End of Year feel...

It's only late August and there's over four months to go until the end of the year, but it feels a bit as though the year end is almost upon us. Clearly it's not, although the peak insect period has passed. Hope to get some nice autumn bird migrants, and will try to do a bit more on fungi over the next few weeks. We've had some reasonable rain over the past couple of weeks, which has freshened things up a bit, but I've done very little collecting away from the garden recently. A Willow Emerald in the garden this morning has taken me up to the 1800 mark, and quite a few lifers recently, as per the list below. I've also started on looking at stuff collected earlier in the summer - a whole winter's work there to look forward to.

1765	Marasmius rotula	Fungi	Collared Parachute
1766	Mycena tenerimma	Fungi	Frosty Bonnet
1767 *	Miyagia pseudosphaeria	Fungi	Rust on Sonchus palustris
1768 *	Xylaria longipes	Fungi	Dead Moll's Fingers
1769 *	Anoscopus flavostriatus	Hemipteroids	Hemiptera
1770	Pyrausta despicata	Lepidoptera:moths	Straw-barred Pearl
1771	Opilio canestrinii	Arachnids	Harvestman
1772	Endothenia quadrimaculana	Lepidoptera:moths	Blotched Marble
1773	Polyommatus icarus	Lepidoptera:butterflies	Common Blue
1774	Stigmella speciosa	Lepidoptera:moths	Leaf mine on Sycamore
1775	Hyles gallii	Lepidoptera:moths	Bedstraw Hawk-moth
1776	Lestes sponsa	Odonata	Emerald Damselfly
1777	Morellia hortorum	Diptera	Muscidae
1778	Vespa crabro	Hymenoptera	Hornet
1779	Himacerus major	Hemipteroids	Grey Damsel Bug
1780	Helina depuncta	Diptera	Muscidae
1781	Agriphila geniculea	Lepidoptera:moths	Elbow-stripe Grass Veneer
1782	Trifolium pratense	Vascular Plants	Red Clover
1783	Dolichopus nubilus	Diptera	Dolichopodidae
1784 *	Sarcophaga melanura	Diptera	Sarcophagidae
1785 *	Phaonia rufiventris	Diptera	Muscidae
1786	Atethmia centrago	Lepidoptera:moths	Centre-barred Sallow
1787	Schrankia costaestrigalis	Lepidoptera:moths	Pinion-streaked Snout
1788	Epinotia ramella	Lepidoptera:moths	Crescent Bell
1789	Poecilus versicolor	Coleoptera	Carabidae
1790	Caliadurgus fasciatellus	Hymenoptera	Pompilidae
1791	Sarcophaga caerulescens	Diptera	Sarcophagidae
1792 *	Sarcophaga carnaria	Diptera	Sarcophagidae
1793 *	Orius horvathi	Hemipteroids	Anthocoridae
1794 *	Limnophora triangula	Diptera	Muscidae
1795	Delia radicum	Diptera	Anthomyiidae
1796 *	Lucilia silvarum	Diptera	Calliphoridae
1797 *	Macrophya ribis	Hymenoptera	Symphyta
1798 *	Anthomyia liturata	Diptera	Anthomyiidae
1799	Oxytelus laqueatus	Coleoptera	Staphylinidae
1800	Lestes viridis	Odonata	Willow Emerald Damselfly