Inverkeithing - no stone unturned

Sometimes a slow day at vismig (at a much neglected second 1k site) can turn out OK. Turning over a stone to find a lively ant nest resulted in spotting a few small white blobs active around the surface. Turned out to be the ant woodlouse Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii, which is pretty restricted in Scottish distribution

NBN Atlas

Bridport & Thorne mid-August update

The weather seems to getting readied for the great British Bank Holiday already. Despite this still adding a few more species especially moths.
In fact this weeks photo is another moth. A Jersey Tiger seen at Bridport during the week. This used to be a fairly rare moth confined to SW England but it now slowly spreading north - it might however be a while before it gets to Fife.

And the numbers are as follows

Group	Thorne	Bridport	Group	Thorne	Bridport
Slime moulds	1	1	Hemiptera	36	9
Lichens	22	6	Coleoptera	37	12
Fungi	31	2	Diptera	49	14
Bryophytes	22	7	Hymenoptera	40	14
Plants	306	222	Butterflies	20	15
Molluscs	8	2	Moths	188	85
Annelids	2	0	Insects RSO	6	2
Arachnids	15	2	Fish	1	1
Myriapods	0	0	Amphibia	3	1
Crustacea	10	5	Reptiles	0	0
Springtails	2	0	Birds	59	48
Odonata	8	4	Mammals	8	6
Orthoptera	7	3	Total	881	461

Bridport & Thorne end of July update

Still keeping (just)  ahead of last year's numbers at Thorne.
The photo this time is of the striking Rosy Footman moth which is quite common at Thorne for a couple of weeks each year.

And the numbers are as shown in the table below.

Group	Thorne	Bridport	Group	Thorne	Bridport
Slime moulds	1	1	Hemiptera	36	9
Lichens	22	6	Coleoptera	36	12
Fungi	30	2	Diptera	44	14
Bryophytes	22	7	Hymenoptera	38	14
Plants	282	222	Butterflies	19	15
Molluscs	8	2	Moths	174	80
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	58	48
Odonata	8	4	Mammals	8	6
Orthoptera	5	3	Total	826	456