Bridport & Thorne Weeks 28 & 29

Getting a good deal of biological recording and observation done - including an excellent trip to the Brecks last week-end with Tim Hodge - but I realise I have got behind with this blog.
So this update covers both weeks with the numbers below giving the situation at the end of week 29.

Group	Thorne	Bridport	Group	Thorne	Bridport
Slime moulds	1	1	Hemiptera	35	9
Lichens	22	6	Coleoptera	34	12
Fungi	30	2	Diptera	42	12
Bryophytes	22	7	Hymenoptera	36	11
Plants	268	219	Butterflies	18	13
Molluscs	8	2	Moths	147	78
Annelids	2	0	Insects RSO	6	2
Arachnids	11	2	Fish	1	1
Myriapods	0	0	Amphibia	3	1
Crustacea	10	5	Reptiles	0	0
Springtails	2	0	Birds	57	48
Odonata	7	4	Mammals	8	6
Orthoptera	4	1	Total	774	442

This weeks photo was also a bit of a rushed job and is of a Peacock butterfly at Thorne this afternoon.

Cullaloe LNR, Fife - still ticking along

Still ticking along with a few nice things over the weekend. Not sure where it'll end up but I'm not exactly zooming along at the moment. Here's a nice new-for-reserve rust on burnet rose:

Latest:

1057			R	M	lep-moth	Agapeta hamana	Common Yellow Conch
1058					lep-moth	Agriphila straminella	Straw Grass-veneer
1059					lep-moth	Camptogramma bilineata	Yellow Shell
1060			R		lep-moth	Evergestis forficalis	Garden Pebble
1061			R	M	lep-moth	Mompha locupletella	A micro moth
1062			R		lep-moth	Tyria jacobaeae	Cinnabar
1063		C	R	M	diptera	Brachicoma devia	A flesh fly
1064			R		diptera	Hylemya vagans	A flower fly
1065			R		spider	Theridion varians	A spider
1066			R	M	Fungus	Phragmidium rosae-pimpinellifoliae	A rust
1067		C	R	M	hemiptera	Tachycixius pilosus	A hopper
1068					hemiptera	Evacanthus interruptus	A hopper
1069			R		spider	Araneus diadematus	Garden Spider

Bridport & Thorne week 27

Another week seems to have shot by. A good selection of species added as shown by the numbers below;

Group	Thorne	Bridport	Group	Thorne	Bridport
Slime moulds	1	1	Hemiptera	30	9
Lichens	22	6	Coleoptera	32	12
Fungi	29	2	Diptera	40	12
Bryophytes	22	7	Hymenoptera	33	11
Plants	268	213	Butterflies	18	12
Molluscs	8	2	Moths	120	76
Annelids	2	0	Insects RSO	6	2
Arachnids	8	2	Fish	1	1
Myriapods	0	0	Amphibia	3	1
Crustacea	10	5	Reptiles	0	0
Springtails	2	0	Birds	57	48
Odonata	4	4	Mammals	8	6
Orthoptera	3	1	Total	727	433

The photo this week is of a Privet Hawk-moth (a bit out of focus as the camera seems to prefer to focus on the flowers behind!). It always surprises me that a moth this size can actual fit into the entrance of a Heath trap!

Bridport & Thorne Week 26

It's that time of the year when I am drowning in data that needs inputting hence the slight delay for this end of June update.

Very pleased to get Thorne (just!) over 700 by the end of June. Bridport continues to tick over at a much slower place. However Bridport does provide this weeks photo; An Orange Ladybird

The Orange Ladybird was in the moth trap and was actually a lifer. And then in the next 2 days I saw another 5 of them! They are clearly having a good year.

The numbers are as follows;

Group	Thorne	Bridport	Group	Thorne	Bridport
Slime moulds	1	1	Hemiptera	28	9
Lichens	22	6	Coleoptera	27	12
Fungi	25	2	Diptera	38	9
Bryophytes	22	7	Hymenoptera	33	11
Plants	258	210	Butterflies	14	11
Molluscs	8	2	Moths	112	65
Annelids	2	0	Insects RSO	6	2
Arachnids	8	2	Fish	1	1
Myriapods	0	0	Amphibia	3	1
Crustacea	10	5	Reptiles	0	0
Springtails	2	0	Birds	57	48
Odonata	4	4	Mammals	8	5
Orthoptera	2	1	Total	702	414