Childwall Woods & Fields – 25th June 2023

Childwall Woods and Fields Local Nature Reserve is situated in Childwall, Liverpool. The site is owned by Liverpool City Council and managed by an active voluntary friends of group.

The site includes historic woodland with swathes of spring bluebells, meadows, scrub, glades, plantations and ponds with views over the Cheshire plain.

Recorders: Shane Backhouse, Phil Brighton, Steve Cross, Elina Doss, Keir Flowerdew, Gary Hedges, Izzie Hurdle, Cherie Jones, Dominic Knower, John McCombs, Sarah Whelan.

Provisional Species List:

SpeciesCommon nameOrderFamily
Agelastica alniAlder Leaf BeetleColeopteraChrysomelidae
Harmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdColeopteraCoccinellidae
Strophosoma melanogrammumNut Leaf WeevilColeopteraCurculionidae
Botanophila discretaDipteraANTHOMYIIDAE
Delia florilegaDipteraANTHOMYIIDAE
Delia platuraDipteraANTHOMYIIDAE
Hydrophoria ruralisDipteraANTHOMYIIDAE
Dioctria baumhaueriDipteraASILIDAE
Pollenia pediculataDipteraCALLIPHORIDAE
Pollenia rudisDipteraCALLIPHORIDAE
Physocephala rufipesDipteraCONOPIDAE
Campsicnemus curvipesDipteraDOLICHOPODIDAE
Chrysotus gramineusDipteraDOLICHOPODIDAE
Dolichopus plumipesDipteraDOLICHOPODIDAE
Dolichopus ungulatusDipteraDOLICHOPODIDAE
Dolichopus wahlbergiDipteraDOLICHOPODIDAE
Hercostomus metallicusDipteraDOLICHOPODIDAE
Poecilobothrus nobilitatusDipteraDOLICHOPODIDAE
Scellus notatusDipteraDOLICHOPODIDAE
Sciapus platypterusDipteraDOLICHOPODIDAE
Sybistroma obscurellumDipteraDOLICHOPODIDAE
Scaptomyza pallidaDipteraDROSOPHILIDAE
Empis aestivaDipteraEMPIDIDAE
Fannia armataDipteraFANNIIDAE
Fannia serenaDipteraFANNIIDAE
Fannia similisDipteraFANNIIDAE
Suillia variegataDipteraHELEOMYZIDAE
Minettia inustaDipteraLAUXANIIDAE
Peplomyza lituraDipteraLAUXANIIDAE
Tricholauxania praeustaDipteraLAUXANIIDAE
Lonchoptera bifurcataDipteraLONCHOPTERIDAE
Lonchoptera luteaDipteraLONCHOPTERIDAE
Coenosia tigrinaDipteraMUSCIDAE
Hebecnema vespertinaDipteraMUSCIDAE
Lispe pygmaeaDipteraMUSCIDAE
Phaonia servaDipteraMUSCIDAE
Phaonia tuguriorumDipteraMUSCIDAE
Opomyza florumDipteraOPOMYZIDAE
Rhagio lineolaDipteraRHAGIONIDAE
Rhagio tringariusDipteraRHAGIONIDAE
Sarcophaga variegataDipteraSARCOPHAGIDAE
Scathophaga furcataDipteraSCATHOPHAGIDAE
Scathophaga stercorariaDipteraSCATHOPHAGIDAE
Leptocera fontinalisDipteraSPHAEROCERIDAE
Beris morrisiiDipteraSTRATIOMYIDAE
Beris vallataDipteraSTRATIOMYIDAE
Dolichopus trivialisDipteraSyrphidae
Episyrphus balteatusDipteraSyrphidae
Helophilus pendulusDipteraSyrphidae
Melanostoma mellinumDipteraSyrphidae
Platycheirus rosarumDipteraSyrphidae
Sphaerophoria scriptaDipteraSyrphidae
Syrphus vitripennisDipteraSyrphidae
Dexiosoma caninumDipteraTACHINIDAE
Eriothrix rufomaculataDipteraTACHINIDAE
Anomoia purmundaDipteraTEPHRITIDAE
Nephrotoma quadrifariaDiptera
Tipula lateralisDiptera
Metatropis rufescensHemipteraBerytidae
Coreus marginatusDock BugHemipteraCoreidae
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberHemipteraMiridae
Palomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugHemipteraPentatomidae
Stephanitis takeyaiAndromeda LacebugHemipteraTingidae
Anthocoris nemorumHemiptera
Campyloneura virgulaHemiptera
Closterotomus norwegicusHemiptera
Closterotomus trivialisHemiptera
Deraeocoris flavilineaHemiptera
Leptopterna dolabrataHemiptera
Lopus decolorHemiptera
Lygocoris pabulinusHemiptera
Plagiognathus arbustorumHemiptera
Plagiognathus chrysanthemiHemiptera
Stenotus binotatusHemiptera
Chrysopa perlaNeuropteraChrysopidae
Chrysoperla carnea groupNeuropteraChrysopidae
Hemerobius lutescensNeuropteraHemerobiidae
Hemerobius micansNeuropteraHemerobiidae
Elipsocus hyalinusPsocopteraElipsocidae