The first target of the year has been reached - 5 lichens. Hopefully I can expand on that a bit, but probably not much! Birds are already half way there, but about par for the course with only Pintail counting as unexpected (an annual drop-in passage visitor almost certainly). Bryophytes at 62 are almost to the target I intend to aim for (75) and which should comfortably be reached. The most gratifying aspect is the 18 new species already recorded in what is one of the quieter periods of the year. Now I only have to record one species every 4 days to reach 100, although in reality I expect to easily exceed that.
Numbers by group:
Taxon Group | Records | Taxa |
bird | 47 | 42 |
conifer | 1 | 1 |
crustacean | 1 | 1 |
fern | 1 | 1 |
flowering plant | 69 | 60 |
fungus | 43 | 35 |
insect - true fly (Diptera) | 1 | 1 |
lichen | 5 | 5 |
liverwort | 12 | 10 |
moss | 66 | 52 |
terrestrial mammal | 1 | 1 |