FRIENDS OF JUNIPER HILL FIELD
FRAGMENTATION OF GRASSLAND IS NOT CONSERVATION
Working to Save Juniper Hill Field
Visitors to Juniper Hill Field are FOR NOW blessed by sightings of a wide variety of bird, butterfly, and plant species. Some of them, like the Duke of Burgundy butterfly are rapidly declining.
A significant number of the bird species spotted in Juniper Hill Field are UK Birds of Conservation Concern (BoCC). Those birds where there are real concerns are on the Red List, those where there are moderate concerns are on the Amber List. We have highlighted them in the list below.
We are grateful to James Millar for starting this project and welcome all contributions to this list. You can send the name (and where possible pictures) of what you see at savejuniperhillfield@gmail.com.
Birds
Blackbird
Blackcap
Blue Tit
Buzzard
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Common Gull
Dunnock
Goldcrest
Goldfinch
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Jackdaw
Jay
Kestrel
Marsh Tit
Meadow Pipit
Nuthatch
Raven
Red Kite
Redwing
Skylark
Song Thrush
Spotted flycatcher
Swallow
Tawny owl
Woodpigeon
Wren
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Butterflies & Moths
Common Blue
Duke of Burgundy
Gatekeeper
Meadow Brown
Marbled White
Red Admiral
Ringlet
Six Spot Burnet
Small Heath
Small White
Speckled Wood
Plants
Achillea millefolium Yarrow
Agrimonia eupatoria Agrimony
Agrostis capillaris Fine bent-grass
Agrostis stolonifera Creeping bent
Anacamptis pyramidalis Pyramidal orchid
Brachypodium pinnatum Tor-grass
Bromopsis erecta Upright brome
Centaurea nigra Black knapweed
Centaurea scabiosa Greater knapweed
Cerastium fontanum Common mouse-ear
Clematis vitalba Traveller's joy/Old man's beard
Convolvulus arvensis Field bindweed
Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn
Crepis capillaris Smooth hawksbeard
Cynosurus cristatus Crested dogstail
Dactylis glomerata Cocksfoot
Dactylorhiza fuschsii Common spotted orchid
Galium album Hedge bedstraw
Galium verum Lady's bedstraw
Gymnodenia conopsea Fragrant orchid
Heracleum sphondylium Hogweed
Holcus lanatus Yorkshire fog
Hypericum perforatum Common St. John's wort
Hypochaeris radicata Cat’s-ear
Inula conyzae Ploughman's spikenard
Jacobaea erucifolia Hoary ragwort
Jacobaea vulgaris Common ragwort
Knautia arvensis Field scabious
Lathyrus pratensis Meadow vetchling
Leontodon hispidus Rough hawkbit
Leucanthemum vulgare Ox-eye daisy
Lotus corniculatus Bird's-foot trefoil
Malva moschata Musk mallow
Neottia ovata Common twayblade
Odontites verna Red bartsia
Ononis repens Restharrow
Ophrys apifera Bee orchid
Origanum vulgare Marjoram
Phleum bertolonii Smaller Timothy grass
Pimpinella saxifraga Burnet-saxifrage
Plantago lanceolata Ribwort plantain
Platanthera bifolia Lesser butterfly orchid
Potentilla anserina Silverweed
Potentilla reptans Creeping cinquefoil
Poterium sanguisorba Salad burnet
Primula veris Cowslip
Prunella vulgaris Self-heal
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken
Ranunculus acris Meadow buttercup
Rhinanthus minor Yellow-rattle
Rubus fruticosus Bramble/blackberry
Sonchus asper Prickly sowthistle
Tragopogon pratensis Goat’s-Beard
Trifolium campestre Hop trefoil
Trifolium pratense Red clover
Trifolium repens White clover
Trisetum flavescens Yellow oat-grass
Urtica dioica Nettle
Vicia cracca Tufted vetch
