Smithills Estate – 1st October 2022

A Woodland Trust site with 1,700 acres of open countryside, featuring mixed woodland with streams, rough grassland and heather moorland. The day will be focused in the Walker Fold area. Smithills has been the focus of a Heteroptera and Diptera study by Phil Brighton 2015-2019, and a few Bioblitzes have also taken place in recent years.

Recorders: Phil Brighton, Richard Cooke, Leanna Dixon, Steve Garland, Angela Lidgett, Andrienne Lorkin, Katie Thompson

Download Smithills Estate Species List & Raw Data [Excel Spreadsheet] last updated 01/11/2023

Species List:

SpeciesCommon nameOrderFamily
Diplocephalus latifronsAraneaeLinyphiidae
Pachygnatha clerckiAraneaeTetragnathidae
Bembidion atrocaeruleumColeopteraCarabidae
Leistus fulvibarbisColeopteraCarabidae
Agelastica alniAlder Leaf BeetleColeopteraChrysomelidae
Crepidodera fulvicornisColeopteraChrysomelidae
Sitona obsoletusColeopteraCurculionidae
Allolobophora chloroticaGreen WormCrassiclitellataLumbricidae
Aporrectodea caliginosa s.s. (post Sherlock, 2018)CrassiclitellataLumbricidae
Bimastos eiseniCrassiclitellataLumbricidae
Dendrobaena attemsiCrassiclitellataLumbricidae
Lumbricus rubellusRed WormCrassiclitellataLumbricidae
Bibio nigriventrisDipteraBibionidae
Phylidorea ferrugineaDipteraLimoniidae
Rhypholophus variusDipteraLimoniidae
Scathophaga furcataDipteraScathophagidae
Stenodema (Stenodema) holsataHemipteraMiridae
Bombus pascuorumCommon Carder BeeHymenopteraApidae
Nematus septentrionalisHymenopteraTenthredinidae
Oniscus asellusCommon Shiny WoodlouseIsopodaOniscidae
Porcellio scaberCommon Rough WoodlouseIsopodaPorcellionidae
Trichoniscus pusillus agg.IsopodaTrichoniscidae
Cylindroiulus punctatusBlunt-tailed Snake MillipedeJulidaJulidae
Ophyiulus pilosusJulidaJulidae