Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Inverkeithing - no stone unturned

Sometimes a slow day at vismig (at a much neglected second 1k site) can turn out OK. Turning over a stone to find a lively ant nest resulted in spotting a few small white blobs active around the surface. Turned out to be the ant woodlouse Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii, which is pretty restricted in Scottish distribution



NBN Atlas

Friday, August 16, 2019

Bridport & Thorne mid-August update

The weather seems to getting readied for the great British Bank Holiday already. Despite this still adding a few more species especially moths.
In fact this weeks photo is another moth. A Jersey Tiger seen at Bridport during the week. This used to be a fairly rare moth confined to SW England but it now slowly spreading north - it might however be a while before it gets to Fife.


And the numbers are as follows

Group
Thorne
Bridport
Group
Thorne
Bridport
Slime moulds
1
1
Hemiptera
36
9
Lichens
22
6
Coleoptera
37
12
Fungi
31
2
Diptera
49
14
Bryophytes
22
7
Hymenoptera
40
14
Plants
306
222
Butterflies
20
15
Molluscs
8
2
Moths
188
85
Annelids
2
0
Insects RSO
6
2
Arachnids
15
2
Fish
1
1
Myriapods
0
0
Amphibia
3
1
Crustacea
10
5
Reptiles
0
0
Springtails
2
0
Birds
59
48
Odonata
8
4
Mammals
8
6
Orthoptera
7
3
Total
881
461





Saturday, August 3, 2019

Bridport & Thorne end of July update

Still keeping (just)  ahead of last year's numbers at Thorne.
The photo this time is of the striking Rosy Footman moth which is quite common at Thorne for a couple of weeks each year.

And the numbers are as shown in the table below.

Group
Thorne
Bridport
Group
Thorne
Bridport
Slime moulds
1
1
Hemiptera
36
9
Lichens
22
6
Coleoptera
36
12
Fungi
30
2
Diptera
44
14
Bryophytes
22
7
Hymenoptera
38
14
Plants
282
222
Butterflies
19
15
Molluscs
8
2
Moths
174
80
Annelids
2
0
Insects RSO
6
2
Arachnids
11
2
Fish
1
1
Myriapods
0
0
Amphibia
3
1
Crustacea
10
5
Reptiles
0
0
Springtails
2
0
Birds
58
48
Odonata
8
4
Mammals
8
6
Orthoptera
5
3
Total
826
456