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• Broad-leaved willowherb Epilobium montanum
  
• Bracken Pteridium aquilinum
  
• Creeping thistle
  
• Marsh thistle
  
• Spear thistle
  
• Daisy Bellis perennis
  
• Figwort Scrophularia nodosa
  
• Wavy bitter-cress Cardamine flexuosa
  
• Bramble Rubus fruticosa
  
• Fairy flax Linum catharticum
  
• Lesser trefoil Trifolium dubium
  
• Self heal Prunella vulgaris
  
• Mouse-ear chickweedCerastium fontanum
  
• Lesser stitchwort Stellaria graminea
  
• Cat’s-ear Hypochaeris radicata
  
• Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
  
• Tormentil Potentilla erecta
  
• Cinquefoil Potentilla repens
  
• Silverweed Potentilla anserina
  
• White clover Trifolium repens
  
• Red clover
  
• Broad-leaved dock Rumex
  
• Narrow-leaved dock Rumex
  
• Sorrel Rumex
  
• Creeping buttercupRanunculus repens
  
• Meadow buttercupRanunculus acris
  
• Yellow pimpernel
  
• Nettle Urtica dioica
  
• Pearlwort
  
• Thyme-leaved speedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
  
• Heath speedwell Veronica
  
• Bird’s-eye speedwellVeronica chamaedrys
  
• Mouse-ear hawkweedHieracium pilosella
  
• Slender St. John’s-wortHypericum pulchrum
  
• Trailing St. John’s-wort Hypericum humifusum
  
• Smooth hawk’s beard Crepis
  
• Bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus
  
• Heath bedstraw
  
• Herb Robert Geranium robertianum
  
• Rough sow-thistle
  
• Dandelion 1
  
• Dandelion 2
  
• Lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula
  
• Wild carrot Daucus carota
  
• Heather Calluna vulgaris
  
• Cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix
  
• Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus
  
• Lady’s smock Cardamine pratensis
  
• Enchanter’s nightshade Circaea lutetiana
  
• Golden saxifrage Saxifraga
  Ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata
  
• Butterfly orchid Platanthera
  
• Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
  
• Hedge woundwort Stachys sylvatica
  
• Angelica Angelica sylvestris
  
• Ground ivy Glechoma hederacea
  
• Bluebell
  
• Black medick Medicago lupulina
  
• Wood sorrel Oxalis acet.
  
• Wood anemone Anemone nemorosa
  
• Wood violet Viola riviniana
  
• Tutsan Hypericum
  Bugle Ajuga
  
• Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
  
• Yellow rattle
  
• Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
  
• Dog-rose Rosa canina
  
• Meadowsweet
  
• Heath groundsel
  
• Ragwort
  
• Lousewort
  
• Hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium
  
• Bush vetch
  
• Ragged robin
  
• Primrose
  
• Broad-leaved plantain
  
• Pineappleweed
  
• Holly
  
• Smooth hawk’s-beard
  

• Hard fern Blechnum spicant
  
• Male fern Dryopteris filix-mas
  
• Buckler fern
  
• Maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes
  
• Wall rue Asplenium ruta-muraria
  
• Field horsetail
  

• Sitka spruce
  
• Beech Fagus sylvatica
  
• Ash Fraxinus excelsior
  
• Hazel Corylus avellana
  
• Larch Larix
  
• Furze Ulex europaeus
  
• Mountain ash Sorbus aucuparia
  
• Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
  
• Oak Quercus robur
  
• Grey willow Salix cinerea
  
• Goat willow Salix capraea
  
• Elder Sambucus nigra
  
• Sycamore Acer
  
• Broom
  
• Alder Alnus glutinosa
  
• Birch Betula pubescens
  
• Scot’s pine Pinus sylvestris
  

• Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus
  
• Red fescue Festuca rubra
  
• False oat Arrhenaterum elatius
  
• Sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum
  
• Smooth-stalked meadow grass Poa
  
• Cock’s-foot Dactylis glomerata
  
• Creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera
  
• Common bent Agrostis tenuis
  
• Crested dog’s-tail Cynosurus cristatus
  
• Quaking grass Briza media
  
• Early hair grass Aira praecox
  
• Perennial ryegrass Lolium perenne
  
• Tussock grass Deschampsia caespitosa
  
• Wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa
  
• Fern grass
  
  
• Great wood-rush Luzula sylvatica
  
• Field wood-rush Luzula campestris
  
• Soft rush Juncus effusus
  
• Hard rush Juncus inflexus
  
• Toad rush Juncus bufonius
  
• Heath rush Juncus squarrosus
  
• Meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis
  
• Sedge 1
  
• Wood sedge
  
• Distant sedge Carex distans

Total vascular plants: 127

• Frullania
  
• Metzgeria
• Dog lichen Peltigera

• Fallow deer
  
• Badger
  
• Fox
  
• Feral goat
  
• Pine marten
  
• Wood mouse

Pine martens live in the woods, though seldom seen. There are many fallow deer and feral goats can often be seen.

• Jay
  
• Raven
  
• Hooded crow
  
• Dipper
  
• Grey wagtail
  
• Bullfinch

The stream is home to dippers and grey wagtails. There are jays in the woods, ravens and grey crows.

• Fish
  
• Frog
  
• Lizard

• Speckled wood
  
• Green-veined white
  
• Small brown
  
• Common blue

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