Rookwood’s Cornucopia of Wildlife
Far from being an ecological desert as characterised by HDC, Rookwood swarms with wildlife. Over 400 species have been recorded at Rookwood following our BioBlitz in August 2020 including…
Butterflies
Peacock
Brimstone
Brown Hairstreak
Comma
Common Blue
Essex Skipper
Gatekeeper
Green Veined White
Holly Blue
Large Skipper
Large White
Marbled White
Meadow Brown
Orange tip
Painted Lady
Peacock
Red Admiral
Ringlet
Small Copper
Small Heath
Small Skipper
Small Tortoiseshell
Small White
Speckled Wood
Birds
Grey Wagtail
House Sparrow
Jay
Kestrel
Magpie
Mallard
Moorhen
Nuthatch
Pheasant
Pied Wagtail
Reed Warbler
Robin
Sedge Warbler
Song Thrush
Wood Pigeon
Wren
Blackbird
Blackcap
Blue tit
Buzzard
Chiffchaff
Collared Dove
Coot
Crow
Dunnock
Garden Warbler
Goldfinch
Great tit
Greater Spotted Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker
Grey Heron
Grey Wagtail
Mammals and reptiles
Roe deer
Bank vole
Common lizard
Rabbit
Roe deer
Dragonflies and Damselflies
Azure damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Beautiful Demoiselle
Black Tailed Skimmer
Blue Tailed Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Common darter dragonfly
Emperor Dragonfly
Hairy Hawker Dragonfly
Migrant hawker
Moths
Hummingbird hawk moth
6 spot Burnet
Burnet Companion moth
Cataptria pinella moth
Crambus lathoniellus (Hook-streaked grass-veneer moth)
Hummingbird Hawk Moth
Spinach moth
Insects
Thick legged flower beetle
Brassica Bug
Red brown long horn beetle (Leptura rubra)
Spotted longhorm beetle (Strangalia maculata)
Shield bug(Verlusea rhombea)
Thick legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
7 spot ladybird
Harlequin ladybird
Hoverfly (Syrphus vitripennis)
Tiger Hoverfly (Helophilus pendulus)
Carder bee
Honey bee
Hornet
White Tailed Bumblebee
Conops quadrifasciatus fly
Eristalis nemorum hoverfly
Myothropa florea hoverfly
Sicus ferrugineus fly
Sphaerophoria scripta hoverfly
Syrphus ribesii hoverfly