We already have confirmation that the rare beetle Hydroporus Longulus is to be found in our water ditches.
The following are Key species for conservation attention in the Somerset Levels and Moors Natural Area that you could look out for.
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| Cross-leaved Heath Erica Tetralix |
Marsh Pea Lathyrus Palustris |
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| Milk Parsley Peucedanum Palustre |
Marsh Fern Thelypteris Coloratus |
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| Bog Moss Sphagnum spp. |
Green-winged Orchid Orchis Moreo |
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| Mousetail Myosurus Minimus |
Greater Water Parsnip Sium Latifolium |
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| Fen Pondweed Potamogeton Coloratus |
Otter Lutra Lutra |
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| Water Vole Arvicular Terrestris |
Brown Hare Lepus Europaeus |
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| Marsh Fritillary Eurodryas Aurinia |
White Admiral Lagoda Camilla |
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| Narrow Bordered Bee-Hawk Moth Hemaris Tityus |
Soldier Fly Odotomyia Ornata |
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| Lesser Silver Diving Beetle Hydrochara Carboides |
Great Silver Diving Beetle Hydrophilius Piceus |
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| Weevil Hylobius Transversovittatus |
Snail Valvata Macrostoma |
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| Hairy Dragonfly Brachytro Pratense |
Variable Damselfly Coenagrion Pulchellum |
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| Fen Raft-Spider Dolomedes Plantarius |
Shoveller Anas Clypeata |
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| Teal Anas Cracca |
Widgeon Anas Penelope |
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| Garganey Anas Querquedula |
Gadwell Anas Stepera |
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| Pochard Aythya Farina |
Mute Swan Cygnus Olor |
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| Bewick’s Swan Cygnus bewickii |
Kingfisher Alcedo Atthis |
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| Nightjar Caprimulgus Europeaus |
Harrier Circus Aeruginosus |
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| Barn Owl Tyto alba |
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus |
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| Lapwing Vanellus Vanellus |
Bittern Botaurus Stellaris |
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| Golden Plover Pluvialis Apricaria |
Snipe Gallinago Gallinago |
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| Black-tailed Godwit Limosa Limosa |
Whimbrel Numenius Phaeopus |
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| Curlew Numenius Arquata |
Redshank Tringa Totanus |
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| Grey Partridge Perdix Perdix |
Whinchat Saxicola Rubetra |
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| Yellow Wagtail Motacilla Flava |
Cetti’s Warbler Cettia Cetti |
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| Bearded Tit Panurus Biarmicus |
Tree Sparrow Passer Montanus |
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| Skylark Alanda Arvensis |
Eel Anguilla Anguilla |
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| River Lamprey Lampetra Fuviatilis |
Examples of species thought to have become extinct within the Somerset Levels and Moors this century.
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| Common Butterwort Pinguicula Vulgaris |
Large Marsh Grasshopper Stethophyma Grossum |
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| Swallowtail Butterfly Papilio Macharon Britannicus |
Corncrake Crex Crex |
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| Spotted Crake Porzana Porzana |
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus Palustris |
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| Bittern Botaurus Stellaris |
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa Limosa |
Photographs taken on our land (you can click these for a larger image)
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I found the swallow laying on the ground injured on our fields and took it home with me, kept it in a box over night expecting to find it dead in the morning. when I opened the box it hopped straight onto my hand and I sat in the garden with it for 10 minutes perched on my finger and then it flew away and settled here by our pond all day and flew off at dusk. Miranda
The other pictures were taken by Lesley
Figures taken from 1997 nature conservation profile, Somerset Levels and Moors Natural Area, English Nature, Somerset Team
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If you have taken pictures of any wildlife whilst on our land and would like them exhibited on this page, please submit them to Miranda Bruce; if your pictures are not digital, you are welcome to send prints to Miranda at 9 Tor View Avenue, Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 8AE and we will scan them.