| 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 |
| Ants, Bees, Wasps & Relatives (7760 species) |
| Family: Apidae - Bees (1 species) | |
| Patchwork leaf-cutter bee - Megachile centuncularis Seen a few times on this fence post (poultry/ viewing area fence line)  Photographed and first ID 24th July 2024 |
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| Family: Bombus and Apis - Social bees: Bumble and Honey (8 species) | |
| Buff-tailed Bumble Bee - Bombus terrestris Fairly common  Photographed and first ID 4th August 2024 |
Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum Very common  Photographed and first ID 14th July 2024 |
| Early Bumble Bee - Bombus pratorum Very common  Photographed 22nd July 2024 (First ID 8th July) |
Garden Bumble Bee - Bombus hortorum Not sure how common  Photographed and first ID 3nd June 2025 |
| Honey Bee - Apis mellifera Very common all over the garden/land (we have hives on the land)  Photographed and first ID 29th June 2024 |
Red tailed Bumble Bee - Bombus lapidarius Seen occassionally  Photographed 12th July 2025 (first ID 24th July 2024) |
| Vestal Cuckoo Bumble Bee - Bombus vestalis Only one known sighting  Photographed and first ID 3rd July 2025 |
White tailed Bumble Bee - Bombus lucorum Very common  Photographed 11th July 2025 (first ID 16th August 2024) |
| Family: Ichneumonidae - Ichneumon Wasps (3 species) | |
| Diplazon laetatorius
Seen once that we know of  Photographed and first ID 31st May 2025 |
Pimpula rufipes Occassionally seen, caught in house at times  Photographed and first ID 19th October 2024 |
| Sabre wasp - Rhyssa persuasoria Seen once on garden log pile  Photographed and first ID 29th June 2024 |
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| Family: Tenthredinidae - Sawflies (Common) (5 species) | |
| Unknown larva Found on Purple willow in Oak field  Photographed 16th August 2024 (First ID 30th June) |
Figwort Sawfly larva - Tenthredo scrophulariae Found on Water figwort in Poultry Area  Photographed 16th August 2024 (First ID 30th June) |
| Loosestrife Sawfly larva - Monostegia abdominalis Found in the Allotment  Photographed 16th August 2024 (First ID 30th June) |
Common Sawfly larva - Euura salicis Found on a fence post, seen once  Photographed 16th August 2024 (First ID 30th June) |
| Common Sawfly larva - Nematus septentrionalis Found on Purple willow in Oak field  Photographed and first ID 7th June 2025 |
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| Family: Vespidae - Social, Potter and Mason wasps (4 species) | |
| Common wasp - Vespula vulgaris Very common, nest in Green lane by gate 2024  Photographed 14th August 2024 (First ID 29th July) |
Potter Wasp - Eumenes coarctatus Seen occassionally in allotment  Photographed and first ID 16th September 2024 |
| Potter Wasp - ancistrocerus genus Found in house  Photographed and first ID 6th June 2025 |
Ruby Tailed Wasp - Chrysis ignita (likely) Seen once on a log  Photographed and first ID 27th July 2024 |