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Goonhilly Downs

…pecies have been recorded on Goonhilly Downs, including the small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum and the nationally scarce black-tailed skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum. The heathland attracts other invertebrates. Four RDB (*) fly species Fannia latipalpis, Tipula grisescens, Uro…

East Devon Pebblebed Heaths

…via undata. Among the 21 breeding dragonfly species are the small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum, southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale and the downy emerald dragonfly Cordulia aenea. The bog bush cricket Metrioptera brachyptera has been recorded here.

Shortheath Common

…s, Orthetrum coerulescens and Anax imperator and a colony of the rare damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum. The full heathland range of Orthoptera is represented, with good populations of the bog bush cricket Metrioptera brachyptera and mottled grasshopper Myrmeleotettix maculatus. The …

Povington and Grange Heaths

…ressive number of dragonflies including the very restricted small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum and scarce ishnura Ischnura pumilio. Grasshoppers and bush-crickets are also well represented. The larger bogs hold the rare large marsh grasshopper Stethophyma grossum and the wet…

Cranborne Common

… purple moor grass Molinia caerule and the bog mosses Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum are frequent. A number of local and scarce species occur in this habitat. These include round leaved and oblong leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia, bog pimpernel Anagal…

Poole Harbour

…e nationally scarce hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense and small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum are recorded from heathland in the site, as is the silver-studded blue butterfly Plebejus argus. The rare shore bug Saldula setulosa is recorded only from Poole Harbour, on sandy a…

Studland & Godlingston Heaths

…th 22 species occurring, including uncommon species such as small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum and hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense; and for grasshoppers and crickets which include the rare heath grasshopper Chorthippus vagans, large marsh grasshopper Stethophyma grossum …

The Moors

… good numbers and the wet heathland supports the very local small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum. Grasshoppers and crickets are well represented and include the local lesser marsh grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus in grassland near to the harbour and bog bush cricket Metr…

Holton and Sandford Heaths

…aved heath is abundant and occurs with the bog mosses Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea. The Nationally Scarce plant, marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe occurs abundantly in this habitat on extensive gra…

Upper Fowey Valley

…ng the rare white-legged damselfly Platycnemis pennipes and small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum.

Lymington River

…nnex II to the EC Habitats Directive, the nationally scarce small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum ** and blue tailed damselfly Ischnura pumilio all breed in the flushes seeping into small pools as well as the stream course. The nationally scarce whitelegged damselfly Platycnem…

Hurn Common

…ix, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and the mosses Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum. Heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata is locally frequent. Bog communities, whilst present on a relatively small proportion of Hurn Common, are locally well developed. They support sev…

Eelmoor Marsh

… support a number of breeding Odonata including the notable small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum. Eelmoor Marsh is also important as a feeding ground for the exceptionally rich dragonfly fauna of Eelmoor Flash, part of the adjacent Basingstoke Canal Eelmoor SSSI. The populati…

Esher Commons

… brilliant emerald dragonfly Somatochlora metallica and the small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum and butterflies and moths Lepidoptera including the scarce white letter hair streak butterfly Satyrium w-album. Over 800 species of beetle Coleoptera have been recorded; rare speci…

Stokeford Heaths

… Trichophorum cespitosum and two species of bog moss, Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum are also characteristic plants of this community. Several types of mire community occur locally on permanently wet peat. In one type, purple moor-grass and cross-leaved heath are again commo…

Warmwell Heath

…site. The dragonfly fauna is rich and includes the uncommon small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum.

Cors Geirch

…ain, the scarce blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura pumilio, the small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum, the narrow-bordered bee-hawk moth Hemaris tityus, and the hornet robberfly Asilus crabroniformis, at its only known breeding site in Caernarfonshire. In addition, Cors Geirch supp…

Newborough Warren - Ynys Llanddwyn

…auna particularly of Diptera and such scarce species as the small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum and the hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense, whilst rare species include the hoverfly Eumerus sabulonum, the mining bee Colletes cunicularius and the medicinal leech Hirudo medicin…

Coedydd Nanmor

…upports a rich insect fauna including the nationally scarce small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum that is associated with Llyn Hafod y Llyn, and the only known population of the silver-studded blue butterfly Plejebus argus in West Gwynedd, which inhabits areas of wet heath. Re…

Cothill Fen

…na which is largely confined to fens, the damselflies Coenagrion pulchellum and Ceriagrion tenellum and the scarlet tiger moth Callimorpha dominula which has been the subject of a long term study of population dynamics and genetics at this site. The specially protected great cres…

Stoborough & Creech Heaths

…and dragonflies including uncommon and rare species such as small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum and the southern coenagrion Coenagrion mercuriale. The silver-studded blue butterfly Plebejus argus is locally frequent while many more widespread butterflies are associated with t…

Carnkief Pond

…of importance for its 12 species of dragonfly, of which the small red dragonfly Ceriagrion tenellum and keeled skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens are nationally scarce. * The British Red Data Books lists vulnerable and endangered species.

Hartland Moor

… the typical heathland dragonflies including the very local small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum and the rare southern coenagrion Coenagrion mercuriale. Grasshoppers are well represented and include the rare heath grasshopper Chorthippus vagans and large marsh grasshopper Stet…

Potter & Scarning Fens, East Dereham

…tris are present in the ground flora. The nationally rare small red damsel fly Ceriagrion tenellum is present on the site.

Arne

…ks in some areas. Typical mosses of the wet heath are Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum and in the south of the site there are strong populations of the very scarce marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe. Lichens of the genus Cladonia are abundant, especially in damp and wet heathl…

Ham Common

…rn Osmunda regalis occur. There are small quantities of the bog-mosses Sphagnum tenellum and S. fimbriatum and, in places, the mosses Campylium stellatum and Drepanocladus fluitans. Other low-lying wet areas support common reed Phragmites australis, common sallow Salix cinerea an…

Slop Bog and Uddens Heath

…ragonflies of which at least 11 species occur including the small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum which is virtually restricted to heathlands of Southern England. Also in the wetter areas there are good populations of the local bush Crickets, bog bush cricket Metrioptera brachy…

Upton Heath

…onally scarce silver-studded blue butterfly Plebejus argus, small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum, hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense and blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura pumilio. The site is outstanding for the range of dragonfly species present with a total of 19 breeding spec…

Rhosydd Bryn-maen

…sses the larval stage in ant’s nests in wet heath, the rare small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum, present in heathland bogs, and the nationally scarce blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura pumilio, associated with shallow water in open pools and seepages. Of additional interest in pa…

Dowrog Common

…s aurinia, the scarlet tiger moth Callimorpha dominula, the small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum and the scarce blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura pumilio. Fourteen different dragonfly species have been recorded from the pools and streams. Rare flies present are Colobaea bifasciel…

Morden Bog and Hyde Heath

…dew Drosera intermedia, green-ribbed sedge Carex binervis and bog moss Sphagnum tenellum. Three nationally scarce and declining species are present on the wet heath and on the margins of the valley mire. Marsh clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata is abundant on Hyde Bog and local on Mo…

Trefeiddan Moor

… eleven different dragonflies and damselflies recorded, the small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum is the scarcest. The site is locally important for wintering (50 species) and passage (39 species) birds. Wintering and passage wildfowl include Bewick’s swan and whooper swan as w…

Turners Puddle Heath

…deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and the bog mosses Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum within the vegetation with increasing wetness favouring cross-leaved heath over heather. The site is intersected by three valley systems, two of which drain southwards to the Frome and one n…

Rhos Llawr Cwrt

…valva and fifteen species of dragonfly occur, including the small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum. The otter and the harvest mouse also occur. Remarks: Most of the site is owned by the Countryside Council for Wales and is managed as a National Nature Reserve. Hamatocaulis vern…

Oakers Bog

…Dragonflies are well represented here and include the local small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum.

Turbary and Kinson Commons

…own to breed, including scarce ishnura Ischnura pumilio and small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum, both species of very restricted occurrence. The damper areas have good populations of the local bog bush cricket Metrioptera brachyptera, with the rarer long-winged conehead Conoc…

Woolmer Forest

…ructure in which low mounds, dominated by Sphagnum papillosum rise above the S. tenellum and S. recurvum dominated carpet. The Sphagnum carpet includes cotton grass, bog asphodel and round leaved sundew, while trailing plants of cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos grow over the mossy h…

Forest Mere

…een species of dragonfly breed at Forest Mere. Of these the small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum is a species which is decreasing in range and is known in West Sussex only at this site, while the common hawker Aeshna juncea has been found at only one other county locality. The…

Broadmoor to Bagshot Woods and Heaths

…rter Sympetrum sanguineum, downy emerald Cordulia aenea and small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum. Other Information 1. This site includes land which has been proposed for the designation as a Special Protection Area under the Directive 79/409/ EEC on the Conservation of Wild …

River Camel Valley and Tributaries

…beautiful demoiselle Calopteryx virgo and nationally scarce small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum. The open habitats support varied birdlife. In marshy areas and wet woodland this includes sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, grasshopper warbler Locustella naevia and reed …

Ash to Brookwood Heaths

…liverwort Pallavicina lyelli, the bog moss Sphagnum molle and the moss Atrichum tenellum. Invertebrates. The range of plant communities within the site provides habitats for many heathland invertebrates some of which such as the scarce bog bush cricket Metrioptera brachyptera p…

Blue Pool and Norden Heaths

…rass Trichophorum cespitosum and the bog mosses Sphagnum compactum and Sphagnum tenellum. Strong populations of the Nationally Scarce marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe and Nationally Rare Dorset heath Erica ciliaris also occur. Around the edge of clay pools and in narrow valley…

Castle Bottom to Yateley and Hawley Commons

…n Britain. These include two nationally scarce species, the small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum and the downy emerald Cordulia aenea, both associated with bog. Heathland invertebrates include the nationally rare bee Hyaeus gibbus and a number of nationally scarce species inc…

Foxlease and Ancells Meadows

… communities containing abundant bog moss especially Sphagnum papillosum and S. tenellum and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The site contains a number of ponds and ditches supporting a diverse flora, including probably the largest population of water violet Viola palustris i…

Bodmin Moor, North

…n species recorded the black sympetrum Sympetrum danae, the small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum and the scarce blue-tailed Ischnura pumilio are of very restricted range and distribution nationally. Other invertebrate groups are rather poorly studied by there are records of t…

Moors River System

… species, such as keeled skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens and small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum, which is nationally scarce. The aquatic invertebrates are also of significant interest, particularly on the upper reaches above the confluence with the Uddens Water. On these reac…

Holt and West Moors Heaths

…e rich dragonfly and damselfly fauna includes the nationally uncommon small red Ceriagrion tenellum and scarce blue tailed Ischnura pumilio damselflies. Holt Forest is an area of former wood pasture, but grazing has ceased in recent times. It is dominated by oak Quercus robur and…

Winfrith Heath

… tetralix, is abundant and occurs with the bog mosses Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and purple moor-grass. The site also includes areas of valley mire where botanically diverse vegetation has developed on deep peat. Here purple moor-grass,…

Canford Heath

…and Dunyeat’s Hill is typically rich and includes the local small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum and keeled skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens and the rare scarce ischnura Ischnura pumilio. Other invertebrates of this site include: heath grasshopper Chorthippus vagans, a nationall…

Bourne Valley

…seepages, notably keeled skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens and small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum which is nationally scarce. For others, including golden-ringed damselfly Cordulegaster boltonii and large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula, the Bourne stream provides breeding ha…

Landford Heath

…ond towards the centre supports most of these including the small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum at its only Wiltshire locality. This species is confined to lowland heath and bogs in England and Wales, a habitat which makes it very vulnerable. The ruddy darter Sympetrum sangui…

Bramshill

…esident in Britain. The occurrence of the nationally scarce small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum¸ downy emerald Cordulia aenea and brilliant emerald Somatochlora metallica are of particular note. The open water and heathland areas are also important for other invertebrates, in…

Mynydd Preseli

…recorded, and other notable damselflies present include the small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum and a scarce blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura pumilio, which has its largest known Pembrokeshire population on Gors Fawr. Mynydd Preseli also holds the largest Pembrokeshire populati…

Dyfi

…ssemblage of damselfly and dragonfly species, including the small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum, the variable damselfly Coenagrion pulchellum and the hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense. The intertidal sand flats support communities of burrowing invertebrates, crustaceans and…

Lydford Railway Ponds

…t years, including a number of uncommon species such as the small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum, the rudder darter Sympetrum sanguineum and the scarce ischnura Ischnura pumilio. The large emperor dragonfly Anax imperator has also been recorded.

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