Starr Hills, Lytham St Annes is owned by Flyde Council and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It covers 23.6 ha of sand dune. The northern section of the coastal dunes at Starr Hills has some patchy pioneer and foredune vegetation, including scattered prickly salt-wort Salsola kali and small stands of sand couch-grass Eltrigia juncea and lyme-grass Leymus arenarius, along much of its length. The area we covered was inland and east of the A584 is fixed dune habitat with creeping willow, ponds and a marshy area with willow scrub.
Notable Records
Monosynamma sabulicola (Miridae), K.Fowler & J. Steeden
- A scarce Mirid bug primarily associated with western sand dune systems, where stands of Creeping Willow Salix repens in dune slacks are the host-plant.
