We have now recorded 3496 species on the patch since we began recording at the start of 2014. The table below gives the species breakdown by major taxonomic group (revised from earlier years).
| Taxonomic Group |
New in 2016
|
New in 2015
|
New in 2014
|
Total
|
| Acarina - Mites |
1
|
5
|
2
|
8
|
| Algae - Seaweeds |
1
|
0
|
17
|
18
|
| Amphibia - Amphibians |
0
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
| Annelida - Leeches |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Annelida - Polychaeta |
0
|
4
|
3
|
7
|
| Araneae - Spiders |
22
|
4
|
27
|
53
|
| Arthropoda - Crustacea |
3
|
2
|
17
|
22
|
| Arthropoda - Diplura |
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
| Ascidiaceae -Tunicates |
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
| Aves - Birds |
4
|
14
|
227
|
245
|
| Bryophytes - Mosses & Liverworts |
0
|
49
|
32
|
81
|
| Bryozoans |
0
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
| Chilopoda - Centipedes |
5
|
1
|
1
|
7
|
| Cnidarians - Anemonies etc |
0
|
0
|
8
|
8
|
| Coleoptera - Beetles |
116
|
122
|
580
|
818
|
| Collembola - Sprintails |
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
| Ctenophora - Sea Gooseberries |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Dermaptera - Earwigs |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Diplopoda - Millipedes |
8
|
2
|
0
|
10
|
| Diptera - Flies |
61
|
26
|
116
|
203
|
| Echinodermata - Urchins, starfish |
0
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
| Ephemeroptera - Mayflies |
0
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
| Fleas |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Pisces - Fish |
1
|
6
|
19
|
26
|
| Fungi |
7
|
11
|
128
|
146
|
| Hemiptera - True Bugs |
35
|
52
|
170
|
257
|
| Hymenoptera - Bees, Wasps, Ants etc |
58
|
21
|
47
|
126
|
| Lepidoptera - Butterflies |
0
|
1
|
29
|
30
|
| Lepidoptera - Moths |
30
|
48
|
534
|
612
|
| Lichens |
25
|
0
|
1
|
26
|
| Mammalia - Mammals |
1
|
0
|
28
|
29
|
| Mecoptera - Scorpionflies |
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
| Mollusca - Gastropoda |
10
|
0
|
43
|
53
|
| Mollusca - Bivalvia |
0
|
0
|
17
|
17
|
| Mollusca - Polyplacophora |
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
| Mollusca - Cephalopoda |
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
| Neuroptera - Lacewings |
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
| Odonata - Dragonflies & Damselflies |
0
|
2
|
15
|
17
|
| Opiliones - Harvestmen |
0
|
3
|
5
|
8
|
| Orthoptera - Grasshoppers, Crickets & Alies |
0
|
0
|
12
|
12
|
| Plecoptera - Stoneflies |
0
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
| Psocoptera - Booklice |
2
|
1
|
5
|
8
|
| Pseudoscorpionida - Pseudoscorpions |
0
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
| Reptilia - Reptiles |
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
| Zygentoma - SIlverfish |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Trichoptera - Caddisflies |
2
|
7
|
1
|
10
|
| Vascular Plants |
8
|
23
|
567
|
598
|
| GRAND TOTAL |
405
|
412
|
2679
|
3496
|
