Friday 18 April 2014

Diary 17th-22nd April

17th April

Picked up a couple of corticioid fungi for a meet in Edinburghand they came out as Hypholoma definitum and Paniophora lycii. The first Blackcap of the year was singing and a hoverfly caught was identified as Cheilosia fraterna.

18th April
A morning visit recorded Hogweed, with leaves cropping up everywhere. Also King Cup/Marsh Marigold is in flower on the burn below the old pumping station. Lunchtime saw Swallow and hoverfly Eristalis pertinax making the list.


Totals so far looking good, especially in  fungi, which is probably way ahead of schedule. Invert other is doing Ok for mid-April, and vascular plants are ticking along nicely.


2014 2014 Target % of
Target Actual left target
Birds 90 68 22 75
Vert other 5 3 2 60
Lepidoptera 75 2 73 2
Invert other 50 21 31 41
Vascular 200 60 140 30
Bryophytes 50 80 -30 160
Fungi 50 23 27 46
Lichens 5 4 1 80
525 259 266 49

19-21 April - Easter weekend
A sunny and dry weekend which was quite productive in terms of inverts and vascular plants


No Preferred Name Common Name Date
268 Glyceria fluitans Floating Sweet-grass 21/04/2014
267 Luzula campestris Field Wood-rush 21/04/2014
266 Ribes sanguineum Flowering Currant 21/04/2014
265 Vicia cracca Tufted Vetch 21/04/2014
264 Equisetum fluviatile Water Horsetail 21/04/2014
263 Aglais urticae Small Tortoiseshell 21/04/2014
262 Melangyna lasiophthalma a hoverfly 19/04/2014



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