Barnaby Sands & Burrows Marsh 29 June

A general invertebrate recording day at Barnaby’s Sands and Burrows Marsh SSSI. This Lancashire Wildlife Trust managed site comprises the last extensive area of ungrazed saltmarsh on the Lancashire coast.

A developing species list is given below, with more to be added as recorder identify their specimens. As well as providing us with a list, recorders are asked to formally submit their recorders via their usual channels (iRecord is recommended).

Burrows Marsh & Barnaby Sands Species List & Raw Data [Excel Spreadsheet] last updated 01/10/2020

Barnaby Sands Records

SpeciesCommon nameFamilyOrderUK Rarity StatusRecord Context
Exapion ulicisGorse WeevilApionidaeColeoptera
Pseudaplemonus limoniiApionidaeColeoptera
Agonum fuliginosumCarabidaeColeoptera
Bembidion guttulaCarabidaeColeoptera
Bembidion lunulatumCarabidaeColeoptera
Dicheirotrichus gustaviiCarabidaeColeoptera
Ocys harpaloides / tachysoides agg.CarabidaeColeoptera
Cassida nobilisChrysomelidaeColeopteraNationally Scarce
Sphaeroderma rubidumChrysomelidaeColeoptera
Coccidula rufaCoccinellidaeColeoptera
Coccinella undecimpunctata11-spot LadybirdCoccinellidaeColeoptera
Phyllobius argentatusSilver-Green Leaf WeevilCurculionidaeColeoptera
Polydrusus pulchellusSea-Wormwood WeevilCurculionidaeColeoptera
Nacerdes melanuraWharf BorerOedemeridaeColeoptera
Silpha atrataBlack Snail BeetleSilphidaeColeoptera
Stenus clavicornisStaphylinidaeColeoptera
Argyra vestitaDolichopodidaeDiptera
Dolichopus nubilusDolichopodidaeDiptera
Hydrophorus oceanusDolichopodidaeDiptera
Machaerium maritimaeDolichopodidaeDiptera
Syntormon pallipesDolichopodidaeDiptera
Scaptomyza pallidaDrosophilidaeDiptera
Fannia lucidulaFanniidaeDiptera
Phylidorea ferrugineaLimoniidaeDiptera
Symplecta sticticaLimoniidaeDiptera
Lispe litoreaMuscidaeDiptera
Spilogona marinaMuscidaeDiptera
Scathophaga litoreaScathophagidaeDiptera
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophagidaeDiptera
Rachispoda fuscipennisSphaeroceridaeDiptera
Nemotelus uliginosusBarred SnoutStratiomyidaeDiptera
Eristalinus sepulchralisSyrphidaeDiptera
Eupeodes latifasciatusSyrphidaeDiptera
Eupeodes lunigerSyrphidaeDiptera
Pipizella viduataSyrphidaeDiptera
Siphona geniculataTachinidaeDiptera
Campiglossa plantaginisTephritidaeDiptera
Tipula cavaTipulidaeDiptera
Tipula oleraceaTipulidaeDiptera
Philaenus spumariusCuckoo-Spit InsectAphrophoridaeHemiptera
Chloriona glaucescensDelphacidaeHemiptera
Colletes daviesanusDavies' ColletesColletidaeHymenoptera
Ectemnius continuusCrabronidaeHymenoptera
Anoplius nigerrimusPompilidaeHymenoptera
Oniscus asellusCommon Shiny WoodlouseOniscidaeIsopoda
Philoscia muscorumCommon Striped WoodlousePhilosciidaeIsopoda
Coleophora atriplicisSaltmarsh Case-bearerColeophoridaeLepidoptera
Omocestus viridulusCommon Green GrasshopperAcrididaeOrthoptera
Conocephalus dorsalisShort-winged Cone-headConocephalidaeOrthoptera

Burrows Marsh Records

SpeciesCommon nameFamilyOrderUK Rarity StatusRecord Context
Perapion curtirostreApionidaeColeoptera
Gastrophysa viridulaGreen Dock BeetleChrysomelidaeColeoptera
Coccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinellidaeColeoptera
Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdCoccinellidaeColeoptera
Polydrusus pulchellusSea-Wormwood WeevilCurculionidaeColeoptera
Nacerdes melanuraWharf BorerOedemeridaeColeoptera
Platycephala planifronsChloropidaeDiptera
Symplecta sticticaLimoniidaeDiptera
Sphaerophoria rueppelliiSyrphidaeDiptera
Nephrotoma quadristriataTipulidaeDiptera
Melieria omissaUlidiidaeDiptera
Melieria pictaUlidiidaeDiptera
Myrmica rubraRed AntFormicidaeHymenoptera