Bridport & Thorne week 15

My undoubted highlight of the week was finding a Heather Ladybird at Thorne. As well as being a 'lifer' this was at first a major surprise. The surprise being in that no heathland exists within at least 15 or 20 miles of Thorne. However as I read up about Heather Ladybird's it became apparent that recently they have started using Leylandii trees as a habitat. It was within a group of Leylandii that I found the ladybird.
So this weeks photo is of a Heather Ladybird. (I know I could do with a better macro facility on the camera!)

The numbers for the 2 sites are given below

Group	Thorne	Bridport	Group	Thorne	Bridport
Slime moulds	1	1	Hemiptera	9	1
Lichens	17	6	Coleoptera	9	2
Fungi	18	2	Diptera	8	2
Bryophytes	22	7	Hymenoptera	13	7
Plants	129	131	Butterflies	7	3
Molluscs	6	2	Moths	19	5
Annelids	2	0	Insects RSO	2	0
Arachnids	4	2	Fish	1	1
Myriapods	0	0	Amphibia	2	0
Crustacea	9	5	Reptiles	0	0
Springtails	0	0	Birds	49	43
Odonata	0	0	Mammals	5	4
Orthoptera	2	1	Total	334	224