SEEN IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF SHREWSBURY.
THE NAMES AND ARRANGEMENT ARE THOSE OF BEWICK.
| Falco Buteo,
| Buzzard,
| Haughmond Hill; Grinshill; Wrekin.
|
| — Milvus,
| Kite,
| Bomere Pool.
|
| — cyaneus,
| Hen Harrier,
| meadows about Berwick.
|
| — Pygargus,
| Ringtail,
| Westfelton Moors.
|
| — Tinnunculus,
| Kestrel,
| Shrewsbury; Wrekin.
|
| — Nisus,
| Sparrow-hawk,
| near Castle Foregate; Old Heath.
|
| Strix Otus,
| Long-eared Owl,
| Westfelton, but rarely.
|
| — flammea,
| Yellow Owl,
| meadows;—Shrewsbury.
|
| — stridula,
| Tawny Owl,
| very common.
|
| Lanius Excubitor,
| Ash-coloured Shrike,
| Babin’s Wood, near Whittington.
|
| — Collurio,
| Red-backed Shrike,
| Wolf’s Head; Shottaton; Lowe Bank.
|
| Corvus Corax,
| Raven,
| Wrekin; Aston.
|
| — Corone,
| Crow,
| every where.
|
| — Cornix,
| Hooded Crow,
| Weston Lullingfield.
|
| — frugilegus,
| Rook,
| common;—Whittington Castle.
|
| — Monedula,
| Jack-daw,
| common;—Nesscliffe.
|
| — Pica,
| Magpie,
| common.
|
| — glandarius,
| Jay,
| Almond Park; Berwick.
|
| Ampelis Garrulus,
| Chatterer,
| nr. Oswestry, occasionally.
|
| Sturnus vulgaris,
| Starling,
| common; Westfelton.
|
| Turdus viscivorus,
| Missel Thrush,
| Shrewsbury Castle.
|
| — musicus,
| Throstle,
| common.
|
| — pilaris,
| Fieldfare,
| common.
|
| — iliacus,
| Redwing,
| common.
|
| — Merula,
| Blackbird,
| common.
|
| — torquatus,
| Ring Ouzel,
| Breidden Mountains.
|
| Cuculus canorus,
| Cuckoo,
| common:—Fairyland, Westfelton.
|
| Yunx Torquilla,
| Wryneck,
| Shrewsbury Quarry and Meole Brace.
(on the authority of Robert Griffith Temple, Esq. Barrister at
Law.)
|
| Picus viridis,
| Green Woodpecker,
| common.
|
| — major and medius,
| Pied Woodpecker,
| Shrewsbury Quarry, occasionally.
|
| — minor,
| Barred Woodpecker,
| Shrewsbury Quarry and Westfelton.
|
| Sitta europæa,
| Nuthatch,
| Shrewsbury Quarry.
|
| Upupa Epops,
| Hoopoe,
| Rednall, a pair, only once seen.
|
| Certhia familiaris,
| Creeper,
| Shrewsbury Quarry.
|
| Loxia curvirostra,
| Cross-bill,
| on larch trees, occasional visitors.
|
| — Coccothraustes,
| Grosbeak,
| farm-yards; at Nesscliffe, in company with sparrows.
|
| — Enucleator,
| Pine Grosbeak,
| Nesscliffe Hill.
|
| — Chloris,
| Green Grosbeak
| common in gardens.
|
| — Pyrrhula,
| Bullfinch,
| common in gardens.
|
| Emberiza Miliaria
| Bunting,
| hedges and lanes, common.
|
| — Citrinella,
| Yellow Bunting
| common in high-roads.
|
| — Schœniclus,
| Black-headed Bunting,
| Raven Meadow; Dorsett’s Barn, Shrewsbury.
|
| Fringilla domestica,
| Sparrow,
| every where.
|
| — cælebs,
| Chaffinch,
| common in gardens.
|
| — Carduelis,
| Goldfinch,
| common in fields.
|
| — Spinus,
| Siskin,
| Westfelton, in flights, but rarely.
|
| — cannabina,
| Greater Red-pole.
| near mountains;—Pimhill.
|
| Fringilla linaria,
| Lesser Redpole,
| on gravel walks.
|
| — linota,
| Linnet,
| not uncommon.
|
| Muscicapa Atricapilla,
| Pied Flycatcher
| Westfelton; one pair, annually.
|
| — Grisola,
| Spotted Flycatcher
| very common; about houses.
|
| Alauda arvensis,
| Lark,
| very common in fields.
|
| — pratensis,
| Titlark,
| common in fields.
|
| — arborea,
| Woodlark,
| common; Westfelton.
|
| Motacilla alba,
| Pied Wagtail
| pools and brooks.
|
| — Boarula,
| Grey Wagtail,
| farm-yards.
|
| — flava,
| Yellow Wagtail
| rather common; ploughed fields.
|
| — Luscinia,
| Nightingale,
| Sutton Spa; and Westfelton once.
|
| — Rubecula,
| Redbreast,
| every where.
|
| — Phœnicurus,
| Redstart,
| common; orchards and farm-steads.
|
| Sylvia hortensis,
| Garden Warbler Ruckler,
| common in high leafy-sycamores.
|
| Motacilla passerina,
| Passerine Warbler,
| gardens.
|
| — modularis,
| Hedge Warbler,
| every where; near houses.
|
| — Salicaria,
| Reed Warbler,
| New Inn, near Dorsett’s Barn.
|
| — Atricapilla,
| Black-cap
| common;—low bushes and gardens.
|
| — Sylvia,
| White-throat,
| common;—woods.
|
| — Trochilus,
| Yellow Wren,
| Almond Park.
|
| —
| Willow Wren, (Bewick, vol. i. p. 257, 6th ed.)
| common.
|
| Motacilla,
| Chiff Caff, (Bewick, vol. i. p. 258, 6th ed.)
| common, and generally the first arrival.
|
| Trochilus minor,
| Least Willow Wren,
| Marsh Hall.
|
| Motacilla Regulus,
| Golden-crested Wren,
| not uncommon;—firs and yews.
|
| — Troglodytes,
| Wren,
| common;—out-buildings.
|
| — Oenanthe,
| Wheatear,
| Haughmond Hill and Dovaston.
|
| — Rubetra,
| Whinchat,
| common on gorse bushes.
|
| — Rubicola,
| Stonechat,
| Sharpstones Hill.
|
| Parus major,
| Greater Titmouse,
| very common.
|
| — cæruleus,
| Blue Titmouse,
| very common.
|
| — ater,
| Coal Titmouse,
| not uncommon.
|
| — caudatus,
| Long-tailed Titmouse,
| hedges and bushes.
|
| — palustris,
| Marsh Titmouse
| near Shrewsbury.
|
| Hirundo rustica,
| Swallow,
| common;—chimneys.
|
| — urbica.
| Martin,
| common;—churches.
|
| — riparia,
| Sand Martin,
| common;—Shelton rough
|
| — Apus,
| Swift,
| common;—eaves.
|
| Caprimulgus europæus,
| Night-jar,
| Nesscliffe;—Haughmond Hill.
|
| Columba Palumbus,
| Ring Dove,
| Almond Park; Berwick; Shelton.
|
| — Turtur,
| Turtle Dove,
| nr. Preston Boats; Westfelton.
|
| Phasianus Colchicus,
| Pheasant,
| woods, parks;—Aston.
|
| Tetrao Perdix,
| Partridge,
| stubble fields.
|
| — Coturnix,
| Quail,
| Shotton and Sandford.
|
| Charadius Pluvialis,
| Golden Plover,
| very rare; once at Westfelton.
|
| Ardea major,
| Heron,
| Isle: Sandford Pool.
|
| — stellaris,
| Bittern,
| Sandford Pool; and on Vyrnwy River.
|
| Scolopax Arquata,
| Curlew,
| Source of the Morda, above Oswestry, in summer.
|
| — Rusticola
| Woodcock,
| woods;—Treflach.
|
| — Gallinago,
| Snipe,
| wet bogs and springs.
|
| — Gallmula,
| Judcock,
| bogs and wet meadows.
|
| Tringa Vanellus,
| Lapwing,
| Ensdon; Twyford Vownog.
|
| — Hypoleucos,
| Common Sandpiper,
| occasionally on the margins of large pools.
|
| Hæmatopus Ostrolegus,
| Oyster-catcher,
| near Oswestry, occasionally in the winter.
|
| Sturnus Cinclus,
| Water Ouzel,
| Meole brook and Morda.
|
| Alcedo Ispida,
| Kingfisher,
| Meole brook; Ellesmere Canal.
|
| Rallus aquaticus,
| Water Rail,
| very uncommon.
|
| Gallinula Crex,
| Land-rail,
| in long growing hay & corn.
|
| — chloropus,
| Common Gallinule,
| pools, common.
|
| Fulica atra,
| Coot,
| large pools: Sandford.
|
| Podiceps minor,
| Little Grebe,
| weedy pools, not uncommon.
|
| Larus canus,
| Common Gull,
| occasionally in flight.
|
| Procellaria pelagica,
| Stormy Petrel,
| Prees—found dead.
|
| Anas Anser ferus,
| Grey Lag Goose,
| large waters: Baggymore.
|
| — Boschas,
| Mallard,
| pools; Woodhouse.
|
| — Penelope,
| Wigeon,
| pools: Halston.
|
| — Crecca,
| Teal,
| river Severn.
|
| Pelecanus Carbo,
| Cormorant,
| Isle; Montford Bridge.
|
For the foregoing list, we are indebted to the kindness of the late John F. M. Dovaston, Esq. A.M. of Westfelton, near Shrewsbury, the Friend and Biographer of Bewick; a gentleman who, with enthusiastic ardour, devoted many years of unceasing attention and observation, to an accurate investigation of the varieties and habits of the feathered tribes.
| Ranunculus Lingua,
| Bomere and Hancott pools.
|
| — auricomus,
| Haughmond Hill; Shelton Wood.
|
| — arvensis,
| corn-fields.
|
| — parviflorus,
| near Red-barn: Pulley; Sharpstones Hill.
|
| Berberis vulgaris,
| Sharpstones Hill.
|
| Papaver Argemone,
| fields, near Bank farm.
|
| Corydalis claviculata,
| Pimhill.
|
| Fumaria micrantha,
| near Harwood’s Boat-house.
|
| Nasturtium palustre,
| banks of Severn.
|
| — sylvestre,
| banks of Severn.
|
| Turritis glabra,
| Berwick Knolls.
|
| Cardamine amara,
| banks of Severn between Preston Boats and Uffington.
|
| Diplotaxis tenuifolia,
| Shrewsbury Abbey ruins.
|
| Cochlearia Danica,
| Dominican Friary, Shrewsbury.
|
| Thlaspi arvense,
| corn-fields near Shrewsbury.
|
| Teesdalia nudicaulis,
| Haughmond and Sharpstones hill.
|
| Viola palustris,
| Bomere and Almond Park pools.
|
| — sylvatica,
| Weir Coppice.
|
| Drosera longifolia,
| Bomere pool.
|
| Elatine hexandra,
| Bomere pool.
|
| Dianthus plumarius,
| Haughmond Abbey.
|
| — deltoides,
| Sharpstones Hill and Downton.
|
| Saponaria officinialis and var: flore pleno,
| Haughmond Abbey.
|
| Mœnchia erecta,
| Haughmond Hill.
|
| Alsine rubra,
| Pimhill; Haughmond Hill.
|
| Hypericum elodes,
| Bomere and Oxon pools.
|
| — humifusum,
| near Sundorne.
|
| — maculatum,
| Haughmond hill and Meole Brace.
|
| — pulchrum,
| Sharpstones hill.
|
| Geranium Pyrenaicum,
| road-side near Bicton Grove.
|
| — columbinum,
| Pulley.
|
| — lucidum
| near the Lea; Wrentnall.
|
| Rhamnus Frangula,
| Bomere pool.
|
| Ulex nanus,
| Kingsland; Sharpstones hill; Haughmond hill.
|
| Genista Anglica,
| Bomere pool.
|
| Vicia sylvatica,
| Shelton rough.
|
| Lathyrus sylvestris,
| near Pimley; Shelton rough.
|
| Orobus tuberosus,
| Sharpstones hill.
|
| Geum rivale,
| old course of Severn, under Cross hill.
|
| Comarum palustre,
| Bomere, Berrington, and Hancott pools.
|
| Rubus suberectus,
| Almond Park.
|
| — fissus,
| Almond Park.
|
| — plicatus,
| Shawbury Heath.
|
| — affinis,
| Shawbury Heath.
|
| — nitidus,
| generally about Shrewsbury.
|
| — tenuis,
| about Shrewsbury.
|
| — corylifolius and var.
| London-road; Coleham; Flash.
|
| — cordifolius and var.
| Almond Park.
|
| — discolor,
| generally about Shrewsbury.
|
| — — δ. argenteus,
| Berwick.
|
| — leucostachys β. vestitus,
| Crowmeole; Almond Park.
|
| — — y. argenteus,
| Copthorn.
|
| — sylyaticus,
| Almond Park.
|
| — carpinifolius,
| Almond Park.
|
| — macrophyllus,
| Almond Park.
|
| Rubus macrophyllus,
| Haughmond hill.
|
| β. Schlechtendalii,
| |
| — Babingtonii,
| Almond Park.
|
| — rudis,
| hedges & woods about Shrewsbury.
|
| — β. Leightonii,
| Haughmond hill; Cross hill; Berwick-road.
|
| — fusco-ater,
| hedges generally
|
| — — γ. echinatus.
| Almond Park.
|
| — hirtus,
| Almond Park.
|
| — glandulosus, γ. rosaceus,
| Almond Park.
|
| — Schleicheri,
| Flash; Haughmond hill; Red hill.
|
| — nemorosus,
| Haughmond hill; Weir Coppice.
|
| — cæsius α. aquaticus,
| Flash.
|
| — — δ. ferox,
| hedges near Greenfields.
|
| Rosa villosa,
| near Shrewsbury.
|
| Cratægus Oxyacantha, α.
| hedges near Shrewsbury.
|
| Pyrus Malus, α. & β.
| hedges near Shrewsbury.
|
| Peplis Portula,
| Bomere pool.
|
| Myriophyllum alterniflorum,
| Berrington pool.
|
| Montia fontana,
| Bomere pool.
|
| Cotyledon Umbilicus,
| Haughmond hill.
|
| Sedum Telephium,
| Haughmond hill.
|
| — Forsterianium,
| Haughmond hill.
|
| — reflexum,
| Shrewsbury Abbey walls.
|
| Saxifraga granulata,
| near Harwood’s Boat-house.
|
| Chrysosplenium alternifolium,
| Shelton wood.
|
| Smyrnium Olusatrum,
| Shrewsbury Castle mound.
|
| Sambucus Ebulus,
| Exford Green,
|
| Valerianella dentata,
| fields near Bomere pool.
|
| Inula Conyza,
| Nobold.
|
| Artemisia Absinthium,
| Bomere pool.
|
| Cichorium Intybus,
| Welbatch.
|
| Hieracium boreale,
| Bickley Coppice.
|
| Lobelia Dortmanna,
| Bomere and Berrington pools.
|
| Campanula patula,
| banks of Severn, near Bickley Coppice; Berrington.
|
| Vaccinium Oxycoccus,
| Bomere pool.
|
| Hyoscyamus niger,
| Haughmond Abbey.
|
| Lathræa squamaria,
| Council-house garden.
|
| Linaria Cymbalaria,
| Council-house walls;—naturalized.
|
| — Elatine,
| near Sharpstones hill.
|
| Orobanche major,
| Sharpstones hill.
|
| Limosella aquatica,
| Shelton rough.
|
| Veronica scutellata,
| Bomere pool.
|
| — montana,
| Almond Park; Shelton wood.
|
| — polita,
| cultivated ground, Shrewsbury.
|
| Galeopsis versicolor,
| Calcott.
|
| Ballota ruderalis,
| Bomere pool.
|
| Lamium amplexicaule,
| Lyth hill.
|
| Calamintha officinalis,
| Red hill.
|
| Scutellaria minor,
| Haughmond hill; Oxon pool.
|
| Utricularia minor,
| Bomere pool.
|
| Hottonia palustris,
| Bomere pool; near Albright Hussey.
|
| Lysimachia vulgaris,
| Almond park pool.
|
| Anagallis cærulea,
| near Shotton.
|
| — tenella,
| Haughmond hill; Abbot’s Betton pool.
|
| Littorella lacustris,
| Bomere pool.
|
| Plantago Coronopus,
| Lyth hill.
|
| Chenopodium Bonus Henricus,
| Uffington, &c.
|
| Rumex maritimus,
| Hancott pool.
|
| — pratensis,
| Hancott pool.
|
| — Hydrolapathum,
| New Park.
|
| Polygonum Bistorta,
| Sutton; Meole Brace.
|
| Euphorbia exigua,
| fields near Bomere pool.
|
| — Lathyris,
| cultivated ground, Shrewsbury.
|
| — amygdaloides,
| Almond Park: Lyth hill.
|
| Butomus umbellatus,
| river Severn, and canal.
|
| Alisma ranunculoides,
| Berrington pool.
|
| — natans,
| Hancott pool.
|
| Sagittaria sagittifolia,
| Canal between Shrewsbury and Uffington.
|
| Scheuchzeria palustris,
| Bomere pool.
|
| Zannichellia palustris,
| Bomere.
|
| Habenaria viridis,
| Bomere woods.
|
| — chlorantha,
| Bomere woods.
|
| Epipactis latifolia,
| Bomere woods.
|
| Convallaria majalis,
| Pimhill.
|
| Colchicum autumnale,
| fields near Dorsett’s barn; Sutton.
|
| Typha angustifolia,
| Berrington pool.
|
| Potamogeton oblongus,
| Bomere pool.
|
| — rufescens,
| pit near Sharpstones hill.
|
| — heterophyllus,
| Berrington pool.
|
| Sparganium natans,
| Bomere pool.
|
| — simplex,
| Berrington pool.
|
| Rhynchospora alba,
| Bomere pool.
|
| Eriophorum vaginatum,
| Bomere and Hancott pools.
|
| Carex curta,
| Bomere pool.
|
| — ovalis,
| Bomere pool.
|
| Carex muricata var: β. (Smith.)
| Sharpstones hill.
|
| — divulsa,
| Cloud Coppice, Berrington.
|
| — teretiuscula,
| Bomere pool.
|
| — pseudo-cyperus,
| Bomere and Hancott pools; Canal.
|
| — limosa,
| Bomere pool.
|
| — vesicaria,
| Bomere pool.
|
| — ampullacea.
| Bomere pool.
|
| — filiformis,
| Bomere and Berrington pools.
|
| Phalaris arundinacea,
| banks of Severn.
|
| Brachypodium sylvaticum,
| woods and hedge banks.
|