The Hilbre Islands Local Nature Reserve is contained within the Dee Estuary, off the Wirral Coast near West Kirby and Hoylake.
It is an internationally important site for wading birds, and a great site for spotting marine mammals. The flora on the main island also provide a good habitat for invertebrates. Plants include sea thrift, yellow birdsfoot trefoil, sea spurrey, buckshorn plantain, white sea campion, ragwort and centaury. Hilbre’s specialities are the sea spleenwort, growing on sheltered cliff faces, and a sub species of rock sea lavender found in only a few other places in Europe.
Recorders: Shane Backhouse, Phil Brighton, Steve Cross, Leanna Dixon, Gary Hedges, Roy Lowry, Tony Sinnott
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Provisional Species List:
| Species | Common name | Order | Family |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhagonycha fulva | Common Red Soldier Beetle | Coleoptera | Cantharidae |
| Anthomyia liturata | Diptera | Anthomyiidae | |
| Botanophila fugax | Diptera | Anthomyiidae | |
| Botanophila seneciella | Diptera | Anthomyiidae | |
| Delia platura | Diptera | Anthomyiidae | |
| Fucellia tergina | Diptera | Anthomyiidae | |
| Pegoplata aestiva | Diptera | Anthomyiidae | |
| Subhylemyia longula | Diptera | Anthomyiidae | |
| Dioctria baumhaueri | Diptera | Asilidae | |
| Lucilia illustris | Diptera | Calliphoridae | |
| Lucilia sericata | Diptera | Calliphoridae | |
| Collop frigida | Diptera | Coelopidae | |
| Malacomyia sciomyzina | Diptera | Coelopidae | |
| Sicus ferrugineus | Diptera | Conopidae | |
| Aphrosylus ferox | Diptera | Dolichopodidae | |
| Dolichopus festivus | Diptera | Dolichopodidae | |
| Dolichopus griseipennis | Diptera | Dolichopodidae | |
| Dolichopus plumipes | Diptera | Dolichopodidae | |
| Dolichopus ungulatus | Diptera | Dolichopodidae | |
| Machaerium maritimae | Diptera | Dolichopodidae | |
| Medetera petrophiloides | Diptera | Dolichopodidae | |
| Medetera truncorum | Diptera | Dolichopodidae | |
| Minettia fasciata | Diptera | Lauxaniidae | |
| Lonchoptera lutea | Diptera | Lonchopteridae | |
| Coenosia antennata | Diptera | Muscidae | |
| Coenosia pumila | Diptera | Muscidae | |
| Coenosia tigrina | Diptera | Muscidae | |
| Helina evecta | Diptera | Muscidae | |
| Helina latitarsis | Diptera | Muscidae | |
| Helina obscurata | Diptera | Muscidae | |
| Helina reversio | Diptera | Muscidae | |
| Helina trivittata | Diptera | Muscidae | |
| Phaonia tuguriorum | Diptera | Muscidae | |
| Schoenomyza litorella | Diptera | Muscidae | |
| Opomyza florum | Diptera | Opomyzidae | |
| Rhinophora lepida | Diptera | Rhinophoridae | |
| Ceratinostoma ostiorum | Diptera | Scathophagidae | |
| Scathophaga stercoraria | Diptera | Scathophagidae | |
| Sepsis fulgens | Diptera | Sepsidae | |
| Sepsis orthocnemis | Diptera | Sepsidae | |
| Lotophila atra | Diptera | Sphaerroceridae | |
| Chloromyia formosa | Broad Centurion | Diptera | Stratiomyidae |
| Episyrphus balteatus | Marmalade Hoverfly | Diptera | Syrphidae |
| Eristalinus aeneus | Diptera | Syrphidae | |
| Eupeodes | Diptera | Syrphidae | |
| Eupeodes corollae | Diptera | Syrphidae | |
| Platycheirus albimanus | Diptera | Syrphidae | |
| Platycheirus angustatus | Diptera | Syrphidae | |
| Platycheirus clypeatus | Diptera | Syrphidae | |
| Sphaerophoria | Diptera | Syrphidae | |
| Syrphus | Diptera | Syrphidae | |
| Syrphus ribesii | Diptera | Syrphidae | |
| Diptera | Syrphidae | ||
| Eriothrix rufomaculata | Diptera | Tachinidae | |
| Phania funesta | Diptera | Tachinidae | |
| Triarthria setipennis | Diptera | Tachinidae | |
| Sphenella marginata | Diptera | Tephritidae | |
| Terellia serratulae | Diptera | Tephritidae | |
| Thereva nobilitata | Common Stiletto | Diptera | Therevidae |
| Diptera | Therevidae | ||
| Herina lugubris | Diptera | Ulidiidae | |
| Trigonotylus ruficornis | Hemiptera | Miridae | |
| Palomena prasina | Green Shieldbug | Hemiptera | Pentatomidae |
| Aelia acuminata | Hemiptera | ||
| Closterotomus norwegicus | Hemiptera | ||
| Leptopterna ferrugata | Hemiptera | ||
| Lopus decolor | Hemiptera | ||
| Orthops campestris | Hemiptera | ||
| Orthotylus moncreaffi | Hemiptera | ||
| Paramesus obtusifrons | Hemiptera | ||
| Philaenus spumarius | Hemiptera | ||
| Plagiognathus arbustorum | Hemiptera | ||
| Plagiognathus chrysanthemi | Hemiptera | ||
| Stenotus binotatus | Hemiptera | ||
| Bombus hortorum | Small Garden Bumblebee | Hymenoptera | Apidae |
| Bombus lucorum/terrestris | White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers | Hymenoptera | Apidae |
| Bombus terrestris | Buff-tailed Bumblebee | Hymenoptera | Apidae |
| Colletes daviesanus | Davies' Colletes | Hymenoptera | Colletidae |
| Anthidium manicatum | Wool Carder Bee | Hymenoptera | Megachilidae |
| Megachile maritima | Coast Leafcutter Bee | Hymenoptera | Megachilidae |
| Megachile willughbiella | Willughby's Leafcutter Bee | Hymenoptera | Megachilidae |
| Pareophora pruni | Hymenoptera | Tenthredinidae | |
| Tyria jacobaeae | Cinnabar | Lepidoptera | Erebidae |
| Autographa gamma | Silver Y | Lepidoptera | Noctuidae |
| Aglais urticae | Small Tortoiseshell | Lepidoptera | Nymphalidae |
| Pyronia tithonus | Gatekeeper | Lepidoptera | Nymphalidae |
| Pieris rapae | Small White | Lepidoptera | Pieridae |
| Cornu aspersum | Common Garden Snail | Pulmonata | Helicidae |
