Olney Meadows species glossary

Plants

Common name Scientific name
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus
Bulrush Typha latifolia
Greater Pond-sedge Carex riparia
Yellow Water-lily Nuphar lutea
Upright Brome Bromopsis erecta
Downy Oat-grass Helictotrichon pubescens
Crested Dog’s-tail Cynosurus cristatus
Musk Thistle Carduus nutans
Greater Knapweed Centaurea scabiosa
Lady’s Bedstraw Galium verum
Salad Burnet Sanguisorba minor
Yellow Rattle Rhinanthus minor
Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii

Mammals

Common name Scientific name
Otter Lutra lutra

Birds

Common name  Scientific name
Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Goosander Mergus meganser
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Curlew Numenicus arquata
Barnacle Goose Branra leucopsis
Mute Swan Cygnus olor
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Buzzard Buteo buteo
Raven Corvus corax
Barn owl Tyto alba
Cuckoo Culculus canorus

Fish

Common name Scientific name 
Carp Cyprinus carpio

Insects

Common name  Scientific name
 Banded Demoiselle  Calopteryx splendens
 Red-eyed Damselfly  Erythromma najas
 Azure Damselfly  Coenagrion puella
 Common Blue Damselfly  Enallagma cyathigerum
 Blue-tailed Damselfly  Ischnura elegans
 White-legged Damselfly  Platycnemis pennipes
 Hairy Dragonfly  Brachytron pratense
 Brown Hawker  Aeshna grandis
 Migrant Hawker  Aeshna mixta
 Broad-bodied Chaser  Libellula depressa
 Four-spotted Chaser  Libellula quadrimaculata
 Common Darter  Sympetrum striolatum