OWL
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OWL

Shakespeare Species Owl: It was the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman, which gives the stern’st good-night. The Barn Owl is sometimes called the Screech Owl for its piercing call.

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MALLOW
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MALLOW

Shakespeare Species Mallow: Had I plantation of this isle…He’d sow ‘t with nettle seed…Or docks, or mallow. Gonzalo is mocked by his companions when he tries to talk about a new form of land management. Mallow, docks and nettles being weeds.

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CROW
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CROW

Shakespeare Species Crow: the crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark when neither is attended. The Carrion Crow and Hooded Crow are 2 UK species, intelligent, noisy and highly adaptable.

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MARJORAM
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MARJORAM

Shakespeare Species Marjoram: Indeed, sir, she was the sweet marjoram of the salad. The Fool uses the sweetness and scent of Majoram to describe Helen. As well as wild Marjoram there were several cultivated variety known at the time.

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STREAKED GILLYVOR
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STREAKED GILLYVOR

Shakespeare Species Streaked Gillyvor: the fairest flowers o’ th’ season are our carnations and streaked gillyvors. Carnations and Gillyflowers of different varieties were high status plants and in this quote Perdita questions the process of interfering with nature to produce different varieties.

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WHALE
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WHALE

Shakespeare Species Whale: What tempest…threw this whale, with so many tuns of oil in his belly, ashore at Windsor. Mistress Ford provides a graphic description of Falstaff’s arrival in her town.

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PINK
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PINK

Shakespeare Species Pink: I am the very pink of courtesy. “Pink” for the flower. Pinks are beautiful wild and garden Carnations.

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Lark’s Heel
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Lark’s Heel

Shakespeare Species Lark’s Heel: Lark’s heels trim: all dear Nature’s children sweet lie ‘fore bride and bridegrooms feet. Lark’s Heels is probably Larks Spur a popular garden plant.

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DAW
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DAW

Shakespeare Species Daw (Jackdaw): At your request? Yes, nightingales answer daws. Jackdaws are a widespread member of the Crow family with a distinctive ‘tchack’ call.

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GLOWWORM
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GLOWWORM

Shakespeare Species Glowworm: the glowworm shows the matin to be near, and ‘gins to pale hi uneffectual fire. Glowworms are female beetles and they shine in summer meadows. They are declining in the UK and Europe.

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CRICKET
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CRICKET

Shakespeare Species Cricket: her collars of the moonshine’s wat’ry beams, her whip of cricket’s bones, the lash of film. Yet more insect based construction and accessories for Mab, Queen of the Fairies.

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FLY
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FLY

Shakespeare Species Fly: As flies to wanton boys are we to th’ gods; they kill us for their sport. House Flies have featured in the culture and literature of many cultures around the world.

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MOTH
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MOTH

Shakespeare Species Moth: they say that all the yarn she spun in Ulysses’ absence did but fill Ithaca full of moths. Moths have great diversity and beauty with over 2,500 species in the UK, only 2 species favour clothes as food.

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GRASSHOPPER
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GRASSHOPPER

Shakespeare Species Grasshopper: Her wagon spokes made of long spinners’ legs, the cover of the wings of grasshoppers. Queen Mab’s Fairy chariot is based on insect engineering.

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