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New Forest Wildlife Calendar - valley mires and other wet, boggy places

 
There's lots of wildlife in the New Forest's valley mires and other wet, boggy places. Here's a guide to what can be seen throughout the year. Not everything is included, though, as such a list would be incredibly long, but many of the notable species are shown.
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Birds
                     
Curlew (Numenius arquata) Relatively common     x x x x x x        
Great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor) Uncommon x x x             x x x
Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) Relatively uncommon x x x x         x x x x
Heron (Ardea cinerea) Relatively uncommon x x x x x x x x x x x x
Hobby (Falco subbuteo) Relatively common       x x x x x x      
Kestrel ((Falco tinnunculus) Relatively common     x x x x x x x x    
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) Relatively common   x x x x x x x        
Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis) Common x x x x x x x x x x x x
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus) Uncommon x x x x x x x x x x x x
Redshank (Tringa tetanus) Relatively uncommon       x x x x          
Reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) Common   x x x x x x x x      
Skylark (Alauda arvensis) Relatively common     x x x x x x x x    
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) Relatively uncommon x x x x x x x x x x x x
Water rail (Rallus aquaticus) Uncommon x x x x x x x x x x x x
                           
Dragonflies and damselflies
                         
Broad-bodied chaser (Libellula depressa) Relatively common         x x x x        
Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) Common         x x x x x      
Common darter (Sympetrum striolatum) Common           x x x x x    
                           
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Emperor dragonfly (Anax imperator) Relatively common         x x x x        
Golden-ringed dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltonii) Relatively common           x x x        
Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) Common       x x x x x x      
Small red damselfly (Ceriagrion tenellum)
Relatively common           x x x x      
Southern hawker (Aeshna cyanea)
Common             x x x      
                           
Miscellaneous insects
                          
Black bog ant (Formica candida) Relatively uncommon ? ? x x x x x x x x ? ?
Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) Relatively uncommon ? ? x x x x x x x x ? ?
                         
Wild flowers   Flowering period
Bog asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum) Common             x x        

Bog bean (Menyanthes trifoliate)

 Relatively common)         x x            
Bog myrtle (Myrica gale) Common       x x              
Bog orchid (Malaxis paludosa) Uncommon             x x x      
Cotton grass (Eriophorum spp) Common         x x            
Early marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata) Relatively uncommon)         x x x          
                           
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Marsh gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe) Relatively uncommon               x x      
Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) Uncommon     x x x              
Marsh St. John's Wort (Hypericum elodes) Common           x x x x      
Mints (Mentha spp) Relatively common             x x x x    
Southern marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza praetermissa) Relatively uncommon           x x          
Sundews (Drosera spp) Common           x x x        
                           

 

 
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