Monday, September 3, 2018

Dalgety Bay - end August

So in the end after a plodding performance throughout the month I managed a quick jump over the 1200 with a last-ditch effort. In part this was down to Seth bothering leaves on Skye which prompted me to bother some leaves here.

Ellis & Ellis continues to show what an amazing resource it is - a masterpiece, really.

Clesistothecia below Crataegus leaf

Spiky balls of Phyllactinia 

Cercospora chenopodii (from Orache leaf)


Table:
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Algae 6 15 26 28 28 28 28 28
Lichens 27 31 35 38 38 38 38 38
Fungi 60 83 86 92 96 100 104 127
Plants - Vascular 65 77 85 114 151 194 212 220
Plants - Bryo 46 52 55 61 61 61 61 61
Mollusc 12 17 27 28 29 29 30 30
Arachnida 7 12 17 20 32 36 38 40
Collembola 5 8 10 10 10 10 10 10
Hemiptera 4 5 7 9 17 25 27 30
Hymenoptera 3 4 4 14 18 22 23 26
Coleoptera 8 13 16 23 34 44 47 52
Diptera 15 24 38 61 141 177 187 201
Lepidoptera 4 8 14 32 71 112 159 179
Invert - Other 22 41 54 57 58 61 61 62
Vert - Birds 54 62 75 82 85 85 88 93
Vert - Other 3 5 5 7 8 8 10 10
341 457 554 676 877 1030 1123 1207

Recent additions:
1198 * hymenoptera Heterarthrus vagans Alder sawfly
1199 bird Limosa limosa Black-tailed Godwit
1200 hymenoptera Lasioglossum calceatum A mining bee
1201 * fungus Pucciniastrum epilobii A fungus
1202 * fungus Phyllactinia mali A mildew
1203 diptera Phaonia angelicae Muscidae
1204 lep-butterfly Pieris brassicae Large White
1205 * fungus Cercospora chenopodii A fungus
1206 lep-moth Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth
1207 fungus Sporidesmium wroblewskii A fungus

3 comments:

  1. Good going on your 1200, and amazingly - for us down south - it was nearly a Large White that got you over the line.

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  2. Indeed, great stuff buddy and thanks for the Cercospora hint, I shall go have a look for that. I've never seen a Large (or Small) White up here, I think you only get Green-veined on Skye. The local naturalists here reckon Small White records are misidentifications!

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  3. Painted Lady today. On a roll! Gonna beat last year's butterfly total by 2 once the Red Admiral shows up. Then there's the the Comma, the Speckled Wood, the Camberwell Beauty ...

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