Species lists for Olav's Wood
The following species lists describe the flora and fauna in Olav's Wood:
- A list of the trees and shrubs planted in Olav's Wood,
- An extensive list of the birds of the woodland and surrounding area provided by Andy Mitchell,
- A list of plants on the site has been compiled with the help of John Crossley,
- A preliminary list of the mosses and liverworts (bryophytes) of the woodland has been provided by John Crossley and Rosemary McCance.
Other species lists are sketchy or absent: The insects list is begun
but needs considerable extension.
We would appreciate additions to these records (and new lists, e.g. records for fungi, for lichens, and for invertebrates, including butterflies and moths, bees, molluscs etc.).
If you have any observations to contribute: lists of species, individual records, corrections to current lists or queries,
please contact the website (olavswood@gmail.com). All contributions welcome and will be acknowledged.
For some pictures of the flora of Olav's Wood, visit the Plant Gallery. Pictures of wildlife in the woodland are found in the Wildlife Gallery.
Acknowledgements: Thanks to Andy Mitchell (a former RSPB warden in Orkney) for an extensive list of birds, surveyed over several years, and some insect records also. Thanks to John Crossley for help with the
plantlist and to John Crossley and Rosemary McCance for the bryophyte list.
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