📍 C9: Scotsbridge Mill

River: Chess Catchment: Colne Filter(s): 32

Your Site at a Glance

254
Species Detected
190
Genera Identified
109
Families Found
476,644
DNA Sequences

How Your Site Compares

Metric Your Site Chess Average Study Average
Species 254 197 206
Genera 190 146 151
Families 109 84 83
EPT Families 10 6 6

Rank 3 of 10 on Chess Rank 26 of 81 in study

🌊 Water Quality Indicators

Very Good

BMWP score: 147 (Very Good) — ASPT score: 6.4 (Excellent)

23 scoring macroinvertebrate families detected

Near-natural conditions with an unpolluted, diverse macroinvertebrate community.

🔍 Notable Findings

Conservation Species:

Invasive Species:

🦋 Top 10 Families at Your Site

1. Chironomidae (Non-biting Midges)
68 (26.8%)
2. Naididae (Aquatic Oligochaetes)
24 (9.4%)
3. Lumbricidae (Common Earthworms)
7 (2.8%)
4. Simuliidae (Black Flies)
6 (2.4%)
5. Cyprinidae (Carp and Allies)
5 (2.0%)
6. Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, and Swans)
4 (1.6%)
7. Salmonidae (Salmon and Trout)
4 (1.6%)
8. Baetidae (Small Mayflies)
3 (1.2%)
9. Gasterosteidae (Sticklebacks)
3 (1.2%)
10. Elmidae (Riffle Beetles)
3 (1.2%)
Taxonomic composition

🪲 Extended Riverfly Taxa

1 Flatworms 18Dragonflies and Damselflies
2 Freshwater Snails 19Water Boatmen
3 Limpets 20Other Water Bugs
4 Bivalves 21Water Beetles
5 Aquatic Worms 22Alderflies
6 Leeches 23Caseless Caddisflies - Green Sedge
7 Crayfish 24Caseless Caddisflies - Net Spinners
8 Water Hoglouse 25Caseless Caddisflies - Non-Gilled
9 Freshwater Shrimps 26Cased Caddisflies - Hood Case-Maker
10 Invasive Non-Native Shrimps 27Cased Caddisflies - Weighted Case-Maker
11 Mayflies - Angler's Curse 28Cased Caddisflies - Bush Tailed Caddisfly
12 Mayflies - Olives 29Cased Caddisflies - Other
13 Mayflies - Prong Gilled 30Craneflies
14 Mayflies - Flatbodied 31Blackflies
15 Mayflies - Green Drake 32Non-Biting Midges
16 Mayflies - Blue-Winged Olive 33Water Snipe Flies
17 Stoneflies
20/33 Extended Riverfly taxa detected

Note: The Extended Riverfly Monitoring Initiative calculates scores based on abundance categories, which cannot be determined from eDNA presence/absence data. This checklist shows which taxa groups were detected but does not constitute an official ARMI score.

🐟 Fish Species

12 fish species detected (5 families, 134 ESVs)
SpeciesFamilyESVs
Phoxinus phoxinus (Minnow) Cyprinidae 18
Leuciscus leuciscus (Dace) Cyprinidae 12
Gobio gobio (Gudgeon) Cyprinidae 11
Gasterosteus aculeatus (Three-spined Stickleback) Gasterosteidae 10
Squalius cephalus (Chub) Cyprinidae 7
Barbatula barbatula (Stone Loach) Nemacheilidae 6
Salmo trutta (Brown Trout / Sea Trout) Salmonidae 6
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Pink Salmon) Salmonidae 4
Oncorhynchus mykiss (Rainbow Trout) Salmonidae 2
Cottus bairdii Cottidae 2
Gobio kovatschevi Cyprinidae 1
Thymallus aeliani Salmonidae 1

🪰 EPT Species (Mayflies, Stoneflies & Caddisflies)

13 EPT species detected (10 families, 24 ESVs — E:7 / P:0 / T:6)
SpeciesFamilyESVs
Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
Baetis vernus (Medium Olive) Baetidae 7
Baetis rhodani (Large Dark Olive) Baetidae 2
Paraleptophlebia submarginata (Turkey Brown) Leptophlebiidae 2
Cloeon dipterum (Pond Olive) Baetidae 1
Serratella ignita (Blue Winged Olive) Ephemerellidae 1
Ephemera danica (The Mayfly) Ephemeridae 1
Heptagenia sulphurea (Yellow May Dun) Heptageniidae 1
Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
Lepidostoma hirtum (Lepidostomatid Caddisflies) Lepidostomatidae 3
Wormaldia subnigra (Finger-net Caddisflies) Philopotamidae 2
Silo nigricornis (Humpless Case-maker Caddisflies) Goeridae 1
Glyphotaelius pellucidus (Northern Caddisflies) Limnephilidae 1
Halesus radiatus (Northern Caddisflies) Limnephilidae 1
Sericostoma personatum (Sericostomatid Caddisflies) Sericostomatidae 1

🔗 Your Ecological Twin

Most similar site: C8 - Loudwater (trout rise)
River: Chess (same river)
Similarity: 43% of species shared
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