Wanstead Wildlife
Species List 6 - other wildlife
Home Area Contents Wildlife Links Reports Photos Bottom Back Prev Next
Other Wildlife

For details of the Plant Life of the area refer to the individual areas, e.g. Wanstead Park
Other Wildlife - molluscs, crustaceans, spiders, amphibians, reptiles, mammals.  For a list of the Lichens and Fungi of the area, click here.
     
Molluscs
Great Ramshorn Snail Planorbis corneus In Heronry Pond
Large Black Slug Arion ater ater / rufus Capel Road garden
Brown-lipped Snail Cepaea nemoralis  
White-lipped Snail Cepaea hortensis  

Garden Snail

 Helix aspersa Capel Road garden
Great Grey Slug Limax maximus Capel Road garden
Crustaceans
Signal Crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus Found in Heronry Pond, and as a discarded dead animal by Alexandra Lake
Woodlouse Philoscia muscorum  
Woodlouse Porcellio scaber Capel Road garden
Swan Mussel Anodonta cygnaea The shells of these animals are often found in the Ornamental Waters, and have also been found in the Shoulder of Mutton Pond.
Spiders
a sheet-web spider Linyphia triangularis Common in gardens etc.
Garden Spider Araneus diadematus In Capel Road Garden; COL
an orb-web spider Araneus quadratus In Sewage Works 010900
an orb-web spider Araniella cucurbitina In the Sewage Works
Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi First noted in Sewage Works on 13/08/00; Wanstead Flats south of Alexandra Lake on 08/08/04
a wolf spider Xerolycosa sp. Wanstead Park
a wolf spider Alopecosa sp. Wanstead Park
spider Neoscona adianta Wanstead Park, on the Plain
a wolf spider Trochosa sp. In the Sewage Works
a nursery-web spider Pisaura mirabilis On vegetation by Shoulder of Mutton Pond in Wanstead Park 12/07/01 (photo)
House Spider Tegenaria domestica Common in houses
Crab Spider Misumena vatia Female in Capel Road garden on 31/05/04
Zebra Spider Salticus scenicus In Capel Road garden 27/04/04
Amphibians
Common Frog Rana temporaria Breed in Heronry Pond
Common Toad Bufo bufo In gardens adjacent to Forest areas. One found under log on the Plain in 2006
Smooth Newt Triturus vulgaris In Wanstead Park and gardens in the area
Reptiles
Grass Snake Natrix natrix Occasionally found in Wanstead Park, the old Sewage Works site and the City of London Cemetery
Red-eared Terrapin Chrysemys scripta Common in most lakes and ponds in the area
Mammals
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Very rarely seen these days (2006)
Mole Talpa europaea Signs mostly seen in the Sewage Works site.
Common Shrew Sorex araneus Often found in the old Sewage Works site
Rabbit Oryctalogus cuniculus Only as a long-established colony in Wanstead Park
Water Vole Arvicola terrestris Rarely seen in River Roding by the Park and the Sewage Works site
House Mouse Mus musculus In houses adjacent to Forest areas
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Common by Heronry Pond, by Alexandra Lake and by Jubilee Pond
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Very Common
Stoat Mustela nivalis Wanstead Park
Weasel Mustela nivalis Wanstead Park
American Mink Mustela vison Seen in the Ornamental Water and River Roding area of Wanstead Park since 2005
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Very common.
Daubenton's Bat Leuconoe daubentonii In Wanstead Park and by Alexandra Lake on the Flats; Hollow Pond 17/06/08
Noctule Bat Nyctalus noctula In Wanstead Park and by Alexandra Lake on the Flats; Alex 17/06/08
Pipistrelle Bat Pipistrellus pipistrellus In Wanstead Park and particularly by Alexandra Lake on the Flats
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus By Alexandra Lake
Muntjac Deer Muntiacus muntjak Reported from Wanstead Flats and the adjacent area of Leytonstone in 2006. Also seen in Snaresbrook Crown Court grounds, having entered from Leyton Flats.
     
Home Area Contents Wildlife Links Reports Photos Top Back Prev Next