The Rams Island Heritage Project is An Undertaking of the Charity NIC102397 The River Bann & Lough Neagh Assoc. Co. NI 053517
Species Identified Rams Island Birds (many of these species are on the Amber List)
Blackbird Turdus merula Blackcap Sy lvia aticapilla Black-headed gull Larus ridibundus Blue Tit Parus caeruleus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Buzzard Buteo buteo Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Coal Tit Parus ater Common gull Larus canus Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Common Tern Sterna hirundo Coot Fulica atra Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Dunnock Prunella modularis Gadwall Anas strepera Goldcrest Regulus regulus Goldeneye Bucephla clangula Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Great Tit Parus major Grey heron Ardea cinerea Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Hooded Crow Corvus cornix House Martin Delichon urbica Jackdaw Corvus monedula Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Lesser Black-Backed gull Larus fuscus
Mallard Anas platyrhynchosLittle Egret Egretta garzetta Long Tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Magpie Pica picaMoorhen Gallinula chloropus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Pied wagtail Motacilla alba Pochard Aythya ferina Red Breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Robin Erithacus rubecula Rook Corvus frugilegus Sand Martin Riparia riparia Scaup Aythya marila Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Swallow Hirundo rustica Swift Apus apus Teal Anas crecca Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Tufted duck Aythya fuligula Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Wigeon Anas penelope Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
Common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) Soprano pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) Nathusius's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii) Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii)Leisler's bat (Nyctalus leisleri)
A Batty Evening on Rams Island with some fascinated children
Alder Alnus glutinosa Ash Fraxinus excelsior Aspen Populus Tremula Beech Fagus sylvatica Copper Beech Fagus sylvatica purpurea Crack Willow Salix fragilis Downy Birch Betula pubescens Elder Sambucus nigra Grey Willow Salix cinerea Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Holly Ilex aquifolium
Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum Lime Tilia x vulgaris Sessile Oak Quercus petraea Silver Birch Betula pendula Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus Yew Taxus baccata Walnut Juglans regia White Willow Salix alba Wych Elm Ulmus glabra montana
Bluebells Hyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebells Hyacinthoides hispanica Bugle Ajuga reptans Bulrush Typha angustifolia Butchers Broom Ruscus aculeatus Common Reed Phragmites australis Daffodils Narcissus pseudonarcissus Dog Rose Rosa canina Few Flowered Garlic Allium paradoxum Ground-ivy Glechoma hederaceaHimalayan balsam Impatiens glanduliferaIvy Hedra helix
Lesser Celandine Ranunculus ficaria Lords and Ladies (Jack in the Pulpit) Arum maculatum Marsh Marigold Caltha palustris Monkshood Aconitum napellus agg. Nettle Uritica dioica Primrose Primula vulgaris Red Campion Silene dioica Snowdrops Galanthus nivalis Wild Garlic Allium ursinum Wild Mint Mentha sativa Yellow flag iris Iris pseudacorus
Ascomycetes Cup fungiCramp balls "King Alfred's cakes" Daldinia concentrica Coral-spot Fungus Nectria cinnabarina Beech Woodwart Hypoxylon fragiforme Brittle Cinder Ustulina deusta Scarlet Elfcup Sarcoscypha austriaca Candle-snuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon Dead Moll's Fingers Xylaria longipes Dead Man's Fingers Xylaria polymorpha Hypoxylon petriniae Boletes and Agarics Red Cracking Bolete Boletus chrysenteron Honey Fungus Armillaria mellea Butter Cap Collybia butyracea Common Ink-cap Coprinus atramentarius Porcelain Fungus "poached egg toadstool" Oudemansiella mucida Soft Slipper Toadstool Crepidotus mollis Sheathed Woodtuft Galerina mutabilis Collared Parachute Marasmius rotula Fawn Pluteus Deer Shield Pluteus cervinus Willow Shield Pluteus salicinus
Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa Dryad's Saddle Polyporus squamosus Southern Bracket Ganoderma adspersum Oak Bracket Inonotus dryadeus Alder Bracket Inonotus radiatus Willow Bracket Phellinus igniarius Hairy Curtain Crust Stereum hirsutum Bleeding Broadleaf Crust Stereum rugosum Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsute Turkeytail Trametes versicolor Peniophora lycii Meruliopsis corium Phragmobasidiomycetes Jelly Fungi Jelly Ear Hirneola auricula-judae White Brain Exidia thuretiana Gasteroid Fungi Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum Pestle-Shaped Puffball Calvatia excipuliformis Stump Puffball “wolf-fart puffballs” Lycoperdon pyriforme
New Zealand flatworm Arthurdendyus triangulatus Common land planarian Microplana terrestris Mollusca Snails, Slugs Waxy glass-snail Aegopinella nitidula Garden slug Arion distinctus Moss snail Cochlicopa lubricella Caruana's slug Deroceras caruanae Gray field slug Deroceras reticulatum Rounded snail Discus rotundatus Chrysalis snail Lauria cylindracea Irish yellow slug Limacus maculatus Tree slug Limax marginatus Budapest slug Milax budapestensis Garlic snail Oxychilus alliarius Cellar snail Oxychilus cellarius Amber snail Oxyloma pfeifferi Pullicid glass snail Vitrina pellucida
Carabidae Ground beetles ground beetle Abax parallelepipedus ground beetle Agonum albipes ground beetle Agonum assimile ground beetle Asaphidion curtum ground beetle Bembidion clarki Nb (notable). Rare in Ireland - still at Portmore Lough (RSPB) ground beetle Bembidion harpaloides ground beetle Bembidion tetracolum ground beetle Calathus piceus ground beetle Nebria brevicollis ground beetle Pterostichus anthracinus Strawberry ground beetle Pterostichus madidus Cantharidae Soldier beetles soldier beetle Cantharis nigricans Staphylinidae Rove beetles rove beetle Atheta britanniae rove beetle Atheta crassicornis rove beetle Autalia rivularis rove beetle Carpelimus corticinus rove beetle Cordalia obscura rove beetle Dimetrota aterrima rove beetle Phloeopora testacea rove beetle Quedius mesomelinus rove beetle Xantholinus linearis
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