Earthworm Society of Britain Soil Pit samples

id	date	gridref	location	recorders	idguide	comment	habitat	pits	unidentified	lumbricidae	a_chlor	a_calig_pre	a_calig_post	a_cupul	a_icter	a_limic	a_longa	a_noctu	a_rosea	b_eisen	b_rubid	d_attem	d_horte	d_octae	d_pygma	d_venet	e_andre	e_fetid	e_tetra	h_ocula	k_armad	l_casta	l_festi	l_frend	l_rubel	l_terre	m_mulda	m_phosp	o_cyane	o_lacte	p_ampil	s_mamma	s_tames

20811636	2022-11-13	SU111256	Coombes Bissett Down Nature Reserve	Keiron Derek Brown & Kerry Calloway	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Sampled through Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Action For Insects project. Pasture with cow pats. All pits had lots of casts on surface.	033 calcareous grassland	5	77	0	28	0	14	0	0	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8319684	2020-01-09	TM156706	Occold Primary School	Kerry Calloway	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Pits dug in vegetable garden	041 park	5	29	0	6	0	14	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29542937	2025-04-02	TQ294401	Gatwick Airport: Land Zone East	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Mixed woodland. Upper Pickett. Gatwick Airport (Land Zone East).	073 mixed deciduous/coniferous	10	167	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	30	0	2	0	0	0	0
28579131	2025-01-27	SP781046	Little Horsenden Farm	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Wheat, direct drill - 2 years. Previous grass for 4 years. Grazed by sheep and mown.	051 arable	10	142	0	59	0	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28472523	2024-12-19	SU815943	Kencham Farm	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	field margin of arable field (turnip).Field off A40, Piddington. Wildflower/grass margin.	053 field margin	10	98	0	5	0	13	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20334644	2022-09-23	TQ198653	Tolworth Court Farm Fields	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	FSC BioLinks survey of Tolworth Court Farm Fields.	030 GRASSLAND	5	48	0	2	0	13	0	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16632469	2021-09-30	TQ386774	Greenwich Park	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	3 X 20m transects starting from road (closed to traffic) and running into amenity grassland. Soil pits 25cm x 25cm x10cm. Pits spaced 5m apart. 5 soil pits per transect.	041 park	15	332	0	1	0	13	0	1	0	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28472526	2024-12-19	SP883031	Road Farm	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Pasture. Mob grazing (for 2 years). Field Name: L-shaped Field.	051 arable	10	207	0	23	0	12	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28472508	2024-12-02	SU794916	Lacey's Farm	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Pasture. 3rd Year Ley. Clover. Field Name: 17 Acres.	052 pasture	10	103	0	15	0	12	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
24727814	2023-11-16	TQ265802	Kensington Gardens	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Collected as part of the Leave The Leaves project with The Royal Parks. 10 soil pits along a linear transect. Area where leaves not cleared.	041 park	10	154	0	1	0	12	0	1	0	15	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18000277	2022-02-15	TQ174527	FSC Juniper Hall	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Sampled grassland area adjacent to young meadow. 5 soil pits.	030 GRASSLAND	5	31	0	6	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
29528941	2025-03-29	TQ376850	Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Amenity grassland. Slope. Sandy soil.	046 amenity grassland/lawn	10	81	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29273701	2024-11-05	SZ583876	Nunwell South	Helen Gillooly	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Field 17	030 GRASSLAND	5	25	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28579218	2025-02-17	SP787044	Little Horsenden Farm	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Ploughed. Wheat.	051 arable	10	106	0	34	0	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
24231240	2023-10-17	SE158971	Foxglove Covert Nature Reserve	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Grassland (not cut).	030 GRASSLAND	5	131	0	4	0	11	0	0	31	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
21944316	2023-05-10	TQ152840	Paradise Fields	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Very wet grassland.	030 GRASSLAND	5	158	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
21372607	2023-02-25	TQ292915	Bounds Green	Warbus, Sheila	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Ongoing garden survey	040 URBAN	5	25	0	2	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
21140305	2022-12-26	TQ292915	Bounds Green	Warbus, Sheila	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Continued garden survey Specimens kept	040 URBAN	5	30	0	13	0	11	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18785280	2016-04-01	SE445421	University of Leeds Farm	Miranda Prendergast-Miller	Sims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the Species	Pasture. Sub Paddock Field. Control land use. Transect of 6 hand-sorted soil pits (each 18 x 18 x 15 cm). SoilBioHedge Project. Records adapted from Prendergast-Miller, M.T.; Jones, D.T.; Hodson, M.E. (2019). Soil moisture, temperature and bulk density and earthworm abundance and biomass along transects from hedges into arable fields, pasture fields, ley strips established in arable fields and arable strips established in pasture fields at a farm in West Yorkshire, England (2015-2017). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/d3dcfd8a-918d-48a4-9511-ec832de34636	052 pasture	6	165	0	29	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	7	0
17282810	2022-02-13	SO526508	Bodenham Lake Nature Reserve	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Meadow adjacent to lake sampled during rain. Sampled through Hidden Herefordshire project.	030 GRASSLAND	5	50	0	2	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
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