"The Knolls", Totternhoe, nr Dunstable (c. SP 970220), 'hundreds'
mid-late 1930s.
Totternhoe Knolls (Nature Reserve) (SP 979221), 8, fairly widely dispersed,
late July 1972.
Dunstable Downs (TL 007204), about 3, mid-August 1972
B. Sites reported to Robin Scagell
Site Map Location and details if any: f = (glowing)
females
No Ref
062 SP8151 Salcey Forest, Roade, Northampton 1991
063 SP826027 Windsor Hill, Princes Risborough, Bucks 1991
130 SP828055 Grangelands, Great Kimble, Bucks 50f 1991
057 SP835047 Longdown Hill, Princes Risborough, Bucks 3f 1991
027 TL0020 Dunstable Downs, in hedge by London Flying Club
1f 1991
612 TL001183 Dunstable Downs, in NT meadow, 1f 30.7.90
030 TL140130 Harpenden, Herts 4f 1991
531 TL1415 Harpenden, in field by Lea: ‘have been seen
there’
056 TL162150 Marshall’s Heath, Wheathampstead, Herts 6f 1991
613 TL252502 Potton Wood SSSI, 1988
NOTES
Note added 2001: I searched Totternhoe Knolls a few years ago without
success – but please keep looking. There are plenty to be found on Dunstable
Downs each year.
Because of the apparent dearth of sites in Bedfordshire, some in other nearby counties have been included. It is likely, however, that glow worms can be found on uncultivated hill slopes and waste ground elsewhere in the county. All suitable sites are worth checking.