Wednesday, April 19, 2017

A couple of hours at the woods

Absolutely gorgeous day in Cornwall today and I decided to spend a few hours at Kings Wood looking to start off my list properly and recorded the following :

11. Dock Bug - Coreus marginatus

12. Common Dog Violet - Plant
13. Navelwort - Plant
14. Cleavers - Plant
15. Holly Blue - Butterfly
16. Herb Robert - Plant
17. Honeysuckle - Plant
18. Lesser Celandine - Plant
19. Lords & Ladies - Plant
20. Noon Fly - Fly
21. Opposite-leaved Golden-Saxifrage - Plant
22. Pendulous Sedge - Plant
23. Wild Primrose - Plant
24. Soft Shield Fern - Plant
25. Wavy Bittercress - Plant
26. Great Tit - Bird
27. Chaffinch - Bird
28. Wren - Bird
29. Robin -  Bird
30. Chiffchaff - Bird
31. Willow Warbler - Bird
32. Blackcap - Bird
33. Sycamore - Plant
34. Grey Wagtail - Plant
35. Atlantic Ivy - Plant
36. Lesser Celandine - Plant
37. Holly - Plant
38. Winter Helitrope - Plant
39. Red Campion - Plant
40. Harts Tongue Fern - Plant
41. Goldfinch - Plant
42. Hemlock Water Dropwort - Plant
43. Ribwort Plantain - Plant
44. Common Nettle - Plant
45. Common Dandelion - Plant
46. Common Bluebell - Plant
47. Bitter Dock - Plant
48. Common Wasp -Wasp
49. Common Daisy - Plant
50. Mallard - Bird
51. Buzzard - Bird
52. Raven - Bird
53. Herring Gull - Bird
54. Goldcrest - Bird
55. Hogsweed - Plant
56. Himalayan Balsam - Plant
57. Blackbird - Bird
58. Song Thrush - Bird
59. Wood Pigeon - Bird
60. Great Spotted Woodpecker - Bird
61. Carrion Crow - Bird
62. Blue Tit - Bird
63. Yellow Archangel - Plant
64. Common Carder Bee - Bee
65. Speckled Wood - Butterfly
66. Silver Birch - Plant
67. Holy Blue - Butterfly
68. Buff-tailed Bumblebee - Bee
69. Bee Fly
70. English Oak - Plant
71. Hazel - Plant
72. Hawthorn - Plant
73. Scarlet Pimpernel - Plant
74. Foxglove - Plant
75. Ash - Plant
76. Pineapple Weed - Plant
77. Monterey Pine - Plant
78. Scots Pine - Plant
79. White Poplar - Plant
80. Self Heal - Plant
81. Blackthorn - Plant
82. Bracken - Plant
83. Meadow Buttercup - Plant
84. Creeping Buttercup - Plant
85. White Willow - Plant
86. Grey Willow - Plant
87. Elder - Plant
88. Ragwort - Plant
89. Red Clover - Plant
90. White Clover - Plant
91. Common Gorse - Plant
92. Elm - Plant

I also found this beetle under a rotting log which is most likely Nebria brevicollis.
After having a look online it seems Nebria brevicollis and Nebria salina are indistinguishable without examining the beetles under a microscope (or possibly a good hand lens). N. brevicollis has fine hairs on the dorsal surface of the hind tarsi which are absent in N. salina.

I also found these two which again need a good look under a microscope (which I don't have).







 
 
 

 

6 comments:

  1. That's more like it mate! :) Check your Winter Heliotrope for Ramularia purpurascens (bound to be there) and your Holly for Holly Leafminer Fly, The Red Campion flowers may well have the anthers covered in a browny fuzz which is Campion Anther Smut, usually on shaded plants, and last year's dead Bracken stems will have Bracken Map all over them. That'll get you almost to the first 100 species buddy! :)

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  2. And did you count human? Have you even seen any yet, or are you still too busy looking for larger upright homonids :)

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  3. And Christian...if you're here lurking about trying to pick up hints and tips...why you sneaky wee bugger ya :D

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    1. Haha...i'm a lurking for sure. Forgot to add Human...so thanks for that.

      I've been checking loads on Bracken to see if i can get Bracken club, no luck in my square but have had it not far out. :(

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  4. Soon as I got home I thought ahhhh Human and bracken map lol Cheers for the tips

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    1. I would go with Haplophilus subterraneus for the centipede mate, it looks to have the right amount of legs.

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