Church Wood & Robsack Wood Local Nature Reserve Biodiversity Analysis (DRAFT)
Introduction This document lists the status of biological records for Church Wood & Robsack Wood Local Nature Reserve. A simple analysis of the records will show where there are gaps in the biodiversity knowledge of the nature reserve and where resources should be prioritised for biological recording, surveys and monitoring. A plan of biological recording is also suggested for Church Wood & Robsack Wood Local Nature Reserve to ensure the biodiversity knowledge of the site is comprehensive, up- to-date and accurate.
Previous Surveys & Monitoring The following surveys are the source of most of the records for the nature reserve: • Phase 1 habitat survey • SNCI assessment • Bumblebee Survey • Badger Sett Survey • Wildlife Events such as moth evenings • ad hoc surveys by visiting naturalists
Biological Records In total 685 records of 373 species are held for Church Wood & Robsack Wood Local Nature Reserve. The list below shows the number of species and records for each taxonomic group recorded from the nature reserve. Only records sent to the Hastings Borough Council and/or Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre are included as these are the only records held in the official database of biological records for the nature reserve and have been validated and checked for accuracy.
Taxonomic Groups Recorded: • Beetles - 2 species, 2 records • Birds - 52 species, 52 records • Butterflies - 16 species, 17 records • Diptera - 1 species, 1 record • Fungi - 79 species, 82 records • Hymenoptera - 9 species, 18 records • Moths - 14 species, 14 records • Odonata - 12 species, 12 records • Orthoptera - 8 species, 8 records • Spiders - 19 species, 57 records • Vascular Plants - 161 species, 422 records
Future Biological Recording It is clear that a great deal of work needs to be carried out to obtain a definitive and accurate account of the biodiversity of Church Wood LNR.
The largest gap in knowledge is with invertebrates which make up the great majority of the biodiversity of ancient woodland. Important groups to study within woodland, especially woodland with freshwater streams and springs is diptera. Most similar woodlands in Hastings have very important diptera communities including the presence of UK BAP species such as Lipsothrix nervosa. Other important groups that are important components of ancient woodland are moths, beetles and hymenoptera.
Other glaring gaps in biodiversity knowledge are the almost complete lack of records for mammals and reptiles, although badger setts have been surveyed at the site this data is confidential.
Fungi are obviously an important group within the site with one of the largest fungi species lists for any site in Hastings but work is still required to provide a more comprehensive list. Below is a provisional plan of biological recording for the nature reserve in order of priority (surveys requiring employment of specialists consultants are marked with *): 1. One off invertebrate survey focusing on diptera, coleoptera, hymenoptera & araneae - April to September* 2. Regular moth monitoring using MV lights - All year (April - October) 3. One off dormouse survey using tubes - April to September* 4. Annual breeding bird monitoring - May/June* 5. Annual plant monitoring of meadow area and coralroot bittercress - April to July 6. One off fungi survey - ?* 7. Regular recording of mammal sightings - All year 8. Regular recording of bird sightings - All year 9. Regular recording of reptile & amphibian sightings - Mar to October 10. Annual Orthoptera monitoring - August/September 11. Re-survey of badger setts* 12. One off bryophyte survey* 13. One off small mammal survey using traps*
All future records need to be added to the official database of biodiversity records for Hastings either via adding sightings to wildhastings.org.uk, via online spreadsheets or via email to HBC in a spreadsheet. All future records will be checked, validated and then uploaded to the NBN gateway.
Appendix 1 Species Lists (In alphabetical order of scientific name per taxonomic group)
1.1 Beetles Metoecus paradoxus Wasp-nest Beetle Stenolophus comma
1.2 Birds Accipiter nisus Eurasian Sparrowhawk Aegithalos caudatus Long-tailed Tit Anthus pratensis Meadow Pipit Carduelis cannabina Common Linnet Carduelis carduelis European Goldfinch Carduelis chloris European Greenfinch Carduelis flammea Mealy Redpoll Carduelis spinus Eurasian Siskin Certhia familiaris Eurasian Treecreeper Columba palumbus Common Wood Pigeon Corvus corone corone Carrion Crow Corvus frugilegus Rook Cuculus canorus Common Cuckoo Dendrocopos major Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Emberiza citrinella Yellowhammer Emberiza schoeniclus Reed Bunting Erithacus rubecula European Robin Falco tinnunculus Common Kestrel Fringilla coelebs Chaffinch Gallinago gallinago Common Snipe Garrulus glandarius Eurasian Jay Motacilla alba yarrellii Pied Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Grey Wagtail Muscicapa striata Spotted Flycatcher Parus ater Coal Tit Parus caeruleus Blue Tit Parus major Great Tit Parus palustris Marsh Tit Passer domesticus House Sparrow Phylloscopus collybita Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus trochilus Willow Warbler Pica pica Black-billed Magpie Picus viridis Green Woodpecker Prunella modularis Hedge Accentor Pyrrhula pyrrhula Common Bullfinch Regulus regulus Goldcrest Scolopax rusticola Eurasian Woodcock Sitta europaea Wood Nuthatch Streptopelia decaocto Eurasian Collared Dove Strix aluco Tawny Owl Sturnus vulgaris Common Starling Sylvia atricapilla Blackcap Sylvia borin Garden Warbler Sylvia communis Common Whitethroat Sylvia curruca Lesser Whitethroat Turdus iliacus Redwing Turdus merula Common Blackbird Turdus philomelos Song Thrush Turdus pilaris Fieldfare Turdus torquatus Ring Ouzel Turdus viscivorus Mistle Thrush
1.3 Butterflies Aglais urticae Small Tortoiseshell Anthocharis cardamines Orange-tip Coenonympha pamphilus Small Heath Gonepteryx rhamni Brimstone Inachis io Peacock Lycaena phlaeas Small Copper Maniola jurtina Meadow Brown Pararge aegeria Speckled Wood Pieris brassicae Large White Pieris napi Green-veined White Pieris rapae Small White Polygonia c-album Comma Polyommatus icarus Common Blue Thymelicus lineola Essex Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris Small Skipper Vanessa atalanta Red Admiral
1.4 Diptera Eristalis pertinax
1.5 Fungi Agaricus arvensis Agaricus augustus Agaricus campestris Agaricus placomyces Amanita citrina Amanita fulva Amanita muscaria Amanita pantherina Amanita phalloides Amanita rubescens Armillaria mellea Bolbitius vitellinus Boletus aereus Boletus appendiculatus Boletus edulis Boletus erythropus Clavulina cristata Clitocybe geotropa Clitocybe nebularis Clitocybe phyllophila Clitopilus prunulus Coprinus comatus Coprinus lagopus Coprinus micaceus Coprinus picaceus Coprinus plicatilis Cortinarius pseudosalor Crepidotus variabilis Daedaleopsis confragosa Fistulina hepatica Gymnopilus junonius Hebeloma crustuliniforme Hydnum repandum Hygrocybe pratensis Hymenochaete rubiginosa Hypholoma fasciculare Laccaria laccata Lactarius circellatus Lactarius deterrimus Lactarius quietus Lactarius rufus Lactarius subdulcis Lactarius tabidus Lactarius turpis Laetiporus sulphureus Leccinum scabrum Lepiota friesii Lepista nuda Lycoperdon perlatum Lycoperdon pyriforme Macrolepiota procera Macrolepiota rhacodes Marasmius rotula Mycena crocata Mycena galopus Mycena inclinata Paxillus involutus Phallus impudicus Pholiota squarrosa Piptoporus betulinus Psathyrella candolleana Psilocybe semilanceata Ramaria stricta Russula brunneoviolacea Russula cyanoxantha Russula delica Russula gracillima Russula nigricans Russula ochroleuca Russula sororia Scleroderma citrinum Scleroderma verrucosum Stereum hirsutum Stereum rugosum Suillus grevillei Tremella mesenterica Tricholoma sulphureum Tricholomopsis rutilans Volvariella speciosa
1.6 Hymenoptera Andrena chrysosceles Andrena haemorrhoa Early Mining Bee Andrena nitida Bombus lapidarius Large Red Tailed Bumble Bee Bombus pratorum Early Bumble Bee Bombus terrestris Buff-tailed Bumble Bee Nomada panzeri Nomada ruficornis Red-horned Nomad Bee Nomada succincta
1.7 Moths Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow Campaea margaritata Light Emerald Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift Hypena proboscidalis Snout Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth Rivula sericealis Straw Dot Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic
1.8 Odonata Aeshna cyanea Southern Hawker Aeshna grandis Brown Hawker Aeshna mixta Migrant Hawker Anax imperator Emperor Dragonfly Coenagrion puella Azure Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Common Blue Damselfly Ischnura elegans Blue-tailed Damselfly Libellula depressa Broad-bodied Chaser Orthetrum cancellatum Black-tailed Skimmer Pyrrhosoma nymphula Large Red Damselfly Sympetrum sanguineum Ruddy Darter Sympetrum striolatum Common Darter
1.9 Orthoptera Chorthippus brunneus Common Field Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus Meadow Grasshopper Conocephalus discolor Long-winged Conehead Leptophyes punctatissima Speckled Bush Cricket Meconema thalassinum Oak Bush Cricket Omocestus rufipes Woodland Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus Common Green Grasshopper Pholidoptera griseoaptera Dark Bush Cricket
1.10 Spiders Ceratinella scabrosa Dictyna arundinacea Diplocephalus picinus Episinus angulatus Hahnia montana Lepthyphantes tenuis Linyphia hortensis Microneta viaria Monocephalus fuscipes Neon reticulatus Neriene peltata Paidiscura pallens Pardosa nigriceps Pardosa saltans Pisaura mirabilis Tegenaria silvestris Trochosa terricola Xysticus cristatus Zilla diodia
1.11 Vascular Plants Acer campestre Field Maple Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore Achillea millefolium Yarrow Adoxa moschatellina Moschatel / Town-hall Clock Aegopodium podagraria Ground-elder / Goutweed / Bishopweed Aesculus hippocastanum Horse-chestnut Agrimonia eupatoria Agrimony Agrostis capillaris Common Bent Alliaria petiolata Garlic Mustard Allium ursinum Ramsons Alopecurus geniculatus Marsh Foxtail Alopecurus pratensis Meadow Foxtail Anemone nemorosa Wood Anemone Anthoxanthum odoratum Sweet Vernal Grass Anthriscus sylvestris Cow Parsley / Keck Apium graveolens Wild Celery Arctium minus Lesser Burdock / Burdock Arrhenatherum elatius False Oat-Grass Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort Arum maculatum Lords-and-ladies / Cuckoo Pint / Wild Arum Ballota nigra Black Horehound Bellis perennis Daisy Betula pendula Silver Birch Brachypodium sylvaticum False-brome / Wood False-brome Calystegia sepium Hedge Bindweed / Great Bindweed (agg.) Capsella bursa-pastoris Shepherd's-purse Cardamine bulbifera Coralroot [Scarce] Cardamine flexuosa Wavy Bitter-cress Cardamine pratensis Cuckooflower / Lady's Smock / Milk-maids Carex pendula Pendulus Sedge / Drooping Sedge / Pendulous Sedge Carex riparia Great Pond-sedge Carex sylvatica Wood-sedge Carpinus betulus Hornbeam Castanea sativa Sweet Chestnut / Spanish Chestnut Centaurea nigra Common Knapweed / Black Knapweed / Hardhead Centaurium erythraea Common Centaury Cerastium fontanum Common Mouse-ear Chamerion angustifolium Rosebay Willowherb / Fireweed Chrysosplenium oppositifolium Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Circaea lutetiana Enchanter's-nightshade / Common Enchanter's Nightshade Cirsium arvense Creeping Thistle Cirsium vulgare Spear Thistle Conopodium majus Pignut Convolvulus arvensis Field Bindweed Corylus avellana Hazel Crepis capillaris Smooth Hawk's-beard Crepis vesicaria Beaked Hawk's-beard Cynosurus cristatus Crested Dog's-tail Cytisus scoparius Broom Dactylis glomerata Cock's-foot Dactylorhiza fuchsii Common Spotted-orchid Daucus carota Wild Carrot Digitalis purpurea Foxglove Dryopteris dilatata Broad Buckler-fern / Common Buckler-fern Dryopteris filix-mas agg. Common Male Fern Elytrigia repens Common Couch Epilobium hirsutum Great Willowherb Epilobium lanceolatum Spear-leaved Willowherb Epilobium montanum Broad-leaved Willowherb Equisetum arvense Field Horsetail / Common Horsetail Equisetum telmateia Great Horsetail / Giant Horsetail Euphorbia amygdaloides Wood Spurge Festuca gigantea Giant Fescue Fragaria vesca Wild Strawberry Fraxinus excelsior Ash Galium aparine Cleavers / Goosegrass Galium odoratum Woodruff / Sweet Woodruff Genista tinctoria Dyer's Greenweed Geranium dissectum Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium robertianum Herb-Robert Geum urbanum Herb Bennet / Wood Avens Glechoma hederacea Ground-ivy Hedera helix Ivy Heracleum sphondylium Hogweed / Cow Parsnip / Keck Holcus lanatus Yorkshire-fog Holcus mollis Creeping Soft-grass Hyacinthoides non-scripta Bluebell / Wild Hyacinth Hypericum perforatum Perforate St. John's-wort / Common St. John's Wort Hypericum pulchrum Slender St. John's-wort / Elegant St. John's Wort Hypochaeris radicata Cat's-ear / Common Catsear Ilex aquifolium Holly Juncus effusus Soft Rush Juncus inflexus Hard Rush Lamiastrum galeobdolon Yellow Archangel / Yellow Dead-nettle Lapsana communis Nipplewort Lathyrus linifolius Bitter-vetch / Bitter Vetchling Lathyrus nissolia Grass Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis Meadow Vetchling Leontodon hispidus Rough Hawkbit / Greater Hawkbit Lolium perenne Perennial Rye-grass / Common Rye-grass Lonicera periclymenum Honeysuckle Lotus corniculatus Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus Large Bird's-foot-trefoil Luzula campestris Field Wood-rush Luzula pilosa Hairy Wood-rush Malva moschata Musk-mallow Matricaria recutita Scented Mayweed Melampyrum pratense Common Cow-wheat Melica uniflora Wood Melick Mercurialis perennis Dog's Mercury Milium effusum Wood Millet Oenanthe crocata Hemlock Water-dropwort Orchis mascula Early-purple Orchid Oxalis acetosella Wood-sorrel Phyllitis scolopendrium Hart's-tongue / Hartstongue Fern Picris echioides Bristly Oxtongue Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Plantago major Greater Plantain / Ratstail Plantain Poa trivialis Rough Meadow-grass Potentilla anserina Silverweed Potentilla reptans Creeping Cinquefoil Prunella vulgaris Selfheal Prunus laurocerasus Cherry Laurel Pteridium aquilinum Bracken / Brake Pulicaria dysenterica Common Fleabane Quercus robur Pedunculate Oak / Common Oak Ranunculus acris Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus auricomus Goldilocks Buttercup / Wood Goldilocks Ranunculus bulbosus Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculus ficaria Lesser Celandine Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Rhododendron ponticum Rhododendron Ribes nigrum Black Currant Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry Robinia pseudoacacia False Acacia / Locust Rosa arvensis Field Rose Rubus fruticosus agg. Bramble / Blackberry Rumex acetosa Common Sorrel Rumex conglomeratus Clustered Dock Rumex crispus Curled Dock Rumex obtusifolius Broad-leaved Dock Rumex sanguineus Wood Dock Sambucus nigra Elder Sanicula europaea Sanicle / Wood Sanicle Scrophularia nodosa Common Figwort Senecio jacobaea Common Ragwort Silene dioica Red Campion Silene latifolia White Campion Sinapis arvensis Charlock Sisymbrium officinale Hedge Mustard Solanum dulcamara Bittersweet / Woody Nightshade Sonchus arvensis Perennial Sow-thistle / Corn Sow-thistle Sonchus asper Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus Smooth Sow-thistle / Common Sow-thistle Stachys sylvatica Hedge Woundwort Stellaria graminea Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria holostea Greater Stitchwort Stellaria media Common Chickweed Tamus communis Black Bryony Teucrium scorodonia Wood Sage Trifolium campestre Hop Trefoil Trifolium dubium Lesser Trefoil / Lesser Yellow Trefoil Trifolium pratense Red Clover Trifolium repens White Clover Ulex europaeus Gorse / Furze Urtica dioica Common Nettle / Stinging Nettle Veronica chamaedrys Germander Speedwell / Birdseye Speedwell Vicia hirsuta Hairy Tare Vicia sativa Common Vetch Vicia sepium Bush Vetch Viola riviniana Common Dog-violet