Tees Valley railway path Special Invertebrate Site Habitats Species Flower-rich grassland Pollinators include white The footpath, managed by Durham -footed hoverfly, County Council, is edged by flower-rich banded Meliscaeva grassland and banks. Flowering currant hoverfly and common provides much needed food for early carder bees (pictured). pollinators while abundant raspberry, rosebay willowherb, sweet cicely and Earwigs use deadwood hogweed are important food sources while water crickets live during mid-summer. Knapweed, great in the ditch. , burnet, ragwort and yarrow provide food viridis, and for a variety of pollen feeders and bugs. fork-palped harvestmen Taller flowers and dead stems provide (pictured) predate upon shelter and structure for invertebrates in other here. later months. Hedgerows are home to grey dagger caterpillars, two-toothed door snails, marble gall wasps

and stripe-winged droneflies (pictured).

© Ian© Beddison Spider, Larinioides cornutus, (pictured) hides in tall vegetation, with potato leafhoppers Deadwood and slow-flowing water

found below. ; Larinioides; cornutus Small areas of fallen deadwood, stumps and loose bark provide cover and structure Grassland supports for beetles, centipedes and spiders. A white-lipped banded ditch provides habitat for freshwater snails (pictured), discus invertebrates and supports stands of snails, hedgehog slugs water mint for late-season pollinators. and field grasshoppers.

Woodland and hedgerows Rosebay willowherb is

A mixture of species including , food for elephant hawk- lippedbanded snail northeastwildlife.co.uk© - hawthorn, oak, elder and dog rose provide moths (pictured) and little Mompha moths. a wide variety of food plants, structure Nettles are used by and shelter for invertebrates. Images: whiteImages: nettle-tap moths. 220

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Car parking: Tees Valley railway path car park, Mickleton, County Durham, DL12 0JB; GR: NY 96788 23389 H 240 250L D H H H H H H

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280 Survey route Flower-rich grassland and hedgerow Parking area/ start point 290 Running water Woodland

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Terrain: the full route is on a rough track

320 along level ground with some uneven areas and tree roots. 340 330 300 Survey route length: 0.8 miles 310 350 The survey route crosses some very small local Contains OS data © Crown Copyright and database right 2019 roads. Please be aware of traffic when crossing these and within the large parking area.

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