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Cornish Red Data (2009)

The descriptive text, below the map, is from the Cornish Red Data Book (2009). The map on this web page depicts the organisms distribution and shows the records made pre-2000 and those made since.

Poecilus kugelanni - Kugelann’s Green Clock



Range & Status

Formerly widespread across southern Britain but has become increasingly scarce in

recent years.

Regional Distribution

Found at the cliff bottom at St. Loy, West Penwith, in 1936 by R.T. Bannister, and also an older record from Cubert in 1911 by A.J. Allen. Discovered at Dannonchapel in 2005.

Habitat & Ecology

Sandy or gravelly soils, usually on heathland.

Threats

Agricultural intensification along the cliff tops and inland heaths; abandonment of rough grazings, leading to coarsening of the vegetation; development pressure on ' waste' land.

Conservation

Maintain rough grazings on unimproved land and protect from commercial pressures. A Priority Species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan.

Source:

I.J. Bennallick, S. Board, C.N. French, P.A. Gainey, C. Neil, R. Parslow, A. Spalding and P.E. Tompsett. eds. 2009. Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. 2nd Edition.Croceago Press.

The Cornish Red Data Book Project was led by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation for Biological Recorders (CISFBR). The full text and species accounts (minus the maps) are available on the CISFBR website.