In Spring and Summer 2024, The Tanyptera Project carried out a saproxylic invertebrate survey using vane traps on mature trees in Knowsley Park, park of the Knowsley estate near Prescot, Merseyside. This site encompasses an… Read more »

Combermere Park is set in the privately owned 450 ha Combermere Abbey estate on the Cheshire/Shropshire border, established almost 900 years ago. Away from the abbey, estate buildings and formal gardens, the area includes extensive… Read more »

On the 25/02/25 I visited St Mary’s Church, Wistaston (SJ681536) by torchlight to collect spiders, harvestmen and woodlice. Amongst a reasonable catch of eleven species of spider was a subadult female Ero aphana. Due to… Read more »

On the 28/01/2025 I visited the churchyard of Christ Church in Winsford, SJ663665, late in the afternoon. I found very few specimens present with the most productive areas of search being the churches sewer and… Read more »

A selection of notable records reported to Tanyptera. Includes older, but newly recognized regional vice county records (dates blue). ‘The region’ = VC58, 59, 60 + Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester. All photos are copyright… Read more »