Bayfordbury wildlife recording

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This website aims to summarise wildlife observations and to provide identification tools for the part of Bayfordbury owned and managed by the University of Hertfordshire. Only a selection of species is covered now, but more to come. For the official UH website, please, visit https://www.herts.ac.uk/bayfordbury.

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April 2022

Habitats

Bayfordbury has a variety of habitats including amenity grasslands, semi-natural woodlands, conifer woodland (The Pinetum), rough grasslands, ponds, an ornamental lake, scrub and hedgerows. Rough Hills grasslands, a patch of grassland near the glasshouses, Hook’s Grove, Sailor’s Grove and the Lake are Local Wildlife Sites. The Pinetum has a status of a Local Ecosite. There is also a collection of Crab apples and ornamental trees.

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Robin, February 2015

Regular recording includes

  • Vascular plants
  • Birds
  • Mammals
  • Amphibians and reptiles
  • Butterflies and moths

Occasional surveys cover mosses, lichens, fungi and invertebrates.

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Bee Orchid, June 2020

Some of the current projects

  • Survival of slowworms relocated to Bayfordbury
  • The effect of mowing on plant communities
  • Flowering time of woodland plants