Appendix 1. Wetland plant species recorded from the Pinkhill ponds 1991-1997
Aquatic plant speciesCallitriche stagnalis Scop. / Potamogeton obtusifolius Mert. & W.D.J. Koch
Chara vulgaris L. / Potamogeton pectinatus L.
Elodea nuttallii (Planch.) H. St. John / Potamogeton perfoliatus L.
Lagarosiphon major (Ridl.) Moss ex V.A. Wager / Potamogeton pusillus L.
Lemna minor L. / Potamogeton natans L.
Lemna trisulca L. / Ranunculus trichophyllus Chaix
Myriophyllum spicatum L. / Sparganium emersum Rehmann
Persicaria amphibia (L.) Delarbre / Zannichellia palustris L.
Potamogeton berchtoldii Fieber
Emergent plant species*
Agrostis stolonifera L. / Juncus bufonius L.
Alisma lanceolatum With. / Juncus effusus L.
Alisma plantago-aquatica L. / Juncus inflexus L.
Alopecurus geniculatus L. / Lotus pedunculatus Cav.
Angelica sylvestris L. / Lychnis flos-cuculi L.
Apium nodiflorum (L.) Lag. / Lycopus europaeus L.
Berula erecta (Huds.) Coville / Lythrum salicaria L.
Bidens tripartita L. / Mentha aquatica L.
Butomus umbellatus L. / Myosotis laxa Lehm.
Cardamine pratensis L. / Myosotis scorpioides L.
Carex acutiformis Ehrh. / Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench
Carex flacca Schreb. / Phalaris arundinacea L.
Carex otrubae Podp. / Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) Delarbre
Carex riparia Curtis / Pulicaria dysentrica (L.) Bernh.
Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. / Ranunculus sceleratus L.
Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult. / Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Hayek
Epilobium hirsutum L. / Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
Epilobium parviflorum Schreb. / Schoenoplectus lacustris (L.) Palla
Eupatorium cannabinum L. / Scrophularia auriculata L.
Filipendula ulmaria (L.) Maxim. / Scutellaria galericulata L.
Glyceria fluitans (L.) R. Br. / Sparganium erectum L.
Glyceria maxima (Hartm.) Holmb. / Stachys palustris L.
Glyceria notata Chevall. / Symphytum officionale L.
Hypericum tetrapterum Fr. / Typha latifolia L.
Iris pseudacorus L. / Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.
Juncus acutiflorus Ehrh. ex Hoffm. / Veronica beccabunga L.
Juncus articulatus L. / Veronica catenata Pennell
*Plants deliberately introduced to the site (e.g Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud) are not included in the list)
Appendix 2. Aquatic macroinvertebrate species recorded from the Pinkhill ponds 1990-1997
Dendrocoelum lacteum (Müller) / Aeshna cyanea (Müller)
Dugesia lugubris (Schmidt) / Aeshna grandis (Linnaeus)
Dugesia polychroa (Schmidt) / Aeshna mixta Latreille
Dugesis tigrina (Girard) / Anax imperator Leach
Polycelis tenuis (Ijima) / Coenagrion puella (Linnaeus)
HIRUDINEA / Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier)
Erpobdella octoculata (Linnaeus, 1758) / Erythromma najas (Hansemann)
Glossiphonia complanata (Linnaeus, 1758) / Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden)
Glossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1758) / Libellula depressa Linnaeus
Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) / Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus
Theromyzon tessulatum (O.F. Müller, 1774) / Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus)
GASTROPODA / Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer)
Anisus leucostoma (Troschel, 1834) / Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier)
Anisus vortex (Troschel, 1834) / HEMIPTERA
Bathyomphalus contortus (Linnaeus, 1758) / Arctocorisa germari (Fieber, 1848)
Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758) / Callicorixa praeusta (Fieber, 1848)
Gyraulus albus (O.F. Müller, 1774) / Corixa dentipes (Thomson, 1869)
Gyraulus crista (Linnaeus, 1758) / Corixa panzeri (Fieber, 1848)
Hippeutis complanatus (Linnaeus, 1758) / Corixa punctata (Illiger, 1807)
Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus) / Cymatia bonsdorffi (C.R.Sahlberg, 1819)
Lymnaea truncatula (Linnaeus) / Cymatia coleoptrata (Fabricius, 1777)
Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805) / Gerris lacustris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Planorbis carinatus (O.F. Müller, 1774) / Gerris odontogaster (Zetterstedt, 1828)
Planorbis planorbis(Linnaeus, 1758) / Gerris thoracicus Schummel, 1832
Potamopyrgus antipodarum (J.E.Gray, 1843) / Hesperocorixa linnei (Fieber, 1848)
Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) / Hesperocorixa sahlbergi (Fieber, 1848)
Radix balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) / Ilyocoris cimicoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
Stagnicola palustris (O.F. Müller, 1774) / Micronecta scholtzi (Fieber, 1860)
Valvata cristata O.F. Müller, 1774 / Microvelia reticulata (Burmeister, 1835)
BIVALVIA / Nepa cinerea Linnaeus, 1758
Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758) / Notonecta glauca Linnaeus, 1758
Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758) / Notonecta maculata Fabricius, 1794
Sphaerium lacustre (Linnaeus, 1758) / Notonecta marmorea Fabricius, 1794
CRUSTACEA / Paracorixa concinna (Fieber, 1848)
Asellus aquaticus (Linnaeus) / Plea minutissima Leach, 1817
Argulus foliaceus (Linnaeus) / Ranatra linearis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Crangonyx pseudogracilis Bousfield / Sigara distincta (Fieber, 1848)
Gammarus pulex (Linnaeus) / Sigara dorsalis (Leach, 1817)
EPHEMEROPTERA / Sigara falleni (Fieber, 1848)
Caenis horaria (Linnaeus) / Sigara fossarum (Leach, 1817)
Caenis luctuosa (Burmeister) / Sigara lateralis (Leach, 1817)
Caenis macrura Stephens / Sigara nigrolineata (Fieber, 1848)
Caenis robusta Eaton / MEGALOPTERA
Cloeon dipterum (Linnaeus) / Sialis lutaria (Linnaeus)
Cloeon simile Eaton
Ephemera vulgata Linnaeus
Appendix 2. continued
Agraylea multipunctata Curtis / Limnephilus affinis/incisus Curtis
Agraylea sexmaculata Curtis / Limnephilus lunatus Curtis
Agrypnia varia (Fabricius) / Molanna angustata Curtis
Anabolia nervosa (Curtis) / Mystacides longicornis (Linnaeus)
Athripsodes aterrimus (Stephens) / Oecetis lacustris (Pictet)
Athripsodes cinereus (Curtis) / Oecetis ochracea (Curtis)
Holocentropus picicornis (Stephens) / Phryganea bipunctata Retzius
Leptocerus tineiformis Curtis
COLEOPTERA
Agabus bipustulatus (Linnaeus, 1767) / Helophorus obscurus Mulsant, 1844
Agabus chalconatus (Fabricius, 1798) / Hydraena riparia Kugelann, 1794
Agabus nebulosus (Forster, 1771) / Hydrobius fuscipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Agabus sturmii (Gyllenhal, 1808) / Hydroglyphus geminus (Fabricius, 1792)
Anacaena bipustulata (Marsham, 1802) / Hydroporus angustatus Sturm, 1835
Anacaena limbata (Fabricius, 1792) / Hydroporus discretus Fairmaire & Brisout, 1859
Berosus signaticollis (Charpentier, 1825) / Hydroporus incognitus Sharp, 1869
Cercyon tristis (Illiger, 1801) / Hydroporus palustris (Linnaeus, 1761)
Coelambus confluens Linnaeus, 1758 / Hydroporus planus (Fabricius, 1782)
Coelambus impressopunctatus Linnaeus, 1758 / Hydroporus pubescens (Gyllenhal, 1808)
Coelambus nigrolineatus Linnaeus, 1758 / Hydroporus tessellatus (Drapiez, 1819)
Colymbetes fuscus (Linnaeus, 1758) / Hygrobia hermanni (Fabricius, 1781)
Cymbiodyta marginellus (Fabricius, 1792) / Hygrotus inaequalis (Schaller, 1783)
Dryops luridus (Erichson, 1847) / Hygrotus quinqelineatus (Schaller, 1783)
Dytiscus marginalis Linnaeus, 1758 / Hygrotus versicolor (Schaller, 1783)
Dytiscus semisulcatus O.F. Müller, 1776 / Hyphydrus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1761)
Elmis aenea (Müller, 1806) / Ilybius fenestratus (Fabricius, 1781)
Enochrus melanocephalus (Olivier, 1792) / Ilybius fuliginosus (Fabricius, 1792)
Enochrus testaceus (Fabricius, 1801) / Laccobius biguttatus Sharp, 1910
Gyrinus substriatus Stephens, 1828 / Laccobius bipunctatus Sharp, 1910
Haliplus confinis Stephens, 1828 / Laccobius minutus Sharp, 1910
Haliplus flavicollis Sturm, 1834 / Laccobius sinuatus Sharp, 1910
Haliplus fluviatilis Aubé, 1836 / Laccobius striatulus Sharp, 1910
Haliplus immaculatus Gerhardt, 1877 / Laccophilus hyalinus (DeGeer, 1774)
Haliplus lineatocollis (Marsham, 1802) / Laccophilus minutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Haliplus obliquus (Fabricius, 1787) / Nebrioporus depressus (Fabricius, 1775)
Haliplus ruficollis (DeGeer, 1774) / Noterus clavicornis (DeGeer, 1774)
Haliplus wehnkei Nicolai, 1822 / Ochthebius dilatatus Stephens, 1829
Helochares lividus (Forster, 1771) / Ochthebius minimus (Fabricius, 1792)
Helophorus aequalis Thomson, 1868 / Oulimnius tuberculatus (Müller, 1806)
Helophorus brevipalpis Bedel, 1881 / Potamonectes depressus Brehm
Helophorus grandis Illiger, 1798 / Rhantus suturalis (Macleay, 1825)
Helophorus granularis (Linnaeus, 1760) / Scarodytes halensis (Fabricius, 1787)
Helophorus minutus Fabricius, 1775
Appendix 3. Wetland bird species recorded from the Pinkhill ponds 1990-1997
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica (L.) (9) / + / + / + / + / Bittern Botaurus stellaris (L.) (2) / +
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa (L.) (10) / + / + / + / + / Black Tern Chlidonias niger (L.) (2) / + / +
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos (L.) (490) / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus L. (488) / + / + / + / + / + / + / +
Curlew Numenius arquata (L.) (52) / + / + / + / + / + / + / Canada Goose Branta canadensis (L.) (1066) / + / + / + / + / + / + / +
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea (Pont.) (3) / + / Common Gull Larus canus L. (2) / + / +
Dunlin Calidris alpina (L.) (93) / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / Common Tern Sterna hirundo L. (116) / + / + / + / + / + / + / +
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus L. (19) / + / + / + / + / + / + / Coot Fulica atra L. (276) / + / + / B / + / + / +
Greenshank Tringa nebularia (Gunn.) (73) / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo (L.) (20) / + / + / + / + / +
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola (L.) (6) / + / + / + / Gadwall Anas strepera L. (47) / + / + / + / + / + / +
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus (Brünn.) (5) / + / + / + / Garganey Anas querquedula L. (5) / + / + / + / + / +
Lapwing Vanellus vanellus (L.) (1358) / + / B / B / B / B / B / B / Goldeneye Bucephala clangula (L.) (9) / + / + / +
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Scop. (1101) / + / B / B / B / B / B / B / Goosander Mergus merganser L. (1) / +
Little Stint Calidris minuta (Leisl.) (2) / + / + / Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus L. (1) / +
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus L. (6) / + / + / + / + / + / Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus (L.) (21) / + / + / +
Redshank Tringa totanus (L.) (722) / + / + / B / B / + / + / Grey Heron Ardea cinerea L. (94) / + / + / + / + / + / +
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula L. (26) / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / Kingfisher Alcedo atthis (L.) (188) / + / + / + / + / + / +
Ruff Philomachus pugnax (L.) (16) / + / + / + / Lesser Black- backed Gull Larus fuscus L. (2) / + / +
Sanderling Calidris alba (Pall.) (7) / + / + / Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis (Pall.) (373) / + / + / + / + / + / +
Snipe Gallinago gallinago (L.) (830) / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / Little Gull Larus minutus Pall. (6) / +
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus (Pall.) (1) / + / Little Tern Sterna albifrons Pall. (1) / +
Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii (Leisl.) (1) / + / Mallard Anas platyrhynchos L. (2236) / + / B / B / B / B / B / +
Turnstone Arenaria interpres (L.) (2) / + / Moorhen Gallinula chloropus (L.) (447) / + / + / B / B / B / B
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus (L.) (15) / + / + / + / + / Mute Swan Cygnus olor (Gm.) (502) / + / + / + / B / + / + / +
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola L. (3) / + / Pintail Anas acuta L. (1) / +
Pochard Aythya ferina (L.) (5) / + / + / +
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator L. (1) / +
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina (Pall.) (6) / ?E
Shelduck Tadorna tadorna (L.) (18) / + / + / + / +
Shoveler Anas clypeata L. (79) / + / + / B / + / +
Teal Anas platyrhynchos L. (106) / + / + / + / + / +
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula (L.) (4167) / + / B / B / B / B / B / +
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus L. (6) / + / + / +
Wigeon Anas penelope L. (1) / +
Total species / 12 / 14) / 14 / 18 / 16 / 13 / 15 / Total species / 8 / 17 / 18 / 24 / 22 / 19 / 20
B / = / Bred or probably bred
E? / = / Probably an escaped bird