Flora and Fauna of Woodland Valley Farm 2021

Woodland Valley is a 170 acre mixed farm. They have over 26 acres comprising of woodland, streams, ponds and wetland devoted to wildlife. Woodland Valley has a very rich and diverse flora and fauna. It's truly a wildlife haven.

Chris and Janet Jones are the owner of Woodland Valley Farm, home of the Cornwall Beaver Project. Chris is the Restoration Director of Beaver Trust. Woodland Valley Farm is the Cornwall Sustainability Awards 2020 Winner on Environmental Growth Category.

If you want to visit Woodland Valley Farm, please contact Chris Jones, Janet Jones or Felicity Jones.
Telephone: 01726 884127
Email: enquiries@woodlandvalley.co.uk

Website: woodlandvalley.co.uk
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Wildflower Meadow

The flora and fauna I've seen in Woodland Valley Farm in 2021

Woodland Valley Farm have such an amazing, rich and diverse flora and fauna. Everytime I come here, there's always something new to see. I'm always excited and looking forward for my monthly nature and wildlife walk on this spectacular farm, which I often refer to as the "The Lost World" in the city. The peace and quiet is just so refreshing.

Butterfly:
1) Brimstone
2) Comma
3) Common Blue
4) Gatekeeper
5) Green-veined White
6) Large Skipper
7) Large White
8) Meadow Brown
9) Painted Lady
10) Peacock
11) Red Admiral
12) Ringlet
13) Small Copper
14) Small Skipper
15) Small Tortoiseshell
16) Small White
17) Speckled Wood

Moth:
1) The Vestal (migrant)
2) Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa)
3) August Thorn (Ennomos quercinaria)
4) Black Arches (Lymantria monacha)
5) Blastobasis lignea
6) Brimstone moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)
7) Centre-barred Sallow (Atethmia centrago)
8) Cochylis atricapitana (Black-headed Conch)
9) Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata)
10) Common Marbled Carpet (Dysstroma truncata)
11) Common Rustic (Mesapamea secalis)
12) Copper Underwing (Amphipyra pyramidea)
13) Cydia splendana (the chestnut tortrix)
14) Dark Marbled Carpet (Dysstroma citrata)
15) Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata)
16) Dun-bar (Cosmia trapezina)
17) Dusky Thorn (Ennomos fuscantaria)
18) Eudonia pallida (Marsh Grey)
19) Flame Carpet (Xanthorhoe designata)
20) Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta)
21) Frosted Orange (Gortyna flavago)
22) Eudonia mercurella (Small Grey)
23) Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria)
24) Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)
25) Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe)
26) Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)
27) Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata)
28) Pammene gallicana (Purple-shaded Piercer)
29) Peach Blossom (Thyatira batis)
30) Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum)
31) Rustic (Hoplodrina blanda)
32) Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)
33) Small Fan-footed Wave (Idaea biselata)
34) Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi)
35) Snout (Hypena proboscidalis)
36) Speckled yellow moth (Pseudopanthera macularia)
37) Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis)
38) Silver Y moth (Autographa gamma)

Dragonfly:
1) Common Darter Dragonfly
2) Emperor Dragonfly
3) Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly
4) Golden-ringed Dragonfly
5) Keeled Skimmer Dragonfly
6) Southern Hawker Dragonfly

Damselfly:
1) Azure Damselfly
2) Blue-tailed Damselfy
3) Common Blue Damselfly
4) Emerald Damselfly
5) Large Red Damselfly

Demoiselle:
1) Beautiful Demoiselle

Bumblebee:
1) Buff-tailed Bumblebee
2) Garden Bumblebee
3) Red-tailed Bumblebee
4) Tree Bumblebee
5) White-tailed Bumblebee

Bird:
1) Blackbird
2) Blue Tit
3) Buzzard
4) Canada Goose
5) Chaffinch
6) Collared Dove
7) Fieldfare
8) Goldfinch
9) Great Tit
10) Grey Wagtail
11) Herring Gulls
12) Heron
13) Jackdaw
14) Jay
15) Kingfisher
16) Magpie
17) Mallard Duck
18) Redwing
19) Robin
20) Rooks
21) Swallow
22) Wood Pigeon

Mammal:
1) Beaver
2) Bank Vole
3) Wood Mice
4) Common Pipistrelle Bat

Amphibian:
1) Common Frog
2) Common Toad

Reptile:
1) Common Lizard

Grasshopper:
1) Common Field Grasshopper
2) Common Green Grasshopper
3) Meadow Grasshopper

Cricket:
1) Dark Bush Cricket
2) Great Green Bush Cricket

Spider:
1) Common Garden Spider
2) Common House Spider
3) Common Harvestman
4) Giant House Spider
5) Water Spider

Centipede and Millipede:
1) Common Centipede

Land Base Crustacean:
1) Common Rough Woodlouse
2) Pill Woodlouse

Ant:
1) Black Ants

Beetle:
1) Common Red Soldier Beetle
2) Green Tiger Beetle
3) Two-banded Longhorn Beetle
4) Violet Click Beetle
5) 7-Spot Ladybird

Bug:
1) Common Green Shieldbug
2) Hawthorn Shieldbug

Hornet:
1) European Hornet

Wasp:
1) Common Wasp

Other Insects:
1) Daddy Long Legs
2) Earthworms
3) Earwigs

In 2021, Willow and Chewy is a parent to 2 new kits.

Beaver Lodge

Beaver in Action

Beaver Enclosure

Butterfly

Moth

Dragonfly

Damselfly

Demoiselle

Bumblebee

Fungi

With Jack Randall from "Made in the Wild TV" in Woodland Valley Farm. Jack is a Zoologist and Film-maker on a mission to meet every species on our planet up close and personal. You can watch his TV series “Out There with Jack Randall” on National Geographic Wild and Disney+ Channel.

Check out Jack Randall’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MadeintheWild/videos
Visit Jack Randall’s Website: https://madeinthewild.tv

With Gillian Burke in Woodland Valley Farm. Gillian is a natural history television programme producer and voiceover artist, and has been a co-presenter of the BBC nature series Springwatch and its spin-offs since 2017.

She worked as a producer and director on several series for Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel, and as a voiceover artist, before becoming a regular presenter on Springwatch in 2017. As part of her role, Burke has also presented its seasonal spin-offs Autumnwatch and Winterwatch.

In 2019, she hosted Nature's Strangest Mysteries: Solved (Animal Planet), and in 2020 narrated Thailand's Wild Side (National Geographic Channel). In 2020, Burke became vice president of the Wildlife Trusts.