Dean Green Team

Wildlife Conservation Group in the

Forest of Dean

Gloucestershire

20 June May 2023

Foxes Bridge Wildlife Survey

Grid Ref SO 644 138

Further data collected in our Wildlife Survey.

The Brown China-Mark moth, our 'aquatic' micro moth.Unusually, the larvae are entirely aquatic, feeding on water plants in ponds, lakes and canals

Tiger Moth - The conspicuous patterns on its wings serve as a warning to predators because the moth's body fluids are poisonous.

Pyramidal Orchid - Orchid seeds do not store enough food to grow on their own, so they team up with a mat-forming fungus in the soil. In turn, the orchid’s roots protect the fungus.

Survey at Foxes Bridge Settling Pond

New to site

Pyramidal Orchid
Bog pimpernel
Great Crested Newt

Insects

Red Admiral 1
Wood White 3
Speckled Wood 3
Ringlet 10
Meadow Brown 5
Large Skipper 1
Common Blue 1
White Ermine Moth
Scarlet Tiger Moth
Broad Bodied Chaser (male and female)
Grass Hopper
Grass Moth (two types)
Hornet
Queen Hornet
Brown China Mark (Aquatic Moth on Branched Bur-reed)
Marmalade Hover Fly
Blue Tailed Damselfly
Burnet Moth Chrysalis

Birds

Chiffchaff
Black bird
Robin
Carrion Crow
Gold Crest
Song Thrush
Long Tailed Tit

Survey at Foxes Bridge Colliery Tip

Insects

Wood White 4
Small Heath 6
Hornet
Grass Moth
Meadow Brown 1
Six Belted Clearwing Moth
Ringlet 3
Marbled White Spot Moth

Birds

Willow Warbler