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

29528949	2025-03-29	TQ374850	Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Slope cleared of bramble - to be managed as scrub.	062 scrub with open areas	10	201	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29273496	2024-11-05	SZ590880	Nunwell South	Helen Gillooly	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Field 11	120 OTHER (please specify)	5	188	0	26	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29272636	2023-03-24	SZ5596488030	Little Duxmore Farm	Agatha Thompson	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	6 fields were surveyed. Each field had 5 pits dug (4 pits positioned in a square separated by 5 to 10m and then a central pit).	030 GRASSLAND	30	1001	0	2	0	46	0	10	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	2	0	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	10	0
22440340	2023-06-14	TQ205668	Southwood Open Space	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Woodland glade	030 GRASSLAND	5	46	0	7	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17785262	2022-03-19	SJ410709	Butterhill Meadow	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Rough grassland (semi-improved)	030 GRASSLAND	5	48	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17282862	2022-02-13	SO527511	Bodenham Lake Nature Reserve	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Wet woodland. Occasionally floods. Sampled through Hidden Herefordshire project.	071 deciduous	5	21	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
16632449	2021-09-23	TQ194738	Richmond Park	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Circular transect around unfenced tree in park.	030 GRASSLAND	6	89	0	0	0	22	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
14734635	2021-05-28	SP476078	Whytham Woods	Keiron Derek Brown & Liam Crowley	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	18 unidentifed earthworms (juvenile/damaged) collected as part of soil pit sampling (ESB 5-pit protocol). Collected Darwin Tree of Life project surveys. No genetic samples or voucher specimens retained. Identified using Sherlock 2018.	011 fen	5	33	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29273291	2024-11-05	SZ591886	Nunwell North	Helen Gillooly	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Field 5	120 OTHER (please specify)	5	116	0	24	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	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
22440261	2023-06-14	TQ205670	Hogsmill Wood Nature Reserve	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition		071 deciduous	5	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22440185	2023-06-17	TQ121741	Hounslow Heath	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Mature hawthorn-dominated woodland.	071 deciduous	5	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22113847	2023-05-23	SD982796	Low Houses Farm	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Fenced off ungrazed scrub area in between fields. Some sparse tree cover.	053 field margin	5	26	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
22044789	2023-05-16	SD839457	Little Middop Farm	Keiron Derek Brown and Carol Edmondson	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Hay time project meadow restoration site. Pre-restoration. Grazed and no chemical inputs for 2.5 years.	030 GRASSLAND	5	44	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0
21944296	2023-05-10	TQ151841	Paradise Fields	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Pond edge	015 pond/lake (bed/edge)	5	91	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
17785256	2022-03-19	SJ407708	Chester Zoo Nature Reserve	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock, E. (2012) AIDGAP Key to the earthworms of the UK and Ireland	Wet grassland	030 GRASSLAND	5	5	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16631166	2021-09-23	TQ193740	Richmond Park	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Circular transect around fenced tree in park.	031 acid grassland	6	105	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16105136	2021-09-04	NX988157	Rutland Avenue	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition		044 garden	5	151	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33946547	2025-11-19	SZ533927	Palmers Field 22	Helen Gillooly	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	5x pits, 4x arranged in a square with the 5th positioned centrally. Soil categorised as Silty Clay Loam (soil testing for mineral content) and soilscapes number 18 'Slowly permeable seasonally wet slightly acid but base-rich loamy and clayey soils'. Ex-arable site being repurposed for rewilding. No conservation grazing applied to the site yet.	030 GRASSLAND	5	163	0	4	0	5	0	13	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
33946397	2025-11-19	SZ536931	Palmers Field 13	Helen Gillooly	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	5x pits, 4x arranged in a square with the 5th positioned centrally. Soil categorised as Silty Clay Loam (soil testing for mineral content) and soilscapes number 18 'Slowly permeable seasonally wet slightly acid but base-rich loamy and clayey soils'. Ex-arable site being repurposed for rewilding. No conservation grazing applied to the site yet. ALOT of juveniles found in this field. Soil waterlogged to the point that the bottom of the sample pits hit the water table.	030 GRASSLAND	5	442	0	1	0	18	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
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