Round up of numbers as at end of February. With a target of 500, expanded a little to 525 to allow for failures, I am about 2/5 of the way there. We're in a lull between winter and spring but it's an OK start I think. To reach a total of 500 I need to record 1.04 species/day for the rest of the year, which sounds very do-able. I've recorded hardly any vascular plants yet - even ignoring largely trees which I know the ID of so far. Birds are going as expected, but then I have enough experience to guess that accurately, and now I have the water key the water levels should be ideal for picking up more migrant waders. Can't believe I haven't seen a deer yet!

With three official moth nights and a recently acquired moth trap (thank you, DD) a target of 75 lepidoptera should prove cautious. Other inverts may depend on luring some expert help, although I have already found some new ones for me - just takes some time to establish IDs on them.

Efforts since I started all this nonsense last year have raised the species list overall for the reserve from something in the 600s to nearly 900 - not all my own records. I really hope to take that to 1000 this year or next. Some of the species I have added are very common - just not looked for.

	2014	2014	Target	% of
	Target	Actual	left	target
Birds	90	51	39	56
Vert other	5	1	4	20
Lepidopt	75	0	75	0
Invert other	50	5	45	10
Vascular	200	31	169	15
Bryophytes	50	80	-30	160
Fungi	50	14	36	28
Lichens	5	3	2	60
	525	185	340	35

Days left: 302
Species left: 315
Rate required: 1.04/day