneer (Agriphila tristella) iSpot
Common Marble (Celypha lacunana) iSpot iSpot
Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) iSpot iSpot iSpot
Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) iSpot
Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) iSpot
Common Rustic agg (Mesapamea secalis agg.) iSpot
Common Swift (Hepialus lupulinus) iSpot
Common Purple & Gold (Pyrausta purpuralis) iSpot
Common White Wave (Cabera pusaria) iSpot
Copper Underwing agg (Amphipyra pyramidea/berbera subsp. svenssoni) iSpot
Cork Moth (Nemapogon cloacella) iSpot
Coxcomb Prominent (Ptilodon capucina) iSpot
Crescent Bell (Epinotia bilunana) iSpot
Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) iSpot
Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella) iSpot
Dingy Footman (Eilema griseola) iSpot and Dingy Footman (Eilema griseola ab. stramineola) iSpot
(Dipleurina lacustrata) iSpot
(Diurnea fagella) iSpot
Dotted Border (Agriopis marginaria) iSpot
Double Square-Spot (Xestia triangulum) iSpot
Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) iSpot iSpot
Drinker (Euthrix potatoria) iSpot
Dun-bar (Cosmia trapezina) iSpot iSpot
Dusky Brocade (Apamea remissa) iSpot
Early Moth (Theria primaria) iSpot
Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) iSpot
Early Tooth-striped (Trichopteryx carpinata) iSpot
Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer (Agriphila geniculea) iSpot
(Emmelina monodactyla) iSpot
Engrailed (Ectropis bistortata) iSpot iSpot
(Epiblema roborana) iSpot
(Epinotia immundana) iSpot
(Eriocrania subpurpurella) iSpot
(Eudonia lacustrata) iSpot
Fan-foot (Zanclognatha tarsipennalis) iSpot
Feathered Diamond-back (Incurvaria masculella) iSpot
Feathered Thorn (Colotois pennaria) iSpot
Figure of Eight (Diloba caeruleocephala) iSpot (Section 41 UK priority species)
Figure of Eighty (Tethea ocularis) iSpot
Flame (Axylia putris) iSpot
Flame Carpet (Xanthorhoe designata) iSpot
Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) iSpot
Flounced Rustic (Luperina testacea) iSpot iSpot
Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata) iSpot
Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata subsp. fluctuata) iSpot
Garden Grass-Veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) iSpot
Garden Pebble (Evergestis forficalis) iSpot
Ghost Moth (Hepialus humuli) photo (Section 41 UK priority species) iSpot
Gold Triangle (Hypsopygia costalis) iSpot
Gothic (Naenia typica) iSpot
Grass Moth (Crambidae sp.) iSpot
Green-brindled Crescent (Allophyes oxyacanthae) iSpot also the dark form (Allophyes oxyacanthae ab. capucina) iSpot (Section 41 UK priority species)
Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) iSpot
Green Oak Tortrix (Tortrix viridana) iSpot
Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata) iSpot
Green Silver-lines (Pseudoips prasinana britannica) iSpot
Grey Arches (Polia nebulosa) iSpot
Grey Dagger/Dark Dagger (Acronicta psi/tridens) iSpot
Hawthorn Argent (Argyresthia bonnetella) iSpot
Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) iSpot
Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) iSpot
Horse Chestnut Leaf-miner (Cameraria ohridella) iSpot
(Incurvaria masculella) iSpot
Ingrailed Clay (Diarsia mendica) iSpot
Iron Prominent (Notodonta dromedarius) iSpot
July Highflyer (Hydriomena furcata) iSpot
Large Birch Bell (Epinotia brunnichana) iSpot
Large Emerald (Geometra papilionaria) iSpot
Large Fruit-tree Tortrix (Archips podana) iSpot
Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) iSpot
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe) iSpot
Lesser Swallow Prominent (Pheosia gnoma) iSpot
Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata) iSpot
Lime Hawk Moth (Mimas tiliae) photo
Lunar Marbled Brown (Drymonia ruficornis) iSpot
Lunar Underwing (Omphaloscelis lunosa) iSpot
Magpie (Abraxas grossulariata) iSpot
Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica) iSpot
Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) iSpot
Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana) iSpot
March Moth (Alsophila aescularia) iSpot
Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis) iSpot
Mottled Beauty (Alcis repandata) iSpot
Mottled Pug (Eupithecia exiguata) iSpot iSpot
Mottled Umber (Erannis defoliaria) iSpot iSpot iSpot
Muslin Footman (Nudaria mundana) iSpot
Narrow-Winged Pug (Eupithecia nanata) iSpot
(Nematopogon swammerdamella) iSpot
(Nemophora degeerella) iSpot
Nettle-Tap (Anthophila fabriciana) iSpot
November Moth agg. (Epirrita dilutata agg.) iSpot
Oak Beauty (Biston strataria) iSpot
Oak Nycteoline (Nycteola revayana) iSpot
Olive Pearl (Udea olivalis) iSpot
Orange Sallow (Xanthia citrago) iSpot
Orange Swift (Hepialus sylvina) iSpot
Pale Brindled Beauty (Phigalia pilosaria) iSpot
Pale Eggar (Trichiura crataegi) iSpot
Pale Prominent (Pterostoma palpina) iSpot
Pale Tussock (Calliteara pudibunda) iSpot
Peach Blossom (Thyatira batis) iSpot
Pearl Veneer (Agriphila straminella) iSpot
Pebble Hook-Tip (Drepana falcataria) iSpot
Pebble Prominent (Notodonta ziczac) iSpot
(Pempelia formosa) iSpot
Peppered Moth (Biston betularia) iSpot
(Phycita roborella) iSpot
(Phycitodes binaevella) iSpot
Pink-Barred Sallow (Xanthia togata) iSpot
Plain Golden Y (Autographa jota) iSpot
Plum Tortrix (Hedya pruniana) iSpot
Poplar Grey (Acronicta megacephala) iSpot
Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) iSpot
Privet Twist (Clepsis consimilana) iSpot
Purple Thorn (Selenia tetralunaria) iSpot
Red-barred Tortrix (Ditula angustiorana)
Red/Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe spadicearia/ferrugata) iSpot
Red-Green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata) iSpot
Red-line Quaker (Agrochola lota) iSpot
Red Underwing (Catocala nupta) photo iSpot
Rhomboid Tortrix (Acleris rhombana) iSpot
Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) and non-banded form (Idaea aversata ab. remutata) iSpot
Round-Winged Muslin (Thumatha senex) iSpot
Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens) iSpot
Sallow (Xanthia icteritia) iSpot iSpot (Section 41 UK priority species)
Sandy Carpet (Perizoma flavofasciata) iSpot
Satellite (Eupsilia transversa) iSpot
Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata) iSpot
Scalloped Oak (Crocallis elinguaria) photo
Scarce Footman (Eilema complana) iSpot
Scarce Umber (Agriopis aurantiaria) iSpot
(Scoparia ambigualis) iSpot iSpot
September Thorn (Ennomos erosaria) iSpot
Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) iSpot iSpot
Shaded Broad-bar (Scotopteryx chenopodiata) iSpot
Short-cloaked Moth (Nola cucullatella) iSpot iSpot
Shoulder Stripe (Anticlea badiata) iSpot
Shuttled Shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) iSpot
Silver-Ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata iSpot
Silver Y (Autographa gamma) iSpot
Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata) iSpot iSpot
Six-striped Rustic (Xestia sexstrigata) iSpot
Small Angle Shades (Euplexia lucipara) iSpot
Small Blood-vein (Scopula imitaria) iSpot
Small China-mark (Cataclysta lemnata) iSpot
Small Dusty Wave (Idaea seriata) iSpot
Small Fan-foot (Herminia grisealis) iSpot
Small Fan-footed Wave (Idaea biselata) iSpot
Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata) iSpot
Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda) iSpot iSpot
Small Rivulet (Perizoma alchemillata) iSpot
Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi) iSpot
Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura) iSpot
Snout (Hypena proboscidalis)
Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita) iSpot
Sprawler (Asteroscopus sphinx) iSpot (Section 41 UK priority species)
Spring Usher (Agriopis leucophaearia) iSpot
Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa) iSpot
Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis) iSpot
Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) iSpot
Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula) iSpot
(Syndemis musculana) iSpot
(Tinea semifulvella) iSpot
(Tinea trinotella) iSpot
(Tortricodes alternella) iSpot
(Trachycera advenella) iSpot
Triangle-marked Roller (Ancylis achatana) iSpot
(Triaxomera fulvimitrella) iSpot
Twenty-plume Moth (Alucita hexadactyla) photo
Twin-spotted Quaker (Orthosia munda) iSpot
(Udea lutealis) iSpot iSpot
(Udea prunalis) iSpot
Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines) iSpot
Variegated Golden Tortrix (Archips xylosteana) iSpot
V-Pug (Chloroclystis v-ata)
White-shouldered House-moth (Endrosis sarcitrella) iSpot
Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) iSpot iSpot
White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) iSpot
White Plume Moth (Pterophorus pentadactyla) iSpot
Yarrow Plume (Platyptilia pallidactyla) iSpot
Yellow Horned (Achlya flavicornis) iSpot
Yellow Oak Button (Aleimma loeflingiana) iSpot
Yellow Rose Button (Acleris bergmanniana) iSpot
Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata) iSpot
Yellow Tail (Euproctis similis)
(Ypsolopha scabrella) iSpot

Dragonflies and Damselflies

Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) iSpot
Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)
Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea)

Hoverflies

(Eristalis sp.) iSpot
(Leucozona lucorum) iSpot
(Volucella pellucens)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) iSpot

Other Insects

7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata)
(Aceria cephalonea) A Sycamore leaf gall mite
Alder Spittlebug (Aphrophora alni) iSpot
Bee fly (Bombylius major)
Black Clock Beetle (Pterostichus (Steropus) madidus) iSpot
Black Sexton Beetle (Nicrophorus humator)
Blowfly (Calliphora sp.) iSpot
Brown Lacewing (Hemerobiidae sp.) iSpot
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Caddisfly (Mystacides sp., possibly M. nigra or M. azurea) iSpot
Caddisfly (Stenophylax sp.) iSpot
(Chromatomyia aprilina) (a fly which mines Honeysuckle leaves) iSpot
Common Carder-bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Common Cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) iSpot
Common Earwig (Forficula auricularia)
Common Sexton Beetle (Nicrophorus investigator)
Click Beetle sp. (Elateridae sp.) iSpot
Crane Fly (Limonia nubeculosa) iSpot
Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes) photo
Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)
Green Lacewing sp. (Chrysopidae sp.)
Hazel Sawfly (Craesus septentrionalis) iSpot
Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis form succinea) iSpot
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) iSpot
Hornet (Vespa crabro) iSpot
Ichneumon Wasp sp. (Ophioninae sp.) iSpot
Leafhopper sp. (Cixius sp.) iSpot
Longhorn Beetle (Rutpela maculata) iSpot
Mayfly sp. (Baetis sp.) iSpot
Oak Bush Cricket (Meconema thalassinum)
(Polydrusus sericeus) iSpot
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Sawfly sp. (Symphyta sp.) iSpot
Scorpion Fly sp. (Panorpa sp.) iSpot
Soldier Beetle sp. (Cantharidae sp.)
Tachinid Fly (Tachina fera) iSpot

Spiders

Crab spider (Xysticus cristatus) iSpot
Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis) iSpot
Stretch Spider (Tetragnatha sp.) iSpot

Amphibians

Common Frog (Rana temporaria) iSpot
Smooth Newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) iSpot

Plants

Ash (Fraxinus exelsior)
Aspen (Populus tremula)
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
Bluebell (Hyacinthoides sp.)
Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum)
Bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg.)
Broad Buckler-fern (Dryopteris dilatata)
Cleavers (Galium aparine)
Common Duckweed (Lemna minor)
Common Hemp-Nettle agg. (Galeopsis tetrahit agg.) iSpot
Crab Apple (Malus sylvestris)
Creeping Bent (Agrostis stolonifera)
Creeping Soft-grass (Holcus mollis)
Elder (Sambucus nigra)
Field Maple (Acer campestre)
Field Pansy (Viola arvensis) iSpot
Floating Sweet-grass (Glyceria fluitans)
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
Goat Willow (Salix caprea)
Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea) iSpot
Ground-ivy (Glechoma hederacea) iSpot
Guelder-rose (Viburnum opulus)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Hazel (Corylus avellana)
Hedge Woundwort (Stachys sylvatica) iSpot
Holly (Ilex aquifolium)
Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)
Ivy (Hedera helix)
King Alfred's Cakes (Daldinia concentrica)
Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)
Lords-and-ladies (Arum maculatum)
Narrow Buckler-fern (Dryopteris carthusiana)?
Oak (Quercus robur)
Perforate St John's-wort (Hypericum perforatum) iSpot
Prickly Sow-thistle (Sonchus asper)
Red Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) iSpot
Red Horse-chestnut (Aesculus carnea)
Ribes sylvestre (Ribes rubrum)
Rosebay Willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium)
Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)
Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) iSpot
Silver Birch (Betula pendula)
Soft Rush (Juncus effusus)
Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)
Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)
Three-nerved Sandwort (Moehringia trinervia)
Water-starwort (Callitriche sp.)
Wild Cherry (Prunus avium)
Willowherb (Epilobium sp.)
Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa)
Wood Forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica)
Wood Sage (Teucrium scorodonia) iSpot
Yellow Archangel (Lamiastrum galeobdolon)
Yew (Taxus baccata)
Yorkshire-fog (Holcus lanatus)

Fungi

Birch Polypore (Piptoporus betulinus)
(Boletus sp.) iSpot
Common Cavalier (Melanoleuca polioleuca) iSpot
Dogs-vomit slime mould (Fuligo septica) iSpot
Glistening Inkcap (Coprinellus micaceus) iSpot
Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum) iSpot
Jelly Ear (Auricularia auricula-judae) iSpot
Tar spot (Rhytisma acerinum)
White Slime Mould (Reticularia lycoperdon) iSpot
Willow Shield (Pluteus salicinus) iSpot
Wolf's Milk Slime Mould (Lycogala terrestre) iSpot

Featured species

Tinea trinotella a micro moth that is quite common in birds' nests, where it feeds on detritus and food remains. This one was caught flying at dusk on 10 June 2013 and is the 179th moth species to be added to the species list.