Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Thorne mid October update

First week back at work after a holiday is never much fun but thankfully I had The Challenge to take my mind off things. And added quite a few species so Thorne is now on 958 as shown in the table below

Group
Thorne
Group
Thorne
Slime moulds
1
Hemiptera
38
Lichens
22
Coleoptera
37
Fungi
66
Diptera
54
Bryophytes
26
Hymenoptera
42
Plants
310
Butterflies
21
Molluscs
12
Moths
202
Annelids
3
Insects RSO
6
Arachnids
17
Fish
1
Myriapods
0
Amphibia
3
Crustacea
10
Reptiles
0
Springtails
2
Birds
61
Odonata
9
Mammals
8
Orthoptera
7
Total
958
 
 
The wet weather seems to have resulted in the best fungi season for several years and the photo this time is of a Pink Waxcap taken at Thorne last week.