• Tracks

Tracks and other linear features are easily overlooked as habitat types. One might assume that tracks would suffer from a loss of diversity as a result of the continual pressure of human activity. This is far from the truth and for the majority of the time they are quite literally alive with wildlife. A track will often act as an interface between two different habitats, bringing together species from each. It is not uncommon for mammals to use them as ‘wildlife corridors’ and many species of bird prefer to nest in the banks and hedgerows associated with tracks, despite being used continually by humans as access routes.

A few of the tracks on the farm are shown below:

The following table lists those species found in this habitat to date:

Common Name Scientific Name
Speckled Yellow Moth Pseudopanthera macularia
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Yellow Shell Moth Camptogramma bilineata
Golden-Ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
Buff tailed Bumble bee Bombus terrestris
Red-Tailed Bumble Bee Bombus lapidarius
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Devil's Coach-Horse Ocypus olens
Weevil Phyllobius pomaceus
Tenthredinid Sawfly Tenthredo mesomelas
Green Bottle Yellow Dung Fly Lucilia caesar Scatophaga stercoraria
Bugle Ajuga reptans
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys
Greater Stitchwort Stellaria holostea
Ground Ivy Nepeta hederacea
Herb Robert Geranium robertianum
Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea
Meadow Cranesbill Geranium pratense
Cocksfoot Dactylis glomerata
Common Bent Agrostis tenuis
Common Couch Agropyron repens
Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera
Maiden Pink Dianthus deltoides
Perennial Rye Grass Lolium perenne
Red Dead-Nettle Lamium purpureum
Rough Meadow Grass Poa trivialis
Soft Brome Bromus hordeaceus
Timothy Phleum pratense
Upright Brome Bromus erectus
Yellow Loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris

 

 

Unidentified Species

Habitats on the farm