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
35171311	2026-04-01	TQ215881	Welsh Harp Open Space	Brown, Keiron Derek	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition		046 amenity grassland/lawn	10	265	0	31	0	4	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
33946295	2025-11-19	SZ536933	Palmers Field 8	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	46	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	35	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
29273475	2024-11-05	SZ588885	Nunwell North	Helen Gillooly	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Field 7	120 OTHER (please specify)	5	159	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29273146	2024-11-05	SZ599891	Nunwell North	Agatha Thompson	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Field 1	120 OTHER (please specify)	5	96	0	32	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
18785607	2017-04-01	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. No till tillage strip. 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	72	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
17785268	2022-03-19	SJ409707	Butterhill Meadow	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Grassland	030 GRASSLAND	5	173	0	5	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
29273268	2024-11-05	SZ596888	Nunwell North	Helen Gillooly	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Field 4	120 OTHER (please specify)	5	133	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19734001	2021-11-17	ST282436	Stretcholt	Jakub Olewski	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment pilot. Sampling by Natural England.	052 pasture	4	65	0	14	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18611248	2022-06-01	TQ202650	Tolworth Court Farm Fields	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Sampled during FSC BioLinks Field Recorder Day. Damp grassland.	030 GRASSLAND	5	8	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	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
16632447	2021-09-23	TQ197738	Richmond Park	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Circular transect around unfenced tree in park.	030 GRASSLAND	6	35	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16632434	2021-09-23	TQ196738	Richmond Park	Keiron Derek Brown	Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition	Circular transect around unfenced tree in park.	030 GRASSLAND	6	137	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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