Rostherne Mere is managed by Natural England as one of only two National Nature Reserves in Cheshire, and also has SSSI and RAMSAR designations. Including the mere, the area is 152.9 hectares, which includes 4 patches of woodland, reedbed, grasslands, marsh and swamp. The mere itself is well studied and the focus of conservation has been the nationally important numbers of waterfowl. However, little seems to have been done on the terrestrial invertebrates except Lepidoptera and very recently hoverflies. There is very limited access to the area for the public but on the day we had special permissions to roam across the whole site to record invertebrates.
Recorders: Mike Duckham, Seema Aggarwal, Clive Washington, Stephen Suttill, Peter Brash, Keith Fowler, Ken Gartside, Phil Brighton, Angela Lidgett, Joel Kilgour, Jess Sharp, Danny Fitzpatrick, Gary Hedges
Notable Records:
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