Unexpectedly had a couple of hours to kill before the mother-in-law
arrived so sped off over Epsom Common for a sneaky bit of TQ1960
action.
An overhead Meadow Pipit was the first
addition to the Challenge tally followed by an Engrailed on a tree trunk
(noticed whilst having a pee up said tree trunk!). I noticed that a few
of the Lords and Ladies were showing pale brown leaf spots, EOL
supplied a list of possibilities, Google did the rest. Result was Spermosporina aricola,
sweet. Less luck with Lesser Celandine fungal leaf spots, I'm hoping
that by the time they finally start flowering their parasitic fungi will
be developed enough to safely identify...all still a bit hazy at the
moment though.
A bit of kerbside botany added
Columbine and Common Chickweed before I had to get back for the
mother-in-law. She duly arrived and offered to run us out into the
countryside for a nice wee walk. Somehow we ended up back on Epsom
Common (!!!!) where I wandered into the adjacent square, easily finding
rares such as Mandarin, Teal, Bogbean, Barberry and Bank Vole. I'm
hopeful of finding the latter in my square soon, not sure I'll get any
of the others though *sigh*.
We waved goodbye to our
visitor, ate a bit, drank a bit - then I got onlline and discovered the
TOTALLY SHOCKING news that Surrey's first ever Pallid Harrier (a full-on
adult male) has been flapping round Papercourt this afternoon. That's
like...what...15 miles south of me! Bloody hell's bells!!!! It'll
probably fly over Epsom Common tomorrow but I'm straight back to work at
7am. Dammit - suddenly square-bashing seems to be getting in the way of
Surrey megas :(
I've seen Pallid Harriers before (3 in
UK plus in Turkey) so I'll survive, but I did (ever so briefly) feel
like "doing a Johnny Allen".
Anyway, today's additions are:
366 - Meadow Pipit - 1 overhead, Epsom Common
367 - The Engrailed - 1 roosting on tree trunk, Epsom Common
368 - Columbine - several growing in a kerbside near allotment plot
369 - Common Chickweed - finally decided to check it out, railway bridge steps
370 - Spermosporina aricola - frequent on Lords and Ladies' leaves, Epsom Common (LIFER)
371 - Pallid Harrier (I fkkn wish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Step 1 : read Seth's post
ReplyDeleteStep 2 : go outside
Step 3 : find Lords and Ladies (abundant down here in Devon)
Step 4 : tick Spermosporina aricola on your PSL list
Piece o piss this PSL lark - just keep up with postings from people that know what they're doing ;-)
HAHA you messer, lol. But thanks, does my ego the world of good :)
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the PSL weekend, then we can all find out how crap we really are! ;)
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