Happy New Year!

In lieu of the intended family wander for the day I ended up bashing three 10m squares at Cullaloe in the rain. A nice start to the year though. Nothing new I expect although I do have a couple of toadstools (Collybia type, Galerina type) which may prove to be. Amazing how much faster than it would have been last year with many mystery leaves by now well known. I wonder how that will affect recording throughout the year, with ID wrestling much reduced. No worries though - I'll find new things to wrestle with. On the agenda fpr the battle are spiders, leaf beetles and ground beetles, and an intention to record over 100 fungi this year, which means about 20-25 more than last.

Here's how it started:

Preferred name	Common name
Aegithalos caudatus	Long-tailed Tit
Auricularia auricula-judae	Jelly Ear
Betula pendula	Silver Birch
Brachythecium rutabulum	Rough-stalked Feather-moss
Bryum capillare	Capillary Thread-moss
Calliergonella cuspidata	Pointed Spear-moss
Cruciata laevipes	Crosswort
Dicranoweisia cirrata	Common Pincushion
Dryopteris filix-mas	Male-fern
Eurhynchium praelongum	Common Feather-moss
Flammulina velutipes	Velvetshank
Geranium robertianum	Herb-Robert
Geum urbanum	Herb Bennet
Grimmia pulvinata	Grey-cushioned Grimmia
Homalothecium sericeum	Silky Wall Feather-moss
Hypericum androsaemum	Tutsan
Hyphodontia sambuci	Elder Whitewash
Hypnum cupressiforme	Cypress-leaved Plait-moss
Juncus effusus	Soft-rush
Lophocolea bidentata	Bifid Crestwort
Metzgeria fruticulosa
Orthotrichum pulchellum	Elegant Bristle-moss
Parus major	Great Tit
Phalaris arundinacea	Reed Canary-grass
Polyporus sp.
Postia subcaesia	Blueing Bracket
Potentilla reptans	Creeping Cinquefoil
Potentilla sterilis	Barren Strawberry
Ranunculus repens	Creeping Buttercup
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus	Springy Turf-moss
Sambucus nigra	Elder
Scapania undulata	Water Earwort
Senecio vulgaris	Groundsel
Taraxacum officinale agg.	Dandelion
Tortula muralis	Wall Screw-moss
Troglodytes troglodytes	Wren
Ulota bruchii	Bruch's Pincushion
Xanthoria parietina
Xylaria hypoxylon	Candlesnuff Fungus