| 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 |
| Beetles - 4131 UK species Seen and ID-ed: 15 |
| Family: Cantharidae - Soldier Beetles (41 species) | |
| Common Red Soldier Beetle - Rhagonycha fulva A fair few seen over a couple of weeks in Oak and Goat fields mainly  Photographed and first ID 15th July 2024 |
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| Family: Cerambycidae - Longhorn Beetles (73 species) | |
| Black and Yellow Longhorn - Rutpela maculata Seen once in Gathering area by bottom fence  Photographed and first ID 22nd July 2024 |
Wasp Beetle - Clytus arietis Seen once in 4-Fruit tree area  Photographed and first ID 22nd July 2024 |
| Family: Chrysomelidae - Leaf Beetles (279 species) | |
| Alder Bettle - Agelastica alni Seen on a young alder in garden  Photographed and first ID 27th April 2025 |
Thistle Tortoise Bettle - Cassida rubiginosa Seen once in Garden by pump house  Photographed and first ID 26th August 2024 |
| Family: Coccinellidae - Ladybirds (55 species) | |
| 7-spot Ladyburd - Coccinella septempunctata Seen occassionally in garden and round land  Photographed and first ID 26th August 2024 |
14-spot Ladyburd - Propylea quattuordecimpunctata Seen very rarely  Photographed and first ID 20th September 2024 |
| Family: Curculionidae - True Weevils (494 species) | |
| Weevil - Cionus tuberculosus Seen once on decking  Photographed and first ID 29th August 2024 |
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| Family: Geotrupidae - Dor beetles (8 species) | |
| Dor Beetle - Melolontha melolontha Caught in moth trap  Photographed and first ID 30th August 2024 |
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| Family: Helophoridae - Helophorod Water Beetles (20 species) | |
| Helophoris aequalis (best guess) First beetle to colonise ponds, very common  Photographed and first ID 23rd May 2025 |
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| Family: Pyrochroidae - Cardinal Beetles (3 species) | |
| Pyrochroa serraticornis Several seen in Yeti's gate area  Photographed and first ID 29th May 2025 |
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| Family: Scarbacacidae - Scarab beetles (84 species) | |
| Cockchafer (May Bug) - Melolontha melolontha A few seen in May, not as many as usual round Dog Room  Photographed and first ID 22nd May 2024 |
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| Family: Silphidae - Carrion or Burying (Sexton) Beetles (21 species) | |
| Nicrophorus investigator Caught in moth trap  Photographed and first ID 30th August 2024 |
Black Sexton Beetle - Nicrophorus humator Found several at bottom of dog dustbin  Photographed and first ID 30th July 2024 |
| Family: Staphylinidae - Rove Beetles (1129 species) | |
| Devil's coach horse - Devil's coach horse On fence post by Yeti's Gate - seen once  Photographed and first ID 24th October 2024 |
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