Species to look out for

WILDLIFE SPECIES AND HABITATS previously found at Greno Woods

Conifers dominate the wood but there are also native broad leaved trees and other habitats such as heathland, woodland edge and open ground around the boundaries.

According to on-site surveys: Greno Woods sustain important populations of Shining Guest Ant – listed as a UK Priority Species.

There are also 20 recorded bird species which are listed as UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) Priority Species including Nightjar.

Other rare and important species which have been found on-site include:

Mammals
Brown hare – UK BAP Priority Species
Badger
Bat – None on record but observed in adjacent Wheata Wood		   Amphibians / Reptiles
Common frog
 
Birds – Over 60 species
Blue tit
Blackbird
Blackcap
Bullfinch*
Chiffchaff
Coal tit
Cuckoo*
Dunnock*
Goldcrest
Goldfinch
Great spotted woodpecker
Great tit
Green finch
Green woodpecker
Grey partridge*
House martin
House sparrow*
Kestrel
Lapwing*
Lesser spotted woodpecker*
Linnet*
Long tailed tit
Nuthatch
Pied wagtail
Redpoll
Redstart
Reed bunting*
Robin
Skylark*
Song thrush*
Sparrow hawk
Spotted flycatcher*
Starling*
Swallow
Tawny owl
Tree creeper
Tree pipit*
Tree sparrow*
Turtle dove*
Whitethroat
Willow tit*
Willow warbler
Woodcock
Wood warbler*
Wren
Yellow hammer*

 
  1. Insects – over 45 species are recorded including butterflies, moths and hoverflies. Some of the more important and unusual are:
    Wood Ants
    Formica lugubris
    Formica lemani
    Mymica ruginopis
    Leptothorax acervorum
    Formicoxenus nitidulus – Shining Guest Ant*

Moths and butterflies
Apamea remissa – Dusky Brocade moth*

Beetles
Coleoptera carabidae
Leistus rufescens
Nebria gyllenhali
Patrobus atrorufus
Bembidion lunulatum
Calathus micropterus
Calathus piceus

Diptera / Hemiptera – Flies and Bugs
Species collected by Susan Ashurst in 1978 are housed in the Sheffield Museum

Trees - over 30 species
 
Shrubs and ground flora - over 135 species including:
Bluebell
Common cow-wheat
Dwarf gorse
Heather
Bilberry
   Grasses and ferns - over 35 species

Fungi - no records available
 
Species which are very likely to be present but which have not yet been recorded:
Bats (bats have been observed in adjacent Wheata Wood)
Adders
Grass snakes
Newts
Toads
Red deer		   Species we would like to encourage and are likely to move in given the right habitat:
Buzzards
Red kites
Goshawks
Fire crest
Nightjar

 

* UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) Priority Species