Cullaloe LNR, Fife - a fast 500

A fungus romp on Saturday morning with gathering of other things encountered on the way (obviously) followed by a sunny day and  a free pass to roam on Sunday meant the 500 was secured and then some. The species new to the reserve also sailed over 100. The list can be seen here - 2019 new spp.

I'll be having a look at the fastest 1000 with an aim to beating that, but I still think it's a long stretch from there to reaching Tim's outrageous 2018 total. The number of species per day required is just out of my reach I think. That'll have to wait for retirement. It's not that I can't catch/gather enough material - I'm sure I can. I think I just have no way of identifying them at that rate. I say this knowing full well that I might be spending December poring over pinned Ichneumonidae!

I know everybody loves a good pyrenomycete so here's the charming Bertia moriformis in all its glory.

Also worth mentioning was the occurrence of #patchgold Whooper Swans which flew over on Saturday morning

Category	Jan	Feb
alga	1	1
Protist other	0	0
slime mould	0	0
lichen	33	37
fungus	67	93
liverwort	9	9
moss	44	45
flowering plant	93	95
conifer	2	2
fern	4	4
cnidarian	0	0
mollusc	11	20
bryozoan	0	0
annelid	2	3
flatworm	0	1
harvestman	3	5
pseudoscorpion	1	1
spider	19	23
gall mite	0	0
tick	0	1
millipede	2	5
centipede	2	2
crustacean	4	5
collembola	6	6
bristletail	0	0
odonata	0	0
dermaptera	1	1
orthoptera	0	0
hemiptera	5	9
coleoptera	30	46
diptera	4	14
lep-moth	4	10
lep-butterfly	0	1
hymenoptera	4	7
insect-other	1	1
tunicate	0	0
echinoderm	0	0
invert-other	0	0
fish	0	0
reptile	0	0
amphibian	1	2
bird	48	55
mammal	1	1
	402	505