Species
St Stephen's Churchyard is home to a wide variety of species, including the following - we are always happy to hear about new species encountered:
INVERTEBRATES
Click Beetle Agriotes lineatus
Pollen Beetle Meligethes sp.
Harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Common cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Seven spot lady bird Coccinella semptempunctata
Batman hoverfly Myathropa florea
Marmalade hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Common Spotted Field Syrph Eupeodes luniger
Narcissus bulb fly Merodon equestris
Soldier fly Chloromyia Formosa
Thrip Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis
Yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria
Broad nose weevil Phyllobius sp.
Giant house spider Tegenaria duellica
Wolf or spotted wolf spider Pardosa amentata
Common red ant Myrmica rubra
Black ant Lasius niger
Common carder bumble bee Bombus pascuorum
Tree Bumble Bee Bombus hypnorum
Cinnabar moth Tyria jacobaeae
Speckled wood butterfly Pararge aegeria
BIRDS
Black headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Blackbird Turdus merula
Blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus
Carrion crow Corvus corone
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Coal tit Periparus ater
Dunnock Prunella modularis
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Great tit Parus major
House sparrow Passer domesticus
Jackdaw Corvus monedula
Magpie Pica pica
Nest of Long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus
??Raven Corvus corax???
Robin Erithacus rubecula
Song thrush Turdus philomelos
Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Stock Dove Columba oenas
Swift Apus apus
Wood pigeon Columba palumbus
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
MAMMALS
Grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
Noctule bat Nyctalus noctule
Pipistrelle bat Pipistrellus Pipistrellus
Red fox Vulpes vulpes
Soprano pipistrelle bat Pipistrellus pygmaeus
Wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus
FLOWERING PLANTS
Asparagus Asparagus officinalis
Aven Geum urbanism
Berberis Berberis darwinii (garden escape)
Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis
Blackberry (bramble) Rubus fructiosus
Bluebell (Spanish) Endymion hispanicus
Bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbous
Chick weed Stellaria média
Cocksfoot Dactylis glomerulata
Columbine Aquilegia sp. (maybe a garden escape)
Common Vetch Vicia sativa
Convolvulus Calystegia sepium
Cow parsley Anthriscus sylvestris
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Daisy Bellis perennis
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale/vulgaria
Dock Rumex obtusifolius
Dog rose Rosa canina
Elder Sambucus nigra
Fern Dryopteris sp.
Forgetmenot Myosotis arvensis
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Garden strawberry Fragaria x ananassa
Good King Henry Chenopodium sp.
Goosegrass (cleaver) Gallium aparine
Greater Celandine Chelidonium majus
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Ground Elder Aegopodium podagraria
Hairy bittercress Cardamine hirsuta
Hairy tare Vicia hirsuta
Hawkbit Leontodon sp.
Hawkweed Hieracium sp.
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Herb Robert Géranium robertarium
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Hop trefoil Triforium campestris
Ivy Headera hélix
Ivy leaved toadflax Cymbalaria muralis
Ivy-leafed Speedwell Veronica hederifolia
Lady’s smock/Cuckoo flower Cardamine pratensis
Lesser Trefoil Trifolium dubium
Meadow buttercup Ranunculus acris
Meadow grass Poa sp.
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis
Nettle Urtica dioica
Orange Welsh poppy Meconopsis cambrica aurantiaca
Ox eye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare
Pansy Viola tricolor
Pellitory of the wall Parietaria judaica
Pendules sedge Carex pendula
Periwinkle Vinca major
Plantain Plantago major
Purple toadflax Linaria purpurea
Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Red dead nettle Lamium purpureum
Ribwort Plantago lanceolata
Rye grass Lolium sp.
Shepherds purse Capsella bursa -pastoris
Shining cranesbill Géranium lucidium
Silver birch Betula verrucosa
Smooth sow thistle Sonchus oleraceus
Speedwell (germander) Veronica chamaedrys
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus (seedlings)
Thistle Cirsium sp.
White bryony Bryonia dioica
White clover Triforium repens
White dead nettle Lamium album
White mustard or Charlock Sinapsis sp.
Wild sage Salvia pratensis
Wild strawberry Fragaria vesca
Wild turnip Brassica rapa
Willow herb Epilobium montanum
Wood sorrels Oxalis sp
Woodland avens Germ urbanum
Yellow corydalis Corydalis lutes
Yellow meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis
Yellow oxalis (sorrel) Oxalis corniculata
GRASSES AND SEDGES
Barley Hordeum sp.
Bent grass Agrostis sp.
Brome (soft or barren) Bromus hordeaceus or Bromus sterilis
Cocksfoot Dactylis glomerata
Common Bent Agrostis capillaris
False oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius
Horsetail Equisetum arvense
Meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis
Pendulous sedge Carex pendula
Perennial rye grass Lolium perenne
Red fescue Festuca rubra
Rough meadow grass Poa trivialis
Timothy Phleum pratense
Wild oat Avena sp.
Yorkshire fog grass Holcus lanatus
SHRUBS
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Cotoneaster Cotoneaster sp.
Euonymus Euonymus sp.
Mahonia Mahonia sp.
Flowering current Ribes sanguineum
TREES
Atlas cedar Cedrus atlantica or Cedar of Lebanon Cupressus lusitanica
Cedar of Goa Cupressus lusitanica or Smooth Arizona Cypress Cupressus arizonica
Cherry Prunus cerasus
Chinese Juniper Juniperus chinensis
Common Yew Taxus baccata
Corsican pine Pinus nigra
Elder Sambucus nigra
False acacia Robinia pseudoacacia
Field Maple Acer campestre
Golden Irish Yew Taxus baccata Fastigiata Aureomarginata
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Irish Yew Taxus baccata ‘fastigiata’
Ivy Hedera Helix
Lawson cypress Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Leyland cypress Cupressus leylandii
Sawara false cypress Chamaecyparis pisifera
Silver birch Betula pendula
Small leaved lindon Tilia cordata
Variegated Holly Ilex aquifolium Variegata
Weeping ash Fraxinus excelsior Pendula
Wych Elm Ulmus glabra
FUNGI AND LICHENS
Common orange lichen Xanthoria parietina
Hooded rosette lichen Physcia adscendens
Lichen Caloplaca flavescens
Lichen Caloplaca aurantia
Lichen Crepidotus mollis
Shelf fungus Ganoderma adspersum
Turkey tail fungus Coriolus versicolor