INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION IN GREAT BRITAIN No. 3: EAST MIDLANDS REGION Adrian Fowles 1991 Contents FOREWORD .............................................................................................................................. 4 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 6 COASTLANDS .......................................................................................................................... 10 WOODLANDS ......................................................................................................................... 16 LOWLAND GRASSLANDS ........................................................................................................ 26 HEATHLANDS ......................................................................................................................... 33 OPEN WATER AND ITS MARGINS ........................................................................................... 39 WETLANDS ............................................................................................................................. 46 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: ......................................................................................................... 53 APPENDIX 1: SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................. 54 APPENDIX 2: NOTABLE SITES FOR INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION IN EAST MIDLANDS REGION ................................................................................................................................... 60 1. AVERSLEY WOOD (TL163819)............................................................................................................. 60 2. BARNACK HILLS AND HOLES NNR (TF076047) .................................................................................... 60 3. BARNSTONE CUTTING (SK740357) ..................................................................................................... 60 4. BASSENHALLY PIT (TL286985) ............................................................................................................ 60 5. BASTON FEN (TF145175) .................................................................................................................... 60 6. BEDFORD PURLIEUS (TL042995)......................................................................................................... 61 7. BIRKLANDS & BILHAUGH (SK620683) ................................................................................................. 61 8. BRADGATE PARK (SK535110) ............................................................................................................. 61 9. BRAMPTON WOOD (TL180702) ......................................................................................................... 61 10. BRICKET WOOD COMMON (TL130010) .......................................................................................... 62 11. BROXBOURNE WOODS (TL335078) ................................................................................................ 62 12. BUDDON WOOD (SK560145) ......................................................................................................... 62 13. CALCEBY MARSH (TF398772) ......................................................................................................... 62 14. CASTOR HANGLANDS NNR (TF119015) .......................................................................................... 63 15. CENTRAL LINCS LIMEWOODS (TF094750) ...................................................................................... 63 16. CHARNWOOD LODGE (SK467153) ................................................................................................. 63 17. CLUMBER PARK (SK622744) ........................................................................................................... 63 18. COLLYWESTON GREAT WOOD & EASTON HORNSTOCKS (TF013004) ............................................. 64 19. COLLYWESTON QUARRIES (TF004038) ........................................................................................... 64 20. CROSS DRAIN (TF161136) .............................................................................................................. 64 21. DEVIL'S DYKE (TL568660) ............................................................................................................... 64 22. DOGSTHORPE BRICKPIT (TF213027) ............................................................................................... 65 23. DONINGTON PARK (SK414269) ...................................................................................................... 65 24. EARITH GRAVEL PITS (TL392758) ................................................................................................... 65 25. FENSTANTON GRAVEL PIT (TL304684) ........................................................................................... 65 26. FLITWICK MOOR (TL046354).......................................................................................................... 65 27. FOWLMERE FIELD (TL427462) ........................................................................................................ 66 28. GIBRALAR POINT NNR (TF560580) ................................................................................................. 66 29. GLAPTHORNE COW PASTURE (TL003905) ...................................................................................... 66 30. GRIMSTHORPE PARK (TF022197) ................................................................................................... 66 31. HAYLEY WOOD (TL291529) ............................................................................................................ 67 32. HEMINGFORD GREY PITS (TL297709) ............................................................................................. 67 33. HOLME FEN NNR (TL205895) ......................................................................................................... 67 34. KETTON QUARRIES (SK973056) ...................................................................................................... 68 35. KING'S AND BAKER'S WOODS (SP925300)...................................................................................... 68 36. KIRKBY MOOR (TF225625) ............................................................................................................. 68 37. LITTLE PAXTON PITS (TL196631) .................................................................................................... 68 38. LOCKINGTON MARSHES (SK486304) .............................................................................................. 69 39. MAULDEN WOOD (SP070390) ....................................................................................................... 69 40. MONKS WOOD NNR (TL200800) .................................................................................................... 69 41. MOOR FARM (TF223637) ............................................................................................................... 69 42. RAMSEY HEIGHTS CLAY PITS (TL245848) ........................................................................................ 70 43. ROCKINGHAM CASTLE PARK (SP860907) ....................................................................................... 70 44. SADDINGTON RESERVOIR (SP664912) ........................................................................................... 70 45. SALCEY FOREST (SP810510) ........................................................................................................... 70 46. SALTFLEETBY-THEDDLETHORPE (TF480910) ................................................................................... 71 47. SCOTTON COMMON (SK870985) ................................................................................................... 71 48. SEA BANK CLAY PITS (TF530802) .................................................................................................... 71 49. STOW-CUM-QUY FEN (TL515627) .................................................................................................. 71 50. SUTTON HEATH & BOG (TL091000) ............................................................................................... 72 51. SWANHOLME LAKES (SK944685) ................................................................................................... 72 52. SWITHLAND WOOD (SK539123) .................................................................................................... 72 53. THERFIELD HEATH (TL335400) ....................................................................................................... 72 54. THE WASH (TF550400)................................................................................................................... 73 55. ULVERSCROFT VALLEY (SK500126) ................................................................................................. 73 56. UPPER SUNDON CHALK PIT (TL041268) ......................................................................................... 73 57. WADENHOE MARSH & ACHURCH MEADOW (TL008828) ............................................................... 73 58. WHIPPENDELL WOOD (TQ075978) ................................................................................................ 74 59. WICKEN FEN (TL555700) ................................................................................................................ 74 60. WOODWALTON FEN NNR (TL223835)...........................................................................................