THE LITTLETONS IN 1985 - A NATURAL HISTORY DIARY
SPECIES MENTIONED IN THE TEXT          
               
PLANTS 1 PARAGRAPH PLANTS 2 PARAGRAPH PLANTS 3 PARAGRAPH PLANTS PARAGRAPH
               
Adder's-tongue 6b Dandelion 3c,5b,5c,5d,5e,5f,5g,5h,5k,7e Hoary Ragwort 8a,9c,9d,10c,11a Spear Thistle 8a,8b,8c,10c
Agrimony 7c,7e,8b,8e,9d,10c,11a Deadly Nightshade 4c,8a Hogweed 6e,6f,7a,8a,10c Spiked Sedge 7c,9d
Alder 3c Dog-rose 3b,6f,7a,7e,8a,11b Hop 7a,7b,8e Spotted Medick 3b,6f
Alsike Clover 7a Dog-violet 5a Hop Trefoil 6f,6g,7e,9c Spurge-laurel 1a,4b
Annual Mercury 11a Dog's Mercury 5c Horse-chestnut 1a Sticky Groundsel 9c,10b
Annual Wall-rocket 5i,6g Dogwood 6b,6e,7a,7b,11b Horse-radish 6f Sticky Mouse-ear 5k
Apple 5f,5g,5h Dove's-foot Crane's-bill 6f Horsetail 6f Stinking Iris 11b
Arrowhead 9b Duke of Argyll's Teaplant 5h,5i Hybrid Black-poplar 4c Stone Parsley 8b,8c,8d,9c,11a
Ash 2c,6b,7c Dwarf Spurge 8b,8c Ivy 1a,10a Strawberry Clover 9d
Autumn Hawkbit 8c,10c,11a,11b Eastern Rocket 10b Ivy-leaved Speedwell 5c Sun Spurge 7d,8b
Barren Brome 8a Elder 6e Ivy-leaved Toadflax 4f Sweet-grass 4a,8b
Beaked Hawk's-beard 5l,6c,6e,6f Elm 3c,5b Knotgrass 8b,8c Sweet Violet 1a,4a,4b,4d,5b
Bearded Couch 8a,8d False Brome 8a Lady's Bedstraw 6a,7b,7c,7d,7e,8b,9d,9e,10c Sycamore 5h,5k,11a
Bee Orchid 6f,7e False Fox-sedge 6b,9d Large Bindweed 8a Tall Melilot 7e,10c
Bird's-foot-trefoil 6c,6e,6f,7b,7c,7d,7e,9d Fat-hen 7d,8b,8c,10c Lesser Burdock 8a,8d Tansy 9b
Biting Stonecrop 6g Field Bindweed 7a,7e,8a,8b,8c,9c,9e Lesser Celandine 4a,4b,4c,5b,5c,5d Thale Cress 5k
Bittersweet 6f,7a,7e,8a,8d,9c,10c,11b Field Forget-me-not 5j,6a,8b Lesser Trefoil 6a,6e,7a,7e,8b Thyme-leaved Sandwort 7d
Black-bindweed 8c Field Garlic 7c,8b,9d Lime 11a Tor-grass 7c,8c,8d,10c
Black Bryony 6f,7a,8a Field Gromwell 3c,10c Long-headed Poppy 6c Traveller's-joy 1a,8a,9e,12c
Black Horehound 10b,11a Field Maple 5j,6d Lords-and-Ladies 1a,5h Trifid Bur-marigold 9b
Black Medick 6b,6c,6e,6f,8b,8c,9c,9e,10c Field Penny-cress 5b,5j,6e,6f,7a,7d Lucerne 8e Tufted Vetch 7e
Black Mustard 8c Field Pepperwort 8e Marsh Yellow-cress 9b Upright Hedge-parsley 8a,8b,8c,9c
Black Nightshade 10c,11a Field-rose 7e Meadow Barley 7d Wall Barley 7a
Black Poplar 9b Field Scabious 7b,7e,8c,9c Meadow Buttercup 5k,5m,6b,6c,6f,7a,7c,7d,7e,8b,8c Wall-rue 5d
Blackthorn 4b,4c,4f,5b,5f,11c,12d Field Speedwell 3c,5b,5l,6a,6c,8b Meadow Crane's-bill 7c,9d Water Chickweed 1b,9b,10b,10e
Bluebell 5j Flattened Meadow-grass 12a Meadowsweet 6f,9b Water-cress 5k,8c,10b
Bramble 5c,6c,8a,8b,8c,8d Flowering-rush 9b Meadow Vetchling 5k,6f,7c,7e,9c,9d,9e,10c Water-crowfoot 4f
Branched Bur-reed 9b,10b Fool's Parsley 8b,8c Musk Mallow 10b Water Figwort 9b,10b,10e
Bristly Oxtongue 8a,8d,11b Fool's Water-cress 8b,8d,10b Nettle 6b,6c,8a,9a Water Forget-me-not 6g,8b,9b,10b
Brooklime 5m,9b Garden Asparagus 6f,8b Nipplewort 7e,8a,8d,10c Water Mint 10b
Buckthorn 5k,6d,7b,10e,12c Garlic Mustard 5e,5h,5j,6c,6e Nodding Bur-marigold 9b Water-pepper 9b,10e
Bulbous Buttercup 5h,5k,5m,6a,6b,6c,6d Germander Speedwell 5j,6b,6c,6d,11a Oregon-grape 4d,5c Water-plantain 9b
Burnet-saxifrage 10c Glaucous Sedge 6c,9c Oxeye Daisy 5l,6b,6d,6e,7a,10b Water-starwort 4d,4f,5d
Celery-leaved Buttercup 5k,8c,9b,10e Goat Willow 3c Parsley-piert 6g Wavy Bitter-cress 5m
Charlock 6c,6e,8b,8c Goat's-beard 6e,6f,8c,9d,11b Pepper-saxifrage 7b,7c,7d,8b,8c,9d Wayfaring-tree 6b
Cherry Plum 4b Goldilocks Buttercup 5a Perforate St John's-wort 7e,8c,10c Weld 10b
Chickweed 3c,5b,6c,11a Grass Vetchling 6f,7a,7b Pineapple-weed 5k Welted Thistle 7e,8a
Cleavers 10c Great Burnet 9b Pink Water-speedwell 8c,9b White Bryony 6e,6f,7a,7e,8a,10c
Coltsfoot 3b Greater Burdock 8a Plum 4c,5b,11a White Campion 6f,8c,10b
Common Centaury 7e Greater Knapweed 8e Polypody 4f White Clover 6e,6f,7d,7e,8b
Common Club-rush 6f,9b Great Willowherb 8d,9b,9e Prickly Lettuce 6e,8a White Comfrey 6e
Common Couch 8a Great Yellow-cress 9b Prickly Sow-thistle 8a,8c,11b White Dead-nettle 5b,5c,5d,5e,5h,5j,5k,6a,6b,6c,6e,6f,8a,8d,9e,10b
Common Duckweed 8b Green Alkanet 6f Purple-loosestrife 9b White Stonecrop 6g
Common Fumitory 6c Grey Poplar 5k Pyramidal Orchid 6f,7e White Willow 5e
Common Knapweed 8b,8c,9d,9e,10b,10c,11a Ground-elder 6e Rape 5m Whitlowgrass 3a,3c,4a,4c,4f,5h
Common Mallow 6f,7b,11a Ground-ivy 5b,5h,5j,6c Red Bartsia 8c Wild Basil 5k,9c,11a
Common Mouse-ear 6a,7d,8b Groundsel 7d,8b Red Clover 6e,6f,7c,7d,7e,8b,8c,9e,10c,11a,11b Wild Carrot 6e,6f,7e,8b,8c,9c,12c
Common Orache 8c,9b,9c,10c,11a Gypsywort 9b Red Dead-nettle 3c,5b,5c,5d,6c,7d Wild Cherry 6f
Common Poppy 6f Hairy-brome 8a,8d Ribwort Plantain 6c,8b,9d Wild Liquorice 6f,7e,8a
Common Restharrow 8b,9d Hairy St John's-wort 7c,8d Rosebay Willowherb 7e Wild Onion 7a,7b,7c
Common Sorrel 7d Hairy Tare 5k Rough Chervil 6a,6f,7a,8a,8b,8c,8d,9c,11b Wild Parsnip 7a,8b,8c
Common Spotted-orchid 7e Hairy Violet 5a Rough Hawkbit 6f,7c,7e,10c Wild Privet 3a,3b,7a,7e,11b,12d
Common Toadflax 9c,10b Hard Rush 4f Round-leaved Fluellen 8b,8c Wild Teasel 8c,9c,9e,10b
Common Vetch 5k,6a,6b,6c,6d,6e,6f,10c Hawkweed Oxtongue 9c,11a Rue-leaved Saxifrage 5h,5i Winter-cress 5b,5k
Corn Buttercup 6a,8b Hawthorn 1a,4c,5h,11b,11c Sainfoin 6d Wood Avens 8a
Cow Parsley 5j,5k,5l,6a,6b,6c,6d,12b Hazel 3b,3c Salad Burnet 5k,6f Wood Forget-me-not 5d
Cowslip 4c,4d,5a,5b,5c,5e,5f,5g,5h,6a Hedge Bedstraw 6e,6f,7c Scarlet Pimpernel 8b,8c Wormwood 9c,10b
Creeping Buttercup 6b,6e,7c,7e,9c,9d Hedge Bindweed 8a,8d,9d,9e,10b Scented Mayweed 6f Wych Elm 6a
Creeping Cinquefoil 6f,7a,7d,9c,9d,9e,10c Hedge Mustard 6c,6f,8a,8b,9c Scentless Mayweed 8b,10c Yarrow 6f,7c,7d,7e,8c,9d,10b,10c,11b
Creeping Thistle 8a,10c Hedgerow Crane's-bill 6e Selfheal 7d,7e,8a,8b,8c Yellow Oat-grass 7c,7d
Creeping Yellow-cress 9b Hedge Woundwort 6e,6f,7a,7e,8a,8c,8d,9c,9e,10c Sharp-leaved Fluellen 8b,8c Yellow-rattle 7a
Crested Dog's-tail 6c,7d Hemlock 6e,6f,6g,7a,7e,8a,9c,10b Shepherd's-purse 1a,3c,5b,5l,6c,7d,11a Yellow Water-lily 9b
Crosswort 6b Hemp-agrimony 9c Silverweed 9e Yellow-wort 6f,7e
Cuckooflower 5d Henbit Dead-nettle 5l Skullcap 9b Yew 3a,4a
Curled Dock 7a Herb-Robert 6g,8a,8d Smaller Cat's-tail 7d    
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill 6a,6e,6f,7a,8b,8c,9d,9e Hoary Cress 5b,5c,5h,6c Small Nettle 11a    
Daisy 4d,5c,5e,5f,5g,5k,6a,6c,6d,6e,7a,7d,11b, Hoary Plantain 6c Smooth Sow-thistle 7d,7e,8a,10c,11a    
       
BIRDS PARAGRAPH BUTTERFLIES PARAGRAPH
Blackbird 2a,12b,12d Brimstone 5e,5f,5g,5j,7b,9c
Blackcap 4e,5m,6d Comma 5f
Blue Tit 2c,5l,12b,12d Common Blue 6c,6d,6f,7a,7b,7e
Bullfinch 6d Gatekeeper 8a,9c,9d,9e
Buzzard 5e Green-veined White 5j,5l,6a,6b,6c,9c,9d,9e
Canada Goose 3c Holly Blue 5b,5e,5j,5l
Chaffinch 6b Large Skipper 7e
Chiffchaff 4c,5j,5m,7c Large White 5l,6a,6c,6d,9c
Coot 1b,1c,2a Marbled White 7a,7e
Crow 5b,5f,5k,5l,5m Meadow Brown 7a,7b,7d,7e,8a,9c,9d,9e
Cuckoo 5k Orange Tip 5e,5j,5l,6a,6b,6c,6d
Curlew 5k Painted Lady 5k
Fieldfare 1a,1c,1d,3a,11b,11c,12d Peacock 6a,9d,9e
Goldfinch 2c Red Admiral 8a
Great Crested Grebe 5m Ringlet 7c,7e
Great Spotted Woodpecker 4c,5j,9c Small Copper 6a
Great Tit 2b,2c,3b,11c,12d Small Heath 5l,6a,6c,6d,7a,7b,7d,7e,9c
Green Woodpecker 9b,10a Small Skipper 9d
Heron 1b,1c,2a,3c,4f,8b,9b,11c Small Tortoiseshell 5e,5l,6d,7a
House Martin 4e,5m,6c Small White 5e,5f,5g,5j,5l,6a,6b,6c,6d,7e,8a,9d,9e
Jay 10a Speckled Wood 5e,5j,6d,7e
Kestrel 1c,2a,4e,5a,6b Wall Brown 6c,6d,9c
Lapwing 1b,2c,10d,12d    
Little Owl 2a,6b MAMMALS PARAGRAPH
Long-tailed Tit 11c Badger 1d,4c
Magpie 3c,5f,7a,11c Bat 5d,7e
Mallard 1b,1c,2a,3c,5g Fox 4f
Moorhen 2a,4d,5m,9b,10e Grey Squirrel 4c
Partridge 1d,3c,4b Hare 3b,7b,8b,9a
Pheasant 4c,5e,5j Mole 1b,2b,12d
Pied Wagtail 12d Stoat 9a
Redshank 4c Rabbit 6c,9c
Redwing 1c,3c,10d,10e,12b    
Robin 4c,11c SNAILS PARAGRAPH
Rook 1d,2a,2b,3b,10c,11b,11c,12b,12d    
Sanderling ? 2b Beautiful (excentrica) 12a,12d
Skylark 3c,5f,6c,6e,7a Chrysalis 12a
Snipe 2c Door 12a,12d
Sparrowhawk 2c,5m Kentish 3a
Spotted Flycatcher 6g Pellucid 12d
Starling 1a,2c,11a,11c,12b,12d Rock 12a,12d
Swallow 5m,6b,9b Rounded 12d
Swan 1c,2a Slippery 12a
Swift 5a,7a,8a    
Tawny Owl 1a,7e DRAGONFLIES PARAGRAPH
Thrush 2a,4c,4f Common Darter 9f,10a
Treecreeper 4c Migrant?  Hawker 9f,10a,10c
Tree Pipit 4e Southern Hawker 7e,9c,9f
Tufted Duck 2a    
Willow Warbler 4c,4e,5j,6d DAMSELFLIES PARAGRAPH
Wood Pigeon 1d,2a,12c Banded Demoiselle 5m
Wren 2b,2c,3b Blue-tailed 5m,6d,9b
Yellowhammer 4d,5k,6b    

THE LITTLETONS IN 1985 - A NATURAL HISTORY DIARY
A SELECTION OF PLACES MENTIONED IN THE TEXT
PLACE O. S. GRID REFERENCE PARAGRAPH
Arrow Lane SP 072 477 to SP 082 472 5c,6f,8e
Blacksmiths Lane SP 076 462 to SP 079 462 3c,4d,5i,6g,10b
Blake's Hill SP 084 472 to SP 095 470 1d,3a,6b,11b,12d
to/from Bretforton SP 086 455 7a,12d
Buckle Street SP 113 458 to SP 112 467 4d,6a,6b,7c,9d,10c
caravan park SP 067 474 2a,3c,4c,5a,6f,11c
chicken farm SP 095 469 5f,5g,6b,8b,8d,11b
to/from Clayfield Road SP 079 456 7d
to/from Cleeve Hill SP 074 484 1a,6d,9a,10a
Cleeve Road SP 076 464 to SP 077 481 4b,5b,5h
East Side SP 084 472 to SP 084 478 3a,4a,5d,5i,7a,12d
Farm Lane SP 076 464 to SP 079 462 2b,4d,4f,5i,6g,12a
"Fish and Anchor" SP 066 470 1c,4b,4c,6f,7e
"Fish and Anchor" Bank SP 067 471 to SP 072 477 4c,5a,5j,6f,8a,12c
Gate Inn Brook SP 104 449 to SP 078 459 10b
Harrow Hill SP 069 462 to SP 069 468 3c,6c,7f,11c
to/from Hoden SP 100 474 5e,8d,10d,12b
to/from Hoden Lane SP 084 480 5d
Holborn SP 103 460 9e
to/from Honeybourne SP 104 449 5k,9c
to/from Honeybourne Road SP 101 448 5k
to/from Island Barn SP 082 481 5c,8e
Littleton Brook SP 084 480 to SP 076 457 1d,,4a,4d,4f,5d,8b,10b
Littleton Coppice SP 073 483 1a,2a,4b,4c,5a,5j,7a,8a,9a
Littleton Pastures SP 107 460 7b,7c
Long Hyde SP 065 462 to SP 076 460 5i,6e,7d,11a
Long Lartin SP 094 457 3b,10b
Main Street SP 076 460 to SP 076 464 3c,4f,5h,5i
Mary Brook SP 096 469 to SP 089 461 4d,5g,5k,7c,10b
Middle Littleton church SP 081 470 2b,3a,4a,4f,5h,6b,8b
Nature Reserve SP 070 468 to SP 071 476 1a,3a,4b,4e,5a,6d,7e,10a,12c
Norval Farm SP 095 460 5f,7b,8c,12b
Pebworth Crossroads SP 112 467 4d,6b,7c,10c
Pebworth Road SP 095 470 to SP 112 467 2c,3b,4d,4f,5e,5f,5k,6a,6b,7b
    7c,8b,8c,8d,9e,10c,10d,11b,12b
Pickersham SP 071 486 1b,2a,3c,5m
prison SP 101 456 3b,4d,5k,6a,9c,9e,10b
railway SP 100 450 to SP 105 450 5k,9c
reservoir SP 071 469 4b,6d,7e
river SP 071 487 to SP 065 471 1b,1c,2a,3c,4c,5m,6f,9b,10e,11c
School Lane SP 075 469 to SP 082 472 4f,5f,5h,6c,7f,8b
Sheen Hill SP 108 459 2c,5k,6a
Sheenhill Road SP 095 459 to SP 108 455 3b,6a,7b,10b,10c
Shinehill Lane SP 079 462 to SP 095 459 4d,4f,5d,7a,7b,8b,10b,12d
South Littleton church SP 076 462 1a,5d,5l,9a,11a,11c,12a
to/from Three Cocks SP 065 466 3c,6c
Ullington SP 105 469 1d,2c,6b,10c,11b,12b
weir SP 067 479 1a,2a,3c
West Side SP 082 474 to SP 084 478 4a,5d,5i,12d
Windmill Hill SP 070 468 to SP 072 477 1a,1c,2a,3c,5a,5l,6d,7e,9a,9f,

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