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Abrostola tripartita
spectacle moth
Accipiter gentilis
northern goshawk
Acronicta aceris
sycamore moth
Aelia acuminata
bishop’s mitre shieldbug
Aglais io
European peacock butterfly
Aglais urticae
small tortoiseshell butterfly
Amphipyra berbera
Svensson’s copper underwing moth
Anoplius nigerrimus
a spider wasp
Aphantopus hyperantus
ringlet butterfly
Aplidium turbinatum
a colonial sea squirt
Apoderus coryli
hazel leaf-roller weevil
Aporia crataegi
black-veined white butterfly
Aquila chrysaetos chrysaetos
European golden eagle
Arvicola amphibius
European water vole
Autographa gamma
silver Y moth
Bellardia pandia
bisetose emerald-bottle fly
Bibio marci
St. Mark’s fly
Biston betularia
peppered moth
Boloria selene
small pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly
Bombus hortorum
garden bumblebee
Bufo bufo
common toad
Canis lupus orion
Greenland wolf
Cantharis rustica
a soldier beetle
Caprimulgus europaeus
European nightjar
Catocala fraxini
Clifden nonpareil moth
Celastrina argiolus
holly blue butterfly
Cerceris rybyensis
ornate tailed digger wasp
Cervus elaphus
red deer
Cheilosia vulpina
large burdock Cheilosia
Chrysoperla carnea
common green lacewing
Chrysotoxum bicinctum
two-banded wasp hoverfly
Coccinella septempunctata
seven-spotted ladybird
Colias crocea
clouded yellow butterfly
Coremacera marginata
a snail-killing fly
Deilephila porcellus
small elephant hawk-moth
Diadumene lineata
orange-striped anemone
Dolichovespula sylvestris
tree wasp
Eimeria tenella
a coccidian parasite
Eristalis arbustorum
plain-faced drone fly
Eristalis pertinax
tapered drone fly
Eristalis tenax
common drone fly
Erithacus rubecula
European robin
Euproctis similis
yellow-tail moth
Gari tellinella
a sunset clam
Glaucopsyche alexis
green-underside blue butterfly
Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
double-striped pug moth
Gymnosoma rotundatum
a parasitoid ladybird fly
Harmonia axyridis
harlequin ladybird
Hydraecia micacea
rosy rustic moth
Hypena proboscidalis
the snout moth
Ichneumon xanthorius
a parasitoid wasp
Ischnura elegans
blue-tailed damselfly
Laetiporus sulphureus
chicken of the woods
Laothoe populi
poplar hawk-moth
Lasioglossum lativentre
furry-claspered furrow bee
Lineus longissimus
bootlace worm
Luperina testacea
flounced rustic moth
Lutra lutra
Eurasian river otter
Lycaena phlaeas
small copper butterfly
Lymantria monacha
black arches moth
Macropis europaea
yellow loosestrife bee
Malachius bipustulatus
common malachite beetle
Maniola jurtina
meadow brown butterfly
Marthasterias glacialis
spiny starfish
Melanargia galathea
marbled white butterfly
Melanostoma mellinum
dumpy grass hoverfly
Melitaea athalia
heath fritillary butterfly
Melitaea cinxia
Glanville fritillary butterfly
Mimas tiliae
lime hawk-moth
Nemurella pictetii
a stonefly
Noctua fimbriata
broad-bordered yellow underwing moth
Noctua pronuba
large yellow underwing moth
Notocelia uddmanniana
bramble shoot moth
Notodonta dromedarius
iron prominent moth
Notodonta ziczac
pebble prominent moth
Nymphalis polychloros
large tortoiseshell butterfly
Ocypus olens
devil’s coach horse beetle
Parapoynx stratiotata
ringed china-mark moth
Pararge aegeria
speckled wood butterfly
Patella pellucida
blue-rayed limpet
Phalera bucephala
buff-tip moth
Pheosia tremula
swallow prominent moth
Phlogophora meticulosa
angle shades moth
Pholis gunnellus
rock gunnel
Pieris brassicae
large white butterfly
Pieris napi
green-veined white butterfly
Pieris rapae
small white butterfly
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
common pipistrelle bat
Pterostichus madidus
black clock beetle
Pyrgus malvae
grizzled skipper butterfly
Pyrochroa serraticornis
red-headed cardinal beetle
Rana temporaria
common frog
Rattus norvegicus
Norway rat
Rhagonycha fulva
common red soldier beetle
Salmo trutta
brown trout
Sciurus carolinensis
eastern grey squirrel
Sciurus vulgaris
Eurasian red squirrel
Seladonia tumulorum
bronze furrow bee
Sicus ferrugineus
ferruginous bee-grabber fly
Sphecodes monilicornis
box-headed blood bee
Spilosoma lubricipeda
white ermine moth
Steromphala cineraria
grey top shell
Streptopelia turtur
European turtle dove
Tachina fera
a tachinid fly
Taurulus bubalis
long-spined sea scorpion
Tenthredo notha
a sawfly
Thyatira batis
peach blossom moth
Thymelicus sylvestris
small skipper butterfly
Tinea trinotella
bird’s nest moth
Trachurus trachurus
Atlantic horse mackerel
Vanessa atalanta
red admiral butterfly
Vanessa cardui
painted lady butterfly
Vespa crabro
European hornet
Vespula germanica
German wasp
Vespula vulgaris
common wasp
Xanthogramma pedissequum
a hoverfly
Xestia xanthographa
square-spot rustic moth