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





3 comments:

  1. Wouldn't mind a Jersey tiger. Lovely

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  2. Looks like you're in pretty good shape at Thorne compared to last year. I've been working my second patch finally but I don't think I'm going to catch your Bridport total

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    1. Yes Thorne is going very well.
      Bridport is very much an add on to see what sort of number I get from running a moth trap once or twice a week, and the occasional walk round. (but then only recording what I can instantly ID in the field rather than spending a great deal of time on it)

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