Glow worm sites in and around Lincolnshire
Normally I start my lists with sites reported to Anthony Wootton in the
1970s. But he reported no sites in Lincolnshire at all, so I can only give
the sites reported to me, almost all by the Rutland Natural History Society,
in recent years. The coordinators for that area are Graham and Linda Worrall
of 6 Redland Close, Barrowden, Rutland LE15 8ES, should you wish to liaise
with them. If you would like to search for sites nearer to home, all I
can say is that disused railways are good hunting grounds, along with any
areas which have remained uncultivated for many years. But with its large
areas of chalk and limestone geology, in theory there should be more sites
in Lincolnshire.
At the start of the 2005 season, two larvae were seen in
Birchwood Nature Park, off the A46 not far from Lincoln. This shows
that glow worms can be found even in areas where they were previously
unknown. They must have been there for many years as glow worm larvae
cannot spread other than on foot, so where there is one site there may
be others.
Sites reported to Robin Scagell
Site Map Location and details if any: f = (glowing)
females, m = males
No Ref
186 SK943026 South Luffenham, Rutland 2f 1991
178 SK947006 Barrowden, Rutland 8f 1991
185 SK955193 Morkery Wood, Lincs 19f 1991
179 SK982053 Ketton Quarry SSSI, Rutland 7f 1991
191 SK999147 Lincolnshire Gate, Lincs 1f 1991
190 TF002152 Roberts Field, Lincs 1f 1991
180 TF004037 Colly Weston Deeps SSSI, Northants 23f 1991
184 TF006203 Creeton, Lincs 12f 1991
563 TF01775 Station Rd, Little Bytham, Nr Grantham. Large nos
approx 1984.
196 TF044125 Essendine, Rutland 50 f 1991
181 TF075047 Barnack Hills & Holes NNR, Northants 450f 1991
Recent sighting:
TF15 74 Chambers Farm Wood, near Wragby
– seen on annual glow-worm walk, 2002
SK925689 Birchwood Nature Park. 2 larvae seen in daylight, 12 May 2005.