Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Lough Alaban

…awker Aeshna juncea, four spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata, ruddy darter Sympetrum sanguineum, common darter Sympetrum striolatum and black darter Sympetrum danae. Hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense, a species which is rarely found above an altitude of 200m, is notably pr…

Bodmin Moor, North

…ly and damselfly sites in the county. Of the sixteen 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 …

Cors Goch, Llanllwch

…n Carmarthen for the bog bush-cricket Metrioptera brachyptera and for the black sympetrum dragonfly Sympetrum danae. The scarce marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia also occurs, as does the attractive scarlet tiger moth Callimorpha dominula. Remarks: A small part is a n…

Blaeberry Island Bog

…itches support good numbers of dragonflies and damselflies such as black darter Sympetrum danae, common darter Sympetrum striolatum and common blue damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum. Butterfly species including small heath Coenonympha pamphilus also occur. Other animal species res…

Subberthwaite, Blawith and Torver Low Commons

…d breeding on the mire pools, tarns and streams. These include the black darter Sympetrum danae, the common darter Sympetrum striolatum, the four spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata, the azure damselfly Coenagrion puella and the large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula. The po…

Brockagh Quarry

…damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula. Dragonfly species recorded include common darter Sympetrum striolatum, and black darter Sympetrum danae. A variety of other invertebrates are associated with the shallow pools at Brockagh Quarry, including common species such as the diving beetles A…

Landford Heath

…n England and Wales, a habitat which makes it very vulnerable. The ruddy darter Sympetrum sanguineum, another restricted species found at Landford Heath, frequents reedy ponds and ditches on marshy ground. The black darter Sympetrum danae, keeled skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens an…

Bryn Marsh & Ince Moss

…such as the four spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata and the blacker darter Sympetrum danae, are locally rare, but there are large populations of more common species such as the brown hawker Aeshna grandis and common darter Sympetrum striolatum. The site also supports strong…

Montiaghs Moss

…l fen species include the hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense, the ruddy darter Sympetrum sanguineum and several water beetle species including Dytiscus circumcinctus, Hydaticus seminiger, Rhantus grapii and Acilus canaliculatus. Base-poor waters are typified by the common hawker…

Cernydd Carmel

…limate prevails, also occur throughout these mire areas. The local black darter Sympetrum danae and the four-spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata are dragonflies typically associated with these mire systems. Marshy Grassland Bordering the mire systems are extensive areas of ma…

Danes Moss

…r insects with 11 species of damselfly and dragonfly including the black darter Sympetrum danae and four spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata and the butterflies brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni and green hairstreak Callophrys rubi. The common lizard Lacerta agilis is also recorded…

Forest Mere

…a large population of the characteristically heathland species the black darter Sympetrum danae. Forty nine species of breeding birds have been recorded. Species associated with open water are teal, tufted duck and little grebe; birds of heath and woodland include stonechat, wood…

Highfield Moss

…ls support good dragonfly populations including the locally scarce black darter Sympetrum danae. The site supports representative breeding and wintering bird populations.

Cors Llyn Coethlyn

…rveys have yet been carried out, but dragonflies noted include the black darter Sympetrum danae and the golden ringed Cordulegaster boltonii.

Roydon Common

…ecies of insect have been recorded from the common including the rare dragonfly Sympetrum danae. Uncommon birds including nightjar, curlew, redshank and barn owl breed on the site and birds of prey use the common as a roosting site in the winter; hen harrier, merlin, sparrowhawk…

Loch a' Mhuilinn

…pecies at this northern location. Dragonflies recorded include the black darter Sympetrum danae, common darter S. striolatum, the four-spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata, golden-ringed dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii and common hawker Aeshna juncea. Damselflies recorded inc…

Ballynahone Bog

…e Lathrobium punctatum, the corixid bug Hesperocorixa castanea, the dragonflies Sympetrum danae and Aeshna juncea, and the water beetles Hydroporus incognitus, Hydroporus gyllenhali, Ilybius aenescens, Ilybius guttiger, Graptodytes granularis and Enochrus fuscipennis. The saldid …

Black Lough (Down)

…eetles. Species typical of base-poor sites include the dragonflies black darter Sympetrum danae and common hawker Aeshna juncea, the water beetles Graptodytes pictus, Hydroporus gyllenhali, H. obscurus and Agabus montanus, and the water bugs Sigara scotti and Notonecta obliqua. T…

Mother Drain, Misterton

…fly Coenagrion pulchellum, hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense and black darter Sympetrum danae are of nationally notable status and a further three banded agrion Calopteryx splendens, brown hawker Aeshna grandis and four spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata are at the norther…

Dersingham Bog

…icum is invasive in places. The site is noted for the presence of the dragonfly Sympetrum danae, a northern species with a very local distribution in S E England. The site is notable for the large breeding population of shelduck, with up to 100 pairs nesting. The surrounding heat…

Swanholme Lakes

…g species, the red eyed damselfly Erythromma najas, the black and ruddy darters Sympetrum danae and S. sanguineum, the variable damselfly Coenagrion pulchellum, four hawkers Aeshna spp. and the emperor dragonfly Anax imperator. Breeding birds and mammals include great crested gre…

Croagh Bog

…des important habitat for dragonflies and damselflies, such as the black darter Sympetrum danae and the large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula. https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/croagh-bog-assi

Pencreigiau'r Llan

… of oligotrophic waters, including common hawker Aeshna juncea and black darter Sympetrum danae. East-facing cliffs at the head of Cwm Llyfnant are dry and support few plant species, but a colony of the scarce hawkweed, Hieracium argenteum, is present. Ring ouzel, wheatear and re…

Red Moss

…s including the common hawker Aeshna juncea and the locally scarce black darter Sympetrum danae.

Mynydd Preseli

…i also holds the largest Pembrokeshire population of the black darter dragonfly Sympetrum danae. The marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia breeds at Waun Isaf, where scarlet tiger moths Callimorpha dominula are also found. Otters and dippers frequent the larger watercours…

Claish Moss

…ationally important assemblage of dragonfly species which includes black darter Sympetrum danae, blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura elegans and common hawker Aeshna juncea.

Burnham Beeches

…ook of threatened species. Other notable insects are the black darter dragonfly Sympetrum danae and the bog bush cricket Metrioptera brachyptera. Among the mammals, the dormouse still occurs. Some 56 species of birds breed regularly including sparrowhawk and hawfinch among the a…

Green Croft and Langley Moor

… support a breeding population of great crested newts and also the black darter Sympetrum danae, a dragonfly which is rare in north east England.

Rhos-Rydd

…ha latifolia. This is an important habitat for dragonflies and the black darter Sympetrum danae occurs here, otherwise known from only one other coastal site in the former county of Dyfed. The impeded drainage allows flooding to occur on either side of the ditches and willow carr…

Llyn Llech Owain

…e four-spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata and the late-flying black darter Sympetrum danae, but a range of other species occurs, including the emperor Anax imperator, which is normally found inhabiting richer lowland waters. The lake is encircled by vegetation communities wh…

Knapdale Woods

…ies: the nationally-scarce hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense, highland darter Sympetrum nigrescens, black darter S. danae, golden-ringed dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii, four-spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata, large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula emerald damselfly Les…

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