| Identifying animals on our land |
| Ants, Bees and Wasps | Beetles | Bugs | Butterflies | Crickets and Grasshoppers | Crustaceans | Flies |
| Mayflies, Dragonflies and Damselflies | Moths | Spiders | Amphibians and Reptiles | Birds | Mammals |
| Flies and Scorpion Flies - 7100 and 4 UK species Seen and ID-ed: 28 |
| Family: Bibionidae - St Marks' Flies (18 species) | |
| St Mark's / Hawthorn Fly - Bibio marci Family common, not always able to tell individual species  Photographed and first ID 24th April 2025 |
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| Family: Calliphoridae - Blowflies (38 species) | |
| Cluster Fly - Pollenia rudis Very common  Photographed and first ID 21st July 2024 |
Greenbottle - Lucilia sericata Very common  Photographed 23rd June 2025 (first ID 21st July 2024) |
| Family: Empididae, Hybotidae and Dolichopodidae - Dance Flies (388 species) | |
| Dance Fly - Empis livida (best guess) Common  Photographed 4th June 2025 (first ID 14th June 2024) |
Semaphore Fly - Poecilobothrus nobilitatus Seen occassionally  Photographed 23rd June 2025 (first ID 21st July 2024) |
| Family: Leuctridae - Needleflies (Stoneflies) (6 species) | |
| Leuctra fusca (best guess) Seen once  Photographed and first ID 19th October 2024 |
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| Family: Muscidae - Houseflies and allies (286 species) | |
| Face Fly - Musca autumnalis (best guess) Common, especially in Oak field  Photographed and first ID 14th June 2024 |
House Fly - Muscina levide Very common  Photographed and first ID 4th June 2025 |
| Root-maggot flies - Anthomyiidae family Seen on Ragwort a fair bit in Oak field  Photographed and first ID 14th June 2024 |
Stable Fly - Stomoxys calcitrans Seen occasionally  Photographed and first ID 11th September 2024 |
| Family: Opomyzidae - Grass flies (16 species) | |
| Grass Fly - Opomyza florum (best guess) Seen in grasses occassionally  Photographed and first ID 24th July 2024 |
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| Family: Panorpidae and Boredidae - Scorpionflies (4 species) | |
| Common Scorpion fly - Panorpa communis Seen in Oak field from May through to September  Photographed 29th June 2024 (First ID 24th May) |
German Scorpion fly - Panorpa germanica Seen in Oak field from June  Photographed 16th June 2025 |
| Family Rhagionidae - Snipeflies | |
| Black snipefly - Chrysopilus cristatus Seen occassionally  Photographed and first ID 29th June 2025 |
Downlooker snipefly - Rhagio scolapaceus Several seen in Yeti's gate area  Photographed and first ID 29th May 2025 |
| Marsh snipefly - Rhagio tringarius Seen once  Photographed and first ID 26th July 2024 |
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| Family Sarcophagidae - Flesh flies (60 species) | |
| Flesh fly - Sarcophaga carnaria (probably) Common  Photographed and first ID 6th June 2025 |
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| Family Scathophagidae - Dungflies | |
| Yellow Dungfly - Scathophaga stercoraria Seen fairly regularly throughout the summer  Photographed and first ID 9th July 2024 |
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| Family Syrphidae - Hoverflies (281 species) | |
| Eristalis nemorum (best guess) Seen on ragwort a few times  Photographed and first ID 29th July 2024 |
Drone Fly - Eristalis tenax Common  Photographed and first ID 5th Augist 2024 |
| Drone Fly, Tapered - Eristalis pertinax Very common  Photographed and first ID 15th August 2024 |
Hoverfly, Batman - Myathropa florea Very common  Photographed and first ID 26th July 2024 |
| Hoverfly, Figwort - Cheilosia variabilis Seen once  Photographed and first ID 15th June 2025 |
Hoverfly, Great Pied - Volucella pellucens Seen once  Photographed and first ID 27th July 2024 |
| Hoverfly, Long - Sphaerophoria scripta Seen occassionally  Photographed and first ID 30th June 2025 |
Hoverfly, Marmalade - Episyrphus balreatus Very common  Photographed 23rd June 2025 (First ID 14th July 2024) |
| Hoverfly, Thick-legged - Syritta pipiens Seen on ragwort a few times  Photographed and first ID 26th July 2024 |
Hoverfly, White-footeed - Platycheirus albimanus Occassionally seen  Photographed and first ID 26th August 2024 |
| Sunfly - Helophilus pendulus Seen on ragwort once  Photographed and first ID 11th September 2024 |
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| Family Tabanidae - Horseflies (30 species) | |
| Dark Giant Horsefly - Tabanus suditicus Seen on a couple of occassions in Oak field  Photographed 17th June 2025 (First ID 15th July 2024) |
Notched-horned Cleg - Haematopota pluvialis Common  Photographed and first ID 20th July 2024 |
| Family Tipulidae - Long Palped Craneflies | |
| Giant Cranefly - Tipula maxima Very, very common all over land, especially August/ September  Photographed 29th June 2024 (First ID 13th June) |
European Cranefly - Tipula paludosa Less common than Giant, seen especially in August/ September  Photographed and first ID 13th September 2024 |
| 4-Spotted Cranefly - Nephrotoma quadrifaria Occassional  Photographed and first ID 21st June 2025 |
Spotted Cranefly - Nephrotoma appendiculata Occassional  Photographed and first ID 11th May 2025 |