Lea Meadows

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Wildlife Highlights

The meadows contain a wide range of interesting plants, including Betony, Harebell and Devil's Bit Scabious in profusion.  Common and Heath Spotted-Orchids bloom in June. The plants support many invertebrates, including Chimney Sweeper moths and the colourful hopper - Cicadellis viridis. White-clawed Crayfish and Brook Lampreys have been found in the stream.

Total species seen at this site: 81

Description

This 12 hectare site is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a nature reserve owned by the Wild Trust. Lea Meadows has a history that can be traced back seven centuries and was once part of a mediaeval assart (private land taken from common land). The other part of the assart is the adjacent Lea Wood and together they form an intriguing oval shape on the map. It is mainly an undulating wildflower meadow with some marshy areas and is bisected by a stream.

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Common Name Latin Name Date Recorded Recorded By
Aphodius fasciatus 16/10/2011 David Nicholls
Aphodius fimetarius 16/10/2011 David Nicholls
Aphodius prodromus 16/10/2011 David Nicholls
Aphodius sphacelatus 16/10/2011 David Nicholls
Smooth Pea Gall Wasp Diplolepis eglanteriae/nervosa 16/10/2011 David Nicholls
Haematobosca stimulans 16/10/2011 David Nicholls
Mesembrina meridiana 16/10/2011 David Nicholls
Neriene peltata 16/10/2011 David Nicholls
Nursery Web Spider Pisaura mirabilis 16/10/2011 David Nicholls
Psammotettix confinis 16/10/2011 David Nicholls
Ramalina fastigiata 16/10/2011 David Nicholls
Water Figwort Scrophularia auriculata 16/10/2011 David Nicholls
Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara 16/10/2011 David Nicholls
Stable Fly Stomoxys calcitrans 16/10/2011 David Nicholls
Dung Roundhead Stropharia semiglobata 16/10/2011 David Nicholls

Getting There

From Leicester drive through Newtown Linford and turn left at the fork onto Ulverscroft Lane. The reserve entrance is down a green lane about 200m before Polly Botts Lane.

Managed By

Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust

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Group Common Name Latin Name Last Seen
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Bees, Wasps, Ants Red-Tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius 07/07/2011
Bees, Wasps, Ants Smooth Pea Gall Wasp Diplolepis eglanteriae/nervosa 16/10/2011
Beetles Abax parallelepipedus 07/07/2011
Beetles Aphodius fasciatus 16/10/2011
Beetles Aphodius fimetarius 16/10/2011
Beetles Aphodius prodromus 16/10/2011
Beetles Aphodius sphacelatus 16/10/2011
Beetles Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva 07/07/2011
Bugs Alder Spittlebug Aphrophora alni 07/07/2011
Bugs Black Kneed Capsid Blepharidopterus angulatus 07/07/2011
Bugs Green Leaf-hopper Cicadella viridis 07/07/2011
Bugs Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus 07/07/2011
Bugs Leptopterna dolabrata 07/07/2011
Bugs Plagiognathus arbustorum 07/07/2011
Bugs Psammotettix confinis 16/10/2011
Bugs Uroleucon cirsii 07/07/2011
Butterflies Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus 07/07/2011
Butterflies Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas 07/07/2011
Butterflies Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina 07/07/2011
Butterflies Green-veined White Pieris napi 07/07/2011
Butterflies Small White Pieris rapae 07/07/2011
Butterflies Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris 07/07/2011
Flies - other Chrysopilus cristatus 07/07/2011
Flies - other Haematobosca stimulans 16/10/2011
Flies - other Mesembrina meridiana 16/10/2011
Flies - other Face Fly Musca autumnalis 07/07/2011
Flies - other Poecilobothrus nobilitatus 07/07/2011
Flies - other Stable Fly Stomoxys calcitrans 16/10/2011
Flies - other Tabanus maculicornis 07/07/2011
Flies - other Tipula pagana 16/10/2011