Ratby Village Pond

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Wildlife Highlights

The pond supports breeding populations of Common Frog and Smooth Newt, as well as several dragonfly and damselfly species. The rough grassland is a popular feeding area for Song Thrush and in winter Redwings and Fieldfares can be regularly seen in the overgrown hedgerow bordering the adjacent field. The field itself contains a variety of interesting wildflowers, including Great Burnet - an indicator of long-established and unimproved grassland.

Total species seen at this site: 53

Description

This small, created pond sits in a triangle of meadow grassland and trees on the edge of Ratby. The pond itself supports a good variety of life and the surrounding habitats attracts birds and insects. We have set the boundary to include the adjacent meadow which has recently had paths added to provide public access. This field includes a drainage pond to capture and store water in times of heaving rain. The basin therefore offers an interesting marshy habitat, though it often dries out.

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Common Name Latin Name Date Recorded Recorded By
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Heterotoma planicornis 09/07/2011 David Nicholls
Lagria hirta 09/07/2011 David Nicholls
Water Forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides 09/07/2011 David Nicholls
Broad Damsel Bug Nabis flavomarginatus 09/07/2011 David Nicholls
Common Froghopper Philaenus spumarius 09/07/2011 David Nicholls
Plagiognathus arbustorum 09/07/2011 David Nicholls
Comma Polygonia c-album 09/07/2011 David Nicholls
14 Spot ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata 09/07/2011 David Nicholls
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus 09/07/2011 David Nicholls
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva 09/07/2011 David Nicholls
Great Burnet Sanguisorba officinalis 09/07/2011 David Nicholls
Amber Snail Succinea putris 09/07/2011 David Nicholls
Common Groundhopper Tetrix undulata 09/07/2011 David Nicholls
Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum 09/07/2011 David Nicholls
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae 09/07/2011 David Nicholls

Getting There

At the Kirby end of Ratby, turn off Station Road onto Tavener's Drive and the site is about 100m on the right, just before the disused railway line.

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Group Common Name Latin Name Last Seen
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Wildflowers Hairy Tare Vicia hirsuta 09/07/2011
Wildflowers Dandelion Taraxacum officinale agg. 05/05/2011
Wildflowers Red Campion Silene dioica 05/05/2011
Wildflowers Great Burnet Sanguisorba officinalis 09/07/2011
Wildflowers Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens 05/05/2011
Wildflowers Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris 05/05/2011
Wildflowers Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata 05/05/2011
Wildflowers Water Forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides 09/07/2011
Wildflowers Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium 05/05/2011
Wildflowers Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum 09/07/2011
Wildflowers Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare 09/07/2011
Wildflowers Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris 05/05/2011
Wildflowers Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris 05/05/2011
Wildflowers Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum 09/07/2011
Trees, Shrubs & Climbers Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna 05/05/2011
Slugs & Snails Great Pond Snail Lymnaea stagnalis 05/05/2011
Slugs & Snails Amber Snail Succinea putris 09/07/2011
Slugs & Snails Great Ramshorn Snail Planorbarius corneus 05/05/2011
Sawflies Macrophya alboannulata 05/05/2011
Sawflies Aglaostigma fulvipes 05/05/2011
Moths Eucosma campoliliana 09/07/2011
Moths Clover Case-bearer Coleophora alcyonipennella 03/09/2011
Moths Agriphila straminella 09/07/2011
Moths Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae 09/07/2011
Moths Cocksfoot Moth Glyphipterix simpliciella 05/05/2011
Hoverflies Eupeodes luniger 09/07/2011
Grasshoppers & Crickets Common Groundhopper Tetrix undulata 09/07/2011
Grasshoppers & Crickets Common Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus 09/07/2011
Flies - other Yellow Dung Fly Scathophaga stercoraria 05/05/2011
Flies - other Chrysopilus cristatus 09/07/2011