Methodology

Methodology

The following sampling techniques were used.

• Sweeping - using a standard sweeping technique
• Sieving – of moss and leaf litter
• Beating - of trees and shrubs
• Pitfall trapping – using plastic vending cups and detergent

Day 1 - 13^th

Target note 4 – Braemoss wood NY108714
One trap set, but little surveying carried out due to rain

Target note 14 – Popin Well wood NY118709
One trap set, but little surveying carried out due to rain

Target note 37 – Kelhead Moss Plantation, NY129701
Two pitfall traps were set; one in a clearing amongst conifer trees and the other at the edge of the wood near a field boundary. Following this, sweeping and hand searching was carried out across the site. A small area of road side verge was swept for Hoverflies.

Day 2 - 14^th

Target note 4 – Braemoss wood NY108714
The trap was removed, and the edge of the wood adjacent to the A75 was surveyed for several hundred metres. Part of the grass verge was swept for Hoverflies.

Target note 14 – Popin Well wood NY118709
The pitfall trap was removed, and the area thoroughly surveyed using all techniques. The ditch along one side was also sampled for aquatic beetles.

Day 3 - 15^th

Target note 4 – Braemoss wood NY108714
A path along one side of the wood, and at right angles to the line surveyed yesterday was surveyed.

Target note 37 – Kelhead Moss Plantation, NY129701
Both pitfall traps were removed and surveying carried either side of a road that bisects the plantation.