Colliers Moss was created on the spoil and waste from the Bold Colliery and Power Station.
The remnants of mossland around the fringes of the site have been restored and areas of sphagnum moss are expanding. The site – some of which is a Local Nature Reserve – supports a range of notable species including water vole, common lizard and 16 species of dragonfly including Black-tailed Skimmer and Emperor.
Recorders: Leanna Dixon, Phil Brighton, Elina Doss, Eric Davies, Cara Marsden, Rob Zloch
Notable Records:
Chorisops nagatomii (Stratiomyidae), P. Brighton
- Few VC59 and other NW England records. Widespread but local in Southern England.
- Usually found in woodland and mature scrub. Possibly saproxylic.
Provisional Species List:
| Species | Family | Order |
|---|---|---|
| Agelastica alni | Chrysomelidae | Coleoptera |
| Coccinella septempunctata | Coccinellidae | Coleoptera |
| Harmonia axyridis | Coccinellidae | Coleoptera |
| Otiorhynchus sulcatus | Curculionidae | Coleoptera |
| Sylvicola cinctus | Anisopodidae | Diptera |
| Sylvicola punctatus | Anisopodidae | Diptera |
| Anthomyia procellaris | Anthomyiidae | Diptera |
| Botanophila brunneilinea | Anthomyiidae | Diptera |
| Botanophila fugax | Anthomyiidae | Diptera |
| Botanophila jacobaeae | Anthomyiidae | Diptera |
| Delia platura | Anthomyiidae | Diptera |
| Lasiomma seminitidum | Anthomyiidae | Diptera |
| Pegoplata annulata | Anthomyiidae | Diptera |
| Bellardia vulgaris | Calliphoridae | Diptera |
| Melanomya nana | Calliphoridae | Diptera |
| Melinda viridicyanea | Calliphoridae | Diptera |
| Campichoeta punctum | Campichoetidae | Diptera |
| Culex pipiens agg. | Culicidae | Diptera |
| Culiseta annulata | Culicidae | Diptera |
| Ochlerotatus punctor | Culicidae | Diptera |
| Campsicnemus curvipes | Dolichopodidae | Diptera |
| Gymnopternus aerosus | Dolichopodidae | Diptera |
| Drosophila immigrans | Drosophilidae | Diptera |
| Drosophila suzukii | Drosophilidae | Diptera |
| Hirtodrosophila cameraria | Drosophilidae | Diptera |
| Dryomyza anilis | Dryomyzidae | Diptera |
| Fannia fuscula | Fanniidae | Diptera |
| Suillia bicolor | Heleomyzidae | Diptera |
| Suillia notata | Heleomyzidae | Diptera |
| Hybos culiciformis | Hybotidae | Diptera |
| Platypalpus nigritarsis | Hybotidae | Diptera |
| Calliopum simillimum | Lauxaniidae | Diptera |
| Meiosimyza rorida | Lauxaniidae | Diptera |
| Meiosimyza subfasciata | Lauxaniidae | Diptera |
| Minettia fasciata | Lauxaniidae | Diptera |
| Tricholauxania praeusta | Lauxaniidae | Diptera |
| Dicranomyia fusca | Limoniidae | Diptera |
| Dicranomyia modesta | Limoniidae | Diptera |
| Dicranomyia morio | Limoniidae | Diptera |
| Dicranophragma adjunctum | Limoniidae | Diptera |
| Erioconopa diuturna | Limoniidae | Diptera |
| Limonia nubeculosa | Limoniidae | Diptera |
| Metalimnobia bifasciata | Limoniidae | Diptera |
| Metalimnobia quadrinotata | Limoniidae | Diptera |
| Ormosia hederae | Limoniidae | Diptera |
| Paradelphomyia senilis | Limoniidae | Diptera |
| Symplecta stictica | Limoniidae | Diptera |
| Lonchoptera bifurcata | Lonchopteridae | Diptera |
| Lonchoptera lutea | Lonchopteridae | Diptera |
| Coenosia testacea | Muscidae | Diptera |
| Hebecnema nigra | Muscidae | Diptera |
| Lispocephala erythrocera | Muscidae | Diptera |
| Muscina levida | Muscidae | Diptera |
| Phaonia subventa | Muscidae | Diptera |
| Phaonia tuguriorum | Muscidae | Diptera |
| Schoenomyza litorella | Muscidae | Diptera |
| Mycomya winnertzi | Mycetophilidae | Diptera |
| Opomyza florum | Opomyzidae | Diptera |
| Opomyza germinationis | Opomyzidae | Diptera |
| Palloptera scutellata | Pallopteridae | Diptera |
| Tricyphona immaculata | Pediciidae | Diptera |
| Ula mollissima | Pediciidae | Diptera |
| Pollenia pediculata | Polleniidae | Diptera |
| Imantimyia albiseta | Psilidae | Diptera |
| Ptychoptera albimana | Ptychopteridae | Diptera |
| Sarcophaga variegata | Sarcophagidae | Diptera |
| Scathophaga furcata | Scathophagidae | Diptera |
| Scathophaga stercoraria | Scathophagidae | Diptera |
| Tetanocera hyalipennis | Sciomyzidae | Diptera |
| Nemopoda nitidula | Sepsidae | Diptera |
| Sepsis fulgens | Sepsidae | Diptera |
| Crumomyia fimetaria | Sphaeroceridae | Diptera |
| Leptocera fontinalis | Sphaeroceridae | Diptera |
| Chorisops nagatomii | Stratiomyidae | Diptera |
| Eristalis pertinax | Syrphidae | Diptera |
| Eristalis tenax | Syrphidae | Diptera |
| Helophilus pendulus | Syrphidae | Diptera |
| Melanostoma mellinum | Syrphidae | Diptera |
| Paracraspedothrix montivaga | Tachinidae | Diptera |
| Phasia barbifrons | Tachinidae | Diptera |
| Siphona geniculata | Tachinidae | Diptera |
| Tephritis cometa | Tephritidae | Diptera |
| Tipula confusa | Tipulidae | Diptera |
| Tipula luteipennis | Tipulidae | Diptera |
| Tipula paludosa | Tipulidae | Diptera |
| Elasmostethus interstinctus | Acanthosomatidae | Hemiptera |
| Elasmucha grisea | Acanthosomatidae | Hemiptera |
| Anthocoris nemorum | Anthocoridae | Hemiptera |
| Cicadella viridis | Cicadellidae | Hemiptera |
| Coreus marginatus | Coreidae | Hemiptera |
| Cymus melanocephalus | Lygaeidae | Hemiptera |
| Kleidocerys resedae | Lygaeidae | Hemiptera |
| Lygus rugulipennis | Miridae | Hemiptera |
| Notostira elongata | Miridae | Hemiptera |
| Psallus (Psallus) varians | Miridae | Hemiptera |
| Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarata | Miridae | Hemiptera |
| Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata | Miridae | Hemiptera |
| Himacerus (Himacerus) apterus | Nabidae | Hemiptera |
| Aelia acuminata | Pentatomidae | Hemiptera |
| Dolycoris baccarum | Pentatomidae | Hemiptera |
| Bombus hypnorum | Apidae | Hymenoptera |
| Bombus pascuorum | Apidae | Hymenoptera |
| Andricus quercuscalicis | Cynipidae | Hymenoptera |
| Neuroterus quercusbaccarum | Cynipidae | Hymenoptera |
| Pararge aegeria | Nymphalidae | Lepidoptera |
| Polygonia c-album | Nymphalidae | Lepidoptera |
| Vanessa atalanta | Nymphalidae | Lepidoptera |
| Pieris rapae | Pieridae | Lepidoptera |
| Sympetrum striolatum | Libellulidae | Odonata |
| Sympetrum striolatum | Libellulidae | Odonata |
