Horsey, August summary

Definitely slowing down now, although some of that is due to less effort recently. A summary of the last few months is slightly surprising, showing that I recorded a lot more new species in July than June (although I was away for nearly half of June), and not that many fewer in July than May. These figures are all a bit provisional as they will undoubtedly increase as I work through my backlog of tubes over the winter.

A few new species over the last few days included the rather scarce soldier fly Sargus flavipes, the Yellow-legged Centurion, which is a bit of a misnomer as the legs on this male are rather on the dark side.

As an aside, I counted 59 Cranes flying south just to the west of the square (I was in it!), which might well be a new highest count for the Norfolk population.

Sargus flavipes ♂

Horsey Corner	TG4523 Mar 2018	TG4523 Apr 2018	TG4523 May 2018	TG4523 Jun 2018	TG4523 Jul 2018	TG4523 Aug 2018
Algae	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fungi/Lichens	19	22	22	23	24	29
Bryophytes	4	4	4	4	4	4
Vascular Plants	102	120	160	175	204	206
Cnidarians	0	0	0	0	0	0
Molluscs	7	8	9	9	9	9
Annelid Worms	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arachnids	38	50	62	62	68	70
Myriapods	6	6	6	6	6	6
Crustaceans	3	3	3	3	4	4
Springtails	6	6	6	6	6	6
Insects: Odonata	0	0	6	12	14	16
Insects: Orthopteroids	0	1	4	5	10	10
Insects: Hemipteroids	21	38	59	69	95	109
Insects: Hymenoptera	9	31	56	83	115	129
Insects: Coleoptera	87	119	203	229	255	264
Insects: Diptera	60	111	203	245	295	317
Insects: Butterflies	0	6	12	16	21	23
Insects: Moths	24	43	153	257	423	456
Insects: RSO	3	4	13	16	18	20
Fish	0	0	1	1	1	1
Reptiles	0	0	1	1	2	2
Amphibia	0	0	0	0	1	1
Birds	74	92	104	104	112	112
Mammals	10	12	14	14	15	15
Other Animals	0	0	0	0	0	0
Echinoderms	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	473	676	1101	1340	1702	1809
New species for month		203	425	239	362	107