'hawker' dragonfly. © P.Pugh
Understanding and recording the variety of life or “biodiversity” on each of the woodland sites has been an important element of the woodlands project.
Detailed surveying activity has been undertaken to form a “baseline” for future monitoring and to guide site management activity to encourage rare species to prosper.
Below is the species list recorded for Kenworthy Wood in 2000.
| Species List For Kenworthy Wood | |
|---|---|
| Grasses/Rushes/Sedges | |
| Hard Rush | Juncus inflexus |
| Reed Canary Grass | Phalaris arundinacea |
| Creeping Bent Grass | Argrostis stolonifera |
| Oval Sedge | Carex ovalis |
| Yorkshire Fog | Holcus lanatus |
| Common Cotton Sedge | Eriophorum angustifolium |
| Common Spike Rush | Eleocharis palustris |
| Bulrush | Scirpus lacustris |
| Compact Rush | Juncus conglomeratus |
| Common Sedge | Carex nigra |
| Cyperus Sedge | Carex pseudocyperus |
| Soft Rush | Juncus effusus |
| Meadow Foxtail | Alopecurus pratensis |
| Jointed Rush | Juncus articulatus |
| Tufted Hair Grass | Deschampsia cespitosa |
| Purple-moor Grass | Molinia caerulea |
| Cocks Foot | Dactylis glomerata |
| Creeping Soft Grass | Holcus mollis |
| Sweet Vernal Grass | Anthoxanthum odoratum |
| False Oat Grass | Arrhenatherum elatius |
| Red Fescue | Festuca rubra |
| Hairy Sedge | Carex hirta |
| Matt Grass | Nardus stricta |
| Wood Rush Species | Luzula sp |
| Perrenial Rye Grass | Lolium perenne |
| Crested Dog's Tail | Cynosaurus cristatus |
| Timothy Grass | Phleum pratense |
| Velvet Bent | Agrostis canina |
| Flote Grass | Glyceria fluitans |
| Rough Meadow-grass | Poa trivialis |
| Smooth Meadow-grass | Poa pratensis |
| Broad-leaved Meadow-grass | Poa chaixii |
| Toad Rush | Juncus bufonius |
| Meadow Ferscue | Festuca pratensis |
| Common Couch | Elymus repens |
| Brown Bent Grass | Agrostis montana |
| Common Bent Grass | Agrostis tenuis |
| Marsh Foxtail | Alopecurus geniculatus |
| Common Reed | Phragmites australis |
| Common Flora | |
| Branched Bur-reed | Sparganium erectum |
| Greater Reedmace | Typha latifolia |
| Common Spotted Orchid | Dactylorhiza fuchsii |
| Common Marsh Bedstraw | Galium palustre |
| Lesser Water Parsley | Berula erecta |
| Amphibian Bistort | Polygonum amphibium |
| Fools Water-cress | Apium nodiflorum |
| Brooklime | Veronica beccabunga |
| Water Mint | Mentha aquatica |
| Common Water Plantain | Alisima plantago-aquatica |
| Yellow Flag Iris | Iris pseudocorus |
| Sphagnum Moss | Sphagnum fimbriatum |
| Sphagnum Moss | Sphagnum palustre |
| Water Horsetail | Equisetum fluviatile |
| Marsh Woundwort | Stachys palustris |
| Starwort Species | Callitriche truncata |
| Northern Marsh Orchid | Dactylorhiza purpurella |
| Southern Marsh Orchid | Dactyorhiza praetermissa |
| Early Marsh Orchid | Dactylorhiza incarnata |
| Unbranched Bur-reed | Sparganium emersum |
| Slender Marsh Bedstraw | Galium debile |
| Common Sorrel | Rumex acetosa |
| Cuckoo Flower/Lady's Smock | Cardamine pratensis |
| Greater Willowherb | Epilobium hirsutum |
| Orchid Species (hybrid) | Dactylorhiza sp |
| Gipsywort | Lycopus europaeus |
| Meadow Vetchling | Lathyrus pratensis |
| Field Horsetail | Equisetum arvense |
| Sq-stalked St John's-wort | Hypericum tetrapterum |
| Common Fleabane | Pulicarea dysenterica |
| Red Bartsia | Odontites verna |
| Sneezewort | Achillea ptarmica |
| Black/Common Knapweed | Centauria nigra |
| Lupin Species | Lupinus sp |
| Ribbed Plantain | Plantago lanceolata |
| Dandelion | Taraxacum officinale |
| Wild Angelica | Angelica sylvestris |
| Tufted Vetch | Vicia cracca |
| Hoary Ragwort | Senicio erucifolius |
| Creeping Buttercup | Ranunculus repens |
| Hogweed | Heracleum sphondylium |
| Sheep Sorrel | Rumex acetosella |
| Yarrow | Achillea millefolium |
| Silverweed | Potentilla anserina |
| Common Nettle | Urtica dioica |
| Rosebay Willowherb | Chamaenerion angustifolium |
| Vetch Species | Vicia sp |
| Common Centaury | Centaurium erythraea |
| Tufted Forget-me-not | Myostis caespitosa |
| Skullcap | Scutellaria galericulata |
| Common Eyebright | Euphrasia nemorosa |
| Michaelmas Daisy | Aster sp |
| Broad Leafed Dock | Rumex obtusifolius |
| Ragwort | Senecio jacobea |
| Curled Dock | Rumex crispus |
| Bramble | Rubus fruiticosus |
| Red Clover | Trifolium pratense |
| Cut Leaf Crane's-bill | Geranium dissectum |
| Daisy | Bellis perennis |
| Birds-foot Trefoil Species | Lotus sp |
| Cats-ear Species | Hypochoeris sp |
| Moss Species | Polytrichium commune |
| Lesser Spearwort | Ranunculus flammula |
| Smooth Tare | Vicia tetrasperma |
| Broad Buckler Fern | Dryopteris dilitata |
| Ling Heather | Calluna vulgaris |
| Common Reed | Phragmites communis |
| Goats Beard | Tragopogon pratensis agg |
| Bladder Campion | Silene vulgaris |
| Wild Parsnip | Pastincea sativa |
| Creeping Thistle | Cirsium arvense |
| Creeping Cinquefoil | Potentilla reptans |
| Common Birds Foot Trefoil | Lotus pedunculatus |
| White Clover | Trifolium repens |
| Black Medick | Medicago lupiluna |
| Bittersweet | Solanum dulcamara |
| Common Sorrel | Rumex acetosa |
| Marsh Ragwort | Senecio aquaticus |
| Hawkbit Species | Leontodon sp |
| Greater Plantain | Plantago major |
| Selfheal | Prunella vulgaris |
| Bush Vetch | Vicia sepium |
| Common Mouse-ear | Cerastium fontanum |
| Lesser Birds-foot Trefoil | Trifolium dubium |
| Hoary Willowherb | Epilobium parvifloum |
| Willowherb | Epilobium obscurum |
| Common Birds-foot Trefoil | Lotus corniculatus |
| Common Cat's-ear | Hypochoeris radicata |
| Dove's-foot Crane's-bill | Geranium molle |
| Hairy Tare | Vicia hirsuta |
| Rough Hawkbit | Leontodon autumnalis |
| Moss | Hylocomium splendens |
| Moss | Bracythecium sp |
| Moss | Eurhynchium praelongum |
| Ragged Robin | Lychnis flos-cuculi |
| Grass Vetchling | Lathyrus nissolia |
| Broad-leaved Pondweed | Potamagetan natans |
| Water Milfoil | Myriophyllum sp |
| Marsh Pennywort | Hydrocotyle vulgaris |
| Water Forget-me-not | Myostis scorpoides |
| Meadow Buttercup | Ranunculus Acris |
| Colt's-foot | Tussilago farfara |
| Trees and Shrubs | |
| Alder | Alnus glutinosa |
| Poplar Species | Populus sp |
| Broom | Sarothamus scoparius |
| Elder | Sambucus nigra |
| Silver Birch | Betula pubescens |
| Gorse Species | Ulex sp |
| Rhododendron | Rhododendron ponticum |
| Pedunculate Oak | Quercus robur |
| Hawthorn | Crataegus monogyna |
| Ash | Fraxinus excelsior |
| Goat Willow | Salix caprea |
| Grey Willow | Salix cinerea |
| Sycamore | Acer pseudoplatanus |
| Wild Cherry | Prunus avium |
| Larch | Larix europaea |
| Scot's Pine | Pinus sylvestris |
| Crack Willow | Salix fragilis |
| Rowan | Sorbus aucuparia |
| Dog Rose | Rosa canina |
| Sessile Oak | Quercus patraea |
| Holly | Ilex aquifolium |
| Field Maple | Acer campestre |
| Dogwood | Cornus contraversa |
| Norway Maple | Acer platanoides |
| Guelder-rose | Viburnum opulus |
| Fungi | |
| Larch Bolete | Suillus grevillei |
| Saffron Milk Cap | Lactarius deliciosus |
| Rufous Milk Cap | Lactarius rufous |
| Tricholoma psammopus | |
| Clitocybe metachroa | |
| Butter-cap | Colltbia butyracea |
| Inocybe mixtilis | |
| Puff-ball Sp | Lycoperdon perlatum |
| Trametes hirsuta | |
| Entoloma rhodopolium | |
| Clitocybe phyllophila | |
| Mycena/Rickenella setipes | |
| Melanoleuca grammapodia | |
| Cortinarius sp | |
| Stag's-horn fungus | Xylaria hypoxylon |
| Many-zoned polypore | Trametes vericolor |
| Chondrostereum purpureum | |
| Mycena filopes | |
| Galerina vittiformis | |
| Lycoperdon excipuliformis | |
| Lacustrius piperatus | |
| Lacustris quitus | |
| Lacustris vietus | |
| Lacustris sp | |
| Lycoperdon perlatum | |
| Sceleroderma citrinum | |
| Russula brunneovioacea | |
| Russula sp | |
| Collybia butryacea | |
| Paxillus involutus | |
| Suillus grevillei | |
| Suillius lutens | |
| Paneolus sp | |
| Cortinarius ssp | |
| Hebeloma sp | |
| tricholoma sp | |
| Inocybe sp | |
| Naucoria sp | |
| Mycena sp | |
| Hygrocybe nigrescans | |
| Mammals | |
| Fox | Vulpes Vulpes |
| Rabbit | Oryctolagus cunuculus |
| Water Vole | Arvecola terrestris |
| Common Rat | Ratus norvegicus |
| Damsel & Dragonflies | |
| Broad Bodied Chaser | Libellula depressa |
| Four Spotted Chaser | Libellula quadrimaculata |
| Brown Hawker | Aeshna grandis |
| Common Hawker | Aeshna juncea |
| Southern Hawker | Aeshna cyanea |
| Emperor Dragonfly | Anax imperator |
| Common Darter | Sympetrum striolatum |
| Ruddy Darter | Sympetrum sanguineum |
| Blue-tailed Damselfly | Ishnura elegans |
| Common Blue Damselfly | Enallagma cyanthigerum |
| Azure Damselfly | Coenagrion puella |
| Large Red Damselfly | Pyrrhosoma nymphula |
| Emerald Damselfly | Lestes sponsa |
| Butterflies | |
| Orange Tip | Anthocaris cardamines |
| Gatekeeper | Pyronia tithonus |
| Comma | Polygonum c-album |
| Brimstone | Gonepteryx rhamni |
| Green Veined White | Artogeia napi |
| Small White | Artogeia napi |
| Red Admiral | Vanessa atalanta |
| Large White | Pieris brassicae |
| Small Tortoiseshell | Agllais urticae |
| Speckled Wood | Parage aegeria |
| Peacock | Inachis io |
| Meadow Brown | Maniola jurtina |
| Small Skipper | Thymelicus sylvestris |
| Burnet Moth Sp | Zygaena sp |
| Amphibians | |
| Common Toad | Bufo bufo |
| Palmate Newt | Triturus helveticus |
| Smooth Newt | Triturus vulgaris |
| Common Frog | Rana temporia |
| Birds | |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus |
| Coot | Fulica atra |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchus |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula |
| Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula |
| Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| Greylag | Anser anser |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis |
| Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus |
| Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
| Grey Partridge | Perdix perdix |
| Pheasant | Phasinus colchicus |
| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus |
| Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus |
| Stock Dove | Columba oenas |
| Woodpigeon | Columba palumbus |
| Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
| Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus |
| Skylark | Alauda arvensis |
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis |
| Pied Wagtail | Motacilla alba |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea |
| Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
| Magpie | Pica pica |
| Jay | Garrulus glandarius |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone |
| Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes |
| Dunnock | Prunella modularis |
| Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
| Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
| Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla |
| Whitethroat | Sylvia communis |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus throchilus |
| Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita |
| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus |
| Robin | Erithacus rubecula |
| Blackbird | Turdus merula |
| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos |
| Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus |
| Blue Tit | Parus caeruleus |
| Coal Tit | Parus ater |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs |
| Greenfinch | Carduelis chloris |
| Gold Finch | Cardulis cardulis |
| Lesser Redpoll | Acanthis flammea ssp.cabaret |
| Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniculus |
| Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis |
| Buzzard | Buteo buteo |
| Pochard | Aythya ferina |
'hawker' dragonfly. © P.Pugh