Catching up

With the weather miserable and an upcoming PhD viva, I've not been out much recently. But I've had the microscope out to finish ID work for some of last year's bioblitzes, as well as spending my royalties from the Naturalist's Handbook to Ladybirds on some more ID books, so I spent a few hours going through old samples.

Difficult beetles, I'm coming for you...

Having collected a load of bits and pieces from flood debris and rotten wood in January, I had a good-sized heap of specimens to check on Saturday afternoon - lots of snails, a few carabids, and various other things. Having ploughed through them, and had a quick wander round the garden looking at plants, mosses and lichens, I've added another 62 species to reach 273 for the square.  Highlights were the bright pink lichen-feeding fungus Illosporiopsis christiansenii and my second ever pseudoscorpion, Chenes cimicoides, under tree bark, as well as the snails Valvata piscinalis and Vallonia costata - less than 5mm long but only the second of either I've ever found!

Chenes cimicoides (phone pic down the microscope)

The list so far...

1	Branta canadensis
2	Buteo buteo
3	Columba palumbus
4	Corvus corone
5	Cyanistes caeruleus
6	Larus argentatus
7	Milvus milvus
8	Taxus baccata
9	Oniscus asellus
10	Porcellio scaber
11	Acer pseudoplatanus
12	Achillea millefolium
13	Aesculus hippocastanum
14	Alcea rosea
15	Arctium lappa
16	Artemisia vulgaris
17	Aubrieta deltoidea
18	Bellis perennis
19	Betula pendula
20	Buxus sempervirens
21	Capsella bursa-pastoris
22	Cardamine hirsuta
23	Carex pendula
24	Centranthus ruber
25	Cirsium arvense
26	Cirsium vulgare
27	Cornus sanguinea
28	Corylus avellana
29	Crataegus monogyna
30	Crepis capillaris
31	Cymbalaria muralis
32	Digitalis purpurea
33	Dipsacus fullonum
34	Euphorbia characias
35	Euphorbia peplus
36	Fraxinus excelsior
37	Galium aparine
38	Geranium dissectum
39	Geranium pyrenaicum
40	Geranium robertianum
41	Geum urbanum
42	Hedera helix
43	Hyacinthoides hispanica
44	Ilex aquifolium
45	Iris foetidissima
46	Iris pseudacorus
47	Juglans regia
48	Lamium album
49	Lamium purpureum
50	Laurus nobilis
51	Lavandula angustifolia
52	Lavatera arborea
53	Lonicera periclymenum
54	Parietaria judaica
55	Pentaglottis sempervirens
56	Picris echioides
57	Plantago lanceolata
58	Prunus spinosa
59	Pseudofumaria lutea
60	Quercus robur
61	Rosa canina
62	Rubus fruticosus agg.
63	Rumex obtusifolius
64	Salix alba
65	Senecio jacobaea
66	Senecio squalidus
67	Senecio vulgaris
68	Sonchus asper
69	Symphoricarpos albus
70	Taraxacum officinale agg.
71	Tilia platyphyllos x cordata = T. x europaea
72	Urtica dioica
73	Vinca major
74	Phragmidium violaceum
75	Rhytisma acerinum
76	Anthrenus (Nathrenus) verbasci
77	Coccinella septempunctata
78	Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris
79	Stigmella aurella
80	Episyrphus balteatus
81	Phytomyza ilicis
82	Nuctenea umbratica
83	Pholcus phalangioides
84	Steatoda nobilis
85	Lecanora muralis
86	Arion (Kobeltia) hortensis
87	Cepaea (Cepaea) nemoralis
88	Hygromia (Hygromia) cinctella
89	Limacus maculatus
90	Grimmia pulvinata
91	Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
92	Tephromela atra
93	Tortula muralis
94	Xanthoria parietina
95	Amaurobius similis
96	Zygiella x-notata
97	Anas platyrhynchos
98	Dicranopalpus ramosus
99	Soleirolia soleirolii
100	Lunularia cruciata
101	Tropaeolum majus
102	Erophila verna
103	Strix aluco
104	Stereum rugosum
105	Physcia tenella
106	Xanthoria calcicola
107	Verrucaria nigrescens
108	Toninia aromatica
109	Punctelia jeckeri
110	Lecanora campestris
111	Diploicia canescens
112	Cladonia pocillum
113	Caloplaca flavescens
114	Galanthus nivalis
115	Aglais urticae
116	Sciurus carolinensis
117	Trioza alacris
118	Calliphora vicina
119	Corvus monedula
120	Dacrymyces stillatus
121	Allium vineale
122	Lumbricus castaneus
123	Lumbricus terrestris
124	Allolobophora chlorotica
125	Lithobius forficatus
126	Juncus effusus
127	Lapsana communis
128	Parus major
129	Symphytum officinale
130	Dicyrtomina ornata
131	Cercospora ligustrina
132	Trifolium repens
133	Erithacus rubecula
134	Calystegia sepium
135	Ribes rubrum
136	Phyllonorycter leucographella
137	Rumex crispus
138	Cornu aspersum
139	Sambucus nigra
140	Salix babylonica
141	Foeniculum vulgare
142	Gallinula chloropus
143	Malus pumila
144	Mercurialis perennis
145	Ardea cinerea
146	Philoscia muscorum
147	Orchesella cincta
148	Cepaea (Cepaea) hortensis
149	Diaporthe samaricola
150	Phoma samararum
151	Amaurobius fenestralis
152	Streptopelia decaocto
153	Arum maculatum
154	Calloria neglecta
155	Plantago major
156	Cerodontha iraeos
157	Parornix fagivora
158	Phyllonorycter maestingella
159	Cameraria ohridella
160	Phalacrocorax carbo
161	Troglodytes troglodytes
162	Periparus ater
163	Aegithalos caudatus
164	Harmonia axyridis
165	Chrysolina polita
166	Forficula auricularia
167	Adalia bipunctata
168	Polyxenus lagurus
169	Salticus scenicus
170	Steatoda bipunctata
171	Anthriscus sylvestris
172	Heracleum sphondylium
173	Pentatoma rufipes
174	Viviparus viviparus
175	Armadillidium vulgare
176	Monacha (Monacha) cantiana
177	Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
178	Corvus frugilegus
179	Pogonognathellus longicornis
180	Accipiter nisus
181	Androniscus dentiger
182	Tandonia budapestensis
183	Eranthis hyemalis
184	Armadillidium depressum
185	Hyphodontia sambuci
186	Ranunculus ficaria
187	Primula vulgaris
188	Dendrocopos major
189	Eisenia fetida
190	Fringilla coelebs
191	Fulica atra
192	Aythya fuligula
193	Mergus merganser
194	Alcedo atthis
195	Leptosphaeria acuta
196	Trametes versicolor
197	Discus (Gonyodiscus) rotundatus
198	Oxychilus (Oxychilus) alliarius
199	Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii
200	Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
201	Typha latifolia
202	Daedalea quercina
203	Daedaleopsis confragosa
204	Bombus (Pyrobombus) pratorum
205	Petasites hybridus
206	Acidia cognata
207	Dicyrtomina saundersi
208	Hypogastrura purpurescens
209	Isotomurus unifasciatus
210	Lepidocyrtus curvicollis
211	Tomocerus minor
212	Verbascum thapsus
213	Amauromyza verbasci
214	Brachypodium sylvaticum
215	Lissotriton helveticus
216	Nepa cinerea
217	Vitrina pellucida
218	Selimus vittatus
219	Inonotus dryadeus
220	Phlebia radiata
221	Hymenoscyphus imberbis
222	Arcyria ferruginea
223	Clitocybe nebularis
224	Sitta europaea
225	Turdus merula
226	Parthenolecanium pomeranicum
227	Calvia quattuordecimguttata
228	Buddleja davidii
229	Cygnus olor
230	Anser anser
231	Oryctolagus cuniculus
232	Ruscus aculeatus
233	Podiceps cristatus
234	Clematis vitalba
235	Xylaria hypoxylon
236	Anchomenus dorsalis
237	Penicillium italicum
238	Physcia adscendens
239	Prunella modularis
240	Larix decidua
241	Lysimachia nummularia
242	Myosotis arvensis
243	Narcissus pseudonarcissus
244	Papaver somniferum
245	Sonchus oleraceus
246	Illosporiopsis christiansenii
247	Phytomyza ranunculi
248	Segestria senoculata
249	Bruchus rufimanus
250	Agonopterix subpropinquella
251	Aegopinella nitidula
252	Deraeocoris lutescens
253	Heterogaster urticae
254	Platynus assimilis
255	Agonum (Europhilus) thoreyi
256	Balea (Balea) heydeni
257	Macrogastra (Pseudovestia) rolphii
258	Columella edentula
259	Cochlicopa lubrica
260	Bithynia (Bithynia) tentaculata
261	Oxychilus (Oxychilus) cellarius
262	Zonitoides (Zonitoides) nitidus
263	Succinea putris
264	Bathyomphalus contortus
265	Bithynia (Codiella) leachii
266	Planorbis planorbis
267	Anisus (Disculifer) vortex
268	Notiophilus biguttatus
269	Valvata (Cincinna) piscinalis
270	Vallonia costata
271	Merdigera obscura
272	Vitrea crystallina
273	Chernes cimicoides