| Identifying animals on our land (more coming soon) |
| Ants, Bees and Wasps | Beetles | Bugs | Butterflies | Crickets and Grasshoppers | Flies | Mayflies, Dragonflies and Damselflies | Moths | Spiders |
| Amphibians and Reptiles | Birds | Mammals |
| Flies and Scorpion Flies 2024 - 7100 and 4 UK species |
| Family: Calliphoridae - Blowflies (38 species) | |
| Cluster Fly - Pollenia rudis very common  Photographed and first ID 21st July 2024 |
Greenbottle - Lucilia sericata Very common  Photographed and first ID 21st July 2024 |
| Family: Empididae, Hybotidae and Dolichopodidae- Dance Flies (388 species) | |
| Dance Fly - Empis livida (best guess) Seen a few times in allotment and outer hedgerows  Photographed and first ID 14th June 2024 |
Long legged fly - Poecilobothrus nobilitatus (best guess) Seen once  Photographed and first ID 21st July 2024 |
| 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 |
Root-maggot flies - Anthomyiidae family Seen on Ragwort a fair bit in Oak field  Photographed and first ID 14th June 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) | |
| Scorpion fly - Panorpa ..... Seen in Oak field from May through to September  Photographed 29th June 2024 (First ID 24th May) |
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| Family Rhagionidae - Snipeflies | |
| Marsh snipefly - Rhagio tringarius Seen once  Photographed and first ID 26th July 2024 |
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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) | |
| Batman Hoverfly - Myathropa florea Quite common  Photographed and first ID 26th July 2024 |
Marmalade Hoverfly - Episyrphus balreatus Seen infrequently  Photographed and first ID 14th July 2024 |
| Thick-legged Hoverfly - Syritta pipiens Seen on ragwort a few times  Photographed and first ID 26th July 2024 |
Great Pied Hoverfly - Volucella pellucens Seen once  Photographed and first ID 27th July 2024 |
| 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 |
| Tapered Drone Fly - Eristalis pertinax Seen on valrium etc a few times  Photographed and first ID 15th August 2024 |
White-footeed Hoverfly - Platycheirus albimanus Occassionally seen  Photographed and first ID 26th August 2024 |
| Family Tabanidae - Horseflies (30 species) | |
| Dark Giant Horsefly - Tabanus suditicus Seen on a couple of occassions in Oak field  Photographed and 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) |
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