Realm: Terrestrial
Climate: Temperate
Biome: Multiple
Central latitude: 53.683443
Central longitude: -3.157846
Duration: 24 years, from 1992 to 2015

144643 records

548 distinct species

Across the time series Orthosia gothica is the most frequently occurring species

Methods

A standard Rothamsted light trap (Williams 1948), which requires a continuous power supply, is used. The light trap should be sited so as to be convenient for daily emptying. Its location should be as near as possible to the target sample site but will often be near to laboratories, houses or farms, where help from the occupants can sometimes be enlisted; this is likely to be the only possibility for remote sites, because of the need for a continuous power supply. The trap should be sheltered by vegetation if possible and ideally placed further than 20 m from artificial light sources. The Rothamsted Insect Survey (RIS) light trap (Williams 1948) consists of a stand approximately 1.2 m in height which supports the light source and trap. The overall height is approximately 1.5 m and the trap and stand are approximately 0.6 m in width and depth.The light source is a 200 watt, clear, tungsten lamp powered by mains electricity. For safety, the supply is protected by a trip switch or Residual Current Device (RCD). The lamp is switched on at dusk and off at dawn each day by an automatic solar dial time-switch which self-adjusts for seasonal variation in daylength.Ideally, traps are emptied daily throughout the year but if this is not possible samples should be accumulated, for example at weekends. Currently samples are posted to Rothamsted for identification, unless local expertise is available. All data are lodged in the Rothamsted Insect Survey's existing database as well as in the ECN database. For large sites it is desirable to run more than one trap if suitable operators can be found. Detailed instructions for trap operators are given in Appendix I.

Citation(s)

@Article{BioTIME_cit358, Study_id = {597}, Citation_id = {358}, Author = {Rennie, Susannah and Andrews, Chris and Atkinson, Sarah and Beaumont, Deborah and Benham, Sue and Bowmaker, Vic and Dick, Jan and Dodd, Bev and McKenna, Colm and Pallett, Denise and Rose, Rob and Sch{\"a}fer, Stefanie M. and Scott, Tony and Taylor, Carol and Watson, Helen}, Journal = {Earth System Science Data}, Pages = {87-107}, Title = {The UK Environmental Change Network datasets – integrated and co-located data for long-term environmental research (1993–2015)}, Volume = {12}, Year = {2020}, Doi = {10.5194/essd-12-87-2020}, Language = {English} }<br/>@Dataset{BioTIME_cit360, Study_id = {597}, Citation_id = {360}, Author = {Rennie, S. and Adamson, J. and Anderson, R. and Andrews, C. and Bater, J. and Bayfield, N. and Beaton, K. and Beaumont, D. and Benham, S. and Bowmaker, V. and Britt, C. and Brooker, R. and Brooks, D. and Brunt, J. and Common, G. and Cooper, R. and Corbett, S. and Critchley, N. and Dennis, P. and Dick, J. and Dodd, B. and Dodd, N. and Donovan, N. and Easter, J. and Flexen, M. and Gardiner, A. and Hamilton, D. and Hargreaves, P. and Hatton-Ellis, M. and Howe, M. and Kahl, J. and Lane, M. and Langan, S. and Lloyd, D. and McCarney, B. and McElarney, Y. and McKenna, C. and McMillan, S. and Milne, F. and Milne, L. and Morecroft, M. and Murphy, M. and Nelson, A. and Nicholson, H. and Pallett, D. and Parry, D. and Pearce, I. and Pozsgai, G. and Rose, R. and Schafer, S. and Scott, T. and Sherrin, L. and Shortall, C. and Smith, R. and Smith, P. and Tait, R. and Taylor, C. and Taylor, M. and Thurlow, M. and Tilbury, C. and Turner, A. and Tyson, K. and Watson, H. and Whittaker, M. and Wood, C.}, Publisher = {NERC Environmental Information Data Centre}, Title = {UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) moth data: 1993-2015}, Year = {2017}, Doi = {10.5285/a2a49f47-49b3-46da-a434-bb22e524c5d2}, Url = {doi.org/10.5285/a2a49f47-49b3-46da-a434-bb22e524c5d2}, Language = {English} }