Other Wildlife
References to all other wildlife except birds, plants, mammals
Algae
Lack of expertise means that the tables below only represents of some of the species that are present, and in some cases uncertainty is indicated by brackets and a question mark.
Below is a list of Algae, presented in alphabetical order. A photograph (where available) of a specimen found somewhere in the area may be viewed by clicking on the scientific name.
Species | Common Name | Location |
Achnanthes | Diatom | Alexandra Lake 08/01/2018 |
Ankistrodesmus gracilis (possibly) | Colonial alga | Perch Pond 18/04/2018 |
Cladophora | Green alga | Capel Road garden 09/11/2015 |
Closterium | Desmid | Alexandra Lake 08/01/2018 |
Cosmarium | Desmid | Harpenden Road garden pond 01/01/2018 |
Cymatopleura | Desmid | Harpenden Road garden pond 01/01/2018 |
Cymbella | Diatom | Harpenden Road garden pond 01/01/2018 |
Desmidium | Desmid | Harpenden Road garden pond 01/01/2018 |
Diatom | Diatom | Capel Road garden 01/12/2015 |
Enteromorpha | Gut Weed | Wanstead Flats, Jubilee Pond 13/07/2011; Wanstead Park, Heronry Pond |
Euglena | Euglena Flagellate | Harpenden Road garden pond 01/01/2018 |
Euglena | Euglena Flagellate | Capel Road garden, 29/03/2018 |
Eunotia | Diatom | Alexandra Lake 08/01/2018 |
Gonium | Colonial alga | Perch Pond, Wanstead Park, 18/04/2018 |
Gymnodinium ? | Flagellate | Capel Road garden pond 27/12/2017 |
Hantzschia | Diatom | Capel Road garden 29/11/2015 |
Klebsormidium ? | Capel Road garden, 18 December 2017 | |
Navicula | Diatom | Harpenden Road garden pond 01/01/2018 |
Navicula | Diatom | Alexandra Lake, 8 January 2018 |
Oscillatoria | Capel Road garden pond, 26 August 2019 | |
Pediastrum | Green Algae | Harpenden Road garden pond 01/01/2018 |
Peridinium | Flagellate | Capel Road garden 19/11/2015 |
Phacus | Euglena Flagellate | Alexandra Lake 08/01/2018 |
Scenedesmus | Green Algae | Harpenden Road garden pond 01/01/2018 |
Scenedesmus | Green Algae | Harpenden Road garden pond 01/01/2018 |
Spirogyra | Green Algae | Harpenden Road garden pond 01/01/2018 |
Staurastrum (natator?) | Desmid | Harpenden Road garden pond 01/01/2018 |
Staurastrum | Desmid | Harpenden Road garden pond 01/01/2018 |
Synura | Colonial Alga | Capel Road garden pond, 9 April 2018 |
Synura | Colonial Alga | Perch Pond, Wanstead Park, 18/04/2018 |
Trachelomonas | Euglena | Harpenden Road garden pond 01/01/2018 |
Trentepohlia aurea | Green Algae | Bush Wood 07/11/2007 |
Trentopohlia (aurea?) | Green Algae | St. Mary's churchyard, Wanstead 07/02/2016 |
Ulothrix | Green Algae | Harpenden Road garden pond 01/01/2018 |
Ulotrichales (Order) | Green Algae | Harpenden Road garden pond 01/01/2018 |
Volvox | Volvox | Capel Road garden 17/12/2017 |
Lichens
Lack of expertise means that the tables below only represents of some of the species that are present, and in some cases uncertainty is indicated by brackets and a question mark.
Below is a list of Lichens. A photograph (where available) of a specimen found somewhere in the area may be viewed by clicking on the scientific name.
Species | Common Name | Location |
Caloplaca (Variospora) flavescens | col 15/03/2008 | |
Candelariella aurella | wp ??/05/2007 | |
Catillaria sp. ? | col 03/11/2005 | |
Cladonia (chlorophaea ?) | wp 23/10/2004; sw 26/12/2004 | |
Cladonia sp. (fimbriata ?) | Capel Road, garden wall 09/11/2002 | |
Cladonia sp. (furcata ?) | sw 09/11/2007 | |
Cladonia sp. (humilis ?) | sw 09/11/2007 | |
Collema (aurata?) | col on a flat tombstone in Chapel Avenue, 25/11/2022 | |
Collema tenax | Capel Road on wall top, 16/11/2020 | |
Flavoparmelia caperata | Capel Road, 27/05/2008; wp 06/05/2010; wf 07/04/2011; bw 28/10/2012; col 14/02/2013 | |
Hypogymnia physodes ? | sw 31/01/2005 on a twig together with Xanthoria parietina; col on a rock slab, 14/02/2013 | |
Lecanora chralotera | wf on a tree with X. parietina, 01/02/2005 | |
Lecanora muralis | col 25/09/2004; wp 21/11/2004 | |
Lepraria incana ? | wp, Chalet Wood, 23/03/2002 | |
Melanelia fuliginosa subsp. glabratula | col 03/11/2005 | |
Parmelia saxatilis | Capel Road, on plane tree, 13/01/2009 | |
Parmelia sulcata | wp Warren Wood, 25/09/2004; by Heronry Pond, 02/03/2006; wf by Alexandra Lake, 08/08/2006 | |
Peltigera (rufescens ?) | Dog Lichen | sw 16/06/2007; col 06/11/2012 |
Physcia adscendens | sw 30/01/2005; wf 18/01/2005; Capel Road, on a plane tree, 24/08/2004: col, 25/09/2004; | |
Physconia grisea | 07/03/2002, Capel Road, on a plane tree; col 25/09/2004, 02/03/2007, 30/03/2008; Capel Road, on a plane tree | |
Punctelia subrudecta | River Wood, Wanstead Park, 17 May 2006 | |
Ramalina farinacea ? | wp 13/03/2009 | |
Rhizocarpon reductum | Capel Road on wall top, 16/11/2020 | |
Xanthoria aureola ? | wp, on concrete fence post, 23/03/2002 | |
Xanthoria parietina | Common Orange Lichen | wf 04/03/2002; Capel Road 24/08/2004: wp 1303/2009: sw 16/01/2005; |
Xanthoria polycarpa | may be locally as common as the previous species. These two need checking |