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Great Canfield Flora & Fauna

Appendix
Trees, bushes, shrubs
and climbers commonly
observed in
Great Canfield


Acacia
Alder
Apple
Ash
Beech
Blackberry
Blackthorn
Bullace
Cherry
Crab Apple
Dog Rose
Elm
English Oak
Guelder Rose
Hawthorn
Hazel
Holm Oak
Hornbeam
Horse Chestnut
Lime
Maple
Norway Spruce
Red Oak
Silver Birch
Spindle
Sycamore
Turkey Oak
Walnut
Wild Pear
Willows (various)
Yew

Birds observed in
Great Canfield (since
1978)


Barn owl*
Blackbird*
Black-headed gull
Blue tit
Bullfinch*
Buzzard
Canada goose
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Coal tit
Collared dove
Common gull
Common teal
Coot
Crow
Cuckoo
Dunnock*
Egret
Fieldfare
Garden warbler
Goldcrest
Goldfinch*
Great tit
Greater spotted wood-
pecker
Green sandpiper
Green woodpecker
Greenfinch
Grey heron
Grey Partridge*
Herring gull
House martin
House sparrow
Jackdaw
Jay
Kestrel
Kingfisher
Lapwing
Lesser black-backed
gull
Lesser spotted wood-
pecker
Linnet*
Little grebe
Little gull
Little owl
Longtailed tit
Magpie
Mallard
Marsh tit*
Meadow pipit
Mistle thrush
Moorhen
Mute swan
Nightingale*
Pheasant
Redbacked shrike
Red-legged partridge
Redshank
Redstart*
Redwing
Robin
Rock dove
Rook
Siskin
Skylark*
Snipe*
Song thrush*
Sparrowhawk
Spotted flycatcher*
Starling*
Stock dove
Swallow
Swan
Swift
Tawny owl
Tree sparrow*
Treecreeper
Tufted duck
Turtle dove*
Wheatear
Willow tit*
Willow warbler
Wood pigeon
Woodcock
Wren
Yellowhammer

Vertebrates observed
in Great Canfield


Adder*
Badger*
Common shrew
Dormouse
Fallow deer
Frog
Grass snake*
Grey squirrel
Hare
Harvest mouse
Hedgehog
Lizard
Mink
Mole
Muntjac deer
Newt
Pipistrelle*
Rabbit
Rat
Red fox
Stoat
Toad
Water vole*
Weasel

Invertebrates commonly
observed in
Great Canfield (many
species of each)

Bee
Beetle
Butterfly
Caddisfly
Damselfly
Dragonfly
Garden invertebrates
(ant, slug, worm, etc)
Grasshopper
Hornet
Mayfly
Moth
Snail
Stonefly
Wasp
Plants commonly
observed in Great
Canfield
Cow Parsley
Wood Anemone
Bluebell
Bugle
Creeping buttercup
Red campion
Lesser celandine
Clover
Coltsfoot
Comfrey
Cowslip
Daisy
Nettle
Common dog-violet
Water figwort
Foxglove
Ground ivy
Lords and Ladies
Meadowsweet
Oxlip
Poppy
Primrose
Herb Robert
Snowdrop
Germander speedwell
Teasel
Thistle
Toadflax
Great willowherb
Rosebay willowherb
Yarrow
Common inhabitants
of the River Roding in
Great Canfield
Bullhead
Crayfish
Freshwater mussel
Gudgeon
Minnow
Stickleback
Stoneloach
Fungi commonly
observed in Great
Canfield
Shaggy ink cap
Cep
Fairy ring champignon
Honey fungus
Parasol mushroom
Puff-ball
Toadstool

Sources
To the reader: please add your own
observations!
• Trees and birds: courtesy of the
Perry family
• The remainder: our own obser-
vations, with the help of lists of
species on the website of the Es-
sex Wildlife Trust
• * indicates species in decline or
rapid decline, according to the
Essex Wildlife Trust
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    • Silver Jubilee 1977
    • Tramp's Supper 1986
    • Village Sign dedication 2002
    • Wine Tasting
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    • Cricket Club >
      • Canfield v's ECC
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      • Great Canfield Poem
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      • Kudra Family 1956-58
      • Pete Smith Interview
      • Gt Canfield in 1910
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      • Artifacts found in fields
      • Charlie Barker's Photos
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