Wanstead Wildlife

Contents - Large Scale Photos of Wildlife in 2007

These are presented in the order in which the photos were taken

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LARGE SCALE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN 2007

Beech - Fagus sylvatica - Wanstead Park, 30 January
London Plane - Platanus x hybrida - Wanstead Park, 30 January
Weymouth Pine - Pinus strobus - in the Glade, Wanstead Park, 30 January
Dog's Mercury - Mercurialis perennis - Warren Road track, Wanstead Park, 30 January
Silver Birch - Betula pendula - The Grove, Wanstead Park, 2 February
Common Plume - Emmelina monodactyla - Capel Road by Wanstead Flats, 3 February
Buttoned Snout - Hypena rostralis - Capel Road house, 14 February
Early Crocus - Crocus tommasinianus - near Northumberland Avenue, Wanstead Park, 17 February
Hoverfly - possibly Eupeodes luniger - near Northumberland Avenue, Wanstead Park, 17 February
Honey Bee - Apis mellifera - near Northumberland Avenue, Wanstead Park, 17 February
White-tailed Bumble Bee - Bombus lucorum - near Northumberland Avenue, Wanstead Park, 17 February
Yellow Garden Crocus - Crocus sp. (C. aureus) - Woodlands Avenue wayleave, Wanstead Park, 17 February
Purple Garden Crocus - Crocus sp. (C. purpureus) - by Woodlands Avenue wayleave, Wanstead Park, 17 February
Lesser Celandine - Ranunculus ficaria - by Woodlands Avenue wayleave, Wanstead Park, 17 February
Snowdrop - Galanthus nivalis - by Northumberland Avenue, Wanstead Park, 17 February
Hybrid Daffodil - Narcissus sp. - by Capel Road, Wanstead Flats, 17 February
Common Wasp - Vespula vulgaris - Capel Road house, Wanstead Flats, 25 February
Buff-tailed Bumble Bee - Bombus terrestris - on heather in the City of London Cemetery, 1 March
Red Dead-nettle - Lamium purpureum - City of London Cemetery, 1 March
Spider - possibly Steatoda bipunctata - Capel Road house, 1 March
Sweet Chestnut - Castanea sativa - George Green, Wanstead, 7 March
Great Crested Grebes - Podiceps cristatus - Ornamental Waters, Wanstead Park, 12 March
Flowering Quince - Chaenomeles speciosa - River Wood, near Ornamental Waters, Wanstead Park, 12 March
Comma - Polygonia c-album - Wanstead Park, 12 March
Cuckoo Pint - Arum maculatum - Wanstead Park, 12 March
Ash - Fraxinus excelsior - cut down for pipe-laying, north end of Wanstead Park, 12 March
Large-flowered Cockspur Thorn - Crataegus coccinoides - cut down for pipe-laying, north end of Wanstead Park, 12 March
Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta - Wanstead House, Wanstead, 13 March
Garden Grape Hyacinth - Hyacinthus orientalis - Wanstead Park, 26 March
Blackthorn - Prunus spinosa - Wanstead Flats, 2 April
Aspen - Populus tremula - Wanstead Flats, 2 April
Charlock - Sinapis arvensis - Wanstead Flats, 2 April
Gorse - Ulex europaeus - Wanstead Flats, 2 April
Norway Maple - Acer platanoides - Wanstead Flats, 2 April
Spanish Bluebell - Endymion hispanicus - Wanstead Flats, 2 April
Wild Cherry - Prunus avium - Wanstead Flats, 3 April
Cut-leaved Bramble - Rubus laciniatus - Wanstead Flats, 3 April
Wood Anemone - Anemone nemorosa - Wanstead Park 13 April
Common Sedge - Carex nigra - Wanstead Park 13 April
English Oak - Quercus robur - Wanstead Flats 14 April
Spring Starflower - Ipheion uniflorum - Wanstead Flats, 14 April
Hart's-tongue Fern - Phyllitis scolopendrium - Railway arches, Alders Brook 16 April
White Dead-nettle - Lamium album - Wanstead Flats, 16 April
Goat Willow - Salix caprea agg. - Wanstead Flats, 16 April
Bulbous Buttercup - Ranunculus bulbosus - Wanstead Flats, 16 April
Brown Rat - Rattus norvegicus - by Heronry Pond on19 April
Large-flowered Cockspur Thorn - Crataegus coccinioides - by Dell Bridge, Wanstead Park, 19 April
Bird Cherry - Prunus padus - Wanstead Park, 19 April
Mute Swan - Cygnus olor - Wanstead Park, 19 April
Wood Forget-me-not - Myosotis sylvatica - Wanstead Park, 19 April
Three-cornered Leek - Allium triquetrum - Wanstead Park, 19 April
Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus - Ornamental Waters, Wanstead Park, 19 April
Star-of-Bethlehem - Ornithogalum umbellatum - City of London Cemetery, 20 April
Common Dog Violet - Viola riviniana - City of London Cemetery, 20 April
Field Wood-rush / Good Friday Grass - Luzula campestris - City of London Cemetery, 20 April
Sycamore - Acer pseudoplatanus - City of London Cemetery, 20 April
Bluebell - Endymion non-scriptus - Wanstead Park, 21 April
Elm - Ulmus sp. - Wanstead Park, 21 April
Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo - over River Roding, Sewage Works, 21 April
Bargeman's Cabbage - Brassica rapa campestris - Sewage Works, 21 April
Red Campion - Silene dioica - Sewage Works, 21 April
Holly - Ilex aquifolium - Wanstead Flats, 24 April
Scarab Beetle - (possibly Aphodius rufipes) - Wanstead Flats, 24 April
Sweet Chestnut - Castanea sativa - a tree-measuring survey in Bush Wood (south), 24 April
Holly Blue - Celastrina argiolus - Wanstead Flats, 24 April
Wild Radish - Raphanus raphanistrum - Wanstead Flats, 26 April
Large Red Damselfly - Pyrrhosoma nymphula - Wanstead Park, 4 May
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle - Pyrochroa coccinea - Wanstead Park, 8 May
Cowslip - Primula veris - Wanstead Park, 8 May
Mute Swans - Cygnus olor - Wanstead Park, 8 May
Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea - in The Birches, City of London Cemetery, 16 May
Caterpillar, possibly a Silver Y, feeding on Fennel - Capel Road garden, 16 May
Ichneumon Wasp - possibly Pimpla hypochondriaca - Capel Road garden, 16 May
Oak Tortrix - Tortrix viridana - on an Oak leaf near Heronry Pond, 1 June
Great Crested Grebes - Podiceps cristatus - Family on Ornamental Waters, 1 June
Hoverfly - Eupeodes luniger - Capel Road garden, 1 June
Yellow Meadow Ants - Lasius flavus  - re-siting nests on Wanstead Flats, 4 June
Fig Gall - Tetraneura ulmi - on elm leaf in Wanstead Park, 5 June
Black-tailed Skimmer - Orthetrum cancellatum - Wanstead Park, 5 June
Birdsfoot - Ornithopus perpusillus on the Temple mound - Wanstead Park, 5 June
Scorpion FlyPanorpa sp. - Wanstead Park, 5 June
Harlequin Ladybird - Harmonia axyridis - Capel Road garden, 7 June
Bee Orchid - Ophrys apifera - Sewage Works site, 11 June
Yellow Shell Moth - Camptogramma bilineata - Sewage Works site, 11 June
Chicory - Cichorum intybus - by the Green Man roundabout, Leytonstone, 12 June
Common Cow-wheat -  Melampyrum pratense - Gilbert's Slade, 12 June
Broad-bodied Chaser - Libellula depressa - Gilbert's Slade, 12 June
Buff Tip MothPhalera bucephala - in a garden by Bush Wood North, 18 June
Small Red-eyed Damselfly - Erythromma viridulum - Alexandra Lake, Wanstead Flats, 19 June
Dog-lichen -: Peltigera polydactyla - Sewage Works site, 27 June
Large White - Pieris brassicae - Capel Road garden, 1 July
Bagworm (moth) - Psyche casta - Capel Road garden, 5 July
Tufted Ducklings - Aythya fuligula - Ornamental Waters, 19 July
Rhododendron Leafhoppers - Graphocephala fennahi - mating in Wanstead Park, 27 July
Mink -Mustela vison- bank of Ornamental Water, Wanstead Park, 31 July
Pied Shield Bug - Sehirus bicolor - Capel Road garden, 1 August
Spotted Flycatcher - Muscicapa striata - Wanstead Flats, 11 August
Vapourer moth caterpillar - Orgyia antiqua - by Angell's Pond, Wanstead Flats, 17 August
Wasp Spider - Argiope bruennichi - by Angell's Pond, Wanstead Flats, 17 August
gall on Walnut - Wanstead Park, 7 September
pouch galls on Silver Maple - Wanstead Park, 8 September
Hawthorn Shieldbug - Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale - City of London Cemetery, 10 October
Fly Agaric - Amanita muscaria - City of London Cemetery, 31 October
Spring Beauty - Montia perfoliata - City of London Cemetery, 2 November
Alga - Trentepohlia aureae - Bush Wood, 7 November
Lichen - Cladonia spp. - Sewage Works site, 9 November
Lichen - unknown species - Sewage Works site, 9 November


The Photographs

Unless otherwise stated, all the photographs were taken by Paul Ferris.

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