Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cheddar Water, Blagdon Lake © Nigel Milbourne 2007
The Wildlife information on the website is based mainly on my own observations and what I have managed to put together from other sources. The groups and lists covered in this section reflect my interests in the main, although many people have kindly allowed me to use their observations to help put together lists of of animals, plants and fungi recorded at the site. They are ordered following the Linnaean system as shown in the example below.
Classification of living organisms
Using human beings as an example, they are classified by the following steps:
Domain – Eukaryote (a multicellular organism).
Kingdom – Animalia (cells that have nuclei and no cell wall).
Phylum – Chordata (with backbones).
Class – Mammalia (have hair & produce milk for their young)
Order – Primates (have flat faces, forward facing eyes, opposable digits).
Family – Homonidae (human-like creatures).
Genus – Homo (humans are the only living examples)
Species – sapiens (modern humans).
Source: What are the kingdoms? – Ecosystems and habitats – KS3 Biology – BBC Bitesize – BBC Bitesize
You can use the drop down menu to access recorded organisms, or choose from the following classification list which shows where each group that has been recorded sits in the Linnaean classification scheme:
Domain: Eukaryotes.
Kingdom: Animals. Fungi, Plants.
Phylum:
Class: Amphibians & Reptiles, Birds, Fishes, Mammals.
Order: Bees, wasps, ants & sawflies, Beetles, Dragonflies & damselflies, Flies, Grasshoppers, crickets & allies, Moths & butterflies, Spiders, True Bugs.
Family: Hoverflies.