Friends of Marton Mere - 2022 - Wildflower Project Survey

Marton Mere

Wildflower Meadow Survey Data Date of Survey 29th July 2022

29 July 2022

Owen and Carol Fawcett and Jan Bramhall compared plants, butterflies, damselflies and bees in the two areas in the Wildflower Meadow.

Malcolm Evans recorded Hoverflies and Moths on 27 July 2022.

Buff-tailed bee

Red-tailed bee

A bee hive was discovered by Marton Mere volunteers on Tuesday 26 July 2022.

Comparing the number of bees proved impossible this year due to the large number of Honey bees visiting the Common Knapweed throughout the Meadow.

Red spotted parasitic fly

Marton Mere Wildflower Area (West) Agrimony Bartsia, Red Bindweed Bistort, Amphibious Bramble Carrot, Wild Chickweed, common mouse ear Cinquefoil, Creeping Cleavers Dock, Curled Field Horsetail Goldenrod, Early Hogweed Horseradish Knapweed, Common Knapweed, Greater Mugwort Nettle, Common Plantain, Ribwort Ragwort, Hoary Silverweed Spear Mint Teasel Thistle, Creeping Thistle, Spear Vetch, Tufted Vetchling, Meadow Willowherb Epilobian sp Willowherb, hairy Willowherb Hybrid

2019 2020 2021 2022 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x NIF x x NIF x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x NIF x x x x x x NIF x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

Marton Mere Wildflower Area (East) Bartsia, Red Bindweed, Lesser Bird’s-foot-trefoil Black Medick Bramble Buttercup, Meadow Carrot, Wild Chickweed, Common Cinquefoil, Creeping Cleavers Clover, Red Clover, White Dandelion Dock, Curled Hogweed Knapweed, Common Knapweed, Greater Mouse-ear, Common Nettle Plantain, Ribwort Ragwort, Hoary Restharrow Silverweed Sorrel Spearmint Thistle, Creeping Thistle, Spear Vetch, Tufted Vetchling, Meadow Willowherb, Broad-leaved Willowherb, Rosebay Yarrow

2019 2020 2021 2022 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x NIF x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x NIF NIF NIF x NIF

NIF

x

x

x x x

x x x

x

x

x

x

x x x x x x

Marton Mere Wildflower Area

Grasses Bent Canary grass, Reed Cock’s-foot grass Couch, Common Fescue, Red Fescue, Giant Meadow foxtail Meadow grass, Annual Meadow grass, Rough Meadow grass, Smooth Oat-grass, False Rye grass, Perennial Timothy Yorkshire fog

2022 2022 east west east

x x x

x x

x x

x x x

x x

Sedges Sedge, Hairy Trees / Shrubs Apple Elder Honeysuckle

fruit NIF NIF

fruit

x

x

Lichen Xanthoria polycarpa

west

east

west

Marton Mere Wildflower Meadow Area BUTTERFLIES Gatekeeper Meadow Brown Peacock Skipper, large White, small

2021 east 3

2021 west 4

2022 west 3 1

2 1

1

DAMSELFLIES Azure Blue Common Blue

7

1

DRAGONFLIES Emperor

over

over

BEES (individual species not identified)

2022 east 3 5

54

21

2 3

100+

100+

Marton Mere - Wildflower Meadow Project Records of Hoverflies and Moths 27th July 2022 Survey Carried out by Malcolm Evans Based on 30 minute sessions in each area Western Area = Early cut Eastern Area = Late cut Western

Eastern

Combined

Hoverfly Species Platycheirus sp.

Episyrphus balteatus Sphaerophoria scripta - male Cheilosia pagana Eristalis intricaria Other larger Eristalis sp.

Other smaller Eristalis sp.

Helophilus pendulus Helophilus trivittatus Syritta pipiens

1 1 1 2 14 12 1

2 1 1 12 9 5 1

1

1 3 1 1 3 26 21 6 1 1

Total number of individuals

33

31

64

Minimum number of species

8

7

10

Western

Eastern

Combined

Moths Gold Spot sp Silver Y Shaded Broad-bar Udea lutealis Crambidae sp.

Other micro moths

2 2 4 6 9

1 3 3 5 14 9

1 5 5 9 20 18

Total number of individuals

23

35

58

Also just a single Cinnabar moth larvae on ragwort in the western area.