tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57126766541337210002024-03-14T12:19:02.006+00:00The Lyons ShareAn Alternative Natural History of Sussex.
This blog shows the highlights of my day to day findings as a naturalist and ecologist living and working in Sussex. Delivered with a pinch of nihilism, a dash of sarcasm and absolutely no tweeness, here is my attempt to show natural history as it really is: Brutal, beautiful, uncompromising and fascinating...and occasionally ridiculous.Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.comBlogger1054125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-41880879317447902882024-03-14T11:47:00.002+00:002024-03-14T12:18:30.212+00:00I made 55,111 records of 4,505 species in 2023!<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPg236t2aX5LC-mYrWRegq4_G4Wj_s2uq_R_wDf3fFIrV0JwhGRchyphenhyphenQU8BN9uOJSD9V5VVQwzEccioObbC1xdp46HyS_2_BhyBscKqmrTsy3G4l3e0W_XIcdhQqcKR9QBd_JaW-f9etdt087i1IAp7dQ5jxXCtLxJ7PHxcguCIOU_Srkzv1TZwJhrpCrI/s1502/Records.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1502" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPg236t2aX5LC-mYrWRegq4_G4Wj_s2uq_R_wDf3fFIrV0JwhGRchyphenhyphenQU8BN9uOJSD9V5VVQwzEccioObbC1xdp46HyS_2_BhyBscKqmrTsy3G4l3e0W_XIcdhQqcKR9QBd_JaW-f9etdt087i1IAp7dQ5jxXCtLxJ7PHxcguCIOU_Srkzv1TZwJhrpCrI/w400-h300/Records.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Last year, I really got much better at capturing the records I make throughout the year. Now I wasn't trying to 'pan-species year list' here, I was just trying to record as much as possible. I had no idea what I had recorded until I added it up two days ago - 'blind listing' if you will.</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The grand total was of 55,111 records of 4,505 species. That would put me in 22 place (out of 239 people) on the PSL rankings and is more than half of everything I have ever seen (currently 8919 species). Of these 4,505 species, some 3,267 were invertebrates, including 1025 beetles and 401 spiders. Yet there is no way I could have done that without being involved in PSL for the last 14 years. I suppose this will be the decade in my life I get the most done. I am pretty pleased with these totals. That's 151 records every day on average. The majority of my records are from Sussex and I have already synchronized some 40,000 records with Sussex Biodiversity Records Centre. Actually, my peak was on 28th April with 1,042 records made as part of City Nature Challenge.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsFpdfCC6Nty6P0hU5yNTJ7xDvWPYYX-QyKF_lCx_k61-493tVe12L6NWzO6JFaTvXxF8iMOUQW7TZTuCYawyccS9pc23gouzUVg_G5OIeYUtsLpZUwHmmrc4cZnIEf9UR3EpsubOe5LDil9X8AleKgqlPbKQudGNmGk6ulCvZByQfppNH9nanT1d0V0/s1498/CHarts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="1498" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsFpdfCC6Nty6P0hU5yNTJ7xDvWPYYX-QyKF_lCx_k61-493tVe12L6NWzO6JFaTvXxF8iMOUQW7TZTuCYawyccS9pc23gouzUVg_G5OIeYUtsLpZUwHmmrc4cZnIEf9UR3EpsubOe5LDil9X8AleKgqlPbKQudGNmGk6ulCvZByQfppNH9nanT1d0V0/w640-h373/CHarts.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's not all been easy. Mum died in January which was really tough. For the last two winters too I have had to condense six months write up and microscope time into four months to leave time to write the book on pan-species listing (this winter that was 192,000 words, over 18 reports), which has meant very long days and very few days off. I am very grateful here for a thing called hyperfocus. I am 80,500 words into the book and the other unexpected thing this year, was discovering that I am both autistic and ADHD (AuDHD) as part of my research for the book. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>That's a HUGE thing to take in and this is me publicly coming out about it for the first time. That's where the hyperfocus comes from then. In some ways, it helps explain my obsessive energy for natural history and my better-than-average-memory but it also sheds light on areas of my life that do not work as well as they should. Someone described it to me once as "having a brain like a Ferrari but with the brakes of a Nissan Micra." And for all those people who have criticised my spelling over my life, this explains why (and why it annoys me so much)</span><span>. I wonder how many other pan-listers are neurodivergent? I bet a fair few are specifically AuDHD too. "We're all on the spectrum somewhere" comments are not helpful BTW, it's usually people feeling awkward, trying to shut you down from talking about something that makes them feel uncomfortable and dismissing what you have discovered about yourself. Try getting a proper assessment and then we can try that conversation again, I guarantee it will be totally different. </span><span>More on the pros and cons of neurodivergence another time.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Anyways, back to the recording. The bulk of these 55,111 records are from paid surveys, I had 93 field days in my schedule last year, slightly more manageable than previous years. Well, 12 of these days were from two voluntary surveys but I treat them the same in my schedule. I did however, do quite a bit of recording outside of work. I wasn't year-listing spiders, so have done very little recording after September but I did do away quite a bit, the idea being to research the book and meet as many pan-listers as possible that I had not yet met. I had week on the Isle of Wight in March, I did City Nature Challenge at the end of April/start of May, a trip to North Wales and Snowdonia at the end of May (Great Orme being the furthest north I went), the PSL field trip to Sandwich Bay at the end of June (furthest east) and then another week away to Dorset in September and a long weekend in Cornwall in October (furthest south and west). I recorded in 89 hectads throughout the year.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4-9pXF3eHNURYp6voudb7MDUnAxaef02r0UwzrhMrO025dgJ1TPb1rhSF0bs-FT_sQtIUWaEkexyMO7d45tBONI_zsM_B3Qmb4vmmHrxoJ6yHqnFFL4hpD05Uvj-pQGVmYgXQZBImagkSd_wTFTPU5eMTIunr_Rd37toN2bvXksH9p3UKUAOn7AOCp4/s772/Large%20scale.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="772" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4-9pXF3eHNURYp6voudb7MDUnAxaef02r0UwzrhMrO025dgJ1TPb1rhSF0bs-FT_sQtIUWaEkexyMO7d45tBONI_zsM_B3Qmb4vmmHrxoJ6yHqnFFL4hpD05Uvj-pQGVmYgXQZBImagkSd_wTFTPU5eMTIunr_Rd37toN2bvXksH9p3UKUAOn7AOCp4/w400-h271/Large%20scale.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And here, at the Sussex level.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVrJd90vKIKWh_CRgk-IV8klAvSC8cfi8oUmYwTXFbIKlpjRCPpYzVKW3gt0G1xvH1tVePeh0xa78JShSbNgSRW5yNawerGqF5sV11IsEL2k63dl5NeOA9YIlna3M-mpe0NrDJ3ZLcc1AkMVU67oudDT4hyphenhyphenHnEtPJxoS0MfokJ_EZwG_4NeKN3nLLlnM/s1072/Sussex.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="1072" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVrJd90vKIKWh_CRgk-IV8klAvSC8cfi8oUmYwTXFbIKlpjRCPpYzVKW3gt0G1xvH1tVePeh0xa78JShSbNgSRW5yNawerGqF5sV11IsEL2k63dl5NeOA9YIlna3M-mpe0NrDJ3ZLcc1AkMVU67oudDT4hyphenhyphenHnEtPJxoS0MfokJ_EZwG_4NeKN3nLLlnM/w400-h166/Sussex.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I use a rotation of ten notebooks, never taking one in the field that already has data in. I get this into Excel ASAP, then import this into my Recorder 6 database. Specimens wait until the winter. It works!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is the breakdown of the number of species in each group that I recorded in 2023, I was blown away by 1025 beetles! I really had no idea.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zC7T8sMeNDfKBxdms0QWn3m54fkJH-GZe1jjunbticu_Luo14N2J8njr6ybIXn5EbpASsrzrrGDq_MLwCRWjb2dYo2NY0cvc8KS6fAqKLD2Cssh-PDisWzUyAABBmuFplSdmBjCvWTcMhUF8fCXDUJRe_rIVYjm78kEiuLCBVNIA3kajgtYv_hLjgJI/s1933/List.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1933" data-original-width="469" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zC7T8sMeNDfKBxdms0QWn3m54fkJH-GZe1jjunbticu_Luo14N2J8njr6ybIXn5EbpASsrzrrGDq_MLwCRWjb2dYo2NY0cvc8KS6fAqKLD2Cssh-PDisWzUyAABBmuFplSdmBjCvWTcMhUF8fCXDUJRe_rIVYjm78kEiuLCBVNIA3kajgtYv_hLjgJI/w156-h640/List.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Late last year and early this year, the new pan-species listing website was launched, it really is rather good and there has never been a better time to get involved with the movement. Have a look <a href="https://panspecieslisting.com/">here</a> and get involved!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">With the advent of the new website, it's very easy to start pan-species year-listing but a word of caution with that. Pan-species listing is a life long vocation to see as much as you can, over your whole lifetime. If you become too distracted with annual year-listing of everything, not only will you have missed the point of PSL, you could also find that your list doesn't grow as fast as it could and you could also start falling into the trap that so many birders do. Driving around the country to the same places each year to see the same species. What I would suggest is, go for it maybe once or say once a decade but don't start doing it every year OR do it blind like I have here. If I started ticking everything off the new website each year, not only would I lose loads of valuable time at the microscope, I'd start chasing the targets. Which would mean losing more time in the field where I should be finding things I had never seen before.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What better way to celebrate the madness of last year then, with a belated top ten of my wildlife highlights. Some of which, I never got around to writing on my blog. Now, I would have put the creation of the new PSL site as number one, but I wanted these to be about actual sightings and records.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>1). I found a spider new to Britain on Brighton Beach!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVsfyzKcbv4BmmY5NhwLRL8hv5_vATFoNmgvIhgFdaIpC_wS6FqAVONEvPl3Z0AUkS2R7sT5aGdJtgppzsBcStBkpItOWuiQmg5L_1k88_exKqpQLIrBniimGlzl9SfR6_FYHY4utKJBRomYU_LWTopJ1CYJWwM3tsyTvIgI3sdmSrZk4WKrX4OTUyO4/s2248/2222.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="2248" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVsfyzKcbv4BmmY5NhwLRL8hv5_vATFoNmgvIhgFdaIpC_wS6FqAVONEvPl3Z0AUkS2R7sT5aGdJtgppzsBcStBkpItOWuiQmg5L_1k88_exKqpQLIrBniimGlzl9SfR6_FYHY4utKJBRomYU_LWTopJ1CYJWwM3tsyTvIgI3sdmSrZk4WKrX4OTUyO4/w400-h320/2222.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">And it was a jumper too! I found this with Karen while I was monitoring the shingle creation/translocation project by Brighton & Hove City Council. It's <i><b>Heliophanus kochii</b></i>. <a href="https://analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2023/06/we-found-spider-new-to-uk-on-brighton.html">More here</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2). <b>Snowdonia and the Great Orme</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I climbed two mountains in two consecutive days and got seven new spiders, thank to Richard Gallon. But finally seeing <b>Snowdown Lily</b> was possibly the best memory of all. <a href="https://analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2023/06/twin-peaks.html">More here</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEnwvWxLWvjxrWNeR-h333swSwjadblRUS7ELcVX2JKmxKvozB_fn2HI0R9riJlrYJv93oxp0gp6H-5B24FeEVf3QD-A66EaIzPkovPGS1t2Czi9OOaXdwQs-wVIT08qTjkW-h00pGwgFF0xLMx7PpXhFjn3rO1SfXaSPMNZ7aCW_xzj6LefdNQ5YsN9Q/s4000/P5281821.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEnwvWxLWvjxrWNeR-h333swSwjadblRUS7ELcVX2JKmxKvozB_fn2HI0R9riJlrYJv93oxp0gp6H-5B24FeEVf3QD-A66EaIzPkovPGS1t2Czi9OOaXdwQs-wVIT08qTjkW-h00pGwgFF0xLMx7PpXhFjn3rO1SfXaSPMNZ7aCW_xzj6LefdNQ5YsN9Q/w400-h300/P5281821.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>3). The PSL field trip to Sandwich Bay</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So many amazing memories and I really should write this up more in full now but I think cleaning up on shieldbugs and moths was the highlight. Here I include finally catching up with <b>Greater-streaked Shieldbug</b> and<b> Restharrow</b>. Thanks to Kev and Debs for organising.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSODg6feMR8j6AKu7MnPIcwgAfdCVt_fu9RND4ZeXrMmyyJusL_VQZzliHmuHH-9KXJ1nXSuuBCLrvTOIGEMdmOufA_W_xTIBNhTbzLuOo7yjacBD9zhKr9v4_IDZklcZnGuoOIgBr0DJHnmf2S_XUqjX7TyE9trAgPqBGCxmDgh-r7fGGFVLgGpbgXfQ/s4000/P6232275.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSODg6feMR8j6AKu7MnPIcwgAfdCVt_fu9RND4ZeXrMmyyJusL_VQZzliHmuHH-9KXJ1nXSuuBCLrvTOIGEMdmOufA_W_xTIBNhTbzLuOo7yjacBD9zhKr9v4_IDZklcZnGuoOIgBr0DJHnmf2S_XUqjX7TyE9trAgPqBGCxmDgh-r7fGGFVLgGpbgXfQ/w400-h300/P6232275.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS03i4ik73Xns6iCr6KFS262ivo4cQ-jgStk78N9gXCp_vaC4zR6vlcNRlEvjgOGD7B8IaNqE6X65iT302m2fR1IG2Iyc8LO0tL1K11Jx-0AIo7IEBLtSk7Ia0xGwt0P95pcWdanW8mcSLMOEEXjVPnWvYt0MX43pJGkrN4mGpMjwrAbzSqLfK1rD-2DA/s4000/P6232286.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS03i4ik73Xns6iCr6KFS262ivo4cQ-jgStk78N9gXCp_vaC4zR6vlcNRlEvjgOGD7B8IaNqE6X65iT302m2fR1IG2Iyc8LO0tL1K11Jx-0AIo7IEBLtSk7Ia0xGwt0P95pcWdanW8mcSLMOEEXjVPnWvYt0MX43pJGkrN4mGpMjwrAbzSqLfK1rD-2DA/w400-h300/P6232286.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>4). A week in Dorset</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another holiday with a heavy PSL slant. Lots of good moths but finally seeing Scaly Cricket was the highlight, as was all the time on Portland. <a href="https://analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-adventures-of-portland-bill.html">More here</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-7GqSQBB_yrbaJ272S3oqhmLTa09mKcIvXJqBpgIgznt0LRgh0gOU63zRPz0SoY8Ky6h5Il5YRxO8qapmYqbX94KNc69e1xQMyrwTPA7AxN_REaQGWXj7hyphenhyphenX-nrMD0WxulDA8gf765uWHvN0OMhx1RO_hGryAg-ba5TpBxFWB1Nf3BIST89jcxCOFGc/s4000/P9303926.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-7GqSQBB_yrbaJ272S3oqhmLTa09mKcIvXJqBpgIgznt0LRgh0gOU63zRPz0SoY8Ky6h5Il5YRxO8qapmYqbX94KNc69e1xQMyrwTPA7AxN_REaQGWXj7hyphenhyphenX-nrMD0WxulDA8gf765uWHvN0OMhx1RO_hGryAg-ba5TpBxFWB1Nf3BIST89jcxCOFGc/w400-h300/P9303926.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>5). Trip to Cornwall in October to meet Sally, Finley and Louis</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another one that needs writing up BUT relocating a spider I had found ten year earlier, confirming it as <b><i>Enoplognatha mandibularis</i></b> and getting my 2nd spider new to Britain in 2023 (although it was 2013 originally).<b> Unarmed Stick-insect</b> was a close second. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1dkeSkO-3TtFRD9iQPmQkaBt5IRp7irxt15DD-6riD4FRLw2_ZgmDE4XehjVJreNX5aA5HnQqSjX_Vht_wWLIkTHkjG2RwjqdZ_hPjmwhpomEGtooU3tYA2dcH3Wa7eWymIH4pz0f8BhfUWXVnlLAPnmSzhI4KBsW-nfqcETh1f_myU9vcKoP-6mDd6Q/s1600/Enoplognatha%20mandibularis%20in%202013.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1dkeSkO-3TtFRD9iQPmQkaBt5IRp7irxt15DD-6riD4FRLw2_ZgmDE4XehjVJreNX5aA5HnQqSjX_Vht_wWLIkTHkjG2RwjqdZ_hPjmwhpomEGtooU3tYA2dcH3Wa7eWymIH4pz0f8BhfUWXVnlLAPnmSzhI4KBsW-nfqcETh1f_myU9vcKoP-6mDd6Q/w400-h300/Enoplognatha%20mandibularis%20in%202013.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfGT7Y15kf-B4LT0nB9MwtO1iwRgrL9VdzkKHrsiA_TSa4zuUxoYWpb-bYlWzg6SrgBj0G3H8pG_rhLDFuGGzToIC7otAxT-m0fRfp2VqkUztzN4Brf-pk7g0oob5-YtthDbAPF0Rvtd51-WtYrCDSBDPVTUGbjadYMd7UP6QS8C5QuGidCZcjlD3U_Ak/s4000/PA144300.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfGT7Y15kf-B4LT0nB9MwtO1iwRgrL9VdzkKHrsiA_TSa4zuUxoYWpb-bYlWzg6SrgBj0G3H8pG_rhLDFuGGzToIC7otAxT-m0fRfp2VqkUztzN4Brf-pk7g0oob5-YtthDbAPF0Rvtd51-WtYrCDSBDPVTUGbjadYMd7UP6QS8C5QuGidCZcjlD3U_Ak/w400-h300/PA144300.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>6). Isle of Wight in March</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A huge thanks to Mark Telfer for showing me around the island and for all the lifers! Yet my self found <i><b>Edmundsella pedata</b></i> at Freshwater Bay was my highlight. <a href="https://analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/search/label/Isle%20of%20Wight">More here</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkN3KvEwKNTCKBR6mqvqACCgGgVkiq9yjpzZzDfHju599mvST3rUCGKH6zUnXAJeZsvOQJRs0O_tZBEk8GgJ7iXQm_wcLtA96TD9rE4b2j5yI6hpXJPs82Mnizprc6q9ghoIaC-Uvt6u1XS50DAVJhuhGBhcnu37p3XhckzcPSO_ne5Hy_55IjIj7IR9E/s4000/edmundsella%20pedata.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkN3KvEwKNTCKBR6mqvqACCgGgVkiq9yjpzZzDfHju599mvST3rUCGKH6zUnXAJeZsvOQJRs0O_tZBEk8GgJ7iXQm_wcLtA96TD9rE4b2j5yI6hpXJPs82Mnizprc6q9ghoIaC-Uvt6u1XS50DAVJhuhGBhcnu37p3XhckzcPSO_ne5Hy_55IjIj7IR9E/w400-h300/edmundsella%20pedata.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>7). Finding <i>Nephrotoma sullingtoniensis</i> during City Nature Challenge</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I helped secure Brighton and Hove as the city that recorded the most species AGAIN in 2023 but to actually find one of the rarest UK flies with very few previous records and add to our understanding of this rare species phenology and life cycle. <a href="https://analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/search/label/City%20Nature%20Challenge">More here</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMKu5BlXv2KU6rDByVQyU__uLozKIw4gtUTKx6EoP9PlT1cCtnTHfuQoruSe82QEyTMbYVOwnrLPvZCM2yM9Stj-CEUEMD6xZ4MG9Bvr7dL6otJInqMXSij8gS1zHdft-L55mLopuEd69UJ4SahT4MXA01XwNTFFj-FkM2VU6029_alkKtiqUcPktDag/s4000/P4291418.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMKu5BlXv2KU6rDByVQyU__uLozKIw4gtUTKx6EoP9PlT1cCtnTHfuQoruSe82QEyTMbYVOwnrLPvZCM2yM9Stj-CEUEMD6xZ4MG9Bvr7dL6otJInqMXSij8gS1zHdft-L55mLopuEd69UJ4SahT4MXA01XwNTFFj-FkM2VU6029_alkKtiqUcPktDag/w400-h300/P4291418.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>8). Surveying Hoyle Farm</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I had a great time at this place, with my highest total of field dets of invertebrates for a day (298) and my largest overall day total of invertebrates (367). There were plenty of rare plants there too. <a href="https://analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/search/label/Hoyle%20Farm">More here</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3nrnGUy97HYqTyGWDSABpB9I6EjUHYUmH5p2XaLBDJn7jIpwDaG9l8Zb6j8omS1a_aoXiM-VdyZiyrT-eKI2EKaiE6WRQZkgVEUggjpERjYmHqOKUKfHABoonV62iprTaU_Bqu6PVh-g8oNQ2VCQriBB2e_UIRV1pNRY3-Tdj5sVFQ6MEmrNmdIP7pUU/s1024/63f1a183-cdc0-4aad-ac80-ad85bc2afcc0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3nrnGUy97HYqTyGWDSABpB9I6EjUHYUmH5p2XaLBDJn7jIpwDaG9l8Zb6j8omS1a_aoXiM-VdyZiyrT-eKI2EKaiE6WRQZkgVEUggjpERjYmHqOKUKfHABoonV62iprTaU_Bqu6PVh-g8oNQ2VCQriBB2e_UIRV1pNRY3-Tdj5sVFQ6MEmrNmdIP7pUU/w400-h300/63f1a183-cdc0-4aad-ac80-ad85bc2afcc0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>9). A work trip to Devon</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was working on Moor Barton, and picked up a few nice things down there in the evenings and on my way back home. Finally catching up with <b>Cliff Tiger Beetle, Marsh Fritillary </b>and <b>Lulworth Skipper</b> were some of the highlights.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxFo5BntCIROu1ZTB_Y6W1JzlqtVrCOOBFnbtSqQsSdkjgO65uqw1PwdAto9e2RJbGudfv8NSjHtxlzdFxwILxRIgx0pM7qcxMJqv1HKp2EsMXkPDLbh3jeffUdb20E7hySnEeCUoMc3827JbZRR3i6CPMI1tBv5vDjlYVWGkXPt9ihEPkWH9F7_5qNkI/s4000/P6072140.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxFo5BntCIROu1ZTB_Y6W1JzlqtVrCOOBFnbtSqQsSdkjgO65uqw1PwdAto9e2RJbGudfv8NSjHtxlzdFxwILxRIgx0pM7qcxMJqv1HKp2EsMXkPDLbh3jeffUdb20E7hySnEeCUoMc3827JbZRR3i6CPMI1tBv5vDjlYVWGkXPt9ihEPkWH9F7_5qNkI/w400-h300/P6072140.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ib3k1Qt6CnEFYezbGk6sH6kWu_7trSEJeUFYiD5qKH6aqPsTGwpQ2X1q_3ltS2mFfM_BUFLCXmymVhe0oHf7PaLHerR1vE5uYowd7AOpk09V05KWth0s19XJBjwZCBHv3beFlL-VdfBYxSfITlQoDVSJOxjL3v3ovz1dcyg6ChTMg0OSi9AHny-opoc/s4000/P6062088.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ib3k1Qt6CnEFYezbGk6sH6kWu_7trSEJeUFYiD5qKH6aqPsTGwpQ2X1q_3ltS2mFfM_BUFLCXmymVhe0oHf7PaLHerR1vE5uYowd7AOpk09V05KWth0s19XJBjwZCBHv3beFlL-VdfBYxSfITlQoDVSJOxjL3v3ovz1dcyg6ChTMg0OSi9AHny-opoc/w400-h300/P6062088.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwuZ8MQ9Cr7R4nHb4QHA3zkfDOiwze0QPLWIDi-0buo1HBkhFMlvauH4KGUhiKQB2ZcEP6YOZkfvAfIc7S3vM0A5362f24YWabiF-Gk0U1WaP7cMhWOTrXYZJ2RAcldoqlRWIcGjn6z0rRzxKqLLgmasGiqVXyotLnOHY_Nvu3pjZWoDtd9Mp3OGSzJY/s4000/P7202762.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2672" data-original-width="4000" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwuZ8MQ9Cr7R4nHb4QHA3zkfDOiwze0QPLWIDi-0buo1HBkhFMlvauH4KGUhiKQB2ZcEP6YOZkfvAfIc7S3vM0A5362f24YWabiF-Gk0U1WaP7cMhWOTrXYZJ2RAcldoqlRWIcGjn6z0rRzxKqLLgmasGiqVXyotLnOHY_Nvu3pjZWoDtd9Mp3OGSzJY/w400-h268/P7202762.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b>10). Surveying the Downland Estate for BHCC</b></div></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I am working my way through a landscape scale biodiversity study of these incredible 5000 ha of farm and downland. So far, I have made 13,422 records of 1618 species. Including 1160 invertebrates (not all in 2023 mind). I thought I had found this weevil new to Britain but I was beaten to it, </span><b style="text-align: justify;"><i>Aulacobaris caerulescens</i></b><span style="text-align: justify;">. It was new to East Sussex at least.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg44M65TsKnjR_ifS2b2wsBdRz4L9mnfV_tfPbzz-zxX-NcufPQ9l7X0zyXO7lPbHdmT5sJ2l5Sx3rAxT_d-296bS-4lBOW2px-N3x-Jo4s1Ac3rzYDQ27R8utAJkQzrrh5xhq5U36o2dWD4k9-zLbYCL6HhAcjjw1FgDV2gHcJFFsA7kH1ZUCa1Hd7yQI/s1500/Picture1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg44M65TsKnjR_ifS2b2wsBdRz4L9mnfV_tfPbzz-zxX-NcufPQ9l7X0zyXO7lPbHdmT5sJ2l5Sx3rAxT_d-296bS-4lBOW2px-N3x-Jo4s1Ac3rzYDQ27R8utAJkQzrrh5xhq5U36o2dWD4k9-zLbYCL6HhAcjjw1FgDV2gHcJFFsA7kH1ZUCa1Hd7yQI/w400-h300/Picture1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-21734185208253970862024-02-26T18:22:00.001+00:002024-02-26T18:22:17.965+00:00#speciesaday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIYZIOhQUn9-uZATH4h6HxaM_-nFzGRUJVDViWw6dr1ZCQa71ICHcq_4gMpKXnyrtjDzuhEHfF2vBbLB39cylVdVRPbBmBEEUrkvEdI-yk-ML5fnQh74x3Jzxxt4nEzkHKKy3zWlC-hxn4TwIKs0mrgisiAopcKaD-BUOaozr0twDr4-BLf44bQ_C_y7s/s1600/P4010763.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIYZIOhQUn9-uZATH4h6HxaM_-nFzGRUJVDViWw6dr1ZCQa71ICHcq_4gMpKXnyrtjDzuhEHfF2vBbLB39cylVdVRPbBmBEEUrkvEdI-yk-ML5fnQh74x3Jzxxt4nEzkHKKy3zWlC-hxn4TwIKs0mrgisiAopcKaD-BUOaozr0twDr4-BLf44bQ_C_y7s/w400-h300/P4010763.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Today is species 200 in #speciesaday, a series of daily 'microblogs' that I have been doing on Twitter for the last 200 days. Why bother? Well, I haven't had much time to do longer blogs lately, and I really like the snappy format of being restricted to 280 characters. I also REALLY like playing with my maps. As my Recorder 6 database hits 252,611 records, the maps are starting to be quite meaningful. So here are the rules...</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">I have to do it every day. So far so good, but this is the 3rd time I have attempted this. Don't think I got this far before though...</li><li style="text-align: justify;">It must be something I have seen and have a photo of.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">If I have a meaningful story to tell about the distribution of my records, I will. Including how many records I have for it, etc.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">I'll include as much info as I can, including conservation statuses.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">No repeats.</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">This means I need to keep track of what I have featured so far. I was surprised to see that out of 200 species, beetles were winning with 63 species featured and spiders were a long way behind at 37 species. I do tend to feature whatever I am writing about at the time for work, so they are often out of season. That will change come the summer! This does mean there is a tendency to feature rarer things, as that's what I usually photograph and have to write about in reports. In fact, 117 out of 200 species featured had some form of conservation status. My mean number of records for feature species is 41.8.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Will I ever run out species? Well, I add new species to my PSL list at a rate of about 1.2 to 1.5 species a day and this has been consistent for well over a decade. So I doubt it! But I might run out of species that make good photos. Not any time soon though!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here is today's effort featuring the photo from the top of this post.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-offset-key="a0mk7-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true">1/3 </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d9bf0; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-offset-key="a0mk7-1-0">#speciesaday</span></span><span data-offset-key="a0mk7-2-0" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"> no. 200 is Pardosa paludicola. Nationally Rare & Endangered. Massive, near-black wolf spider, speckled with golden hairs. Known from less than 10 UK sites. Early adult period, although females later. White egg sacks, like a Pirata.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-offset-key="a0mk7-2-0" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;">2/3 I have 16 records from two sites. 15 from Butcherlands next to Ebernoe in West Sussex and one male from a site in Hants. Both could be considered as pragmatic/hybrid rewilding projects (although this is likely coincidence).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0f1419;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7bv2sISm1r7UzQDX1P5IGLm4mfAgFhlxswtXfTQqfVTVVlYLsMup-HXe1yB1H4jNEMm3rAG1q1elOQCVyZ9vpocm8rMsqnW-SvlURfoiaClyPEzS5YBA0zYHvBHrxpZfG1PTCulnuq7IbJjV2dn1YHYcuOTXY5VaEL-xOkx5AsMARYhMVuoMF3qHy64/s975/Pardosa%20paludicola%20map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="975" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7bv2sISm1r7UzQDX1P5IGLm4mfAgFhlxswtXfTQqfVTVVlYLsMup-HXe1yB1H4jNEMm3rAG1q1elOQCVyZ9vpocm8rMsqnW-SvlURfoiaClyPEzS5YBA0zYHvBHrxpZfG1PTCulnuq7IbJjV2dn1YHYcuOTXY5VaEL-xOkx5AsMARYhMVuoMF3qHy64/w400-h216/Pardosa%20paludicola%20map.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">3/3 At Butcherlands, as of 2022 it had spread to six fields after I first discovered it there in 2016.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtU6shPFL0cY8abf7yIPlctv52zm4dWijxwNAV_NZlmc7sOrdapOrDYBFRVD1LVIMPXdJcXbFt7TuPoW8S36LPPr9Xb_4Gz-_XDZk9nZwW0A6wsI_CILDlopmCSQ5Myhww8kqz_Fw9ugCBzqSjC63UkAYYkxv6bU8UTFYNYYdagdrGHcXev2pyaaodtYY/s569/Map%20of%20pardosa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="569" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtU6shPFL0cY8abf7yIPlctv52zm4dWijxwNAV_NZlmc7sOrdapOrDYBFRVD1LVIMPXdJcXbFt7TuPoW8S36LPPr9Xb_4Gz-_XDZk9nZwW0A6wsI_CILDlopmCSQ5Myhww8kqz_Fw9ugCBzqSjC63UkAYYkxv6bU8UTFYNYYdagdrGHcXev2pyaaodtYY/w400-h291/Map%20of%20pardosa.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>I do sometimes put these on Facebook too but it really goes from a 10 minute thing to a 30 minute thing if I do this. So best to get on Twitter to see these daily updates.</div><p></p>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-27487485129144327992024-01-31T19:28:00.002+00:002024-01-31T19:28:59.836+00:00There's nothing quite like the smell of Sphagnum on your hands<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPixkpdI81sHEJgjA5JBB1urPPf10xYih2pa6IRKCKfIIeNsRJsdKlYF7Wi3z9uWFhnHhDoZeifmLd1mQb4oePNqKkcDGDvL4xS_uhunh9p-9irgT-rCjWmEjFH3OqHFmUWp9L-9E1FruM6_EMoM2I-9umMUDa-RaDMGyFvRGoHwXQxyRl43UEBU-KQA/s4000/P1295281.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPixkpdI81sHEJgjA5JBB1urPPf10xYih2pa6IRKCKfIIeNsRJsdKlYF7Wi3z9uWFhnHhDoZeifmLd1mQb4oePNqKkcDGDvL4xS_uhunh9p-9irgT-rCjWmEjFH3OqHFmUWp9L-9E1FruM6_EMoM2I-9umMUDa-RaDMGyFvRGoHwXQxyRl43UEBU-KQA/w300-h400/P1295281.JPG" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I went out on Monday, my first time outside this year (other than the Northern Waterthrush twitch - AKA, shivering in a ditch for five hours on the one day it didn't show well - one of the worst natural history experiences of my life, saved only by bumping into Harry Witts, then dipping the Canvasback then getting detoured the wrong way around the M25). I <u>really</u> needed a day out wandering around a good site with no targets in mind, just the chance of a few good spiders. Typically, I was recording across taxonomic groups but focusing on spiders. I tend to head to the same sites for casual recording, so thought I should try and explore a bit more of Broadwater Warren, as I was last up there in 2020. Now, I did a lot baseline surveying on this site 17 years ago when I worked at the RSPB (but I wasn't really into spiders then), so I am very fond of this site. I spent a bit more time on the open heath on Monday, although I gravitated towards the <i>Sphagnum</i> later. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It didn't take long to find a new site and hectad record for <i><b>Rhysodromus histrio</b></i> (above) by sweeping mature Heather. Fantastically camouflaged against the Heather foliage, this really is a heathland obligate - quite a rare thing amongst spiders. Nationally Scarce and restricted in Sussex to the West Sussex heaths and Ashdown Forest. With all the Heather being restored at Broadwater, it's not surprising that this has turned up. I found a second animal a few 100 m away, so good to see it established there. I nearly stood on a <b>Woodock</b> and also found a few <i><b>Notiophilus quadripunctatus</b></i> carabids on the scrapes (also a Nationally Scarce species). I thought I had an exciting liny with this little critter, but it was just <b><i>Gongylidiellum vivum</i></b>. You can see how small it is - that's an old Heather flower. I headed to the bog.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9rIOOqhLKW2f3O7kZ65qOf2wlHnN9WiTb3dYgn-Jt5ysAtRV2n8XU4dbIOnL79uL84AG37-Oc_Rwh80m0EB5rQ3pKIYwoVF3naLddV7g8C4rY24SRSO7Pq-kp0QbMs0KqcxcFVpFDBvwxKiNTAkDlPviL91sZaNEQ50brC8Tuihq7fefADqoyZ64-pM/s4000/P1295274.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9rIOOqhLKW2f3O7kZ65qOf2wlHnN9WiTb3dYgn-Jt5ysAtRV2n8XU4dbIOnL79uL84AG37-Oc_Rwh80m0EB5rQ3pKIYwoVF3naLddV7g8C4rY24SRSO7Pq-kp0QbMs0KqcxcFVpFDBvwxKiNTAkDlPviL91sZaNEQ50brC8Tuihq7fefADqoyZ64-pM/w400-h300/P1295274.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the commonest spiders in the <i>Sphagnum</i> in the bog, I must have seen about 15 or so, was <i><b>Hahnia pusilla</b></i>. A tiny spider that I didn't photograph, another Nationally Scarce species. That's more than I have seen in my life, I first recorded it there in early 2020 but only remember seeing one. The other really common specie there, is the money spider <b><i>Centromerus arcanus</i></b>. Ashdown Forest and Broadwater Warren are real outliers for this predominantly north-western species. Check out the <a href="https://srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p/Summary/s/Centromerus+arcanus">SRS page for it</a>, no species illustrates better how the High Weald is an 'upland island' in the south east. I also forgot to photo that species too. Then I sieved <i><b>Euryopis flavomaculata</b></i>, which is quite the looker (photo below). Yet another Nationally Scarce species.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebo4MHjPjgO3_QzRqy9RAAdgbYzN-ZZkvWSlmiO9vA69YgrxSjPi7bw5TIXOvRqjbuGofzd8Dazn_up5ej24TSeholc0DyGExamv_WTCh2euRsyKHUI55mISJ0eo3d65Sw1OmQCZNxG41XQE-LvJ1qJ04sreRXPwtQPWYyn3o6mlrLHO_Z9E_A6R3K2o/s4000/P1295293.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebo4MHjPjgO3_QzRqy9RAAdgbYzN-ZZkvWSlmiO9vA69YgrxSjPi7bw5TIXOvRqjbuGofzd8Dazn_up5ej24TSeholc0DyGExamv_WTCh2euRsyKHUI55mISJ0eo3d65Sw1OmQCZNxG41XQE-LvJ1qJ04sreRXPwtQPWYyn3o6mlrLHO_Z9E_A6R3K2o/w400-h300/P1295293.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">With my muscles atrophied from four months of sitting at the desk, I was exhausted. Got stuck in some deep <i>Sphagnum</i> and decided to head back. There are some tussocks under Alder carr I remembered but it was hard to access and disappointing suction sampling them. Walking back to the car, I spotted a large patch of lush <i>Sphagnum</i> under pines. I have noticed that when sieving <i>Sphagnum</i>, big thick clumps of <b><i>Sphagnum palustre</i></b> are particularly good. I also have a rule; if I see something worth sampling, I <u>have</u> to sample it. It payed off. It almost always pays off. Loads more <i style="font-weight: bold;">Hahnia pusilla, Centromerus arcanus, </i>a<b> Heather Shieldbug</b> and an exciting little golden money spider. Little golden money spiders in <i>Sphagnum</i> are almost always exciting. Clearly a <i>Centromerus</i>, I looked at it as soon as I got in.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSUNIXKHmBpO9IPMLwL1X_t_nW3nlgJneysB1R5TGR-oWg57ROs4xEUeG-Sy2BjAcPBslHYpz2Vx2zxrGzY2FnRxkcHlJ3f_Z6Bl047D2e5a1DaQEVjuIrw6acWNwYq4Hs3BgSsXSWB_1jBsmzHTphbHqZEToF374CyBqw_8kBZDE6TfRe-lh97ypMiI/s4000/P1295298.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSUNIXKHmBpO9IPMLwL1X_t_nW3nlgJneysB1R5TGR-oWg57ROs4xEUeG-Sy2BjAcPBslHYpz2Vx2zxrGzY2FnRxkcHlJ3f_Z6Bl047D2e5a1DaQEVjuIrw6acWNwYq4Hs3BgSsXSWB_1jBsmzHTphbHqZEToF374CyBqw_8kBZDE6TfRe-lh97ypMiI/w400-h300/P1295298.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was clearly <i><b><a href="https://srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p/Summary/s/Centromerus+cavernarum">Centromerus cavernarum</a></b></i>. Nationally Rare, Near Threatened and new to East Sussex. The last Sussex record was by Dick Jones in 1998 at the very far end of West Sussex. I had hoped to spot this in Beech litter in the Chilterns late last year and have looked for it at many different sites in a casual way, but it was not on my radar for <i>Sphagnum </i>under pines! I love this genus, it's the 9th species I have seen in the genus and my 542nd UK spider! Being my first new species of 2024, my target is to get to at least 550 species by the end of the year! Here is the spider's rather lovely epigyne.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4CagUNEM9F4pRDyHHKmXslgWVndo6vnRHAOyet7rGd37tDQbc3gselkCjhKJYxSGEhQLS7O2NZpBfRLbuHM9WA2aIq8P1K8hnQLxwRI1p-IyX-8PmuP3NEabJKp3N4PoqmumVufqOp2I_PX2RMLNr7UN3GPGzf6ZIPTdU8Pibdk3Q9W4Pm98IJMVkK6k/s4000/P1295297.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4CagUNEM9F4pRDyHHKmXslgWVndo6vnRHAOyet7rGd37tDQbc3gselkCjhKJYxSGEhQLS7O2NZpBfRLbuHM9WA2aIq8P1K8hnQLxwRI1p-IyX-8PmuP3NEabJKp3N4PoqmumVufqOp2I_PX2RMLNr7UN3GPGzf6ZIPTdU8Pibdk3Q9W4Pm98IJMVkK6k/w400-h300/P1295297.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-75712263348195941012024-01-13T18:13:00.002+00:002024-01-13T18:55:32.315+00:00Pan-species listing has a brand new website!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPyyhErWDPgfQgvMwQOuWQIgfT-LG3gMZLySe5e4wGHqxcP3kiQ4VGstHuYF8k4oTn5j8qNn5zc0cXm3ZNT5XJ1Sebopb3XDp6LCMlbMBcuXiYrWR87EI3defPeCwghSlTIyD4CoP6tecE77oJkqTvjzCR8-4o5lwJncxSSyq5XUNsVona3iW-SoMrepc/s2042/418841662_10228540892700904_8203159180127295289_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="981" data-original-width="2042" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPyyhErWDPgfQgvMwQOuWQIgfT-LG3gMZLySe5e4wGHqxcP3kiQ4VGstHuYF8k4oTn5j8qNn5zc0cXm3ZNT5XJ1Sebopb3XDp6LCMlbMBcuXiYrWR87EI3defPeCwghSlTIyD4CoP6tecE77oJkqTvjzCR8-4o5lwJncxSSyq5XUNsVona3iW-SoMrepc/w400-h193/418841662_10228540892700904_8203159180127295289_n.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How much things change in just three months! It only seems like five minutes ago we were discussing trialling putting the UK Species Inventory onto BUBO. It soon became evident that maintaining your list in BUBO and then adding your total on to the old BRC PSL website was just never going to work in the long run. So we started thinking, could we rebuild the website inside BUBO? If we could, it would need it's own identity though, to stop it getting lost in BUBO and it would need its own web address. We also got a slick new logo from Mark Lawlor, isn't it great?!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So after much work (mostly from the guys at BUBO I should add - but it's certainly taken up a lot of my time too), here it is: <b><a href="https://panspecieslisting.com">https://panspecieslisting.com</a>. </b>You don't need a new login ID and password, just use your existing one from BUBO and everything you have added will be there. They have done a fantastic job, it looks and feels great and does what we dreamt about when we first came up with the idea of a PSL website over 10 years ago but until now, were not able to do. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The great thing is, it's run internally, so it will be easier to update and evolve than it ever was before. It's still free but it does cost to run it, so do please make a donation if you can. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">So what next for the BRC site?</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Well, we'll keep it running for maybe the rest of the year, to give those a chance who have not added their lists on to the new site, to do so.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>I will no longer be accepting new accounts to the old site. All new pan-species listers should go to </span><b><a href="https://panspecieslisting.com">https://panspecieslisting.com</a></b><span> and sign up there.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Once you are happy to say goodbye to the old site, please write something along the lines of "<b><i>As of 13th January 2024,</i></b> <i><b>my pan-species list is now up to date on </b></i></span><b><a href="https://panspecieslisting.com">https://panspecieslisting.com</a></b><span><i><b> and I am no longer updating my list here</b></i>" in the comments section of your profile.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A huge thanks to David Roy, John van Breda, Biren Rathod, Charles Roper and Bob Foreman as well as Biological Records Centre and Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre for their help and support over the last decade. It's a bit sad saying goodbye to the old site as I have pretty much used it every day for a decade but not that sad - as the new one is so awesome!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">What's different on the new site?</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We haven't gone for a like-for-like rebuild of the old site. Many of the features of the BRC site were not well used (especially those that emulated social media) so we haven't tried to replicate those. Energy has been focused on making the areas that were well used, much better.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Obviously</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">, the huge difference is that you can now tick off all UK species, see other people's lists and use all the neat functions like 'targets' and 'blockers' but most of you will be used to this already, as it's been happening on BUBO for the last three months. See some of my earlier posts on this if you are not up to date.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We have updated the the 'Rankings News' section on the front page of the old site (on the new site, now called 'Listing Milestones'). I think it looks great, it doesn't have ranking changes this time, but more detail on progression through the taxonomic groups. And those grey boxes whenever you hit a multiple of a thousand? Yeah. We kept those, in all their glory.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We have new summary stats, showing the total number of species that all listers collectively have listed (currently 21,821) and the total number of listers and lists too.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We've updated the 'about' info (<a href="https://panspecieslisting.com/about-pan-species-listing.html">here</a>), included an updated section on 'guiding principles' (a rebranding of what we used to call 'the rules').</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That's enough of me waffling on, go and have a look around!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This just leaves one question. What exactly <i>does</i> happen when you reach 10,000 species? I have no idea, and it's a tightly guarded secret by the person who coded it. Here are some suggestions:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: medium;">The site automatically orders you a cake.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Chris Packham offers to do all your data entry or all your washing up for a year (your choice).</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">David Attenborough comes around your house, impersonates your favourite song bird for one hour, then awards you an oversize medal that you MUST wear every day for the rest of your life.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">You get this message: "You have completed pan-species listing. Your list will now be wiped and you must start again, or get a new hobby".</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Some variation on the spectacular grey box, maybe with a gold frame and a fanfare of trumpets.</span></li></ul>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-49639552794168122932023-12-06T15:11:00.005+00:002023-12-06T17:07:05.904+00:00Why all pan-species listers should start putting their lists on BUBO<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGOZ66cGUKdMSJjvpIh2vbiKDVgmkmnujOVRVG2le8z-pCckka3LeR26i27zjIgGCdohz2OFPBiLDKw08h1_W78mn0u2P0WUDGK17S564ynlVvVPO6-dE7rCJ1LamzNlK2jiEyYrtgzsuWHBbqp9-1pRN1dxEBeUYfvL2ErDxQnFG1ScbcEdvq2FY2hZI/s1600/big%20list%20003.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGOZ66cGUKdMSJjvpIh2vbiKDVgmkmnujOVRVG2le8z-pCckka3LeR26i27zjIgGCdohz2OFPBiLDKw08h1_W78mn0u2P0WUDGK17S564ynlVvVPO6-dE7rCJ1LamzNlK2jiEyYrtgzsuWHBbqp9-1pRN1dxEBeUYfvL2ErDxQnFG1ScbcEdvq2FY2hZI/w400-h300/big%20list%20003.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">T<span style="font-size: medium;">his post is really aimed at all the existing PSLers who have not yet started to get involved with BUBO. But it's also relevant to anyone wanting to get into pan-species listing - there has never been a better time. Those clever chaps at BUBO have been putting one group on at a time, for a couple of months now and we are passed the half way mark, with my 'big three' already up (moths, vascular plants & beetles). We've broke the back of it, with 64.4% of my list now on there. There are 150 people on the rankings in just two months, while it's took 10 years to get to 300 on the PSL page, while only around 100 of those have updated in the last two years.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">First of, a quick reminder that the PSL area of BUBO is <a href="https://bubo.org/pan-species-listing.html">here</a>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">What is BUBO?</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's a FREE (but donations are gratefully received) online tick-list, run by at least one pan-species lister, that was originally set up for birding. Over the last two months we have been putting up all of the UKSI, so that pan-species listers can manage their entire lists online, in one place for all to see. So why bother? Here's why...</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It's totally transparent</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For the first time, the PSL rankings are backed up with actual evidence of what each person has seen. This is far better than just putting a number in a box. It's so much better to see 1700 beetles than it is to just see the number 1700.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It's very convenient and accurate</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My actual lists have grown and evolved since I started PSL. Back then I didn't run a database and there was no iRecord, so my lists existed in some very messy states. They didn't need to be anything else to generate a single number to populate the website. So going through everything with a fine-tooth comb has been a great exercise in data cleaning for me. I've really valued this time to go through them all. I have been very thorough with my work records in my database for the last decade but not so much with all of my casual recording. I have captured most of it, but not all and it's easy to miss things. Never again, with BUBO though!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It has some great functions, such as the 'targets'</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The target function shows the species that you have not seen that most other PSLers have. And you can sort it by group too. Here are my top ten targets across all taxa.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXX_-3kt3id-4qA3-tBrs6bdj7eniLYPB0q1CFSPgzCPq9jfPV8nwBf3mEgmo1gj9sWoYTHlLpbDVSmWI6BEdrRmlAJViikpZkt3rMo9cBtxU-Z6WSvin9uoF9Vr7DJ2UzDjxDPwTIWcI6KXWAu9FEugCksqc-OixZYYs73TPu-juEbJc2iTdZw0Snn54/s688/Targets.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="688" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXX_-3kt3id-4qA3-tBrs6bdj7eniLYPB0q1CFSPgzCPq9jfPV8nwBf3mEgmo1gj9sWoYTHlLpbDVSmWI6BEdrRmlAJViikpZkt3rMo9cBtxU-Z6WSvin9uoF9Vr7DJ2UzDjxDPwTIWcI6KXWAu9FEugCksqc-OixZYYs73TPu-juEbJc2iTdZw0Snn54/w400-h175/Targets.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I mean, I knew Common Hawker would be at the top of the list but I never thought Feral Goat would be my number two! I also had no idea how many people had seen Monarch! 45/150 people so far. And two fish in my top ten. I can't get enough of the targets feature...</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And my top ten vascular plant targets. Pretty cool!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5oOCvqEXXvZgMmA_xq8tdpKksaHxQr7V1JnFf0skFb3f_joKzVy2veYp7v7FzqqU_mzf7Q2yRVJhT0yEO-9evK_AgpFWVKWmCavfRp6l1CG334J6dDfgcrzzclfKuR8-qKyXrJl6Wbp3oa5IvmyOebGduc1wSm4HT9bWpeprs9ZkXYxjX1CkfY25tmoY/s732/PLant%20targets.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="732" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5oOCvqEXXvZgMmA_xq8tdpKksaHxQr7V1JnFf0skFb3f_joKzVy2veYp7v7FzqqU_mzf7Q2yRVJhT0yEO-9evK_AgpFWVKWmCavfRp6l1CG334J6dDfgcrzzclfKuR8-qKyXrJl6Wbp3oa5IvmyOebGduc1wSm4HT9bWpeprs9ZkXYxjX1CkfY25tmoY/w400-h169/PLant%20targets.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Common Bistort, I knew that would be at the top but never thought that Fen Orchid would be in 4th place. This is a real reflection on the fact that so many people go around the UK ticking off orchids. No need to go restrict yourself with PSL when everything is a tick! Wait a minute, I'm sure I've seen Pink-sorrel. I better get looking through my records again. This is totally why this feature is so useful. I've even had other people look through my list and remind me of things I have missed off (thanks Kev).</span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It's a great way of getting you lifers!</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Your PSL list will be bigger for using BUBO. I have already realised a few really common things I had just never recorded before. One within three minutes of my house! I am also very much aware that most of my Hemipteran targets are aphids. So many more people are doing aphids, a real blind spot for me. So next summer, I'm hitting them hard.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It's a great leveller</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Everything that is 'tickable' will be on there. Things that some people might have missed that others didn't, will be there for all to see. Some people used to tick hybrids, some didn't. Now they're up, everyone's ticking 'em!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Blockers</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here you can see the species that the least number of people have seen, starting with a list that only you have seen. Imagine how smug you'll feel scrolling through long lists of species that only you have seen!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">You can also calculate how much of the UK's wildlife you've seen...</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So far, of the groups that we have put up, I have seen 22.0%. So lots still to find!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The process of doing this is helping to tidy up the UK Species Inventory</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The very nature of having a group of taxonomy obsessed uber-naturalists looking through the UK Species Inventory, is that we are better placed to spot errors and emissions than anyone else. This database of species is a vital part of biological recording in the UK, so a great example of PSL putting something back in.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Does it take ages?</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Too busy to get your list up? The guys at BUBO might be able to help existing pan-listers as a one off to help get the majority of your list on, as long as it's in a sensible format. Get in touch if you fall into this category. However, I would say to all existing PSLers, that this is a one-off job you'll never have to do again and it's worth prioritising some time over the winter to get your list on. You don't need to add date and location for everything, or even anything (I haven't). I have prioritised getting my list on first, I can always come back to that at a later date if I decide to.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Is it the same as iRecord?</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Absolutely not. This is not another recording platform, this is an output of recording. PSL & BUBO are both big supporters of iRecord, so nothing has changed here. Keep entering and submitting your data in the usual ways.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">There's going to be challenges and other features to keep you entertained</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Annual challenges and other features will be coming further down the line, so it won't be restricted to just the current set up. It's an exciting time to be a pan-lister, so why not get involved now? </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It's important to have everyone involved</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm enjoying a brief period at the top until Mark updates, but there are two listers above him that it would be great to get involved and plenty of other PSLers who are yet to sign up to BUBO. To all those who fall into these categories, please do sign up to BUBO as soon as you can and start ticking! I hope this post has persuaded you of the benefits. What we really don't want is two separate communities developing out of this. The last 13 years of PSL has generated a real community vibe and we really need to keep that going, so having all the original, stalwart pan-listers together with the new recruits that have come directly from BUBO is really important.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzb3smidD-GCjv-klcguDEJF_lDluEim-IhhMI9c6KoJm7N2v-Be818MgBAW21fzH2cc6cjfr_OSUoLI6d-IZAhpMLkpzbp6pqRZ-sC_DYDy_UrJDe2Np5fw8cHk02fnENHIaN6q9sTfMwbwKzXyjevdvuMyHZRRpaqmM7LW4urqIg7MDdhn3xZArdNI/s880/Top%206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="880" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzb3smidD-GCjv-klcguDEJF_lDluEim-IhhMI9c6KoJm7N2v-Be818MgBAW21fzH2cc6cjfr_OSUoLI6d-IZAhpMLkpzbp6pqRZ-sC_DYDy_UrJDe2Np5fw8cHk02fnENHIaN6q9sTfMwbwKzXyjevdvuMyHZRRpaqmM7LW4urqIg7MDdhn3xZArdNI/w400-h196/Top%206.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">What about the PSL website?</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Please do keep your totals up to date here too, for the time being at least. It's a bit of faff and we are discussing a way forward to have everything in one place, but for the time being, the two sites are working in tandem. The PSL site is here https://psl.brc.ac.uk/home.</span></p>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-42656465610119469112023-10-29T09:20:00.003+00:002023-10-29T12:18:47.687+00:00A new way to maintain your moth life list<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTT4A0VsP13Nj1z2rYX7bOAogWjbBMT-Lzj3kCY3UFNgBAwkS_50ZginVb7kr2eQxwHVK5vhkB8IoUOcocUTawJDwxJuq6GHVz9J6kKExtDPm-LZfrf2tci6Q3e7PSrqFt3PgRNJXD_xsnL9sP56ai7Q0k0VWZD-lshlkSIxEhLEuDXCrByqEQZo5NLZE/s1506/Moths%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1506" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTT4A0VsP13Nj1z2rYX7bOAogWjbBMT-Lzj3kCY3UFNgBAwkS_50ZginVb7kr2eQxwHVK5vhkB8IoUOcocUTawJDwxJuq6GHVz9J6kKExtDPm-LZfrf2tci6Q3e7PSrqFt3PgRNJXD_xsnL9sP56ai7Q0k0VWZD-lshlkSIxEhLEuDXCrByqEQZo5NLZE/w400-h299/Moths%201.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wouldn't it be great if there was an online way to curate and store your moth lists? Well now there is! You can store your moth lists in <a href="https://bubo.org/pan-species-listing.html#:~:text=A%20pan%2Dspecies%20list%20is,on%20your%20pan%2Dspecies%20list.">BUBO</a>. But wait, wouldn't it be great if not only counting your moths, you could count every single beetle, bird, lichen, slug and cetacean too? And not only that, compare what you have seen with others in a friendly, cooperative way and in doing so, become a serious all-round naturalist. There is! It's called pan-species listing and it has changed my life. It might just change yours.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hold that thought. For now, back to moths...</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The team at BUBO are releasing all the taxa in batches, to not overwhelm existing pan-species listers. I should point out that the official rankings are on the pan-species listing page so do please sign up to the <a href="https://psl.brc.ac.uk/home">pan-species listing website here</a> and not just BUBO.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The moths are going to be released in batches, something like this:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Hawk-moths, prominents, footmen, tigers, burnets, clearwing, eggars, etc (all the macro families except geometrids and noctuids). Note, some moths that were in the Noctuidae are now in Erebidae and Nolidae, so there might be more in this first batch than you think!</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Geometers</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Noctuids</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Pyralids</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Tortricoids</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">The rest of the micros</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: medium;">We'll be releasing a batch every few days over the coming week/s. This lot only took me about 30 minutes to put on.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">By the way, the top pan-species lister for moth is Tony Davis on 1702 species. Can you beat him?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">If you are already a pan-species lister but have not used BUBO before or are not aware of what is going on here, read my blog <a href="https://analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2023/10/pan-species-listing-has-arrived-on-bubo.html">here</a> for more info. So far we have only put up butterflies, dragonflies, orthopteroids, herptiles, mammals and fish.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Note, that neither BUBO, nor the PSL website is a way to store records. PSL is all about sound biological recording, and we encourage people to submit records to their local recorders, recording schemes and through iRecord.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">What's that I hear you say? Can I tick <b>Kentish Glory</b> from an egg? Yes. I have! If it's good enough for a record, it's good enough for my list. At the heart of PSL is the saying "your list, your rules." But do use your discretion!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFklk-s0s1Lt6gOd2wDi17FkJ4uVrKVrJ-qCriPzY6vywg8N9ShjALavItNVTxfBfgD_s-KuT0YjO9BWJtTFrsGSpr0_bfi34FGx523O_hM2GAJrao2wT_omDCv6AyKJfaIF8H99Pz2ddel78ikB3Dn6mxt9xOLjZ28sPfta2eoj6OnSX6UvT7sECL7Us/s1600/From%20desktop%20484.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFklk-s0s1Lt6gOd2wDi17FkJ4uVrKVrJ-qCriPzY6vywg8N9ShjALavItNVTxfBfgD_s-KuT0YjO9BWJtTFrsGSpr0_bfi34FGx523O_hM2GAJrao2wT_omDCv6AyKJfaIF8H99Pz2ddel78ikB3Dn6mxt9xOLjZ28sPfta2eoj6OnSX6UvT7sECL7Us/w400-h300/From%20desktop%20484.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-11289255862434008382023-10-19T19:22:00.003+01:002023-10-20T06:38:49.081+01:00The long game<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhziWrWk2czE0JdeJUi00ay0G_Dw8tbBPkT8DLVxcnKEdadFTqbHGtPHLM8KxaRg-nCot1qW-n9lMZ4e5AwUQsFN59uDOCgoy6scivy8ti910Rnk_FdMeAG4BveGFv2sC0IX6hEjdHbhUuLkexwbIIcqjJfIeUXPPNtTZ9y-O4PYepNTZm3JB3sFcpIFIU/s4000/Mandi%201.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhziWrWk2czE0JdeJUi00ay0G_Dw8tbBPkT8DLVxcnKEdadFTqbHGtPHLM8KxaRg-nCot1qW-n9lMZ4e5AwUQsFN59uDOCgoy6scivy8ti910Rnk_FdMeAG4BveGFv2sC0IX6hEjdHbhUuLkexwbIIcqjJfIeUXPPNtTZ9y-O4PYepNTZm3JB3sFcpIFIU/w400-h300/Mandi%201.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the best things about writing this book on pan-species listing has been the research. This is mainly taking the form of travelling to distant lands to meet various listers that I have not yet had the pleasure to meet. And last weekend was such a trip. One of those long PSL weekends where I forgot nearly everything else in the world accept what I was doing. Almost as good as a holiday for the head. Anyways, before I do a full write up of the weekend, I have to write this post separately as it would not do it justice to embed it within one of my larger posts. It's a story ten years in the making and concerns what is best described as being simultaneously my 3rd invertebrate, 2nd spider, 1st invertebrate and 1st spider, that I've had new for the UK. Confused? Me too.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'll start at the beginning. Rewind nearly a decade and read read <a href="https://analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2013/11/cornish-suckers.html">this post</a> from a twitch to Cornwall to see a Hermit Thrush on the 31st October 2013. I draw your attention to the spider at the end...a very unusual looking <i>Enoplognatha</i>. Here she is again.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBmhr3VggmqOrEK9F2xVWlfiBWfKkeAW-S3SBk8-XbOn6qiUxDt0YXUnUkqP7ZefrRzpCiZlpbjQ2nc4Z0iZ_DRSU3p_LAhA2QKpbOaSmrWuxEKf4RO_-TH4BKJp4NZISQ8Nu5g8bFKd2fkKqgQ7l__1gdmUWDVyojD1NXTbiGamPvyJyFzpGDfJVw-M/s1600/Enoplognatha%20mandibularis%20in%202013.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBmhr3VggmqOrEK9F2xVWlfiBWfKkeAW-S3SBk8-XbOn6qiUxDt0YXUnUkqP7ZefrRzpCiZlpbjQ2nc4Z0iZ_DRSU3p_LAhA2QKpbOaSmrWuxEKf4RO_-TH4BKJp4NZISQ8Nu5g8bFKd2fkKqgQ7l__1gdmUWDVyojD1NXTbiGamPvyJyFzpGDfJVw-M/w400-h300/Enoplognatha%20mandibularis%20in%202013.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Unsurprisingly, the spider did not make it to maturity. In the last four years since befriending Tylan, we have spoke at length about trying to get back to the exact same section of wall at the car park at Long Rock. Now when I first got to Cornwall on Saturday and I went along the beach with Sally Luker to see the Sea Daffodils at Marazion Dunes, I realised that the car park we were in was the wrong one. Looking along the beach, it did seem that there had been some development here. The crumbly old wall I found the spider in was no longer there. It seemed even more like a long shot, so much so that it was the very last thing I did on Monday morning on the 16th October 2023 and even then I nearly didn't bother.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I ran the suction sampler through the sea defences by the car park, reaching down between the rocks. The vegetation was a mixture of Sea-beet, Bramble agg., Ribwort Plantain and large crucifers - nothing special. I took one suction sample and amazingly, ten years later, found an adult male in the first sample. In fact, there was an immature in there too. It's clearly been established in this area for at least a decade. So what <i>is</i> it?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Well, there is only one species of native <i>Enoplognatha</i> in the UK I have not seen, the rare <i>oelandica</i>, that has not been seen in the UK since 1997. It doesn't seem right for it. In the last couple of years, Tylan has been sent a few specimens of <i>Enoplognatha mandibularis</i> as adventives (and it's also established on the Channel Islands) so we were pretty sure it was going to be this and after looking at the spider in detail, it is indeed <i><b>Enoplognatha mandibularis</b></i>, new to the UK on 31st October 2013. How cool is that? My 536th UK spider and 372nd spider of the year! Here are a few more shots of it.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HzbGmYh62XZ3r9Lx0jcn_mZsVstIvrMn-qjZ2PTeJTXTvCd1kpV5mSwC4nGk1IPx9lAooDHqq5D2mfkqWykbDX911IHH81ra39MqaCDzasCbN6P6FUtqaHtVSfP-NBcTM4fnqxUqlXyPd483BvJcp7Y_00ysk4MW-ojKCd1pUuzUYz7WH4wdhibE5Hs/s4000/Mandi%203.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HzbGmYh62XZ3r9Lx0jcn_mZsVstIvrMn-qjZ2PTeJTXTvCd1kpV5mSwC4nGk1IPx9lAooDHqq5D2mfkqWykbDX911IHH81ra39MqaCDzasCbN6P6FUtqaHtVSfP-NBcTM4fnqxUqlXyPd483BvJcp7Y_00ysk4MW-ojKCd1pUuzUYz7WH4wdhibE5Hs/w400-h300/Mandi%203.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDtqlE9jYj6tDkC_pr8VHj04ROeNSWYnqnDRDTPI8YlIoyC97EuocQnfZEWoMAuPADYPc0YCfSgehU2cI3ODvGtiY_YF3TcYsrIBp6xuQiB2vbu87S9cy6MKugim3Ej9vI8EYrodaToeWMkFULCbx79anjDfv_9QVA-c-OJuDeUYif_MDVwpiexSQ3LGE/s4000/Mandi%202.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDtqlE9jYj6tDkC_pr8VHj04ROeNSWYnqnDRDTPI8YlIoyC97EuocQnfZEWoMAuPADYPc0YCfSgehU2cI3ODvGtiY_YF3TcYsrIBp6xuQiB2vbu87S9cy6MKugim3Ej9vI8EYrodaToeWMkFULCbx79anjDfv_9QVA-c-OJuDeUYif_MDVwpiexSQ3LGE/w400-h300/Mandi%202.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's quite small, or at least variable in size. Heavily annulated legs and with very large chelicerae. A white v-shaped mark at the front of the abdomen and two white spots further back (making an inverted smiley face!) that's also visible on my 2013 spider (although that immature female is less pied and more tri-coloured). </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the intervening period, I have added over 4000 species to my pan-species list! So much has changed in a decade. Oh, and ten years ago I would have lost it at seeing just one <b>Inflatable Cornish Pasty</b> or <b>Portuguese Man o' War</b> but they were everywhere at Long Rock.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRV_KFzyLJEFFW4o5wb1lfGxUNQFxzejLYPmVF3JFaM1ryP8A1cLVb-1Ma5a0mhrOzLvk_VZDvzX3LM9cAyd15FBRata1nvpELpEbQm529OFuEDaabhFj5YZ4bneqtY9klZZGzJc9ksM2RYaduRRfieryW-8PN390a1xFcuQAhhWpDVH98KdpMnysWKmM/s4000/PA164390.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRV_KFzyLJEFFW4o5wb1lfGxUNQFxzejLYPmVF3JFaM1ryP8A1cLVb-1Ma5a0mhrOzLvk_VZDvzX3LM9cAyd15FBRata1nvpELpEbQm529OFuEDaabhFj5YZ4bneqtY9klZZGzJc9ksM2RYaduRRfieryW-8PN390a1xFcuQAhhWpDVH98KdpMnysWKmM/w400-h300/PA164390.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-9486184355774480512023-10-17T13:05:00.000+01:002023-10-17T13:05:26.791+01:00Pan-species listing has arrived on BUBO!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yjg-He6Y9odF5tSUZxQNs42CpWoNIqz9BssIwwNkY-aJzn8u94P-OtoV_izy-bREyZRGQFAuUogNzg7ZN9hFpXRQKDHv_sualw_hFv0LMoDrq82PdAr6KzsJqhP_JwPvt2SMibYdJv2XSB6CvFD6weFRbit7A6tgfU3vc_gwkzOonUqj6l30AW0H8qI/s1500/BUBO%20this.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yjg-He6Y9odF5tSUZxQNs42CpWoNIqz9BssIwwNkY-aJzn8u94P-OtoV_izy-bREyZRGQFAuUogNzg7ZN9hFpXRQKDHv_sualw_hFv0LMoDrq82PdAr6KzsJqhP_JwPvt2SMibYdJv2XSB6CvFD6weFRbit7A6tgfU3vc_gwkzOonUqj6l30AW0H8qI/w400-h300/BUBO%20this.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Well, this is exciting! We have always liked the idea of having a tick-list based on the UK Species Inventory (UKSI) on the Pan-species Listing (PSL) website but it was beyond our expertise, funding and available time. Those capable guys at BUBO however, have decided that some 17 years after the launch of the excellent (and free) bird listing website BUBO, that now is the time to add the UKSI to it. Effectively, meaning that you can use the sophisticated listing package to collate and maintain your PSL list.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>A phased approach</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">First off, we are doing this several groups at a time over the next few moths. Starting with butterflies, dragonflies & damselflies and orthopteroids (crickets, grasshoppers, cockroaches, phasmids, earwigs etc.). The idea on this is to trouble shoot as we go, not overwhelm ourselves and the users in the process and allow the 'targets' feature to develop a little, away from the existing c5600 or so users who are all at this stage just able to list birds. The 'target's feature is great, it's a quantifiable way of showing you what your 'bogeys' are based upon the species that most other listers have seen that you have not. Bird lists will therefore NOT automatically populate your PSL list at this stage, but something like this is coming down the line.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>What about the PSL rankings and website?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The PSL website will very much remain the home of the PSL rankings and more. Listers are encouraged to use BUBO simply to collate and maintain their lists, then add the totals in the relevant taxa category on the PSL website. There are some more features coming to the website in the next few months, to show a stronger link between biological recording and PSL - an exciting time for the movement. If you use BUBO and/or the PSL website, please do remember to submit your records by some other means, such as iRecord or direct to your local records centre or a recording scheme. In an ideal world, one website would link to the other and populate the totals in the appropriate places but we just don't have that luxury I am afraid. This is however, a huge improvement on collating your totals in spreadsheets, scribbling them down in notebooks or counting your sea-gooseberries on your fingers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">There are a number of possible scenarios:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>1) Already on BUBO but not PSL?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">If you are already listing birds on BUBO and think some or all of the other taxonomic groups are of interest for you, then please do join the PSL website here. You'll have to populate the PSL website with your species totals. Don't be put off by some of the huge lists there, you could always end up being a top lister for say butterflies in the short term. And by focusing on the lesser known areas of natural history, you could end up in the UK5000 club before you know it! The best thing to do if you are already on BUBO is to read <a href="https://bubo.org/pan-species-listing.html">this</a><b> </b>first and then please do also sign up to the PSL website <a href="https://psl.brc.ac.uk/">here</a>. Please do use your real name and put a line or two in your profile, as we get a lot of bots and fake accounts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>2) Already on PSL but not BUBO?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">My priority here, managing a smooth transition for any existing PSLers who want to move to BUBO for managing their lists. First off, sign up to BUBO <a href="https://bubo.org/">here</a>. Select 'Create New List', then from the location name, select 'Britain, Ireland, Isle of Man & Channel Islands (PSL)'. The quick way to do this is to type PSL into the location drop down. The rest of this set up is all very intuitive. Then you can start ticking off your butterflies, dragonflies and crickets or whatever groups we have launched this week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>3) Already on both?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Well, I reckon you've probably got it figured out already, and with the above, it should all be very simple. Start at scenario 1 above if unsure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>4) New to PSL <u>and</u> BUBO?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Start by setting up a PSL account <a href="https://psl.brc.ac.uk/">here</a>, (do please use your own name and write a few lines to show you are a naturalist and not a fake account), read up on the movement first and get to grips with the idea. Then I would sign up to BUBO <a href="https://bubo.org/">here</a> and skip back to scenario 1 above. This is a great way to get into PSL from scratch, as you will be in a unique position, able to add a few groups and orders at a time with a community of other people doing the same and offering support. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This (being the next few months) really is a once in a lifetime opportunity to break into PSL in a unique way. Be careful, it's addictive and it might just change your life!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Finally, do please consider donating to BUBO as although it's free, it does cost the guys to run it. As a top ten lister and founder of the movement, I really felt like I should set up something regular on a monthly standing order to help out. If others are able to do this too, no matter how small, it will make sure that PSL and BUBO can work together in perpetuity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Coming soon...<i>maybe</i> mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish...or do you have any suggestions of what you'd like to see next? Everything <u>is</u> coming in time, we just didn't want to do it all at once or start with say, 4100 beetles!</div><p></p>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-55173799124655091772023-10-08T15:44:00.001+01:002023-10-08T15:45:42.659+01:00The Adventures of Portland Bill<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Part 2 of the trip to Dorset. You can read part 1 <a href="https://analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2023/10/jurassic-world.html">here</a>. This post is very moth heavy, and really focuses on a couple of places; Portland and the farm we stayed at, <a href="https://www.gorwellfarm.co.uk/">Gorwell Farm</a>.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_0_T351i5falV_YmwkAWEZQlnJZb2fWR7tQzHnYK0bXwzutuKyMYkYR56lxHWR_qaf19cE2A0Chj_jte3okzP2AoVTzj0-RFNbbESVt8sZVkfSyCXSxx2p0aOLgLc5HPuoZhUkXNOMIDtQCcLnmc9rYcx4xjOGgMZSQ1bvJg6H_yTXa6oOHRvmEKDUfI/s4000/P9253648.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_0_T351i5falV_YmwkAWEZQlnJZb2fWR7tQzHnYK0bXwzutuKyMYkYR56lxHWR_qaf19cE2A0Chj_jte3okzP2AoVTzj0-RFNbbESVt8sZVkfSyCXSxx2p0aOLgLc5HPuoZhUkXNOMIDtQCcLnmc9rYcx4xjOGgMZSQ1bvJg6H_yTXa6oOHRvmEKDUfI/w400-h300/P9253648.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Gorwell Farm was just a lovely place to holiday and our hosts were very happy for me to do some recording on the farm. I would really recommend staying there if you were keen on wildlife. Actually, I would also recommend staying on any wildlife friendly farm as a great base for any PSL/nature-heavy holiday. You can contribute to what's possibly an under-recorded area and have a really positive impact in the process. We ran a moth trap every night and I knew things were going to be good as on the first night, I saw my first <b>Scarce Bordered Straws</b> in about 30 years!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5i5WhgxMmDeQwl2_OLQd3bntm0estfY5VganxcDSa0KmVJKCFvRHTjkGgHli13j7a1B2cmq-cFkyfvW2CSFltc_7Q8SztJ_3Y5gy1HavuVajf30B0_nGuEIWVokGXBWaHpIrlDow9oUM8_bWdFbZCoHXPVPtanUi4W-d9GSwGybVJyMXemW7ZLSu-v0/s4000/P9253640.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5i5WhgxMmDeQwl2_OLQd3bntm0estfY5VganxcDSa0KmVJKCFvRHTjkGgHli13j7a1B2cmq-cFkyfvW2CSFltc_7Q8SztJ_3Y5gy1HavuVajf30B0_nGuEIWVokGXBWaHpIrlDow9oUM8_bWdFbZCoHXPVPtanUi4W-d9GSwGybVJyMXemW7ZLSu-v0/w400-h300/P9253640.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />There were five <b>Delicates</b> in the trap, they seem to be everywhere this year. The farm was just north of Abbotsbury by the way. Vestals were plentiful too.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4IZj7w5WYZFT4er9fxWklvmuGJC5ycUEUtFNbW8gxj80nEWDSErYWTP2liDOE4Se4N6hBTqFVjK3haPEL_Ns5tYMkTaZlH5zvb1yL0S3m0vreZoUJ2ZXjVItd16v-zEYDlHcPkEElh0sEc7wEqHm_h0QvOv-B7K9EzNxHcl_ZEFSV4n40LheMqUBHRY/s4000/P9253623.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4IZj7w5WYZFT4er9fxWklvmuGJC5ycUEUtFNbW8gxj80nEWDSErYWTP2liDOE4Se4N6hBTqFVjK3haPEL_Ns5tYMkTaZlH5zvb1yL0S3m0vreZoUJ2ZXjVItd16v-zEYDlHcPkEElh0sEc7wEqHm_h0QvOv-B7K9EzNxHcl_ZEFSV4n40LheMqUBHRY/w400-h300/P9253623.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Among the natives, <b>Feathered Brindles</b> were common. My only other records for are from Dungeness.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbBXFeORqbs0mEMg03qCHZWtAUcUcw2J1_v3cMNe7WgYyYxK_bIbCa9J81tHQ-sr7CvLJDSKi-id5WxBt-yuGe5jXKO-AqkhGpa_GGFOE4_qnipOCPTErOhcVTVnHyla-2DJprudFBYGDDilsLb7fe6NztAt8vO1l7SUp7Nto4v3j46keBS88DTDCAZRI/s4000/P9253626.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbBXFeORqbs0mEMg03qCHZWtAUcUcw2J1_v3cMNe7WgYyYxK_bIbCa9J81tHQ-sr7CvLJDSKi-id5WxBt-yuGe5jXKO-AqkhGpa_GGFOE4_qnipOCPTErOhcVTVnHyla-2DJprudFBYGDDilsLb7fe6NztAt8vO1l7SUp7Nto4v3j46keBS88DTDCAZRI/w400-h300/P9253626.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Then we got a couple of <b>Convolvulus Hawk-moths!</b> Always a great way to get people excited by moths.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We got a single <b>Gem</b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyGJQhQ7mzc6IHhH2aYsTtBFRowY5kRKj0_-uJIwnz37BP0dPek0Uhi9SCUtRTEaUZGkYiQA6sUobMdYUFPfvuO5XsQsQ_wzF208dGPIEgSWwW7jnlAliXoW7Dsa4gpq-9NDiuhnEQ6LOvIv1TYoN1XgsUqHDEZ40Ehm5ffx4lJKCOvZt42Ucb7iEh85o/s4000/P9293873.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyGJQhQ7mzc6IHhH2aYsTtBFRowY5kRKj0_-uJIwnz37BP0dPek0Uhi9SCUtRTEaUZGkYiQA6sUobMdYUFPfvuO5XsQsQ_wzF208dGPIEgSWwW7jnlAliXoW7Dsa4gpq-9NDiuhnEQ6LOvIv1TYoN1XgsUqHDEZ40Ehm5ffx4lJKCOvZt42Ucb7iEh85o/w400-h300/P9293873.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">A single but very fresh <b>White-speck</b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRnkOWXKf17NScUM0X10k1U9wQctbKlMUyliV2JtGK-UMrBXzhmOXEMSuKyzAm8ax2k44sjRKimAeG0E1v7pP76NpY3FacyMBGLBsxbGb14DYmE4dMKliMq-r5dmer_H6s7MnYBqvc3KJmX-60NtU-zkPSbtjSzcMcMTL5KoT_6TgffY4JhAu2kYwWNWM/s4000/PA014004.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRnkOWXKf17NScUM0X10k1U9wQctbKlMUyliV2JtGK-UMrBXzhmOXEMSuKyzAm8ax2k44sjRKimAeG0E1v7pP76NpY3FacyMBGLBsxbGb14DYmE4dMKliMq-r5dmer_H6s7MnYBqvc3KJmX-60NtU-zkPSbtjSzcMcMTL5KoT_6TgffY4JhAu2kYwWNWM/w400-h300/PA014004.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Yet the highlight of the mothing was this<b> Old World Webworm</b> which had only been a lifer a day or two before at the Obs! Apologies for the the naff photo, but it was about to fly and I only had my camera phone for some daft reason.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFxymDGbng_SKNPRwV-PzAHKx6HJ5g0IC6hzl7QhIlnZXOJR9ZTPhYnQJWVUnL50xzGij06cWKtCP_yusWnINvilzZMhtHLVLnCjLz4uvw8PiboLYgbghvNgkwTYeR2AjnQTc7W64cQJF6Yi_NEQd4IZrF-Af5hs8YLhQfKTqs3BQae4pg8SewjtbNrqM/s4032/OWWW.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFxymDGbng_SKNPRwV-PzAHKx6HJ5g0IC6hzl7QhIlnZXOJR9ZTPhYnQJWVUnL50xzGij06cWKtCP_yusWnINvilzZMhtHLVLnCjLz4uvw8PiboLYgbghvNgkwTYeR2AjnQTc7W64cQJF6Yi_NEQd4IZrF-Af5hs8YLhQfKTqs3BQae4pg8SewjtbNrqM/w400-h300/OWWW.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">We did a bit of recording out on the farm and I found another stonking micro that I have only seen once before, another migrant and occasional resident, <b><i>Tebenna micalis</i></b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0SzHwspv_Wa41MQHUsS9YJ3WuZ28i2e7idx0_dTqSI6W3bhu1f6tNmD-Cf6ZPVvjRN1RSIxsRrc1yi3NOTwx8L7nT_ypLECESbKPzhS4eZyjagaza-W07A3ngx_SPkff2m_ZzNfD1qTL2ZeqkDZ0wi-Ut0OmTmZ6RjYIhHcR7gAp7FXekZtQ59l4FcoA/s4000/P9273786.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0SzHwspv_Wa41MQHUsS9YJ3WuZ28i2e7idx0_dTqSI6W3bhu1f6tNmD-Cf6ZPVvjRN1RSIxsRrc1yi3NOTwx8L7nT_ypLECESbKPzhS4eZyjagaza-W07A3ngx_SPkff2m_ZzNfD1qTL2ZeqkDZ0wi-Ut0OmTmZ6RjYIhHcR7gAp7FXekZtQ59l4FcoA/w400-h300/P9273786.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Non-moth inverts of interest included a new hectad record for <b><i>Theridiosoma gemmosum</i></b> (Nationally Scarce - just) and the weevil <i>Protapion difform</i>e (Nb).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8LD0O-B8nW6nsAhhlP7MPFJ09kdXhP1ApJ8rifIgADiX70GNu_aswLR4tquUcqwZLACs2moinU7kwUXsqN6ClC3J5HpC4G1LjidIUYxOqX5VIPVxL7OZCDBISapK72QNvFFkz6hdY2ECvEqN7ZrXgRzA6M1-yijQH8aPQhBrgeWu9A_iA_YcRo7YhUJI/s4000/P9273752.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8LD0O-B8nW6nsAhhlP7MPFJ09kdXhP1ApJ8rifIgADiX70GNu_aswLR4tquUcqwZLACs2moinU7kwUXsqN6ClC3J5HpC4G1LjidIUYxOqX5VIPVxL7OZCDBISapK72QNvFFkz6hdY2ECvEqN7ZrXgRzA6M1-yijQH8aPQhBrgeWu9A_iA_YcRo7YhUJI/w400-h300/P9273752.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A huge thanks to Mark, John and Simon Pengelly, we had a lovely time and I will definitely be back! Records coming your way very soon.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then to Portland. On our first day we headed straight to <a href="http://www.portlandbirdobs.com/">Portland Bird Observatory</a> (which I have since joined). The network of bird obs around the UK are such bastions of natural history knowledge, they're really important places for sharing and learning about our nature and PBO is no exception. We got there to a hub of activity, as a load of young ringers were staying there. I met Martin Cade, who was nothing other than hugely helpful, knowledgeable and welcoming. We had a look through the trap every time we were on Portland and there were plenty of goodies in it each time.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Radford's Flame Shoulder </b>is clearly daily here. Imagine a regular Flame Shoulder jumping to hyperspace and the camera takes a shot of it just as it starts to move - that's Radford's. Stretch limos also come to mind.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPblWwn4gV3BVDlYUoDEVefb1knpaXwBbj2tTKNcLgWOzri9MF4a6DfEXkhHvehg9iIQUN6ZdI1UBSj9T1cv1qF-HvZvYQP_-NO8eh1H-rbave573LfGUs13d6KI_Q2FVhv4odSqsFA9-OwlAmS07OJe5mEvH-nSMnVC3HhbpsxfbLo2pfrG4q7jYudg/s4000/P9253646.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPblWwn4gV3BVDlYUoDEVefb1knpaXwBbj2tTKNcLgWOzri9MF4a6DfEXkhHvehg9iIQUN6ZdI1UBSj9T1cv1qF-HvZvYQP_-NO8eh1H-rbave573LfGUs13d6KI_Q2FVhv4odSqsFA9-OwlAmS07OJe5mEvH-nSMnVC3HhbpsxfbLo2pfrG4q7jYudg/w300-h400/P9253646.JPG" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">And another lifer, that was abundant at the obs but not at Gorwell at all, was the gorgeous <b>Beautiful Gothic</b>. What a moth!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoxMjnDtVuuCHJW_Aq3_hUPJeZfecFfMwp8e1TWhPgfxTlv4dqY4WY4PB6QKkGVo-rWJO-KOPEfCm1-dYGaBzzs5lTmZV-5YghSi9RoQrW4uzOyP2TF5apFhM40nSCDB3p3bXDgixZS9FVb1aAtYHEzVffwdu2YVgA1wzMZso_3xdy467CUrfhnMizF6M/s4000/P9253644.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoxMjnDtVuuCHJW_Aq3_hUPJeZfecFfMwp8e1TWhPgfxTlv4dqY4WY4PB6QKkGVo-rWJO-KOPEfCm1-dYGaBzzs5lTmZV-5YghSi9RoQrW4uzOyP2TF5apFhM40nSCDB3p3bXDgixZS9FVb1aAtYHEzVffwdu2YVgA1wzMZso_3xdy467CUrfhnMizF6M/w400-h300/P9253644.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Other highlights included, <b><i>Epischnia asteris</i></b>. A smart looking pyrale that feeds on Golden Samphire.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KZNDhEemG-FO1r-w_lAs0U8X6AgcNP9lcPzhUUKn-9Y6XwX8KHgsYdsf-6qBNpi3KXLW0_H7XY_9nECmHIRNTDqFiGJJaLrkpekwuFBx4NAt0wlH4_r3g8NAHJ9o1s0_JrHx9YPHD3SkK7jFguyEiqCP_8WxZc6YkJCTWsumGjpMPoQn_mfxBbqbZt0/s4000/P9273733.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KZNDhEemG-FO1r-w_lAs0U8X6AgcNP9lcPzhUUKn-9Y6XwX8KHgsYdsf-6qBNpi3KXLW0_H7XY_9nECmHIRNTDqFiGJJaLrkpekwuFBx4NAt0wlH4_r3g8NAHJ9o1s0_JrHx9YPHD3SkK7jFguyEiqCP_8WxZc6YkJCTWsumGjpMPoQn_mfxBbqbZt0/w400-h300/P9273733.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Finally caught up with <b>Oak Rustic</b>!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtB-tI71phPdx5UCiLU1wOl0DZYfSujfPx1Mw7y16DT77csz6IeOO6gzSCEQy26JJ9DpkYWlH7bv8VxeHeCzBaMKf0GJ4CJQC07yUlAL2RoxddkHQmCoyYddF-bmMLyGtYaFnwlqC6LpitUvXDOBDmYZtVXD5yawkyuFVQMTiJUv1QbvLke3IOhJ7_IE/s4000/PA014021.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtB-tI71phPdx5UCiLU1wOl0DZYfSujfPx1Mw7y16DT77csz6IeOO6gzSCEQy26JJ9DpkYWlH7bv8VxeHeCzBaMKf0GJ4CJQC07yUlAL2RoxddkHQmCoyYddF-bmMLyGtYaFnwlqC6LpitUvXDOBDmYZtVXD5yawkyuFVQMTiJUv1QbvLke3IOhJ7_IE/w400-h300/PA014021.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">And the rare migrant, <i><b>Antigastra catalaunalis</b></i>.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwx1dGwmuEOFRTMfh4oios0c19cSBXcveAU8noMeFNV6cTnuSnEKtmK2jeOlMmVfl3W8dYATgG11HW7DooRQUNTetnmKAi0P68jaj2kqv4p1s6hJ2SGlljjz-YuqtpwGPsRX0MteP5hD4mt3nMOjf0N8yODKvzPgMmjjmXd8N63eVMeTu4tvnxp5iIzA0/s4000/PA014016.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwx1dGwmuEOFRTMfh4oios0c19cSBXcveAU8noMeFNV6cTnuSnEKtmK2jeOlMmVfl3W8dYATgG11HW7DooRQUNTetnmKAi0P68jaj2kqv4p1s6hJ2SGlljjz-YuqtpwGPsRX0MteP5hD4mt3nMOjf0N8yODKvzPgMmjjmXd8N63eVMeTu4tvnxp5iIzA0/w400-h300/PA014016.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I did a bit of recording on the grounds of the Obs and came up with a few goodies. <b><i>Nigma puella</i></b> (NS), <b><i>Berytinus hirticornis</i></b> (Nb), <b><i>Alopecosa cuneata</i></b> (NS), <b><i>Mecinus circulatus</i></b> (Nb) and <i><b>Lasaeola prona</b></i> (NR). This latter was a new hectad record for this rare spider. I will send the records off to Martin shortly as a thank you!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I finally ticked my biggest bogey bird. As I first saw <b>Balearic Shearwaters </b>some 30 years ago in the Med, I have really not been that bothered about seeing them here, despite doing a lot of sea watching historically (usually in the spring though). I got great views off of Portland Bill.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Karen found a <b>Beautiful Gothic</b> in the toilets and I did a bit of suction sampling on the cliffs, where I found a <b>Beautiful Gothic</b> wing. This is clearly a really abundant moth where it occurs! <i>Lasaeola prona </i>was also here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0CR42hTSl7USbHtuXv4R0EN_LPP5Yo7KYcmOHehJ_07n-SEhxRGnmqj-G8kCGmo7vNowcGqSXujvJmuh7631sgtAJhjBwYHEp3VqnmeWbI79A3h5eCb8DOXGh3kC1CPzPjb5-4jvtFeYUm_-exPlC5Pk5zxSP24vL9BZQQrUq1VxNZMh8HaS_A0LajM/s4000/P9253653.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0CR42hTSl7USbHtuXv4R0EN_LPP5Yo7KYcmOHehJ_07n-SEhxRGnmqj-G8kCGmo7vNowcGqSXujvJmuh7631sgtAJhjBwYHEp3VqnmeWbI79A3h5eCb8DOXGh3kC1CPzPjb5-4jvtFeYUm_-exPlC5Pk5zxSP24vL9BZQQrUq1VxNZMh8HaS_A0LajM/w400-h300/P9253653.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Beautiful Gothics everywhere down there!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRC5en9bKEIpNxjqPVLmf_9N2oIVV1iVHKoIYQtvTJ4u2Cy1Sieh1yiR7TZU4XQ8svVKft6ruJ8RAqfMc2rW7Fj8sg5SQ_65WslWfkwwiqcWqZT-HOew3AgSmhcHhRvG2X5gW__PyttGRdLcnTg6BwjrI9PSnprV3Gt_xTsWzbpPydgjygoKSlRvNk2o/s4032/BG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRC5en9bKEIpNxjqPVLmf_9N2oIVV1iVHKoIYQtvTJ4u2Cy1Sieh1yiR7TZU4XQ8svVKft6ruJ8RAqfMc2rW7Fj8sg5SQ_65WslWfkwwiqcWqZT-HOew3AgSmhcHhRvG2X5gW__PyttGRdLcnTg6BwjrI9PSnprV3Gt_xTsWzbpPydgjygoKSlRvNk2o/w400-h300/BG.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Agroeca inopina</b></i> was nice to see.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3qNQKgOgqt4UEQ3_6vZE1aUIRuaNgX1vmeINn1nbH0-gp5uRo4YhBQRavcCCTspExe0Ss1O5c8aIGz90lXH9xsfza2D1-83wUz-ZnFvDvd_i-IghrlmV-OOOlM2Z6mlATaLL6la9Hl4-xAC6hThasA1voacI3QEif2tXBhQzcTLJssGErUPylpYrVmE/s4000/P9253651.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3qNQKgOgqt4UEQ3_6vZE1aUIRuaNgX1vmeINn1nbH0-gp5uRo4YhBQRavcCCTspExe0Ss1O5c8aIGz90lXH9xsfza2D1-83wUz-ZnFvDvd_i-IghrlmV-OOOlM2Z6mlATaLL6la9Hl4-xAC6hThasA1voacI3QEif2tXBhQzcTLJssGErUPylpYrVmE/w400-h300/P9253651.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then we headed to Tout Quarry, where I got permission to record from Dorset Wildlife Trust. This is a really nice invertebrate habitat. The commonest liny was <i>Trichoncus saxicola</i>, it was everywhere.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHy5cu8Cp0QYX5Ok9XgQZ3L4qu4sQdqcAet3lKFXaQ_S1lPu557fyrKypOQHcyKysFpTwhI3kRHcxJwc9K_WACVCViSe7YsvC7AefxBZLWpHGZESPeL9YqL7c7b2oDtu8n07_vt8XSN5xrlLdvpujRNvFTG4dLYCno_YUwdfcqDgF32V-PqB7pnSSH1c/s4000/P9253673.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHy5cu8Cp0QYX5Ok9XgQZ3L4qu4sQdqcAet3lKFXaQ_S1lPu557fyrKypOQHcyKysFpTwhI3kRHcxJwc9K_WACVCViSe7YsvC7AefxBZLWpHGZESPeL9YqL7c7b2oDtu8n07_vt8XSN5xrlLdvpujRNvFTG4dLYCno_YUwdfcqDgF32V-PqB7pnSSH1c/w400-h300/P9253673.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">It did not take long to get something interesting. The scarce bug <b><i>Heterogaster artemesiae</i></b> (which feeds on Wild Thyme). This is a really scarce species and might be new to the site.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LwmXnAMO6QKIlQeL9119g5kKLB5bLlHY6MwRM7u00jSHjBF0VzGSP_p7vomPsx8N2uqUTak6eZLe8FmOKAK5grg5qMxKW4wo3EqVV2Ua2WmikIP8c403N4YbelfHY04EzS2S9emORE6oTA_y-sbqffEx2ovQ18LwTGmbrMBzv7cOYLUjTUG3KIJVxMM/s4000/P9253667.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LwmXnAMO6QKIlQeL9119g5kKLB5bLlHY6MwRM7u00jSHjBF0VzGSP_p7vomPsx8N2uqUTak6eZLe8FmOKAK5grg5qMxKW4wo3EqVV2Ua2WmikIP8c403N4YbelfHY04EzS2S9emORE6oTA_y-sbqffEx2ovQ18LwTGmbrMBzv7cOYLUjTUG3KIJVxMM/w400-h300/P9253667.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">And nearby the Nationally Scarce bug <i><b>Dicranocephalus agilis</b></i>, only seen this a few times. This one feeds on Sea and Portland Spurge, by the coast obv.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Awe9l3KtX8KF7IAqUGOrUjesqP7o0sB0q4HltuNceygkR4yEo1sMmqfQ76zoLllOWYsB_a7r7i8OXU4YH0wCs-ahzfsgs0XqiS9t3stjYaFuEGANtLO525yjHApinTT_iUQ-231QkdJZ_QUlAo1guDbS_zZ73V06yR5G9R0L1aMO_pVN0Kf36Y_cl8k/s4000/P9253663.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Awe9l3KtX8KF7IAqUGOrUjesqP7o0sB0q4HltuNceygkR4yEo1sMmqfQ76zoLllOWYsB_a7r7i8OXU4YH0wCs-ahzfsgs0XqiS9t3stjYaFuEGANtLO525yjHApinTT_iUQ-231QkdJZ_QUlAo1guDbS_zZ73V06yR5G9R0L1aMO_pVN0Kf36Y_cl8k/w400-h300/P9253663.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yet the highlight was getting a spider new to Portland and my 534th UK spider. This Nationally Rare/Vulnerable species is only known from about six locations in the country, so this is a really good find. <b><i>Zodarion fuscum</i></b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIs1uMgzuu__XRB3zahkBnUPePJI5WGiSuQycuALdgTPMH4VP6icHxuuQ1xgO03LT64LIi7J4fGzijszcA_WekV1Krkl2ztCQupsiHtjw-onkjQyZkMxVQBWxVMiuVdQ_7UDzXZlT6sUsyXu3BZVlQM75-FoDK_Fe35OiL9MJzfuBmtdJpV6xOXBWmjOg/s4000/P9253672.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIs1uMgzuu__XRB3zahkBnUPePJI5WGiSuQycuALdgTPMH4VP6icHxuuQ1xgO03LT64LIi7J4fGzijszcA_WekV1Krkl2ztCQupsiHtjw-onkjQyZkMxVQBWxVMiuVdQ_7UDzXZlT6sUsyXu3BZVlQM75-FoDK_Fe35OiL9MJzfuBmtdJpV6xOXBWmjOg/w400-h300/P9253672.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was so good to finally get onto Portland and get some records. Here is where we got too! I will be back!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXSQ_vDsRHM5H3SLXENdMkyIUIcrtd5QdYFS-oPpbGMlBDfF_TkutY_qqXV4NkBi36SIaSIcIeLIv30JKzKbpgPt-pVjhsnuov5f5KDbvd-AC20kOicTmoPB5axkl-O6EvE4fr-9SO7EMqQNPdjKQMn4DC4dUzQyPFkI3c7cDhJ_j9e5gtVC8x-yrmjsU/s522/Portland.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="495" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXSQ_vDsRHM5H3SLXENdMkyIUIcrtd5QdYFS-oPpbGMlBDfF_TkutY_qqXV4NkBi36SIaSIcIeLIv30JKzKbpgPt-pVjhsnuov5f5KDbvd-AC20kOicTmoPB5axkl-O6EvE4fr-9SO7EMqQNPdjKQMn4DC4dUzQyPFkI3c7cDhJ_j9e5gtVC8x-yrmjsU/w379-h400/Portland.jpg" width="379" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-31846557370346687252023-10-05T19:39:00.001+01:002023-10-06T06:19:16.245+01:00Nuts in May<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPODUTFyKq_6YDVjhyphenhyphen1CD9MG814lgj1xolisRKQRbLyEiKU08FCHVqee-cRRowM88AxOPdQMWzDIu3YIFysh6Q-FsxlHB3F3OXmIHhwfOTGWW9YG5plF-dBrpfhnDTvVUtVOUkAg4p5nMc9rDKGhOdN1uiXj5LNtAhlgO06334xLQumHFUqoHVBv1FxJ8/s4000/P9253668.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPODUTFyKq_6YDVjhyphenhyphen1CD9MG814lgj1xolisRKQRbLyEiKU08FCHVqee-cRRowM88AxOPdQMWzDIu3YIFysh6Q-FsxlHB3F3OXmIHhwfOTGWW9YG5plF-dBrpfhnDTvVUtVOUkAg4p5nMc9rDKGhOdN1uiXj5LNtAhlgO06334xLQumHFUqoHVBv1FxJ8/w400-h300/P9253668.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's been a mad year. I've mad over 42,000 records in just over nine months, already a record for a year for me. I am now back writing the book on pan-species listing, so what better way is there to holiday in such circumstances, than a pan-species listing holiday?! I can't believe that I made 1194 records in a week but I did and it was really enjoyable. A huge thanks to Karen for putting up with my intensity but I really needed this holiday. As you can see, we got about quite a bit. Too much for one blog really. 50 miles walked exactly, in fact.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoMcb6dMBFWJucMUPk86uqsxb2VqyaqLSrnEskOnieHPZRkP-f5h9po3vV_MvuWLsPcW3IFAhFIOA22yBu7R10uCzXWxcDdWMlIAslYkXn9ziu3p5g9ThxAnOgqqNQ79a-96Sx00r1OOG3FVEN7lbAXzHNDqsRM9GeYjCU1CSvRYY1iugN_zTZYHoRpts/s882/Dorset%20records.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="882" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoMcb6dMBFWJucMUPk86uqsxb2VqyaqLSrnEskOnieHPZRkP-f5h9po3vV_MvuWLsPcW3IFAhFIOA22yBu7R10uCzXWxcDdWMlIAslYkXn9ziu3p5g9ThxAnOgqqNQ79a-96Sx00r1OOG3FVEN7lbAXzHNDqsRM9GeYjCU1CSvRYY1iugN_zTZYHoRpts/w400-h219/Dorset%20records.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We started off nipping into Arne on the way down there, and leisurely ticked the long-staying <b>Forster's Tern</b>. My 2nd new bird in September. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYZ7WGumtHRd0CXTNgmWBpPKupAuCn2R_ztylb2ayvF0D044nzcCtTA_OcSI4pWzNxE8z_SG16b76s1sO5ujMlVALi3JPKitsPLZp-uaEVdTIODbTIw0WYuyw_TDCCwC3kK9k9MEk-gDBWYdvBUk-V4uE3n2ZzmwTawk17RMQXLh0x9punfMXADAuTEA/s4000/P9243582.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYZ7WGumtHRd0CXTNgmWBpPKupAuCn2R_ztylb2ayvF0D044nzcCtTA_OcSI4pWzNxE8z_SG16b76s1sO5ujMlVALi3JPKitsPLZp-uaEVdTIODbTIw0WYuyw_TDCCwC3kK9k9MEk-gDBWYdvBUk-V4uE3n2ZzmwTawk17RMQXLh0x9punfMXADAuTEA/w400-h300/P9243582.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">If you think that is a bad photo, then check this out. The only shot I managed of my first and only <b>Large Velvet Ant.</b> So pleased to finally catch up with one of these. I spotted this male in flight and new immediately it was something I had not seen before.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHW2s8-uO55lNA9YDHyICkXD9_vaviczhMC8khTKfSsngJUcb2GAu_lFG958c6Y7J5M9RGFzi7NamNkbyqwaD_94MZaxu4ZEufyV8Ma4jz7Sqv1SoY-b857EqzwHoK4MKVyCAjaNbT9vZRbTvlc-izd5S81d1fQDMFCRknIvfgNnRc_EmX6aUcjD_bqr0/s4000/P9243586.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHW2s8-uO55lNA9YDHyICkXD9_vaviczhMC8khTKfSsngJUcb2GAu_lFG958c6Y7J5M9RGFzi7NamNkbyqwaD_94MZaxu4ZEufyV8Ma4jz7Sqv1SoY-b857EqzwHoK4MKVyCAjaNbT9vZRbTvlc-izd5S81d1fQDMFCRknIvfgNnRc_EmX6aUcjD_bqr0/w400-h300/P9243586.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And then I had a go at searching for <b>Hairy Nuts Disco</b>. The fungus that grows on last year's Sweet Chestnut husks. A couple of birders walked past and I wanted to share the find, hoping to lure them in and then drop the name on them. This happened:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Me "Would you like to see a cool fungus?" *giggling to myself quietly*</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Woman "Not really" as she and her husband sped up.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I only wanted to show them my Hairy Nuts Disco :(</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy-dpI4ySeax8G9G9BDFKg5fJcBILW5EWwk3fXogqrDaqxMHj6RXZ6dxdyofgM0SAgD2MpMKPF8ann0h1vPeuwmsr-d3gL4V9XBtWUhEbP_aOGSkZr4UGsFXi5ouqOtqNDxxyQIyJ9ZqwvGrXB5KWhPy549A4B_W4bRFVrEh8cfpqfsYuLMth1sqYJFAk/s4000/P9243601.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy-dpI4ySeax8G9G9BDFKg5fJcBILW5EWwk3fXogqrDaqxMHj6RXZ6dxdyofgM0SAgD2MpMKPF8ann0h1vPeuwmsr-d3gL4V9XBtWUhEbP_aOGSkZr4UGsFXi5ouqOtqNDxxyQIyJ9ZqwvGrXB5KWhPy549A4B_W4bRFVrEh8cfpqfsYuLMth1sqYJFAk/w400-h300/P9243601.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I literally burst out laughing. It's a good job she didn't come over. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We called in at Corfe Castle, I was channeling my inner Keith from Nuts in May. If you haven't seen this 1976 film, it is well worth a look. Each year I get a bit more like Keith...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Keith: "Look at this view, Brownsea Island, Round Island, the Lakeland of Dorset...pity about the power station in the background, never mind...there are the heaths, Newton Heath, Rempstone Heath, Witch Heath...disused railways line going up to Wareham...and the great nimbocumulus rising above it all like great puffs of cotton wool..."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I literally stood in the same place and delivered such a monologue without realising just how Keith I have become. I rewatched it last night and you know what, I don't really care! I'm proud to be a bit Keith from Nuts in May!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfsk-dw0YpcqTKDTlwvfKPUGw_iivJALOPt7n7u6rle1aVyKCO37VYDIHeqGnLq1lheIwySfqh7FjDU36HRryzP0_wPs-LHsshVqLwEVQVGVo1H2BcCNYsmaBLtAAiEA8LPTUnIo38vDHxIb8mPoy2vyJMo07mHWq-KvFpgoKpax06sxUiyFjw_mvprv8/s2048/c13c0c2d-2692-48ff-9f5c-9138d18996b0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfsk-dw0YpcqTKDTlwvfKPUGw_iivJALOPt7n7u6rle1aVyKCO37VYDIHeqGnLq1lheIwySfqh7FjDU36HRryzP0_wPs-LHsshVqLwEVQVGVo1H2BcCNYsmaBLtAAiEA8LPTUnIo38vDHxIb8mPoy2vyJMo07mHWq-KvFpgoKpax06sxUiyFjw_mvprv8/w400-h300/c13c0c2d-2692-48ff-9f5c-9138d18996b0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We stayed at <a href="https://www.gorwellfarm.co.uk/">Gorwell Farm</a>, a wildlife friendly farm that were happy for us to run the moth trap out of the cottage. I will cover the farm and moth traps in more detail in part 2, and I think I will also cover Portland Bird Observatory and all the Portland stuff in that section also. This one then, basically being everything else. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After spending the day on Portland, we headed to Chesil Beach. A <b>Brown Hare</b> on the shingle was a surprise but the highlight for me was finding an adult female <b><i>Phlegra fasciata</i></b> under a rock. There were very few rocks to turn, so finding Scaly Cricket this way was looking unlikely.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUN7NT1w2LdB_SiDkH8PD1THJ1btoH24NjoZfrr4pEvVoxxo7PtAWFTgSxK5KW-Xun0Eq8N-EM1aptu9Shaoh7sNKi-qRnl4chjVdluLeC8SnA8nawDxfvFGTqJgMUwwQkmfQX7N1JYOhTx0HFmABhugNmPhk56Hlc-aqOGLkxmVdshcnIN-cyeqBigvk/s4000/P9253676.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUN7NT1w2LdB_SiDkH8PD1THJ1btoH24NjoZfrr4pEvVoxxo7PtAWFTgSxK5KW-Xun0Eq8N-EM1aptu9Shaoh7sNKi-qRnl4chjVdluLeC8SnA8nawDxfvFGTqJgMUwwQkmfQX7N1JYOhTx0HFmABhugNmPhk56Hlc-aqOGLkxmVdshcnIN-cyeqBigvk/w400-h300/P9253676.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">And it's always a pleasure to see <b>Sea Pea</b>!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdHzx_auT7Pz4ZgGWaI4u7wg_4yDnDiXRpUXILS0T6oi2LaEgZPndsVVoyiWGYmXhCw-dBp1g1oTBydLZ6vMi0LIriTutKsZu8MMB6jdzJlvf0JI81GeWZd8RkiNp8qIOg1BtEXUModc6yZ1zGFwne0tlQcNUSZwHbURTnQwyzLVeWksY51qgd_sF0rM/s4000/P9253677.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdHzx_auT7Pz4ZgGWaI4u7wg_4yDnDiXRpUXILS0T6oi2LaEgZPndsVVoyiWGYmXhCw-dBp1g1oTBydLZ6vMi0LIriTutKsZu8MMB6jdzJlvf0JI81GeWZd8RkiNp8qIOg1BtEXUModc6yZ1zGFwne0tlQcNUSZwHbURTnQwyzLVeWksY51qgd_sF0rM/w400-h300/P9253677.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The next day we headed to Cerne Abbas, then onto Radipole Lake RSPB Reserve to look for the rare spider <i><b>Hyspsosinga heri</b></i>. It didn't take too long to find five immatures, all in one place. Very large and orange for a <i>Hypsosinga</i>, and we only found them where the water table was high. So, highly distinctive even as an immature. Now only known from this general area, so listed as Nationally Rare and Vulnerable.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVH3OqAJd1ltHZTkNf_f-ACcs7adMo1ESv1nQM6BJEAQC0fv38ub9eSN9JqD2HlnIeVJsSoxKD37SsY2hOyhKNkI8TvXd0J0xuGBWPlzXyac4_5zKgmM2ugzQvvcrUiGJdF6rTt9b4FGUlDJ8VDPOQSerikMHFh3xgWC4KhuaAPOjC_Nl8VdB2i6zqFJU/s4000/P9263728.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVH3OqAJd1ltHZTkNf_f-ACcs7adMo1ESv1nQM6BJEAQC0fv38ub9eSN9JqD2HlnIeVJsSoxKD37SsY2hOyhKNkI8TvXd0J0xuGBWPlzXyac4_5zKgmM2ugzQvvcrUiGJdF6rTt9b4FGUlDJ8VDPOQSerikMHFh3xgWC4KhuaAPOjC_Nl8VdB2i6zqFJU/w400-h300/P9263728.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">I also found this <i><b>Arocatus</b></i> <b>sp</b>. (I forget which one the consensus is that we have), have only seen this bug that feeds on Alder a few times so far.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-4lEOg83wkrOaZqOVw24b_r1ckEIvKwEC672OAG50CZ_bAn1Nws5ntxe1Cz28jV4SAcSECc55_Tux0lvay1O8kd-pSZAGRcl-A-pyWL0eNt0Xo3QOiLHw5IL0WnmIjz12YRJiVMt1bsnhdQAJRI87Yhpg8P7BDHFE2vJoDfE5YFtoJf-DsONWYXokFlE/s4000/P9263699.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-4lEOg83wkrOaZqOVw24b_r1ckEIvKwEC672OAG50CZ_bAn1Nws5ntxe1Cz28jV4SAcSECc55_Tux0lvay1O8kd-pSZAGRcl-A-pyWL0eNt0Xo3QOiLHw5IL0WnmIjz12YRJiVMt1bsnhdQAJRI87Yhpg8P7BDHFE2vJoDfE5YFtoJf-DsONWYXokFlE/w400-h300/P9263699.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;">We headed to a ghost walk in Weymouth. It was just the night for it and my coat was better than the tour guide's.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif25Kcni-P2B3xhs5wwxJdeTSBG6qeyrRAmOcAXaMIW6w_5xd-3aRRs6Wiy1Zcm_LYkWhLcybnPXWEmCH2YjwgQGFDm5vHnsE6YQ3T7U5uw9zkHaab_76wNcy-HzbHsx08Xf_h30saaYRW2o5YMvcc90-u1qJa1CEvP1F4JHSPZiu-ihTcF9XpWz5hU9k/s2048/9ba7558c-878a-4702-abe1-8eea78bfb1f9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif25Kcni-P2B3xhs5wwxJdeTSBG6qeyrRAmOcAXaMIW6w_5xd-3aRRs6Wiy1Zcm_LYkWhLcybnPXWEmCH2YjwgQGFDm5vHnsE6YQ3T7U5uw9zkHaab_76wNcy-HzbHsx08Xf_h30saaYRW2o5YMvcc90-u1qJa1CEvP1F4JHSPZiu-ihTcF9XpWz5hU9k/w300-h400/9ba7558c-878a-4702-abe1-8eea78bfb1f9.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then we headed over to Eype. I went there in the summer and found the Cliff Tiger Beetles there easy enough but I had unfinished business with <i><b>Drypta dentata</b></i>. I found five but it was hard work. What a beetle!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9EYu2aYFr9yaxva6rBMEnIeFXeekVNQyRz_llfG_hZiwzo2lrTgdmBc_y29ql8c9z0yp135RF28t6tXQaHjTAGhCwIhwGCfQuP6YajHD_zBmYJOZC2CePZSU0F_6fPERtoSnNN8AFyojyDzjyc_gyka6HpcHOmq8tWugOR0f5mNfO0FYEySR5pefkIM/s4000/P9283830.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9EYu2aYFr9yaxva6rBMEnIeFXeekVNQyRz_llfG_hZiwzo2lrTgdmBc_y29ql8c9z0yp135RF28t6tXQaHjTAGhCwIhwGCfQuP6YajHD_zBmYJOZC2CePZSU0F_6fPERtoSnNN8AFyojyDzjyc_gyka6HpcHOmq8tWugOR0f5mNfO0FYEySR5pefkIM/w400-h300/P9283830.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;">This shot makes it look much more daring than it really was.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinoekQ-ubAseMuwoFdm-fmIT2dAyhFrMe_SVS2HEnhbQD1nX_V4iKACuCeVo25Rj6jZCt2-NCLvKSjmoc8Gbd9EMmejiIA3xAv89fCdyZorhuqyhTR3OAwmimX2FIaaLZf2Mn9vAtHyiV8YKSpwxQKWydIADQibsH7qD5y3fW0fThlYRNWj2Rc2heIwz0/s2048/ed23a65a-0cee-4e62-8134-5aa15776e7ed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinoekQ-ubAseMuwoFdm-fmIT2dAyhFrMe_SVS2HEnhbQD1nX_V4iKACuCeVo25Rj6jZCt2-NCLvKSjmoc8Gbd9EMmejiIA3xAv89fCdyZorhuqyhTR3OAwmimX2FIaaLZf2Mn9vAtHyiV8YKSpwxQKWydIADQibsH7qD5y3fW0fThlYRNWj2Rc2heIwz0/w400-h300/ed23a65a-0cee-4e62-8134-5aa15776e7ed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I got a few other beetle lifers, <b><i>Curimopsis setigera</i></b> being one.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPhDkBQvZUqk7e-4D3pqFo2hFIktdjfaGcczC1lslzYr587ZhW-q0fhzWZcMtPkw8D-aojB6JE3FhuDGcL5Zw09Z0O6XahRXL3oiaeCFBLyQddjVDg9Xt0Ch60hOXvS0FuElnF5Atc3Pb1rI8O4igR98BZ8jR-3SC8W97wwCCV8KjCbT105-81YRFaAY/s4000/P9283814.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPhDkBQvZUqk7e-4D3pqFo2hFIktdjfaGcczC1lslzYr587ZhW-q0fhzWZcMtPkw8D-aojB6JE3FhuDGcL5Zw09Z0O6XahRXL3oiaeCFBLyQddjVDg9Xt0Ch60hOXvS0FuElnF5Atc3Pb1rI8O4igR98BZ8jR-3SC8W97wwCCV8KjCbT105-81YRFaAY/w400-h300/P9283814.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There were loads of adult male <i><b>Synageles venator</b></i>, only the 2nd time I have seen this Nationally Scarce ant-mimic jumping spider. I saw seven, all adult males.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuv29VPQQvA5EDo0RFGMc7WaComRpvrQRVBbpDCmoWLrDZzjo3IGASKEBZJszuTlkk-SoTSE_Timm71wAMxQ4wSDXlOO6loAg7h-2QfeNWrNpaUL-UdytJscnzuyz9EW44zC0wi7AnNI2hXzfws7KcuR9Cal6IFh18U2iw1-64vF5oVF9kLPk0-7e6I-s/s4000/P9283820.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuv29VPQQvA5EDo0RFGMc7WaComRpvrQRVBbpDCmoWLrDZzjo3IGASKEBZJszuTlkk-SoTSE_Timm71wAMxQ4wSDXlOO6loAg7h-2QfeNWrNpaUL-UdytJscnzuyz9EW44zC0wi7AnNI2hXzfws7KcuR9Cal6IFh18U2iw1-64vF5oVF9kLPk0-7e6I-s/w400-h300/P9283820.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">But getting my first adult <b>Boat Bug</b> was also exciting.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUNaI2jXFuDL-KiFweAmFdu6131hTb5hJGQ5cqielphmO9shIAG7reJ1rYx1NWXFmjM7HJrc2VBRrS-XHRCsN65OL5sfGGSy5jZrQ-OWLclm2f_IG2s9KsUfuQqtvL44xnNQYji8G4ysN9bX6yr42w9Wdh0bQaU_nndq4iJIvrgVDWR5kPwYZgAAMYju0/s4000/P9283802.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUNaI2jXFuDL-KiFweAmFdu6131hTb5hJGQ5cqielphmO9shIAG7reJ1rYx1NWXFmjM7HJrc2VBRrS-XHRCsN65OL5sfGGSy5jZrQ-OWLclm2f_IG2s9KsUfuQqtvL44xnNQYji8G4ysN9bX6yr42w9Wdh0bQaU_nndq4iJIvrgVDWR5kPwYZgAAMYju0/w400-h300/P9283802.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then back to Chesil Beach, where the tiny<i><b> Iberina candida </b></i>was common. Lots of mature males and female of this Nationally Rare species.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVyyiXmVH7wFjnJpKXr2XUidZXmiuiJsNpiIKZFQEqeW8or8nwdE4OJ0Iy699wcR8N58loUNSku63Gi-DOqav8tU-tMUCRoklgnfMdcS0ccZU9vja8obHOf3AVBS-_wUkjDJszkxsIcSHi2A_ZAEw93voH4DCO7TNZWLDtbAB3duEO7XBYpdlYwOKtz0/s4000/P9283871.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVyyiXmVH7wFjnJpKXr2XUidZXmiuiJsNpiIKZFQEqeW8or8nwdE4OJ0Iy699wcR8N58loUNSku63Gi-DOqav8tU-tMUCRoklgnfMdcS0ccZU9vja8obHOf3AVBS-_wUkjDJszkxsIcSHi2A_ZAEw93voH4DCO7TNZWLDtbAB3duEO7XBYpdlYwOKtz0/w400-h300/P9283871.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;">I finally caught up with probably my most wanted species, <b>Scaly Cricket</b>. They were really common once I baited some makeshift pitfalls with a Cornish pasty. In fact, I found them everywhere I looked with 69 individuals found. There must be millions of animals on that beach.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCRzL2o7nPc3nXNpo7qMTTHCfF01Q975AtVj5kY02acfVLCw9JtdKnjAYi6BnuCSFLqvLUdbRYBZhCAqeNR15Q4HgnpqlJVg_raKkwPJekpySXXmuP_OqXIiP3ukZ3HLCptPPQv7q9-ThHIU5k_cwuSb62eyowA5J8u9Vmuv5pvOia5SlsGjtKaQwLQE/s4000/P9303926.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCRzL2o7nPc3nXNpo7qMTTHCfF01Q975AtVj5kY02acfVLCw9JtdKnjAYi6BnuCSFLqvLUdbRYBZhCAqeNR15Q4HgnpqlJVg_raKkwPJekpySXXmuP_OqXIiP3ukZ3HLCptPPQv7q9-ThHIU5k_cwuSb62eyowA5J8u9Vmuv5pvOia5SlsGjtKaQwLQE/w400-h300/P9303926.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then to Kimmeridge Bay for the big low on Saturday. It was a bit of a struggle, despite the low tide, due to strong winds and poor light. Yet I got a few new seaweeds, including this <b>Peacock's-feather</b>. It looks a lot more impressive in real life, very unlike a sea weed at all.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgif2mhmOyoMGVKsDf5YizMKpAWqvcXNyciSYcGkG1NUvIwSb4mOGqepmlyomf6_XlKr98Hw2AG1qaG7Y0uUwfLBmnkU1nKi9qF7XgMVOGd8jLvV7P2r1BPaunoV94rlLmR32EDpMSC1AisvPow8fWomdc0q2Oi5xebfaLirGUuvK2aiJ_U7KnLXoc59Tg/s4000/P9303956.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgif2mhmOyoMGVKsDf5YizMKpAWqvcXNyciSYcGkG1NUvIwSb4mOGqepmlyomf6_XlKr98Hw2AG1qaG7Y0uUwfLBmnkU1nKi9qF7XgMVOGd8jLvV7P2r1BPaunoV94rlLmR32EDpMSC1AisvPow8fWomdc0q2Oi5xebfaLirGUuvK2aiJ_U7KnLXoc59Tg/w400-h300/P9303956.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;">A few clingfish were fun, including this <b>Cornish Sucker.</b></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwkfTAcNAt544vLpGBsEQTnWyybCHFC7unQQrTlvyc6SN8l6UMJbO3VdzVSVwSiyf4n56CtEMYsuLp8T74hZ5R_GMqvN2KhXpPZUpTSvoBYcVFtLBK5VWIYW8iKHfVZuM1EXaLXsPgBLIZ5He9KgDxlT2r-vEpVMwG2l_Mg_11lFvS8jb5vAal2t8uq4/s4000/P9303949.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwkfTAcNAt544vLpGBsEQTnWyybCHFC7unQQrTlvyc6SN8l6UMJbO3VdzVSVwSiyf4n56CtEMYsuLp8T74hZ5R_GMqvN2KhXpPZUpTSvoBYcVFtLBK5VWIYW8iKHfVZuM1EXaLXsPgBLIZ5He9KgDxlT2r-vEpVMwG2l_Mg_11lFvS8jb5vAal2t8uq4/w400-h300/P9303949.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I wrestled a rock for ages to get a shot of what looked like a blob of jelly sitting on top of some star ascidians, thinking it was a nudibranch only to decide it wasn't and walk away from it with just one poor photo. I then realised when I got home that it <i>was</i> a nudibranch (you can see the rhinophores). I got some help from Julie Hatcher and was pleased to see the fact that it was feeding on the star ascidians was a good indicator that it was <b><i>Goniodoris castanea</i></b>! A lifer, result. All the nudibranchs I see are like 5 mm long, as was this one.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4AWeOZ8HyR9QzbSImGN4l-PjXSes52fhp_mHX3rF-1gds4Na8ext9re6Oa0gQojvqOr4pwcW-haaaLarmuy36kwciaSaDrYqjV7PzKwrDNbZfn7427dM2AHuzErIL6F6lVr5egmIEIkvo2Ef8Qb3y4ndZVmBweJVFEjzU-TJxMmirpbC-Fw2HP1xzlH0/s4000/P9303961.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4AWeOZ8HyR9QzbSImGN4l-PjXSes52fhp_mHX3rF-1gds4Na8ext9re6Oa0gQojvqOr4pwcW-haaaLarmuy36kwciaSaDrYqjV7PzKwrDNbZfn7427dM2AHuzErIL6F6lVr5egmIEIkvo2Ef8Qb3y4ndZVmBweJVFEjzU-TJxMmirpbC-Fw2HP1xzlH0/w400-h300/P9303961.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span>So it was pretty full on! Yet most of the excitement for me really came from moth trapping, at Gorwell and Portland and in Tout Quarry, but that will have to wait until part two!</span></span></div></div>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-76961381382338954692023-08-09T19:51:00.001+01:002023-08-09T20:54:03.925+01:00My highest ever total of field identified invertebrates was at Hoyle Farm, West Sussex in August<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIxp2Qu2WdRNw17JmIbY4x9Io-XrVTk4Nw_EPevuuhCpXiX_8co3qVfi7JtGZ476q3wlYTxmTfoVmFF8AOsJRw7kval78TIvTol_F15UfCF2W0yNoAkAFTLs3HGPvQCFs0W6O5L-GsRreZkQvuncuh3WKUBhljqqJ2n44n7v5sDpu12ce0x7FBkEViuEU/s4000/P8032893.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIxp2Qu2WdRNw17JmIbY4x9Io-XrVTk4Nw_EPevuuhCpXiX_8co3qVfi7JtGZ476q3wlYTxmTfoVmFF8AOsJRw7kval78TIvTol_F15UfCF2W0yNoAkAFTLs3HGPvQCFs0W6O5L-GsRreZkQvuncuh3WKUBhljqqJ2n44n7v5sDpu12ce0x7FBkEViuEU/w400-h300/P8032893.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For the last few years, I have been keeping a daily total of all the invertebrates I have identified in the field (field dets) on any given day's surveying on a single site. Every day I do this and weirdly, I seem to be able to remember each day, within one or two species. So why bother? There is a very good reason; gamification. By constantly competing against myself, I get better and better at identifying in the field. This serves a number of important functions:</span></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">1) I have to kill fewer invertebrates to identify them. They are very happy about this.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">2) Which further saves me time in the winter at the microscope.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">3) I become a more effective naturalist, by understanding what I am seeing in the field as I see it, which benefits my understanding of autecology. Identifying all specimens at home feels a very detached way to record to me.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">4) It helps to push the boundaries of what is considered identifiable material, something that is particularly relevant with spider recording.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">5) It allows me to frame how good the day's surveying has been based on the other totals I have been recording that year. Anything over 200 always feels like a good day and 250 is exceptional, for example.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">6) It keeps my energy levels up and is fun!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeIGM92E9kdpXeje25TlkisYqXi99xnn8Ro9r0dHM8Llm5UGb374xeVzs0xToN0v9ng1ZSyLouyi4jVGArOFamR6ubyENt_P8WuzjWND5DyxfahwwhBJAm8AVbXwQCT0JkRcfsnJhUQN5IknGPsMPgl7Z-vrQwdaCJJPx7PYehOGglMu6JUVN4dr1DzM/s1024/63f1a183-cdc0-4aad-ac80-ad85bc2afcc0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeIGM92E9kdpXeje25TlkisYqXi99xnn8Ro9r0dHM8Llm5UGb374xeVzs0xToN0v9ng1ZSyLouyi4jVGArOFamR6ubyENt_P8WuzjWND5DyxfahwwhBJAm8AVbXwQCT0JkRcfsnJhUQN5IknGPsMPgl7Z-vrQwdaCJJPx7PYehOGglMu6JUVN4dr1DzM/w400-h300/63f1a183-cdc0-4aad-ac80-ad85bc2afcc0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This shot was taken by the owner of the site, Bianca Pitt. It's been great that Bianca was able to come out with me not just once but on every visit. So much so that I could see Bianca learning her plants over the summer but also, it's a great way to learn about habitat management, grazing, surveying etc etc and the two way flow of information makes it easier for me to write my report and tailor the recommendations. And I enjoyed having the company, as it's rare that someone is so keen to come out. I wish all my clients would do this at least once. So many people who work in land management find themselves too busy to spend time in the field, learning about wildlife and understanding the sites they are managing. How can this be right?</span></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I digress, back to the field identifications! If I am not sure, I still take the specimen and 'ground truth' it back home, this being an important 'bridging' technique towards being comfortable at making a call in the field, however some species will never be field identifiable and you will always have to take them to ID them correctly. It's important to state that you can't fast-track this process; you can only confidently identify in the field after spending years identifying things at the microscope. You need to know exactly how and in what position to hold the invertebrate, where to point the hand lens and what to look for and do this efficiently. You also need to be able to hold identification guides, keys and spider genitalia images in your head. Again, something that comes from a great deal of repetition. It's peak entomology!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Late May/early June has always seemed like the time that I would get the biggest lists. Last year, I got two sites in the 270s in this time period, with the record for the total number after microscopic identifications being 355. Prior to this my record was at Ken Hill in 2019, again in May/June. So, I was not expecting to blow this out of the water in early August! Especially, as to the untrained eye, it might seem like a bad year for invertebrates; it really is not though. There is a LOT out there at the moment, with some very high species-counts to be made.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The site was Hoyle Farm in West Sussex. It has a number of features that make it perfect for a large day list:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1) It's in the West Weald. This part of Sussex is a fantastic landscape for invertebrates.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2) It's on the edge of the Green Sand, so has some magic soils and associated vegetation but this moves to heavier soils in places, adding to the diversity. There is some woodland with glades too, that is also very rich in invertebrate life.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3) It's a medium-sized site at c100 ha, that's compact and easy to get around, so I could spend six hours solid recording without lots of time moving between compartments.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">4) The site is sympathetically managed. Chiefly, the grassland is not over or under-grazed and significant parts of the woodland have an open structure. The site has a great deal of nectar sources, bare ground, some old growth oak, plenty of shelter shelter and structural heterogeneity - perfect conditions for invertebrates.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The method was my standard farm 'bioblitz' method for recording on farms. Split the site into six roughly similar blocks and spend an hour in each. I record as many invertebrates, plants, birds, mammals etc as I can. I was pretty surprised therefore, that this methodology (and not just an invertebrate survey) would be the one to beat my record and it wasn't until I finished the first hour that I thought I stood a good chance of beating that record. I was on 101 species and had recorded the sandiest, most open compartment first. In this 101, I think I had had about 10 species with conservation status. So, I decided to go for the record. Five hours later, I was on 298 field identifications. I fast-tracked the microscope work, adding a further 69 species. This ended up being 367 species in all (with a whopping 32 of these having conservation status). A total of 789 records were made on the day. Rewarding but exhausting work</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an amazing site. I can honestly say it's the nicest acid-grassland I have seen in Sussex and some of the best I have seen anywhere away from the coast or the Brecks. It has some amazing plants that I could write a blog about alone (including several I have not seen in Sussex before), including; Hoary Cinquefoil, Mossy Stonecrop, Smooth Cat's-ear, Knotted Clover, Subterranean Clover, Common Cudweed, Corn Spurrey and more <b>Common Stork's-bill (below in May)</b> than I have seen before! The first bird I heard as I got out of the car on my first visit was a Woodlark.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IV5FQaJFFMWTMnoW2pYTkLT2vrUN40r4aCV9eQTh8dr2mN9arPWhnybA0j3pXCjawkGKnSfIXJLB8hGDX5iOXl7pntFfoP0z2lJeHxEBeelGa8tnPxMvd8FV5njouGM3vKFXixPwY3vj-Oc2035VVtP5yLprbi9UsudOEMOU6ACzgmgS7QcvdtNq_oE/s4000/P5241670.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IV5FQaJFFMWTMnoW2pYTkLT2vrUN40r4aCV9eQTh8dr2mN9arPWhnybA0j3pXCjawkGKnSfIXJLB8hGDX5iOXl7pntFfoP0z2lJeHxEBeelGa8tnPxMvd8FV5njouGM3vKFXixPwY3vj-Oc2035VVtP5yLprbi9UsudOEMOU6ACzgmgS7QcvdtNq_oE/w400-h300/P5241670.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So here are some of the goodies from 2rd August (I have included a full species list of the 367 species found on the day below). One of my all time favourites, the <b>Hornet Beetle <i>Leptura aurulenta</i></b>, a Nationally Scarce longhorn beetle and THE beetle that got me into beetles, after I went looking for it in 2009 at Ebernoe on a hunch, and found it! Fourteen years later, I have seen 1653 species of beetle in the UK.</span></p></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_zoGDM20_6Gnd4VvyFDVSfgXBvjQa1wwTcqEH9szOz15IagXDixKM5Vqrs3WfzZVvcoKQYGBykVtMb0yxkOxTQe_m_jxRSHq7v50qVTLT_EmYIhWPbrp-neGBt7bTOGPf1gCp6kCcOtnbDAO6gNlOwgdPG0pULQa2HnZZ2kWxUulEiyYTqEqdyQDAx0/s4000/P8032893.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_zoGDM20_6Gnd4VvyFDVSfgXBvjQa1wwTcqEH9szOz15IagXDixKM5Vqrs3WfzZVvcoKQYGBykVtMb0yxkOxTQe_m_jxRSHq7v50qVTLT_EmYIhWPbrp-neGBt7bTOGPf1gCp6kCcOtnbDAO6gNlOwgdPG0pULQa2HnZZ2kWxUulEiyYTqEqdyQDAx0/w400-h300/P8032893.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Beating this <b>Lichen Running-spider</b> <b><i>Philodromus margaritatus </i></b> from Ash was a real surprise! After Graffham Common and Lavington Common, this is only the 3rd known site for this charismatic spider in Sussex. Nationally Rare, Near Threatened and Section 41.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUehbTtw78KxgPlVxNqwpLfLpW9boBdprwXxUKLbNTH-et2ngG7J2Vq1UuAoLb91FZ1lbFuMPoYSVQm2q9RHs6-_Ov4f3mZaPGS1wVAizPqyGA7fk-ozRUFjHu8IusfNrcd9SJBB9-cVpbd0q4iE_a0usoW44NdU1UUHnXHKRw-NTVo73IdJ7LWRYgZzg/s4000/P8032886.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUehbTtw78KxgPlVxNqwpLfLpW9boBdprwXxUKLbNTH-et2ngG7J2Vq1UuAoLb91FZ1lbFuMPoYSVQm2q9RHs6-_Ov4f3mZaPGS1wVAizPqyGA7fk-ozRUFjHu8IusfNrcd9SJBB9-cVpbd0q4iE_a0usoW44NdU1UUHnXHKRw-NTVo73IdJ7LWRYgZzg/w400-h300/P8032886.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And I had a trio of lifers too.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The hopper <i><b>Aguriahana stellulata</b></i>, which I have long coveted.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXWF-yRuRlq89qUgrnQVzl8mRIDJBmCMjjPze5AIMM1QXlF4HffSK7MO48p11KGTjhbNw6oDNPXbQDDhbKDWABAksu9NHEG7dBWQfNDKWpw0CX-CeEyzWOs-vKNITj6wwY8xP2zXL1pvsjzAyqJ2fqkNYe76gZS8qflnUu0H2QYkj9C6yDfCHjohCrzE/s4000/P8032891.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXWF-yRuRlq89qUgrnQVzl8mRIDJBmCMjjPze5AIMM1QXlF4HffSK7MO48p11KGTjhbNw6oDNPXbQDDhbKDWABAksu9NHEG7dBWQfNDKWpw0CX-CeEyzWOs-vKNITj6wwY8xP2zXL1pvsjzAyqJ2fqkNYe76gZS8qflnUu0H2QYkj9C6yDfCHjohCrzE/w400-h300/P8032891.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>The Nationally scarce a weevil that feeds on Dark Mullein, <i><b>Cionus nigritarsis</b></i>, was a long overdue lifer too.</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGBLdU55yQw7UhlvlD2R1kYHKbH9peT1zzUsKYgE2j_TsXxM8MKhIPjGefQPZHVK4oAogF_GwjmJi6Lfjpy0-hzy7TZDHsX8IcqTjGpVDcVY9R00jOlNz2KTgxhGfKd661NBL2onyYDW_nlQAByutFRzOxdXjzvNClpCLBbYx0IaKIurtbb5vBMWOY0MY/s4000/P8032903.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGBLdU55yQw7UhlvlD2R1kYHKbH9peT1zzUsKYgE2j_TsXxM8MKhIPjGefQPZHVK4oAogF_GwjmJi6Lfjpy0-hzy7TZDHsX8IcqTjGpVDcVY9R00jOlNz2KTgxhGfKd661NBL2onyYDW_nlQAByutFRzOxdXjzvNClpCLBbYx0IaKIurtbb5vBMWOY0MY/w400-h300/P8032903.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And a striking cranefly swept from the woods (with yellow wings and legs) turned out to be the Nationally notable <i><b>Tipula livida</b></i>. Here is the female's paraphernalia under the microscope. </div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbd_bm-xx5ZVx5OUlJFBh4yOajdyPYux3hBepXundkMFaPUxfawR_L8rWo4_E3OPjvN9mAmgaSGOwrdUab1-Bxy2GsiUKoBP8TDd-SENVsrg0AewgY6MkEKWQ0smDJLSjtb4qEMkqrRF-RHxEhuDXNHKMlpXSJ8mud37SwWTxB2ybVmyHcJ-fSZdtkiU/s4000/P8052929.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbd_bm-xx5ZVx5OUlJFBh4yOajdyPYux3hBepXundkMFaPUxfawR_L8rWo4_E3OPjvN9mAmgaSGOwrdUab1-Bxy2GsiUKoBP8TDd-SENVsrg0AewgY6MkEKWQ0smDJLSjtb4qEMkqrRF-RHxEhuDXNHKMlpXSJ8mud37SwWTxB2ybVmyHcJ-fSZdtkiU/w400-h300/P8052929.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Other highlights included <b>Woodland Grasshopper </b>(Nationally Scarce).</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVuLbx06UYr7Rmu1eSEyBUB8sTy4cEJSW53xK1yxxCYHxVhj-9kkIARHL75A1lt8xQKtaiHZtZCN68GFKn6AmFYK-xVjm2Ld9vLKLWqYVs80u5DVD2hhu7Ck8JAk79Sydq9OFuV3W7OHRv2gl37T_WNMsEpYspYTgZM7SOc1XZjQ4LqHS6_ZziAERv2s/s4000/P8012873.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVuLbx06UYr7Rmu1eSEyBUB8sTy4cEJSW53xK1yxxCYHxVhj-9kkIARHL75A1lt8xQKtaiHZtZCN68GFKn6AmFYK-xVjm2Ld9vLKLWqYVs80u5DVD2hhu7Ck8JAk79Sydq9OFuV3W7OHRv2gl37T_WNMsEpYspYTgZM7SOc1XZjQ4LqHS6_ZziAERv2s/w400-h300/P8012873.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">And <i><b>Attactagenus plumbeus</b></i>, a Nb weevil I see on acid-grassland occasionally.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnz4hI9C-SJVJSm-pjnKbWCruhEylVnEXA7hZZZx8ah72yWr7_iKanlfp7XcWAXub4rrJzs9OsCcAhrGBfJ4dLMub4OjDg9liuVrtDpP790WcmQYmDjgQU6liaV54JarNQPFQsAu6ZLaCfOZ6OW7h-FliDfBp9CYq2yO9RemebSD4QuIbDLysgbLdcipA/s4000/P5241685.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnz4hI9C-SJVJSm-pjnKbWCruhEylVnEXA7hZZZx8ah72yWr7_iKanlfp7XcWAXub4rrJzs9OsCcAhrGBfJ4dLMub4OjDg9liuVrtDpP790WcmQYmDjgQU6liaV54JarNQPFQsAu6ZLaCfOZ6OW7h-FliDfBp9CYq2yO9RemebSD4QuIbDLysgbLdcipA/w400-h300/P5241685.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">This was taken earlier in the year, but the much smaller spiderlings of<b><i> Alopecosa cuneata</i></b> are still field identifiable now and are much more widespread. Another benefit to learning the early stages of species.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtpRfE102rxT6Q7mrofNzHrM3YZZXtpxUonr5qCLT7aPDUccHpPbRhGYE83DB4CINyv2XckYkZPLRsyhuXeUZj9nwe1zF239m7GHlMRYIpMZKoppT3V3zKr7RKeL5ySx_kvTuFuFByd1xwFq651odTU5r7QrzidLM1lyNqWpWoDnWj072RxGHFlThZxik/s4000/P4191309.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtpRfE102rxT6Q7mrofNzHrM3YZZXtpxUonr5qCLT7aPDUccHpPbRhGYE83DB4CINyv2XckYkZPLRsyhuXeUZj9nwe1zF239m7GHlMRYIpMZKoppT3V3zKr7RKeL5ySx_kvTuFuFByd1xwFq651odTU5r7QrzidLM1lyNqWpWoDnWj072RxGHFlThZxik/w400-h300/P4191309.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Probably the rarest thing though was a species I had new to Sussex at the neighbouring farm in 2020 (c500 m away from this record). The pRDB1 <i style="font-weight: bold;">Scythris potentillella</i> (no photo I am afraid). <i>Scythris</i> are small micro moths that I encounter (possibly more than any moth-er in Sussex does) by using my suction sampler, which is a great way to record this whole genus - almost all of which are classed as scarce or rarer. This one feeds on Sheep's Sorrel. Targeting Sheep's Sorrel for Dalman's Leatherbug is therefore the way to find this rare moth (as on both occasions, that's what I was looking for). I also found the Nationally Rare rhopalid bug <i><b>Rhoaplus rufus</b></i>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I run the day's data through Pantheon (the Biological Record Centre's online database for analysing lists of invertebrates) and the SQI (a measure of site quality based on the proportion and weighting of the rarities present) came out at 137, this is really high for one of my surveys (my average is 123.9). The true SQI is likely to drop a little when the the three dates are combined but this was a really interesting exercise. A total of 32 species for the day (at least 50 for the whole survey) is quite remarkable. My average for all surveys (ranging from three to six days - not just one visit!) is 34.5 species with status. Showing this has both quantity and quality. Here is the sward in August, full of nectar and rare invertebrates.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rPBU1MB0roPvp9il4f_fRdPii5Zk7o1kDpfTMcsc57FOPWvGw5PJrezd5y9A8uY0cIGLYAn9Szo4YTAKvCUB7jG99n_jErlQI8VqSWTGMEAz42ZbVaP4dyVBRvQswma8hVPs5jxWokLCpAUStb2RNf4jynP0-WmkN2nmPeDq_rICfpy-4BhnASUmU1U/s4000/P8032879.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rPBU1MB0roPvp9il4f_fRdPii5Zk7o1kDpfTMcsc57FOPWvGw5PJrezd5y9A8uY0cIGLYAn9Szo4YTAKvCUB7jG99n_jErlQI8VqSWTGMEAz42ZbVaP4dyVBRvQswma8hVPs5jxWokLCpAUStb2RNf4jynP0-WmkN2nmPeDq_rICfpy-4BhnASUmU1U/w400-h300/P8032879.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We discussed habitat management at length and it's great that many of the changes required to make this site even better are tweaks rather than radical changes in direction. This is an important, low nutrient, low pH site, with an invertebrate assemblage closer to a nature reserve than a farm and I am glad it's in safe hands. I can't wait to go back in a few years and see how it has changed! Now, here is the entire species list, starting with the field identifications. Species with status highlight in bold and conservation statuses in brackets are thought to be out of date. NS = Nationally Scarce, NR = Nationally Rare, Nb = Nationally scarce b, Na = Nationally scarce a, NT = Near Threatened, S.41 = Section 41, Nn = Nationally notable, etc.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCc_zJzEOIQn8cV--iZnJi7o-Dz1kGWuwuG3zRAjQMGshaBc7vka9jvm1jMOkd9hBsZuqTBSGaS_i6e-JmruHzgPEhSRlgcX4yJijr2qySXJwL00nZhYoB_sLQc1N6DOiJlDu6fMtjsVcEp_13HT81gB0fyt0I_GbGoqhqVZC11pmJOyAAj0Pi_hIcp3I" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="7177" data-original-width="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCc_zJzEOIQn8cV--iZnJi7o-Dz1kGWuwuG3zRAjQMGshaBc7vka9jvm1jMOkd9hBsZuqTBSGaS_i6e-JmruHzgPEhSRlgcX4yJijr2qySXJwL00nZhYoB_sLQc1N6DOiJlDu6fMtjsVcEp_13HT81gB0fyt0I_GbGoqhqVZC11pmJOyAAj0Pi_hIcp3I=s16000" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And then a further 69 species identified at the microscope, which I fast-tracked so I could write this blog.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirEc27ZZgBlIZz0Shlkp-xO6Jt3B_V7Fl3UCYUWczEzld1g7pg-BMNBq-hKcGnKu5Xy42gqS8XO8sM8Eg8_yzo1E4Ct1_FZYfRZimUP5UbE0TD4TwWhzC9DV15C1EzaR33pfEK8X7stjkQ9UVNR63fu5getUKtDjt86eG5NrBEtz4C5qHFdx3vDKVDbak" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1657" data-original-width="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirEc27ZZgBlIZz0Shlkp-xO6Jt3B_V7Fl3UCYUWczEzld1g7pg-BMNBq-hKcGnKu5Xy42gqS8XO8sM8Eg8_yzo1E4Ct1_FZYfRZimUP5UbE0TD4TwWhzC9DV15C1EzaR33pfEK8X7stjkQ9UVNR63fu5getUKtDjt86eG5NrBEtz4C5qHFdx3vDKVDbak=s16000" /></span></a></div></div><p></p></div></div>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-5634784766909080032023-06-11T16:44:00.000+01:002023-06-11T16:44:09.353+01:00We found a spider new to the UK on Brighton Beach!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaxwhEG1PwvgnqQUa6P8B7Cc8_eMq0F6oK2Td_9e2NCtivbuGreGtHvnviJYyMvzUqGCFCMfkoXrYbAxf5_Cb3nDDag1hzkw6g62Wu2UtQOaBeBA_lhR96Kl7kZS-oajsmr7Ry6YD0HlEtu5aKdQz3YRzrvWKvfc8LdRvFxR7y-D5M2fdthDGIgWBs/s2248/2222.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="2248" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaxwhEG1PwvgnqQUa6P8B7Cc8_eMq0F6oK2Td_9e2NCtivbuGreGtHvnviJYyMvzUqGCFCMfkoXrYbAxf5_Cb3nDDag1hzkw6g62Wu2UtQOaBeBA_lhR96Kl7kZS-oajsmr7Ry6YD0HlEtu5aKdQz3YRzrvWKvfc8LdRvFxR7y-D5M2fdthDGIgWBs/w400-h320/2222.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last year, I started monitoring the plants and invertebrates of a shingle translocation and creation project at Black Rock, Brighton carried out by Brighton & Hove City Council. Today, Karen and I were suction sampling an area having just found </span><i style="font-size: large;">Pseudeuophrys lanigera</i><span style="font-size: large;"> (which I thought had to be </span><i style="font-size: large;">obseleta </i><span style="font-size: large;">but it wasn't). Buzzing off this high, Karen pointed to a jumping spider in the tray and asked "what's that?" There were three individuals in the tray from one suction sample. It was clearly a </span><i style="font-size: large;">Heliophanus</i><span style="font-size: large;"> but not one I recognised. For a start, it had very obvious and striking black legs covered in white dots, as well as white-spotted black palps. I said it had to be </span><i style="font-size: large;">Heliophanus auratus</i><span style="font-size: large;">, a rare shingle species, as that was the only option (or so I thought). Which would have been a county first and a lifer. I was specifically suction-sampling the bases of large clumps of Yellow Horned-poppy. Here are some more shots of this incredible-looking little jumping spider.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggARa3TuqAE9cWMkxkBqjOSUct0d0WFfmIxaK_NavEoIOT1XBmtzUq4t-oXOinKoZsFhpeH1KrQ5Whz0B3boN5KZc7Bj64stzDdak1AsYKNa_CRLf72MVR3yS-fYzdGKM-P6YeNvE_xilTkL48CvmUO6bSjVMnSGG4HoZsZLUg_S-SY6Iv8avs8rU1/s4000/P6112195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggARa3TuqAE9cWMkxkBqjOSUct0d0WFfmIxaK_NavEoIOT1XBmtzUq4t-oXOinKoZsFhpeH1KrQ5Whz0B3boN5KZc7Bj64stzDdak1AsYKNa_CRLf72MVR3yS-fYzdGKM-P6YeNvE_xilTkL48CvmUO6bSjVMnSGG4HoZsZLUg_S-SY6Iv8avs8rU1/w400-h300/P6112195.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUy5BsXabbdoD3sb8g5TNAnEoBznNAS27DfDGq1KNjb6aHnNIfFzh85uO3Ypw6s2w1mNh_Z9RFX4MwHdyRgGd5scMtlzPJB7yQXKAB1GvQHgqvzDxT9rzR6GiLQk3pK3BkoUMYpQmivvG121KbGZHRmewueUzINjB8Lwur6OIyihwrp9r1ACJT0csD/s4000/P6112188.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUy5BsXabbdoD3sb8g5TNAnEoBznNAS27DfDGq1KNjb6aHnNIfFzh85uO3Ypw6s2w1mNh_Z9RFX4MwHdyRgGd5scMtlzPJB7yQXKAB1GvQHgqvzDxT9rzR6GiLQk3pK3BkoUMYpQmivvG121KbGZHRmewueUzINjB8Lwur6OIyihwrp9r1ACJT0csD/w400-h300/P6112188.JPG" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-LuYWDfa2ZSH3hbKW40XB4RfuaVX9ij-PNbTmS-JrKhO1OQ8O3se-hzlwC-MzLPHFSRbVh0FmAcLK93vdssHoBJwaNoW-GNlC8H2d6zAnxjMsRifO7MxsZ3wK5IGWjlwHfBBw2wwLHLJakeU2H2pXf7xJvGUWKw5kEIRq3IYdpIvV1fgMUGBa6tuS/s4000/P6112206.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-LuYWDfa2ZSH3hbKW40XB4RfuaVX9ij-PNbTmS-JrKhO1OQ8O3se-hzlwC-MzLPHFSRbVh0FmAcLK93vdssHoBJwaNoW-GNlC8H2d6zAnxjMsRifO7MxsZ3wK5IGWjlwHfBBw2wwLHLJakeU2H2pXf7xJvGUWKw5kEIRq3IYdpIvV1fgMUGBa6tuS/w400-h300/P6112206.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGgzgcnYIakGxllScOsCGT71EYQ-m8VtO1LwYCfBlInoMq3O_0liK0tjqPocpmxJzsSdPaK4Za-qllppuBEsOQxQpurB1Kl0C02WjSvE5WqLlJSGARfGUgjaQkMrNqhEtTXOh0HRDP0j5Mp7aG1ddEzkdRRWc9GUM9xjRhs7YCSVFDZnSBFnqVxlI/s4000/P6112198.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGgzgcnYIakGxllScOsCGT71EYQ-m8VtO1LwYCfBlInoMq3O_0liK0tjqPocpmxJzsSdPaK4Za-qllppuBEsOQxQpurB1Kl0C02WjSvE5WqLlJSGARfGUgjaQkMrNqhEtTXOh0HRDP0j5Mp7aG1ddEzkdRRWc9GUM9xjRhs7YCSVFDZnSBFnqVxlI/w400-h300/P6112198.JPG" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlZYcPgMgYM6vp7ePxagvhAVZyH4YAfiOJr3l0BMUJitTY7bDQrbmts2Q2F3rgBdmU8YylZTuuQoMoMtTf2xzJrEt4ddaW7LbrymXDGDVVwIURP5lOS29FP5ESCPEEzUTEIdw8IQCpjQKGjqNoyhz-T94iCF2KQ3L9XkWqIzXyCKGcrs6UTqz7gmD/s4000/P6112200.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlZYcPgMgYM6vp7ePxagvhAVZyH4YAfiOJr3l0BMUJitTY7bDQrbmts2Q2F3rgBdmU8YylZTuuQoMoMtTf2xzJrEt4ddaW7LbrymXDGDVVwIURP5lOS29FP5ESCPEEzUTEIdw8IQCpjQKGjqNoyhz-T94iCF2KQ3L9XkWqIzXyCKGcrs6UTqz7gmD/w400-h300/P6112200.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I rushed home to look at one, only to find I had only collected females from two different areas but several were adult (actually, I didn't see any males). Two of these were hard to see as the epigynes were blocked but one was very clear. It was not <i>auratus</i>. I dissected the epigyne (below) and then it struck me - this must be a species new to the UK!!! I mean, it's obvious from just the general look of it. The palps aren't yellow for a start! I said at the time, the legs looked like nothing I had seen on a UK <i>Heliophanus</i>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbLbWMdwa7DkyuKrWl3WWuMOn_QcuKpm2kgzLZyk76247hMh9hc6FoPR3_0M_qiaOncJg8ROl5xKEPiUR-uYXPakOIUT4e-vdnTMXwAMpPYboyZ8V4wnLA5f347qzvy9hxV96XvcILd27mAQ0y7isbxISHftk6J-U0QaIfKZkrlBQaFjj6lu1nsvU/s4000/P6112214.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbLbWMdwa7DkyuKrWl3WWuMOn_QcuKpm2kgzLZyk76247hMh9hc6FoPR3_0M_qiaOncJg8ROl5xKEPiUR-uYXPakOIUT4e-vdnTMXwAMpPYboyZ8V4wnLA5f347qzvy9hxV96XvcILd27mAQ0y7isbxISHftk6J-U0QaIfKZkrlBQaFjj6lu1nsvU/w400-h300/P6112214.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I jumped into the excellent website, Spiders of Europe (have a look <a href="https://araneae.nmbe.ch/data/669">here</a> for a relevant species account) and closed in on species that were present just over the Channel but not yet in the UK. There it was, <i><b>Heliophanus kochii</b></i>. There is some more info <a href="https://www.arachnophoto.com/en/salticidae-2/heliophanus-kochii/">here</a> that helped, which stated it's a species that likes warm places. Another species moving north due to climate change then and looking at the European distribution, it likes warm and dry places, rather than being a shingle/coastal specialist. So, expect this to be spreading through the UK soon.</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The patterns on the abdomen & the cephalothorax, the palps, the legs and the epigyne, especially the ducts, all added up. As did the dense covering of hairs on the abdomen missing from the very rear behind the last two white spots. I rang Richard Gallon and he was in broad agreement it was this species after seeing the shots. Now it might be prudent to wait until we have run it passed a European spider expert before calling it but I have never been the most patient of people. So I am calling it as my first (well joint first with Karen) spider new to the UK and my 2nd UK first! What a result. It's also my 526th UK spider.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is the habitat shot from the first encounter. One area of shingle created several years ago just west of the sauna place (I assume by the Council) but we found three more in area B (including an adult female) that was definitely created by the Council about 100 m behind where this photo was taken.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_8A3BTUD1K1xnPP5VLs8i_3HIvoROiNu9041mFw712uKZ-a4IquBnXMsOhU8rUQYpCBl45MTq3X64g11TtconwBGBvJOac21jePeTs-zkxSK7FWsICKbBxG5Wdn0AX5NvBbEYB7Qi8UhczDqusmQHA87-O7WJGK1CtOFkA0qTOrwSZ3OMcP-ueEIO/s4000/P6112201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_8A3BTUD1K1xnPP5VLs8i_3HIvoROiNu9041mFw712uKZ-a4IquBnXMsOhU8rUQYpCBl45MTq3X64g11TtconwBGBvJOac21jePeTs-zkxSK7FWsICKbBxG5Wdn0AX5NvBbEYB7Qi8UhczDqusmQHA87-O7WJGK1CtOFkA0qTOrwSZ3OMcP-ueEIO/w400-h300/P6112201.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now, any questions along the likes of "is it dangerous?" can get in the sea. It's about 5mm long maximum and is about as dangerous as our other 40 or so jumping spiders. It mostly likely ballooned across the Channel and colonised naturally, given the location. How cool is that? Very happy indeed to have found this.</span></p>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-34460086992097510992023-06-01T16:53:00.003+01:002023-06-01T20:28:26.377+01:00Twin Peaks<p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What do you do, when you are walking 50 miles a week for work and buy yourself a long weekend off at the end of May? Climb two mountains back to back looking for rare spiders and walk nearly 35 miles in three days of course! But before we get to Snowdon (photo) and Cadair Idris though, I'll start with my first ever visit to the Great Orme...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmsTXPtaC7OYlMOyoZxexAoQ875UtXp5P5azTNVqP1fprAQzkMAkalq3VWfpDo3JT9Ke2epHz20qkPL1DBovLjDzsPyTix3VJU14-KkdHnrm6uLFfjSqxBm1mQaodwebFfr1YmUYvrU5dAkjMK-26KmJkKqBJpadrgQfSN76Q7MNvgM_fjVBOq0GY/s4032/Mountain.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmsTXPtaC7OYlMOyoZxexAoQ875UtXp5P5azTNVqP1fprAQzkMAkalq3VWfpDo3JT9Ke2epHz20qkPL1DBovLjDzsPyTix3VJU14-KkdHnrm6uLFfjSqxBm1mQaodwebFfr1YmUYvrU5dAkjMK-26KmJkKqBJpadrgQfSN76Q7MNvgM_fjVBOq0GY/w300-h400/Mountain.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Apologies, I seemed to have some water on my lens for a few photos here. It's amazing how dry everything is after such a wet spring. And the grassland here on the south side of the Orme is distinctly arid and Mediterranean-like. A huge thanks to Richard Gallon for being my guide and putting up with me for three days! The sward here is dominated by <b>Hoary Rock-rose</b>. I have only seen this once before in the Burren. We had three target spiders here and we got two of them. There were large patches of Nottingham Catchfly and Bloody Crane's-bill here too.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-wkCQWUFdkBKQQjSdVsRw63TTaPLCP6mPPuVAXWOwPiBQxQwr3i0xPlqU1r2B7ziYyhcTsyFWVuju135asSx26jHd5oCuEJQNZ5CXp5wKSY7CB6vrBTemcC3MwDu7FgBfnph-L7Zo2wJ0UihRKkGperPyJqsX5eFA5sxzbx46-ppNC0i8zxaDZwIl/s4000/P5261720.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-wkCQWUFdkBKQQjSdVsRw63TTaPLCP6mPPuVAXWOwPiBQxQwr3i0xPlqU1r2B7ziYyhcTsyFWVuju135asSx26jHd5oCuEJQNZ5CXp5wKSY7CB6vrBTemcC3MwDu7FgBfnph-L7Zo2wJ0UihRKkGperPyJqsX5eFA5sxzbx46-ppNC0i8zxaDZwIl/w400-h300/P5261720.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiumfS9tv9j_GbfgOGLRvg8lcgwLmgVMR3-vIoJ5yuYkvvdOqwKCex4-xkVFATK4u0Ho6z7ZHuMu8Ip5WUHgtM5i_y9d_McD7J9SC9OScn-bZVBxhI_m5KTCXa2KH1F1Q9HUsLTCeKIdG5MYV1FN7qO6nLViUKgNrC3qQI2WtZyCPMc9AYd-UhjVq0t/s4000/P5261716.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiumfS9tv9j_GbfgOGLRvg8lcgwLmgVMR3-vIoJ5yuYkvvdOqwKCex4-xkVFATK4u0Ho6z7ZHuMu8Ip5WUHgtM5i_y9d_McD7J9SC9OScn-bZVBxhI_m5KTCXa2KH1F1Q9HUsLTCeKIdG5MYV1FN7qO6nLViUKgNrC3qQI2WtZyCPMc9AYd-UhjVq0t/w400-h300/P5261716.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We found several <i>Drassyllus praeficus</i> (spider no. 519) under rocks in this area but it was incredibly dry here. It also did not take long to find the weevil known only from this area that feeds on rock-rose, <i>Helianthemapion aciculare</i>. <b><i>Liocranum rupicola </i>(520)</b><b> </b>took some more finding though, and it was pretty much under the last rock I could handle lifting. In fact, it was just the thought of having to come out at night after being up since 4.00 am to find this spider that was keeping me going and then, there it was! It was only a small immature but under the same rock was also an <i>Atypus affinis</i> web, and another <i>Drassyllus praeficus</i>! What a rock.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtm2W-gQ-meExowZZ9KIWtLjDWmeu5Yfm8qzKQHNbZrSAyuO58JvjUlStzI34sgDNqyq6BGeLHZPmIfk-A1yyJQRVLags4sTS5L61Tbjqb5vNyLZJW0-6o-jBgG_tJBYA9s-aCsFvxcH57xRSkUePYk1AUXHA0eqJpKeuP_8FQil__fSLdlgTJdqRP/s4000/P5261721.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtm2W-gQ-meExowZZ9KIWtLjDWmeu5Yfm8qzKQHNbZrSAyuO58JvjUlStzI34sgDNqyq6BGeLHZPmIfk-A1yyJQRVLags4sTS5L61Tbjqb5vNyLZJW0-6o-jBgG_tJBYA9s-aCsFvxcH57xRSkUePYk1AUXHA0eqJpKeuP_8FQil__fSLdlgTJdqRP/w400-h300/P5261721.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And these freshly emerged<b> Silver-studded Blues </b>were quite something. And endemic subspecies too! We had also seen the endemic subspecies of Grayling earlier.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6thldUp49it49pbP0bvAYON_6wJxdb9FfXzbVcm-QjQEYJ5xn1SO8Aqj0wnM2yGXywGjlS7OHCDkiWjlYStNj1OVnmxoIjfwjpM_Nm6BBA3Ox9umyjcgUxmsG1gYGg58KeqoP9zcFPf8WFI2dy9xWvd9DCmmFrC2zqFgkuU--ZNq3wQobXwcy0qiD/s4000/P5261731.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6thldUp49it49pbP0bvAYON_6wJxdb9FfXzbVcm-QjQEYJ5xn1SO8Aqj0wnM2yGXywGjlS7OHCDkiWjlYStNj1OVnmxoIjfwjpM_Nm6BBA3Ox9umyjcgUxmsG1gYGg58KeqoP9zcFPf8WFI2dy9xWvd9DCmmFrC2zqFgkuU--ZNq3wQobXwcy0qiD/w400-h300/P5261731.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But the Thin White Duke had spotted a big spider in the mountains, so the next day we headed off to Cadair Idris.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9-74OnVR77BOZkGasmO6uiBq3CeKfuaauBFcJammS8_P3_9Qhws76iithRlipIlqzEo07gau1pZi-GXMZTTVVqI0rtzV2ZWDvWPmNvoADWSa809oDxTjh1O5zb5lIUyulOF8EXnr1O1ioMdXWmJ4AzV20n-aG-onR7IGjbjBTnMpm_WPKyxxr0j5/s4032/Thin%20white.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9-74OnVR77BOZkGasmO6uiBq3CeKfuaauBFcJammS8_P3_9Qhws76iithRlipIlqzEo07gau1pZi-GXMZTTVVqI0rtzV2ZWDvWPmNvoADWSa809oDxTjh1O5zb5lIUyulOF8EXnr1O1ioMdXWmJ4AzV20n-aG-onR7IGjbjBTnMpm_WPKyxxr0j5/w400-h300/Thin%20white.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Day 2. Richard and his colleague Thom Dallimore were working under contract surveying the inverts on the mountain, I was tagging along to see <i><b>Pardosa trailli</b></i>. A big old alpine wolfy.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfRQ_Tjlg2rCB9V3g-uUlT0ym6qiaSKTW08g8hhu6-OCCW_kgcQPWmAxqSZGXneWoZ47cfntyrikjp21Q0C1r0x1btY2lgiheFZXohEpa9WH1JfpbZMBmWPUoK_SZwGxrPnO3UXC5hXAW4aRiCsjI8S8na_zSrJJTZkN9ZEryabF_w2sU2Pk8lx-D/s4032/Cadair.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfRQ_Tjlg2rCB9V3g-uUlT0ym6qiaSKTW08g8hhu6-OCCW_kgcQPWmAxqSZGXneWoZ47cfntyrikjp21Q0C1r0x1btY2lgiheFZXohEpa9WH1JfpbZMBmWPUoK_SZwGxrPnO3UXC5hXAW4aRiCsjI8S8na_zSrJJTZkN9ZEryabF_w2sU2Pk8lx-D/w400-h300/Cadair.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was worried by knee would play up, the last time I climbed a mountain in 2016, it really did on the way down but it held. The best thing I learned from Richard was that the good stuff happens over 750 m. And it did just that!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK6cfn0GrpH2rQc2s4rr3jLreg6f8cGj4qQ7kWnGxR6vFvN0meuotNB4EssyNp1u-bD9UKQLc1OJc5BYpYQpbjikAe5X-qQ7vSM4NZBbeTvQj4QZLrbYaF6DwrrKThFTfSc6owwzToEe6Q7OFVOOBZTUTE7qXVCO392FtRPpux-A_Sez8_q_W8ogOa/s4032/C3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK6cfn0GrpH2rQc2s4rr3jLreg6f8cGj4qQ7kWnGxR6vFvN0meuotNB4EssyNp1u-bD9UKQLc1OJc5BYpYQpbjikAe5X-qQ7vSM4NZBbeTvQj4QZLrbYaF6DwrrKThFTfSc6owwzToEe6Q7OFVOOBZTUTE7qXVCO392FtRPpux-A_Sez8_q_W8ogOa/w400-h300/C3.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">I spotted my first <i><b>Pardosa trailli</b></i> (521) myself, a smart looking male. But this dust covered male was the only decent shot I got of one. This means there is only one <i>Pardosa </i>I am yet to see in the UK.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6QhqcHYbEYY_KX5GDkEswFza9uw1MgVyEZhQS6TWvhcBbOqTil2325LvRcSJ0k7RC-D9_NNRMUi5xORC_JHcoVk0zbrlzfWOAtL6Mopy3kFjC0TpNw-e05F6RBI32oV1LiZn8VZOwddGYXQZRftEBwoRsD7OxZQfrPpHak1Z2PoP1Fsay_CWotAr/s4000/P5271756.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6QhqcHYbEYY_KX5GDkEswFza9uw1MgVyEZhQS6TWvhcBbOqTil2325LvRcSJ0k7RC-D9_NNRMUi5xORC_JHcoVk0zbrlzfWOAtL6Mopy3kFjC0TpNw-e05F6RBI32oV1LiZn8VZOwddGYXQZRftEBwoRsD7OxZQfrPpHak1Z2PoP1Fsay_CWotAr/w400-h300/P5271756.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is the female, quite a striking and well-marked spider with very long, tapering legs. I only had my phone for this one though.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGFIKHFcz6iIpsKg8HSLYCdK06ezQi7_dG77eceauFzm8_1OcHTg5w19t7kr_4MUal3m5YV-Wi3QU9XBmosb-O4rl3Lw7aRaQTCRIHKSbmJhgbhAWm_7EtgpGX1MvqPMzG9-CP-IHPL7x5LmqB0rgn_pgYPVuTFgsr1XwQ9UGY2XOJwxmiybEBKITD/s4032/C4plus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGFIKHFcz6iIpsKg8HSLYCdK06ezQi7_dG77eceauFzm8_1OcHTg5w19t7kr_4MUal3m5YV-Wi3QU9XBmosb-O4rl3Lw7aRaQTCRIHKSbmJhgbhAWm_7EtgpGX1MvqPMzG9-CP-IHPL7x5LmqB0rgn_pgYPVuTFgsr1XwQ9UGY2XOJwxmiybEBKITD/w400-h300/C4plus.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We didn't get a huge number of other invertebrates, but I was pleased to see my first <i><b>Carabus arvensis</b></i> in 10 years! We did see some odd things up high though, most likely blown there. I found a female <i><b>Tanyptera atrata, Rhagium bifasciatum</b></i> and <i><b>Thanatophilus rugosus</b></i> all over 700 m!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSICp9lh3YR0Ed_tASxP4--QcLjRDmi0Brzm6PZq68ygMGfKrPTFTLhxJviANlTQpCrYx_G6QGH2G-_zgNztRCpf7YD28kNl9pLAcymRmD2_J7-N-cxrp2FiqJF5ZXJwq0ZDdACrFdegY-zmRnKOzWJwKbt0pfwBVQvypSbXQMBIIPvz18L5VIYKt5/s4000/P5271748.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSICp9lh3YR0Ed_tASxP4--QcLjRDmi0Brzm6PZq68ygMGfKrPTFTLhxJviANlTQpCrYx_G6QGH2G-_zgNztRCpf7YD28kNl9pLAcymRmD2_J7-N-cxrp2FiqJF5ZXJwq0ZDdACrFdegY-zmRnKOzWJwKbt0pfwBVQvypSbXQMBIIPvz18L5VIYKt5/w400-h300/P5271748.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Oh and <b><i>Ctenicera cuprea </i></b>were everywhere, something I have not seen for about 20 years as I do so little up north!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-rgzpvr5vUzrV6i_XTkt7C69wHFbEcC2ANH3F0xR6u8hI6-JREgSFcL6UjefsQ2ZgOJpSpf1x_YXfoPk6k6LwlLzU0bIs0NpkBD78l3lmevN9YgdGP6EEXgYeHbWnaRc4h8x1aS6zFwaqeXIp5CJJ_wyxNtwwJv4lc-Bs2Tz5LkABSVr9B80iSWL/s4000/P5271733.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-rgzpvr5vUzrV6i_XTkt7C69wHFbEcC2ANH3F0xR6u8hI6-JREgSFcL6UjefsQ2ZgOJpSpf1x_YXfoPk6k6LwlLzU0bIs0NpkBD78l3lmevN9YgdGP6EEXgYeHbWnaRc4h8x1aS6zFwaqeXIp5CJJ_wyxNtwwJv4lc-Bs2Tz5LkABSVr9B80iSWL/w400-h300/P5271733.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Alpine plants were limited on Cadair but this <b>Stiff Sedge</b> stuck out. Look at those glumes! That was about 12.4 miles to ascend to 880 m and we didn't get back until nearly 10.00 pm. What a day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkAFVTy9W2tbaeuDCbaLGoWM5iLQEkr8KBmgwiww1UdiaYwL-ss2MXnmuh1LDk12pTyJQ3Cm6CBeGuYCdrD0nFnomASFnln2kzPt1C-3gQ_FboIUHkTqX-_TmQJVC1-O5S_SqHeZC5BkOV-8a2YmzAg_ruHMXLmkJrwxyfl2TPRccUjowOQ3Z95Li/s4000/P5271740.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkAFVTy9W2tbaeuDCbaLGoWM5iLQEkr8KBmgwiww1UdiaYwL-ss2MXnmuh1LDk12pTyJQ3Cm6CBeGuYCdrD0nFnomASFnln2kzPt1C-3gQ_FboIUHkTqX-_TmQJVC1-O5S_SqHeZC5BkOV-8a2YmzAg_ruHMXLmkJrwxyfl2TPRccUjowOQ3Z95Li/w400-h300/P5271740.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Day 3. Just me and Richard today. And about a 1000 other people. Who climbs Snowdon on a Bank Holiday Weekend?! We were heading to that dome on the horizon, about 1000 m, just shy of the top (which we proudly didn't go to). It's 13 years since I last went up here, and coincidentally <a href="http://analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2010/04/snowdonia.html">my first ever blog was from here</a>. How things have changed in that time. Lots more idiots with portable speakers and drones for a start. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5-l1dX01kBNnxNtcCA0w4B4_wD77h0URRSL5jBE7mxTAA_8P5NyZE0rJmEd17JMxKoGwdHYOGNdttbO7IzoE_hrLGd87YzMRM6aQ-ZVHbd5uvsT1Zo4GbEd5GQAPFYAL2dBqWle8IQkFAKzIM9mx2wi-IrT5PlIelMthO1jgQW3FEKNKKer0j-5g/s4032/S2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5-l1dX01kBNnxNtcCA0w4B4_wD77h0URRSL5jBE7mxTAA_8P5NyZE0rJmEd17JMxKoGwdHYOGNdttbO7IzoE_hrLGd87YzMRM6aQ-ZVHbd5uvsT1Zo4GbEd5GQAPFYAL2dBqWle8IQkFAKzIM9mx2wi-IrT5PlIelMthO1jgQW3FEKNKKer0j-5g/w400-h300/S2.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Such an amazing landscape. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibYKROG3wcGwxN6RhNGp1TKW-iV-HUwN4p-vDuqB6OaxOGCu-2H3v7kQJ8U29HKAS1e86naUF8CIjqnigRhYCZ2FvjIqSm-sZRQdB8-rDGPRWoAcc_TEjwy1Ote9Klx04bxoaMHSKTcY1bZS9RrQpJchcttoY1TDvQGjVnJSCIht5zyFZXoyexh14/s4032/S3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibYKROG3wcGwxN6RhNGp1TKW-iV-HUwN4p-vDuqB6OaxOGCu-2H3v7kQJ8U29HKAS1e86naUF8CIjqnigRhYCZ2FvjIqSm-sZRQdB8-rDGPRWoAcc_TEjwy1Ote9Klx04bxoaMHSKTcY1bZS9RrQpJchcttoY1TDvQGjVnJSCIht5zyFZXoyexh14/w400-h300/S3.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">And plants that I have not seen for some 15 years were very welcome. Such as <b>Mossy Saxifrage</b>.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPsF28DrM3AP7OFx5pRH6g8IsY-bOXj843y4RiEClERCU5HYqae0_EKPBJl90uWmliv-Cgq5M9MpAIF6LhElJM34PzGhlwZIGCAZVprP9yEfrs3t-TrHfeRu6zeZ_jdSAeUgm3HSTtJi_nLgdUwwIhFjG5lFpWzfqbPG-wbn2GYY424vj1sNwL8jZ/s4000/P5281760.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPsF28DrM3AP7OFx5pRH6g8IsY-bOXj843y4RiEClERCU5HYqae0_EKPBJl90uWmliv-Cgq5M9MpAIF6LhElJM34PzGhlwZIGCAZVprP9yEfrs3t-TrHfeRu6zeZ_jdSAeUgm3HSTtJi_nLgdUwwIhFjG5lFpWzfqbPG-wbn2GYY424vj1sNwL8jZ/w400-h300/P5281760.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We fought our way past the hordes to the frost-shattered rocky landscape of the near summit and began flippin'. I got three alpine spiders, all being lifers. The first and probably my favourite of them all was this <b><i>Oreonetides vaginatus</i></b>. In this area we also found <i>Agyneta gulosa</i> and <i>Piniphantes pincola.</i> A massive thanks to Richard for getting me to 524 species of spider. Wheatears, Choughs and a male Ring Ouzel provided the soundtrack.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHD9hUe-P-_3OU0XTXWWBnWJEwx1Ng1a4W5zAKvUVW8rBkviXoueUo6XKN0j6Wg_G4fHudw4M_qfmGA9oaGLvdbp8ps-lHPR2mjV_VVOMKUOe3v287k72_MYM1bZew0p2hgyDrieXTzVmkmQboa8skvtcJHNVo2C2VW5S3c7vqATttmIv4Mk4aHEAm/s4000/P5281776.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHD9hUe-P-_3OU0XTXWWBnWJEwx1Ng1a4W5zAKvUVW8rBkviXoueUo6XKN0j6Wg_G4fHudw4M_qfmGA9oaGLvdbp8ps-lHPR2mjV_VVOMKUOe3v287k72_MYM1bZew0p2hgyDrieXTzVmkmQboa8skvtcJHNVo2C2VW5S3c7vqATttmIv4Mk4aHEAm/w400-h300/P5281776.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">And now, we headed to see Snowdon Lilly, a species I have wanted to see for years. But before that. Some mountain plant madness. <b>Dwarf Willow</b> near the top.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwsimtjgJDiMGj-HAUnlwRSMX62b7aMBVmLK1-y3tf0zc2Md_CX9rpci5rsoDI-mKgXK4Xmg_QH8Bx3JDMS_S9rBcgjWnzbwPnoJIljmX5ls2yp1RfdUKX_tuVHLsocZF90VrdyHg_ph7Spt5_AJf-Pmkn-GYly7_wkRLIimos3_r1HEL0YmlBUhZG/s4000/P5281767.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwsimtjgJDiMGj-HAUnlwRSMX62b7aMBVmLK1-y3tf0zc2Md_CX9rpci5rsoDI-mKgXK4Xmg_QH8Bx3JDMS_S9rBcgjWnzbwPnoJIljmX5ls2yp1RfdUKX_tuVHLsocZF90VrdyHg_ph7Spt5_AJf-Pmkn-GYly7_wkRLIimos3_r1HEL0YmlBUhZG/w400-h300/P5281767.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Starry Saxifrage</b>.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjen4Rzo-t327TE76F6cEGBhAXfJQbCVG068LVS1pnGazhGB2ciuuVoUu_CGA_azgSRaHPzmYG86Fvy8jFIGGORHUZEri75g-OGH4RVYvXHuSYHxL2L-PbBmfij9u8Z8NSQsjOFyflV-G6iiD9TSXZBb2fgptucv84cRV_sSlrep7ezI_dQ2sk_6Zjd/s4000/P5281780.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjen4Rzo-t327TE76F6cEGBhAXfJQbCVG068LVS1pnGazhGB2ciuuVoUu_CGA_azgSRaHPzmYG86Fvy8jFIGGORHUZEri75g-OGH4RVYvXHuSYHxL2L-PbBmfij9u8Z8NSQsjOFyflV-G6iiD9TSXZBb2fgptucv84cRV_sSlrep7ezI_dQ2sk_6Zjd/w400-h300/P5281780.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Mossy Campion.</b><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifaqDzo_7UxZ74cjEGUuwB-_ig8t1UmY4n_6HETKgBYV7Q3sarETNKYwbL1Uo2qeViA0by1fmI9bG-aR2Wvn2uUFft6puPbgwZ3P-_bKOdLAyzM0zVOJNWMmLgl6s6fzJu3c5scptxyyPnzM86a41h9w4qfFj0lawkL_YY009ZTenb0ShqdsdCglnY/s4000/P5281783.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifaqDzo_7UxZ74cjEGUuwB-_ig8t1UmY4n_6HETKgBYV7Q3sarETNKYwbL1Uo2qeViA0by1fmI9bG-aR2Wvn2uUFft6puPbgwZ3P-_bKOdLAyzM0zVOJNWMmLgl6s6fzJu3c5scptxyyPnzM86a41h9w4qfFj0lawkL_YY009ZTenb0ShqdsdCglnY/w400-h300/P5281783.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Roseroot</b>. Phwoar!!!</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2_U9XG-BRD3FfHc0brNZ4wCdHNTkSZkAWMJqHyhYsQxU15mHkU_y3XmsO6f6K4MP0y87NgBxgskMJuYxpBNmI7kvffQ7-XgFLLfbQ2-5SZuntaBRGkmXlVWAIjAqw2sIajvwRGRgvVR4ItfVDSWDUDav0nRMzYgf-csCPyovpk6WNvkVKO94N4oC/s4000/P5281785.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2_U9XG-BRD3FfHc0brNZ4wCdHNTkSZkAWMJqHyhYsQxU15mHkU_y3XmsO6f6K4MP0y87NgBxgskMJuYxpBNmI7kvffQ7-XgFLLfbQ2-5SZuntaBRGkmXlVWAIjAqw2sIajvwRGRgvVR4ItfVDSWDUDav0nRMzYgf-csCPyovpk6WNvkVKO94N4oC/w400-h300/P5281785.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Green Spleenwort.</b> A lifer for me.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3K_AslllKBzzNRoJK-zZPHN2mXjeiQrA7vdlv9X_mc8tanheHazpSdCHF327FVkDNLLBpIB_lR0ZMIbuyt7Kxav9VMjE5AOyPnlXWbod1xuF66VmYlidOv-NmaFL9-PF_KKSjTJFgEP4BLDuXp0OwCJ1L2RJXP4RyQBHaZmm0ho0KbFaVc7sMmt2/s4000/P5281786.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3K_AslllKBzzNRoJK-zZPHN2mXjeiQrA7vdlv9X_mc8tanheHazpSdCHF327FVkDNLLBpIB_lR0ZMIbuyt7Kxav9VMjE5AOyPnlXWbod1xuF66VmYlidOv-NmaFL9-PF_KKSjTJFgEP4BLDuXp0OwCJ1L2RJXP4RyQBHaZmm0ho0KbFaVc7sMmt2/w400-h300/P5281786.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">No idea what this stuff is.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__XlKg3EVT2apcEFH_98YHOh8q7VBco5So2cypjM5_w5fHZrCLMf7JtRdHXsm1s4Y0ncTnxY8zbOn7tqFiqd70R--3gwrkxtDHZ24jLHG9v7gm1xd8th-zUYGbzMxN5PXsU_XZGQ6mj7n_3zPUMtYFakI9plSsAAW2zgCfzxNP4vjIi22BgAcW2CC/s4000/P5281788.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__XlKg3EVT2apcEFH_98YHOh8q7VBco5So2cypjM5_w5fHZrCLMf7JtRdHXsm1s4Y0ncTnxY8zbOn7tqFiqd70R--3gwrkxtDHZ24jLHG9v7gm1xd8th-zUYGbzMxN5PXsU_XZGQ6mj7n_3zPUMtYFakI9plSsAAW2zgCfzxNP4vjIi22BgAcW2CC/w400-h300/P5281788.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Meadow Saxifrage</b>. Think this is my favourite of the three saxifrages featured here. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhP-NRY9Pg1n5T4YknQn1wJukCWJBVvLWqeuw5CQaPeE3jbkN3w1eQsDZJmeseemf18rPfRT8dC6rYOhLDM-8K4VwMvrBWNBA637-uYPEIw0GOd2gDzyMy9u3_ihMSXhJOwPuXvxSw1J0srldusuSNS9KvCIyJOz76YpVx82O2AIDldxnH-sN620H/s4000/P5281796.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhP-NRY9Pg1n5T4YknQn1wJukCWJBVvLWqeuw5CQaPeE3jbkN3w1eQsDZJmeseemf18rPfRT8dC6rYOhLDM-8K4VwMvrBWNBA637-uYPEIw0GOd2gDzyMy9u3_ihMSXhJOwPuXvxSw1J0srldusuSNS9KvCIyJOz76YpVx82O2AIDldxnH-sN620H/w400-h300/P5281796.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And a real surprise, as I don't remember clocking it at the time. There are a lot of similar white plants on mountains. This looks good for <b>Spring Sandwort</b>. Another one I have seen but not for decades.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSC2JyMf6iHG5Z6plFaTb7Eh-o43xoFoFXEaL6HAizlpJfaq3imRZDOtuBtuCsMtX7Z26phwlfXWv_0RNYpdTOzFGRVZ5wprwutCdj6Uj6NG9H_S78aianF0MQpjgNWpBU8G_JouGy8HO8BvnEH-gxqCVz5uw0YkP6UA-6kb_oQSgSM8lNX2p0ixCy/s4000/P5281798.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSC2JyMf6iHG5Z6plFaTb7Eh-o43xoFoFXEaL6HAizlpJfaq3imRZDOtuBtuCsMtX7Z26phwlfXWv_0RNYpdTOzFGRVZ5wprwutCdj6Uj6NG9H_S78aianF0MQpjgNWpBU8G_JouGy8HO8BvnEH-gxqCVz5uw0YkP6UA-6kb_oQSgSM8lNX2p0ixCy/w400-h300/P5281798.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Two for one here with <b>Common Butterwort </b>and <b>Alpi</b>ne <b>Meadow-rue.</b> I have not seen many of these plants since I went up Glenn Feshie in 2004! Half a life time ago.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvWc37fCdNFbQ_ZB1W3fq8A8Tm49a36BL5DNonPT9oatymchesCp1UC2JR_O1GUugbHqXTmL9i_xFuItXDu13oLd3v0V9UjfGqZ1ezp2OKudHfZve3TVDgjJqZfC-Ly_8pxSyGWvSa_wSolqgfyRQfMjEhSwk2nEO_feO7apYxtOM-5It9hIj7ni0/s4000/P5281800.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvWc37fCdNFbQ_ZB1W3fq8A8Tm49a36BL5DNonPT9oatymchesCp1UC2JR_O1GUugbHqXTmL9i_xFuItXDu13oLd3v0V9UjfGqZ1ezp2OKudHfZve3TVDgjJqZfC-Ly_8pxSyGWvSa_wSolqgfyRQfMjEhSwk2nEO_feO7apYxtOM-5It9hIj7ni0/w400-h300/P5281800.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Beech Fern.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGvSIJTKnzkz6PvfFFsCYAF2GoK_ONS6euJ72VHgJsjhIWIYpV34boap6-WQp5PCP284XiD85iZPy6BoXmB6W3vwOFN85ovXylsuqvkfb8FGpaN4aUytcNc3OMeFHovOJwf005WiwilvY9VQ0qv0hjnRxwkdCotD7xvMmxIvzA8fekP2oHPVhwhqZ/s4000/P5281852.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGvSIJTKnzkz6PvfFFsCYAF2GoK_ONS6euJ72VHgJsjhIWIYpV34boap6-WQp5PCP284XiD85iZPy6BoXmB6W3vwOFN85ovXylsuqvkfb8FGpaN4aUytcNc3OMeFHovOJwf005WiwilvY9VQ0qv0hjnRxwkdCotD7xvMmxIvzA8fekP2oHPVhwhqZ/w400-h300/P5281852.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Two very odd looking bryophytes.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYjfdoD9DdzqvPpxAHR4sWLZyvxZw_7-_QiCHZrb2H3qGATi7nb2ieJ-qbFQmfEe_w1fT988yn7DSYs-296ancwMXlqqGKQpRddnsTGIMVnAsQ9hWsZRG1jd3rk__dhwAOP4p2jobWSNryNR9YLF2cUQK5n4qek7SijaWE9JHZY6Zm0fDa6Xm11Vg/s4000/P5281802.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYjfdoD9DdzqvPpxAHR4sWLZyvxZw_7-_QiCHZrb2H3qGATi7nb2ieJ-qbFQmfEe_w1fT988yn7DSYs-296ancwMXlqqGKQpRddnsTGIMVnAsQ9hWsZRG1jd3rk__dhwAOP4p2jobWSNryNR9YLF2cUQK5n4qek7SijaWE9JHZY6Zm0fDa6Xm11Vg/w400-h300/P5281802.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">And a lichen very like a <i>Cladonia</i> but I think it must be something else.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil55Kqe7Tij2csDSgXcSsRt8jXvfB-AJW8m5UUPPy6UxaT289_WRekkYkVGkphk_r828Zvyztc7iheuwCXW4wpMcpb3qjKFV7ad69KO6oTfKxR8Km1I6DBk4uj6aYbUFZR7xmaKGmqfIjnUw0Sksa6Wzv4_sd-RreDnrghibEfCIgN-AssqWAhwO_v/s4000/P5281850.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil55Kqe7Tij2csDSgXcSsRt8jXvfB-AJW8m5UUPPy6UxaT289_WRekkYkVGkphk_r828Zvyztc7iheuwCXW4wpMcpb3qjKFV7ad69KO6oTfKxR8Km1I6DBk4uj6aYbUFZR7xmaKGmqfIjnUw0Sksa6Wzv4_sd-RreDnrghibEfCIgN-AssqWAhwO_v/w400-h300/P5281850.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">It's been a while. I think this must be <b>Dioecious Sedge</b>.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomyOIDHKy8GDfzuLZli7yagNABgly6giNiT8iRLznJa_6p49ts9r9vQJrHPOt-HTxthY8Kf6OTKLpDN4aI1n7ecjP-IoVI4GhSJ5x90wQafWZo_ejRJx_jDHVFA6HYYlFjEALLJPmoWQPEpwZn_wjP0KXPf4_9JpOP4EiJRdQ89Wl3o00oK-oQoj0/s4000/P5281833.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomyOIDHKy8GDfzuLZli7yagNABgly6giNiT8iRLznJa_6p49ts9r9vQJrHPOt-HTxthY8Kf6OTKLpDN4aI1n7ecjP-IoVI4GhSJ5x90wQafWZo_ejRJx_jDHVFA6HYYlFjEALLJPmoWQPEpwZn_wjP0KXPf4_9JpOP4EiJRdQ89Wl3o00oK-oQoj0/w400-h300/P5281833.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Closer now. Only the second time I have seen <b>Northern Rock-cress</b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRys7Sw3AddXrT7kT6qrtOxtUX53ioEN4nRN1sPn-wHUEUhLnNed1Z4DIXVT038CGj_Vj8xENPCAzvqtdOAAiNpy9WF68xz8E0wWHV0vB0oXIA1kcj1iVZwvIWTx2yID2SD0s5hHVTp4b27fmkoZlUtR2bgRAWEW_JHn9zPfWk-QipcF30VnF5aj3c/s4000/P5281809.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRys7Sw3AddXrT7kT6qrtOxtUX53ioEN4nRN1sPn-wHUEUhLnNed1Z4DIXVT038CGj_Vj8xENPCAzvqtdOAAiNpy9WF68xz8E0wWHV0vB0oXIA1kcj1iVZwvIWTx2yID2SD0s5hHVTp4b27fmkoZlUtR2bgRAWEW_JHn9zPfWk-QipcF30VnF5aj3c/w400-h300/P5281809.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpKR1Y60hpYz42XU73j2aOmk11sXnsVWqt9wNz2TDbfiHjGo4kclqinnZyyOy4pmYGj4a0XRQk8U6kitsdI4yP4mtiMDU27bjoWUJHCxBbXjgGqSZoAQO2enD3CrCgc7-31zXgXmcgW85SrKZnqU2pr_M6mVrG_YE3LH5pEkPHN3UTemnniWflPzc/s4000/P5281810.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpKR1Y60hpYz42XU73j2aOmk11sXnsVWqt9wNz2TDbfiHjGo4kclqinnZyyOy4pmYGj4a0XRQk8U6kitsdI4yP4mtiMDU27bjoWUJHCxBbXjgGqSZoAQO2enD3CrCgc7-31zXgXmcgW85SrKZnqU2pr_M6mVrG_YE3LH5pEkPHN3UTemnniWflPzc/w400-h300/P5281810.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Then, there it was! The enigmatic <b>Snowdon Lilly</b>! What a beaty!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRK-Hvfv6SssCpUexWbvsbResS3FxJTHS3z6h4vHtdm3-MGf2ZbQW09r3lFV0jSTD71r8tOuOqJUO7u3pFOnv0t8pTFQN8kin0-y_DhTq0tIBaMqbi15agQ4fbzYopE9v7fy3e703ps2jtFFkhU3wED7A__LrF6WZFbVJLM8Be5rekkaRpjlxkoRVX/s4000/P5281826.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRK-Hvfv6SssCpUexWbvsbResS3FxJTHS3z6h4vHtdm3-MGf2ZbQW09r3lFV0jSTD71r8tOuOqJUO7u3pFOnv0t8pTFQN8kin0-y_DhTq0tIBaMqbi15agQ4fbzYopE9v7fy3e703ps2jtFFkhU3wED7A__LrF6WZFbVJLM8Be5rekkaRpjlxkoRVX/w400-h300/P5281826.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLiI2QUevBZ9hd8owU7NTiA_YOA2yxmnGk_UxeujgV_EsMeiGkqDlIG6I8McG6yuey0G_r4fu1kCeAZiqvuwIQKTG0GE53qx5nYJV0rsRl4MQADNwffhdim96oONl-bv6LPp_RoycuYU1ZmhyewqI7RRh3N9JcfR8P3X7Qe4YQu12Ftja1eo-Fe24G/s4000/P5281819.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLiI2QUevBZ9hd8owU7NTiA_YOA2yxmnGk_UxeujgV_EsMeiGkqDlIG6I8McG6yuey0G_r4fu1kCeAZiqvuwIQKTG0GE53qx5nYJV0rsRl4MQADNwffhdim96oONl-bv6LPp_RoycuYU1ZmhyewqI7RRh3N9JcfR8P3X7Qe4YQu12Ftja1eo-Fe24G/w400-h300/P5281819.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1xLQOJ70Y-JIPcRoFw4GJTDGdOHWMIQ0CfpWgeqmiqP-OiUCNIeufkxILyLO6CYibXQOnMpWUH4J1obcLxxA-PZIM7bThZ0sTvaXtExY3qVGKmxbxKMJq4BZcT5bW6I86ehu6wIEF1rKVsQazQHBUx8t0TpDMb8TCkr-iofRETH27Lqe4LNUkfXia/s4000/P5281821.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1xLQOJ70Y-JIPcRoFw4GJTDGdOHWMIQ0CfpWgeqmiqP-OiUCNIeufkxILyLO6CYibXQOnMpWUH4J1obcLxxA-PZIM7bThZ0sTvaXtExY3qVGKmxbxKMJq4BZcT5bW6I86ehu6wIEF1rKVsQazQHBUx8t0TpDMb8TCkr-iofRETH27Lqe4LNUkfXia/w400-h300/P5281821.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What an amazing trip, and a massive thanks to Breeze B&B in Llandudno for being such great hosts and a HUGE thanks to Richard for being such a great guide. We walked 15.6 miles that day, the most I have walked in years. And the day after another mountain, I was surprised how quickly I recovered (apart from some awful lurgy I picked up). Anyways, that leaves me one last spider on the way home...</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Day 4. A quick nip in to a site to spot <i><b>Rugathodes bellicosa</b></i>. My 525th UK spider. I think that means, for the time being at least, I have seen more spiders than anyone else in the UK. But I would love to be proven wrong!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicA4tWk38ZS6EU45D9wYdYX9T3TqnBhKBAwQBlIduxQKquqw2Hna1BVFNgyv-0e6L5RBUYruDxW90zqBYrUnGu1vm_OM6cq6l-hBJD8jHq9gyRgvJ79fwr-Jqy7B8RFTzl7UcZlRsFCI52U-Bg2-Hb8aJVgVVDq5ncX21kv1V-vVNshuh1uPmVO7yY/s4000/P5291866.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicA4tWk38ZS6EU45D9wYdYX9T3TqnBhKBAwQBlIduxQKquqw2Hna1BVFNgyv-0e6L5RBUYruDxW90zqBYrUnGu1vm_OM6cq6l-hBJD8jHq9gyRgvJ79fwr-Jqy7B8RFTzl7UcZlRsFCI52U-Bg2-Hb8aJVgVVDq5ncX21kv1V-vVNshuh1uPmVO7yY/w400-h300/P5291866.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-28830560143287746472023-05-06T10:56:00.001+01:002023-05-06T10:56:46.209+01:00The Sussex Tiger<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NcFUmjvvQ0uEHrE7PuKcsposI3HCbSfwFSzZwpIESbz9zX_NhA8M-10IkNkTZBwayNbsEY0f5TSONSVQK_RcJVrg9pTukbWdO1s_kCp9ll-5OoflHGV-PRDngR21PTcFdxnR8KUSC_MBD0jDPN4lvn779x_NdMNpkkbxtauOOZg52S671j5jyUO1/s4000/P4291418.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NcFUmjvvQ0uEHrE7PuKcsposI3HCbSfwFSzZwpIESbz9zX_NhA8M-10IkNkTZBwayNbsEY0f5TSONSVQK_RcJVrg9pTukbWdO1s_kCp9ll-5OoflHGV-PRDngR21PTcFdxnR8KUSC_MBD0jDPN4lvn779x_NdMNpkkbxtauOOZg52S671j5jyUO1/w400-h300/P4291418.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Last weekend was City Nature Challenge. It's hosted in iNaturalist. I am not a fan of this platform for many reasons that I won't go into here (I wish it was in iRecord) but I do like the challenge. So I have took part by sending my records in as casual observations (without photos that is - it's ludicrous to think I could take photos of even a fraction of what I record without completely wrecking the methodology). This way, they don't actually find their way back to the Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre, they get there directly from me in the same way as all my other data. Here is the current <a href="https://uk.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2023-uk-leaderboard">leader board for 2023</a>, at the time of writing my records are not on there but they will be soon and I will update this blog when they are and the challenge is over for the year.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Some 23 'cities' in England are taking part. For the last two years Brighton has come top for the total number of species, and I have been pleased to play a big part in this. This year, I had more time free to do some recording for fun (not just using records from work). I recorded constantly for about 3.5 of the 4 days. You do get a bit of time to do the dets too, which are just finished. So my stats come out at 2801 records of 1014 species. This includes 570 invertebrates, 303 plants and 77 birds.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Day 1. A quick walk around BHASVIC Field with Karen first thing and then I headed to Woods Mill but it was sodden, so I just wandered around doing plants, bryophytes, molluscs and birds. I managed to refind <b>Pepper-saxifrage</b> in the valley field and saw a <b>Cuckoo</b>. Then I headed to Wiggonholt Common RSPB and things got really interesting. I targeted this site as one of the only significant areas of heathland within the project boundary. I recorded something like 150 invertebrates in the field over about four hours but it was the specimens that provided the most significant find of the weekend, probably my year. I had noticed lots (maybe around 15 or more) of paired up <i>Nephrotoma</i> craneflies flying up out of the Heather. I took a couple of males and when keying them out, I couldn't believe that it was coming out as<i><b> Nephrotoma sullingtoniensis</b></i>, <b>the Sussex Tiger.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This cranefly has only ever been recorded three times and from one site - Sullington Warren. This small heathland is just the other side of Storrington to Wiggonholt, so it was certainly not out of the question. The book lists it as flying in June though, not late April. And lots of people have looked for it then and not found it. Could it have a much earlier flight period than people thought? I quickly got on to Alice Parfitt and told her all about it and she went and checked out Sullington (no joy) but did find it a third site - Hurston Warren. How amazing is this?! Especially as I just wrote a blog the night before about the importance of going out in April. Here are the rest of the microscope shots of this Endangered species.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbWXDwtYZPx1TuqT8VO_9lhiFzRPcVOB7NpW_z3MZv38xZfbJtKp1H9T7WBLzjEQW4xuFjaehCyg6vCwa3Qv54a-sK3GmCGjE2YAqoBqEqgYhzI5MLARJYcUx0HFfpqzHN-F21q7Zsrnlbm1eoIq5necVfub89fv_OkPLfRYumFWuRQY9cetBo9hX/s4000/P4281415.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbWXDwtYZPx1TuqT8VO_9lhiFzRPcVOB7NpW_z3MZv38xZfbJtKp1H9T7WBLzjEQW4xuFjaehCyg6vCwa3Qv54a-sK3GmCGjE2YAqoBqEqgYhzI5MLARJYcUx0HFfpqzHN-F21q7Zsrnlbm1eoIq5necVfub89fv_OkPLfRYumFWuRQY9cetBo9hX/w400-h300/P4281415.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3xAmqiw5do8rrLSCkAueKZafW2u3MsIb40IhQxgnWORCA5K65Jj-oKuummxBj5hOLUcAcpWJlfKoEbEcTF8CFjlv9KAqpnPuThXVggrY4djKpGzZ6tyRHbwhuaWmUPEiXgRbs7U7y47WehSqiTKlSadyWH0lG4mywTDf_oRlShEMgKPb_3whUpXXJ/s4000/P4291423.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3xAmqiw5do8rrLSCkAueKZafW2u3MsIb40IhQxgnWORCA5K65Jj-oKuummxBj5hOLUcAcpWJlfKoEbEcTF8CFjlv9KAqpnPuThXVggrY4djKpGzZ6tyRHbwhuaWmUPEiXgRbs7U7y47WehSqiTKlSadyWH0lG4mywTDf_oRlShEMgKPb_3whUpXXJ/w400-h300/P4291423.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Other highlights included my first heathland <i><b>Enoplognatha mordax</b></i> (still it marches on inland into all habitats, I had one in woodland the other day - first photo), <i style="font-weight: bold;">Cercidia prominens, Xerolycosa nemoralis, Sibianor aurocinctus </i>and <i style="font-weight: bold;">Hypsosinga albovittata</i>. I had another lifer int he form of a scarce dung beetle, <i><b>Euorodalus coenosus</b></i> and I refound <i><b>Spathocera dalmanii</b></i> there (photo). I found a few <i><b>Dieckmaniellus gracilis</b></i> too, despite the lack of foodplant.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsGUBkvamjnhW4UWC4E8qMr_s6EYHDpKwGo8DJ4IYqRNQtyqtHJ5-VvwNOkPAB3zPtVEfRI0vUUCmmv1mWL8ZARsYOKj8BOW6b7-dFjneheG5fU6TS_NYY5QIqSDt8t7hOLVZ2vlUnh_xLTGFcFRJo1fqSTFnmJvxXnyO76U9SpQOAxdSzJjHK35d0/s4000/P4281412.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsGUBkvamjnhW4UWC4E8qMr_s6EYHDpKwGo8DJ4IYqRNQtyqtHJ5-VvwNOkPAB3zPtVEfRI0vUUCmmv1mWL8ZARsYOKj8BOW6b7-dFjneheG5fU6TS_NYY5QIqSDt8t7hOLVZ2vlUnh_xLTGFcFRJo1fqSTFnmJvxXnyO76U9SpQOAxdSzJjHK35d0/w400-h300/P4281412.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiISJghdIXkjo4LlJzO9h7izXA9dbdwyqswVty6WhqGP7iJEhQugw8a9tsndTd2YFBbK2ZDDrClB8Bmn6kswM1X41EHcBwYumxtb0VoJKW1qmHEM-yaDu9n2r2pPLsGMU0RHp2zepge-SwCruXmHoQNLSXJspNZJ-klIxkCzB3sZDhG8LCurhHhb145/s4000/P4281411.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiISJghdIXkjo4LlJzO9h7izXA9dbdwyqswVty6WhqGP7iJEhQugw8a9tsndTd2YFBbK2ZDDrClB8Bmn6kswM1X41EHcBwYumxtb0VoJKW1qmHEM-yaDu9n2r2pPLsGMU0RHp2zepge-SwCruXmHoQNLSXJspNZJ-klIxkCzB3sZDhG8LCurhHhb145/w400-h300/P4281411.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Day 2 I spent on the chalk with Kim Greaves. We did the morning at Malling Down and the afternoon at Seaford Head. We mopped up! Malling Down provided some really exciting records, but mainly things I had seen there before. The first sample generated an almost adult <i><b>Phaeocedus braccatus</b></i> (1st photo) in Bridgewick Pit. And a whole host of cool harvestmen, including <i><b>Trogulus tricarinatus</b></i> again and this awesome <i style="font-weight: bold;">Megabunus diadema </i>(2nd photo)<i style="font-weight: bold;">. </i>I got a lifer on the way into Green Pits. This is a rather messed up looking specimen of <b>Thimble Morel </b>(3rd photo) which people tell me is having a good year.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWHTgxtzlHdCcsgzpTjZeJO9sz9gFoZ6PBMe-1B8GeSPeoLtMonWKvn7uxQz9wlG5NDA1ETQJ3pBfu38SzRRaoM2MzYc4g2kGFqGrZ7AcTo8ezAGCLtPuYY5UHVU5qrghr7dOwZl-yz2AKuVbItXl7Tog-5cX7H8qf87jKnzasoNHBkb6Lnz0r9Pi/s4000/P4291430.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWHTgxtzlHdCcsgzpTjZeJO9sz9gFoZ6PBMe-1B8GeSPeoLtMonWKvn7uxQz9wlG5NDA1ETQJ3pBfu38SzRRaoM2MzYc4g2kGFqGrZ7AcTo8ezAGCLtPuYY5UHVU5qrghr7dOwZl-yz2AKuVbItXl7Tog-5cX7H8qf87jKnzasoNHBkb6Lnz0r9Pi/w400-h300/P4291430.JPG" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1uVh2C0QfwbMym4JhufMBiCUnA_GcbUq2wuei1Ki03Y49tu4bRDAhAn0lOIJGURraN3gJ_TuYm2i7wmSS24itgntofXa9-sF26eVwgv2dkXPrKDDha3vhY_W9eECjnHZPRx7O3f9NPjM3jGUk4db3fiPyMOCK51pQnnYBt8ltXm0kUcvXzBHmby7/s4000/P4291427.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1uVh2C0QfwbMym4JhufMBiCUnA_GcbUq2wuei1Ki03Y49tu4bRDAhAn0lOIJGURraN3gJ_TuYm2i7wmSS24itgntofXa9-sF26eVwgv2dkXPrKDDha3vhY_W9eECjnHZPRx7O3f9NPjM3jGUk4db3fiPyMOCK51pQnnYBt8ltXm0kUcvXzBHmby7/w400-h300/P4291427.JPG" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrIprFFA4e9U2gG-3Xhq4Pku2PK2h2vGO3E22A3JuIpk4IX9Wo1mzO7Q78_jAA9xgIEXsAMm4dr4znxZMrSlCxUni6vAO_UMxDUMwTGDh8DXrGXe20lOTYQgIAb-lQcPYYK2gn2Tp9za-402f1_6Wxh9CIc1Xz50tpjHKQKVtorF80zkqunuwrEkW/s4000/P4291431.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrIprFFA4e9U2gG-3Xhq4Pku2PK2h2vGO3E22A3JuIpk4IX9Wo1mzO7Q78_jAA9xgIEXsAMm4dr4znxZMrSlCxUni6vAO_UMxDUMwTGDh8DXrGXe20lOTYQgIAb-lQcPYYK2gn2Tp9za-402f1_6Wxh9CIc1Xz50tpjHKQKVtorF80zkqunuwrEkW/w400-h300/P4291431.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Onto the Coombe and I found an adult <i><b>Pancalia</b></i> <i><b>schwarzella</b></i> at one of its few Sussex sites and Kim spotted this carabid, <i><b>Lebia chlorocephala</b></i>. This is only the third time I have seen this beetle in 13 years, the other two records being from Malling Down in 2010 and Southerham in 2017. The Horsehoe Vetch feeding pollen beetle, <i><b>Meligethes erichsonii</b></i>, was also a lifer.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-EOhQk_KCWVQoWU5mN-2d9W0Aip-D0GIrWnoEKaW7iiq785uc6kRI4VcdLyJG9FXm0kuEXFeNGYnz6DLvfK4Xot3bugCKDD8PV5YLuOmBPp4yFuUzGo7WrUDPwrIgHD7MzX1sAjxYU1dw4ZsISKc2BhABZDcxYHBJktic2Vh2u0LIkVPrFPPkb_Xx/s4000/P4291443.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-EOhQk_KCWVQoWU5mN-2d9W0Aip-D0GIrWnoEKaW7iiq785uc6kRI4VcdLyJG9FXm0kuEXFeNGYnz6DLvfK4Xot3bugCKDD8PV5YLuOmBPp4yFuUzGo7WrUDPwrIgHD7MzX1sAjxYU1dw4ZsISKc2BhABZDcxYHBJktic2Vh2u0LIkVPrFPPkb_Xx/w400-h300/P4291443.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To Seaford and a very casual twitch of the White-crowned Sparrow before mopping up on some Hope Gap specialities. <b>Heath Snail, Moon Carrot</b>, <i><b>Lasaeola prona</b></i>, <i style="font-weight: bold;">Pyrausta ostrinalis </i>(photo) and (possibly new to site) <i><b>Astrapaeus ulmi</b></i>. Oh and of course, loads of freshly emerged <i><b>Anthophora retusa</b></i> males. Amazingly we saw one male sitting on an Adder but I just couldn't get anywhere near it to get a photo. Picked up <b>Whimbrel</b> on call, when you do this you need to have one ear listening out all the time.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAKOO22xcrSIdXB52tVwxwJNDYZdSVIL5Oiy4KJWRu0xNFxOq9bzZ41wiqlcMpLI8CqHU240kNVcncHkqoM16slaalwdS5ZXgUCmBipb4r9tqv-0ISKbYYfBzRP6EWaxNOGqxSopZSVdRwZ6ArK0ox89KSYCLXJiQPmkHzCV9-FqCJFiF1Vly3m9E/s4000/P4291456.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAKOO22xcrSIdXB52tVwxwJNDYZdSVIL5Oiy4KJWRu0xNFxOq9bzZ41wiqlcMpLI8CqHU240kNVcncHkqoM16slaalwdS5ZXgUCmBipb4r9tqv-0ISKbYYfBzRP6EWaxNOGqxSopZSVdRwZ6ArK0ox89KSYCLXJiQPmkHzCV9-FqCJFiF1Vly3m9E/w400-h300/P4291456.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">And I think these are my first Sussex <b>Thick Top Shells (<i>Phorcus lineatus</i>)</b> from the rockpools off Seaford Head. This seems about as far east as they come in the UK.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyB4sV2bOmnj7y3q_jvXHIbt7xT3lBIR_kpOWmfNNoFTn84LATrRtcZ6Q1ClvIzYXnDJ6kZoRy-LN94JvSsH7tmvge0Gs67ZXY9lHLj_okLIKcggLamlu_UnT5WPrpByF5FkmVKYQMPl-Qh3PdKs0QUBKmqtuGhSZp1-Ck2a4cjwMsA71p6u1iW3Oo/s4000/P4291453.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyB4sV2bOmnj7y3q_jvXHIbt7xT3lBIR_kpOWmfNNoFTn84LATrRtcZ6Q1ClvIzYXnDJ6kZoRy-LN94JvSsH7tmvge0Gs67ZXY9lHLj_okLIKcggLamlu_UnT5WPrpByF5FkmVKYQMPl-Qh3PdKs0QUBKmqtuGhSZp1-Ck2a4cjwMsA71p6u1iW3Oo/w400-h300/P4291453.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Day 3 and I spent it at work and made over 830 records to add to the set. Libby Morris accompanied me for about half of the day. Highlights included <i style="font-weight: bold;">Bombus humilis </i>and another <i style="font-weight: bold;">Enoplognatha mordax.</i> Oh and <i><b>Aulacobaris lepidii</b></i><span style="font-size: medium;"> which I see quite a lot on farms. But the best record was actually on what I believe to be Sussex University Campus land when I was trying to get back to my car. I saw that Martin Harvey had picked this up a few weeks earlier and I was gripped, can't believe I then went on to see this very odd yet charismatic sawfly, <b><i>Sciapteryx soror</i></b>. Yet another lifer.</span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfhEG6IPO-4r1tmyNP8qkDZRwgV0OJ6G62BdQdv1qenl04ax9MY0iCUSPXkzsc9X-2VXHLib2A3R4HsceffSTHHcb_mEKeaUn4dLgHlyuRWF2rWyCK1MifazU5Nne1bbcsNl-K6h2bfKFKkAhUMJB2yiqdSF926IfSa44KUp3eEA0swfdg99flEeaQ/s4000/P4301464.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfhEG6IPO-4r1tmyNP8qkDZRwgV0OJ6G62BdQdv1qenl04ax9MY0iCUSPXkzsc9X-2VXHLib2A3R4HsceffSTHHcb_mEKeaUn4dLgHlyuRWF2rWyCK1MifazU5Nne1bbcsNl-K6h2bfKFKkAhUMJB2yiqdSF926IfSa44KUp3eEA0swfdg99flEeaQ/w400-h300/P4301464.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And what must be the most <i><b>Syntomus obscuroguttatus</b></i> I have ever seen in one sample, this is just a fraction what was in the tray.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtq6M67wW76OVvykkiCzFuEAy2QdOpuvD4445oruQ8sYwiz-k2pOg6vtqKBnmbarsw9Ln3UX-osVUZ7nmamdZCcsFd8dOjO2VzW5let7r4uFFxzeQAkofWFlj1sgtr22wVTv8WU42H-GJxf7OW6mkMZx_HxT9nhCFkN9hYlRv-dgUAzXpqABOVrISG/s4000/P4301468.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtq6M67wW76OVvykkiCzFuEAy2QdOpuvD4445oruQ8sYwiz-k2pOg6vtqKBnmbarsw9Ln3UX-osVUZ7nmamdZCcsFd8dOjO2VzW5let7r4uFFxzeQAkofWFlj1sgtr22wVTv8WU42H-GJxf7OW6mkMZx_HxT9nhCFkN9hYlRv-dgUAzXpqABOVrISG/w400-h300/P4301468.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><p style="text-align: justify;">Day 4. I am broken after walking 27 miles in four days with 15 kg of gear. I spend most of the day entering records and identifying specimens. The weather is bad with some storms but Karen and I head out to Woods Mill to do some wetland invertebrate sampling in the afternoon and we do quite well. We find the ladybird <i><b>Nephus quadrimaculatus</b></i>, loads of new spiders in the meadow and finally <b>Nightingale</b>! Which was also Karen's first.</p></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is my distribution over the four days, including some roadside botany. I am exhausted, 30% of the way through my field work for the year already and I have entered 8734 records in April alone. This challenge was immensely fun but talk about burning the candle at both ends.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlhx_Vwkt5BBBb2PEXh-TdgBhMYF_gRl8yD-8ht9uc0K3UDFcsAMijRKxbwpAj90aArTYhxiRsVP9XUUudKcpENSNNR5kbIN4uAkqIEj4QeumNqILWCuCyNukYk9owDxJUqmKN3Gxhim0EkOd0H2SmyoeLjju0F9nOYILqvKwmAvXutNz2veKPN7ax/s1054/CNC%20MAP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="1054" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlhx_Vwkt5BBBb2PEXh-TdgBhMYF_gRl8yD-8ht9uc0K3UDFcsAMijRKxbwpAj90aArTYhxiRsVP9XUUudKcpENSNNR5kbIN4uAkqIEj4QeumNqILWCuCyNukYk9owDxJUqmKN3Gxhim0EkOd0H2SmyoeLjju0F9nOYILqvKwmAvXutNz2veKPN7ax/w400-h203/CNC%20MAP.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Will it be enough to get us into top place for species again? I hope so. Here is the breakdown of the species recorded.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDwxxdHwIlME7-QgOz0jDr_a6GZ24x2NY8_MiIZWHDwSQBeLZEYsFwTackuOzQPriJ2WcfMB9MWOlRyV0KvYsps3epsiG_Ci5b2CqSJ9DOkl7EwTOY91wPXrKJrPvYr_yxIcleIXaMoAiXxtMzXYscvIcGOW3QvECIKzvWAytbSwM2AOPVd18zf4wP/s842/Totals%20CNC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="208" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDwxxdHwIlME7-QgOz0jDr_a6GZ24x2NY8_MiIZWHDwSQBeLZEYsFwTackuOzQPriJ2WcfMB9MWOlRyV0KvYsps3epsiG_Ci5b2CqSJ9DOkl7EwTOY91wPXrKJrPvYr_yxIcleIXaMoAiXxtMzXYscvIcGOW3QvECIKzvWAytbSwM2AOPVd18zf4wP/w158-h640/Totals%20CNC.jpg" width="158" /></a></div><p></p>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-8434345672025017902023-04-27T15:43:00.003+01:002023-04-27T15:47:26.783+01:00Four weeks in the life of a recording-obsessed freelance ecologist<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVNojjFhIV-EUmKplkox3j_cMg70VIxt7O81gIb3kF3kwK1gStKY6xvG5s0_Q1ilP47jvmK4aO1WdY-S3bQfDtDFQRZQcyyBRtMtpmVv_yW9u9nnKej9CYhw7_d8Kz0d6swMN90CLb7kNRF9RGB4hMUPJNVlzsEea-j1mPOBGLmoQDI0G7kYeoY8u/s4000/P4021150.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVNojjFhIV-EUmKplkox3j_cMg70VIxt7O81gIb3kF3kwK1gStKY6xvG5s0_Q1ilP47jvmK4aO1WdY-S3bQfDtDFQRZQcyyBRtMtpmVv_yW9u9nnKej9CYhw7_d8Kz0d6swMN90CLb7kNRF9RGB4hMUPJNVlzsEea-j1mPOBGLmoQDI0G7kYeoY8u/w400-h300/P4021150.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Less than four weeks into the field season already and I have completed my work for April. I am over 20% into the year's field work, which just seems weird! I have lost over 4 kg, some 5% of my body weight. Walked over 120 miles carrying around 15 kg of gear. But most importantly, I have made shed loads of records and found some really awesome stuff. 6279 records to be precise. Of 1016 species, including 612 invertebrates, 203 of these are spiders! I do tend to skim through the specimen jars to look at the spiders early on, meaning that most of the other stuff will wait until the winter (so most of the invertebrate orders below are just field dets at this stage). Here is what I have recorded and where, so far. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvP0GEjN-NWJlvBbXCo2Pr8wNCAwzjatzohUzgVUkm_yefOSl5NnrN5PvY_v-DmXKzT9q3HynxlTAcJMc7INcvU-S_975EhS2eQ2T3nK9DVJ_6JbZ8U1Apa64YPuTPv3OaBGVc0-DQdYoarSsmn2DUnC0rNumxog6MBmaUsggSb97yAVpdpbEXY1Yk/s781/Recording.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="310" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvP0GEjN-NWJlvBbXCo2Pr8wNCAwzjatzohUzgVUkm_yefOSl5NnrN5PvY_v-DmXKzT9q3HynxlTAcJMc7INcvU-S_975EhS2eQ2T3nK9DVJ_6JbZ8U1Apa64YPuTPv3OaBGVc0-DQdYoarSsmn2DUnC0rNumxog6MBmaUsggSb97yAVpdpbEXY1Yk/w159-h400/Recording.jpg" width="159" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvS2bNC7pQ0vQVMY2RsCmZ3_vrMbMTTVnttQRB4YUn0NHj3D1Oet_fududz_FO6KZgc1TXqHjgUFOP7dL3w8DS4ETTSq4Q-e_wHQMyoMgSp5vjsly3ax3WfA29MilaCtwogvROqbR8KBr4qUeVFsmAfbXjeH3Iw_S5Fmpw9HEMq7mfVywe6fA73Ej/s1025/April.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="1025" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvS2bNC7pQ0vQVMY2RsCmZ3_vrMbMTTVnttQRB4YUn0NHj3D1Oet_fududz_FO6KZgc1TXqHjgUFOP7dL3w8DS4ETTSq4Q-e_wHQMyoMgSp5vjsly3ax3WfA29MilaCtwogvROqbR8KBr4qUeVFsmAfbXjeH3Iw_S5Fmpw9HEMq7mfVywe6fA73Ej/w400-h204/April.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And now for some highlights. On my first day out at Iping Common, I found two Nationally Rare spiders new to the site, new hectads for them too and the first time I have seen either in Sussex, I was pretty stoked with that! At the top of this blog is <b><i>Zora silvestris</i></b>, Identifiable by the spines on the leg even as an immature. This Critically Rare spider is only known from six post-1992 hectads, now it's seven! Nearby was a healthy population of <b><i>Lathys heterophthalma</i></b> (below), a Vulnerable species known only from four hectads post-1992, now five! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmlWeSmP_iEAcvJr2G7AVZdBXDDQL816vDg3n3HU3q7Z-PcaF81MrYvnK7yVnyqgtt8V0eq09hFDIMYqHiDEVHSZynF6IFD4dC5RBQ928UlApwEF5jU8VcbmLoTLqLSdHwZaBTNIaQ5UVknUejGMUJG4yiTGE7g22Qc9bY120a5029Rw_2AIAh0EJ/s4000/P4021159.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmlWeSmP_iEAcvJr2G7AVZdBXDDQL816vDg3n3HU3q7Z-PcaF81MrYvnK7yVnyqgtt8V0eq09hFDIMYqHiDEVHSZynF6IFD4dC5RBQ928UlApwEF5jU8VcbmLoTLqLSdHwZaBTNIaQ5UVknUejGMUJG4yiTGE7g22Qc9bY120a5029Rw_2AIAh0EJ/w400-h300/P4021159.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Over to Old Lodge in East Sussex. Only the 2nd ever record in Sussex for<i><b> Theonoe minutissima</b></i>. A midget among the spiders. A much commoner species in the north and west. I sieved it from <i>Sphagnum</i> where it has surely been here for years, undetected. Amazingly it's new to Ashdown Forest.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg39AuAUZE9LJuW4ZgI8G8OVGbtOqjAGxLfbPjYqPBSe8Q1YSPr_gU1akPne0mfmN1BvJwJAVlSpCGL68l5nbDfIaZyhdLtRRBbRWWHkdmkNf-mLE8TpIPeQWhZs2nBQhQh4iH0MhElQKYrfC3eEguUH9cGOSQTRgFcv-nOxayf1GJ2lVCGAXVW1m2c/s4000/P4041213.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg39AuAUZE9LJuW4ZgI8G8OVGbtOqjAGxLfbPjYqPBSe8Q1YSPr_gU1akPne0mfmN1BvJwJAVlSpCGL68l5nbDfIaZyhdLtRRBbRWWHkdmkNf-mLE8TpIPeQWhZs2nBQhQh4iH0MhElQKYrfC3eEguUH9cGOSQTRgFcv-nOxayf1GJ2lVCGAXVW1m2c/w400-h300/P4041213.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">I had a new hectad for <i><b>Hypomma fulva</b></i> in East Sussex and had it new to West Sussex near Amberley.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpCQK3vNO2JwLEys4Uyo7fCMfERVGJnBaf1xNaoA4eys-Vy7AfC3PBZoRUyR-up2B4UE9VmuKCIsKOlXNtCegJKVegvUymXPdJu973Tc4iVaQYOJuTyO0N7n82uw-P8P_Hjq8ehRm6S06kjgctirI68rH3kmAiC9qYZ-kXxrgLl6o1n7rPARX4MoYN/s4000/P4061218.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpCQK3vNO2JwLEys4Uyo7fCMfERVGJnBaf1xNaoA4eys-Vy7AfC3PBZoRUyR-up2B4UE9VmuKCIsKOlXNtCegJKVegvUymXPdJu973Tc4iVaQYOJuTyO0N7n82uw-P8P_Hjq8ehRm6S06kjgctirI68rH3kmAiC9qYZ-kXxrgLl6o1n7rPARX4MoYN/w400-h300/P4061218.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I bumped into some <b>Golden-eye Lichen</b> on a farm survey in Brighton.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4BnCCFEuRFtY6JimSbQ86JOcp2aujmyeUGP1rKcSvpExT6lvyr8o60feQ31ZdeaWIPk6DTRqv-YlhZajnDJXUZe_M7jqOV2sO1tLIc7ya2cH8ARXvcoiwY6GEfHC0K1mEXqpkRRBAdi_yLSIk1ee4fvsR11OYdeBapxsKGAXWybouGZhOWwl2E6Y/s4000/P4071222.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4BnCCFEuRFtY6JimSbQ86JOcp2aujmyeUGP1rKcSvpExT6lvyr8o60feQ31ZdeaWIPk6DTRqv-YlhZajnDJXUZe_M7jqOV2sO1tLIc7ya2cH8ARXvcoiwY6GEfHC0K1mEXqpkRRBAdi_yLSIk1ee4fvsR11OYdeBapxsKGAXWybouGZhOWwl2E6Y/w400-h300/P4071222.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Only the second time I have seen the ground bug <b><i>Emblethis denticollis</i></b>. This was down on the shingle restoration at Black Rock in Brighton.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWd_K4nLQacRSqnv7ReqKQnu6JuxaRs8EByX3iruBFv1DtxeNuHbVmvXoMHbv3iikK1C4Rm71JIbhBmks75cUxcBx3aBv7LND-hTYsHzpAgDolIsXMFnhNuTP8SSqwbs_5w9ozMPzWOTZOxTyOuRifx6TJ3oPvI9qXH5INLuYDHBIyJDtI02Y_2ncY/s4000/P4101241.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWd_K4nLQacRSqnv7ReqKQnu6JuxaRs8EByX3iruBFv1DtxeNuHbVmvXoMHbv3iikK1C4Rm71JIbhBmks75cUxcBx3aBv7LND-hTYsHzpAgDolIsXMFnhNuTP8SSqwbs_5w9ozMPzWOTZOxTyOuRifx6TJ3oPvI9qXH5INLuYDHBIyJDtI02Y_2ncY/w400-h300/P4101241.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">To Bedfordshire and a voluntary job for BBOWT at Strawberry Hill. Only the 2nd time I have seen <b><i>Liocranoeca striata</i></b> and it was also new to Bedfordshire, it was quite common there.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixViy61iAAmDU0xLC_BXAO1PSmV_MSonvnsQZ9k0RkXr1cOdhMm1wJySRiUhrlFhV4LA65Z5WKqgMSSQP_-sx1AjbY1xliy8QmLxpGa21gj6d7v70zLsxFhG_k_hYtvEiikaSLLi2eC24VapyVt2XPVLtDSRl3yKhpq2H3OcQ0kByuT6YWk1JJZbc/s4000/P4111251.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixViy61iAAmDU0xLC_BXAO1PSmV_MSonvnsQZ9k0RkXr1cOdhMm1wJySRiUhrlFhV4LA65Z5WKqgMSSQP_-sx1AjbY1xliy8QmLxpGa21gj6d7v70zLsxFhG_k_hYtvEiikaSLLi2eC24VapyVt2XPVLtDSRl3yKhpq2H3OcQ0kByuT6YWk1JJZbc/w400-h300/P4111251.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">To Franchises Lodge in Wiltshire, although it still very much feels like the New Forest. Some nice records like only the 3rd time I have seen <b><i>Cassida hemisphaerica</i></b>.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyXf1E7YuVkSZMxRjQ7F0lPmUVae_iKnepEknWRALcb5PePVQCddV8uQwUn0EOexpbWLn0ekoFHYGMzO_fENrZKIXmif-vLFEvV_-28eU87AltH7J5u7qwkqEVgTu3-WUaUYrtftx9xoYb0YCci57fdqpsZbq6whiAL90QcXbD3YBtFqq_YVRJR04Y/s4000/P4131257.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyXf1E7YuVkSZMxRjQ7F0lPmUVae_iKnepEknWRALcb5PePVQCddV8uQwUn0EOexpbWLn0ekoFHYGMzO_fENrZKIXmif-vLFEvV_-28eU87AltH7J5u7qwkqEVgTu3-WUaUYrtftx9xoYb0YCci57fdqpsZbq6whiAL90QcXbD3YBtFqq_YVRJR04Y/w400-h300/P4131257.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">And a new hectad for <i><b>Crustulina sticta</b></i>.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcgeMFKW-Uh19KV6WKBRfGsjnjQofzRZB3Pa0KC8A1QMS5xkRxMC2GmkOqHAXXZKoCBOkm7Wil26BdIJ91INTknGYHK9yHexF5NKVp6xyqg8-mU7ACtjKu3TLWDIdoIxhKBW2A15lMSDQqkhPSKK5ggM5UlTp9HRqNJwG7ZMTW3eUQp8eLZZaDBs0/s4000/P4131262.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcgeMFKW-Uh19KV6WKBRfGsjnjQofzRZB3Pa0KC8A1QMS5xkRxMC2GmkOqHAXXZKoCBOkm7Wil26BdIJ91INTknGYHK9yHexF5NKVp6xyqg8-mU7ACtjKu3TLWDIdoIxhKBW2A15lMSDQqkhPSKK5ggM5UlTp9HRqNJwG7ZMTW3eUQp8eLZZaDBs0/w400-h300/P4131262.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I have been enjoying the Sussex woodland this spring, with lots of AWIs in flower, such as this <b>Goldilocks Buttercup</b>. Photo-bombed by a <b>Wood Anemone</b>!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDChVbjsXze-y3kkhtlEvWu2oxsqa7s1auArEL8Iw91DK1hDCUJeR3jhoVG1bgpYlIXoymrMlmh0mBylo0MMbJyiQJ-aasGImUGwE15sZsVbxgvr-6H4HScYfXBKMEeOODUz1gwXmb-hY0mnc_fDMt4XXnD2Of8bJprf03Ffn6bEbOi_n9_ionyq4g/s4000/P4181297.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDChVbjsXze-y3kkhtlEvWu2oxsqa7s1auArEL8Iw91DK1hDCUJeR3jhoVG1bgpYlIXoymrMlmh0mBylo0MMbJyiQJ-aasGImUGwE15sZsVbxgvr-6H4HScYfXBKMEeOODUz1gwXmb-hY0mnc_fDMt4XXnD2Of8bJprf03Ffn6bEbOi_n9_ionyq4g/w400-h300/P4181297.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Finding a new site for <b>Mossy Stonecrop</b> in West Sussex on a lovely sandy farm was a real highlight. This is my first Sussex record of this species.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNUrcUzBEuJ5p5raMbPSVi5RNpeOcmuDvwK0NcioE9T4XKBt-15_PsKBWIefzL4iCY4tUFLh-jvN7uahyZgUFBeVFdyV7cMicI6mdj7An1uwGK-_BIXTNvnO_AegUNo14EBVYorqMF7wG4JDjAGoSmlaIhFkV9zmMEX7RiUUFXPsuTweBSDnUfS4dC/s4000/P4191320.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNUrcUzBEuJ5p5raMbPSVi5RNpeOcmuDvwK0NcioE9T4XKBt-15_PsKBWIefzL4iCY4tUFLh-jvN7uahyZgUFBeVFdyV7cMicI6mdj7An1uwGK-_BIXTNvnO_AegUNo14EBVYorqMF7wG4JDjAGoSmlaIhFkV9zmMEX7RiUUFXPsuTweBSDnUfS4dC/w400-h300/P4191320.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">And that good old rule, if you find one good thing, you'll probably find more stood up yet again. My first Sussex records of <b>Hoary Cinquefoil</b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlQ0F0i8QlhRGb8QS2WjqzRYy-DxGOyYdGLg0IV73qK2ovzVAWnxSGdf7wmcBNuKigaA8xJ2jtZyYG11-XcEqJdKKnAz1tXmZYcJKhuv-ClO-x-S7ynHxZREnxqiXBaU26PtngFNJXVHyO1_1cwtx7SymXJIb61bfQKLB3xpdrN8whAG68U8qAJ8L/s4000/P4191322.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlQ0F0i8QlhRGb8QS2WjqzRYy-DxGOyYdGLg0IV73qK2ovzVAWnxSGdf7wmcBNuKigaA8xJ2jtZyYG11-XcEqJdKKnAz1tXmZYcJKhuv-ClO-x-S7ynHxZREnxqiXBaU26PtngFNJXVHyO1_1cwtx7SymXJIb61bfQKLB3xpdrN8whAG68U8qAJ8L/w400-h300/P4191322.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Over to a farm and woodland in East Sussex. The world's worst photo of an <b>Ash-black Slug.</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHjp0-iqKttPqNbcPjVv2g9DoMPJRlYL9DIaYya8al23ZGhXYnqyFKgdrrRHdHq3uP76TErh27itOWR4TzSFED3D2J7j0JigrU8mvEjGDFc9tg_6B7dnShSZSqRDEJtbnEgjCWAWR-FfOgkoyjza46pxy9zF-AJti-0jeKSi4nefVBYgl-9ETCnMHF/s4000/P4221336.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHjp0-iqKttPqNbcPjVv2g9DoMPJRlYL9DIaYya8al23ZGhXYnqyFKgdrrRHdHq3uP76TErh27itOWR4TzSFED3D2J7j0JigrU8mvEjGDFc9tg_6B7dnShSZSqRDEJtbnEgjCWAWR-FfOgkoyjza46pxy9zF-AJti-0jeKSi4nefVBYgl-9ETCnMHF/w400-h300/P4221336.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1edjpB34YvXxnwUwtjYm1NDfhrugP007DkARq4brDs0fKEV9Fm_BVR8P6SX-873XkWkhlUoT4tWNypIGQ9zaaAI_SlBmX92iGRtsin-Pm8qbPuB4Pchm3IHDHlK-GU0tkmhjm8TzI0FVLNI2ZD9H_WwX1aCGmUp7VNVEWJ6O2pnvSsrshY8EiwT9Y/s4000/P4221338.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1edjpB34YvXxnwUwtjYm1NDfhrugP007DkARq4brDs0fKEV9Fm_BVR8P6SX-873XkWkhlUoT4tWNypIGQ9zaaAI_SlBmX92iGRtsin-Pm8qbPuB4Pchm3IHDHlK-GU0tkmhjm8TzI0FVLNI2ZD9H_WwX1aCGmUp7VNVEWJ6O2pnvSsrshY8EiwT9Y/w400-h300/P4221338.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Found a flush in an unassuming field and it's full of <b>Bog Pondweed</b> and<b> Lesser Spearwort.</b> I will be back here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAa-ESLhsAX_AyDtxCizbJl_26Wj1duQg_R2IFlqn-rkD6uAMHqep49YJdnarfSVQQ0ZY08axJH-2l0efMLjha2M4S_ehkYLs7XGtVO_Q68ffL2ZlS_23YMorft_q7YgdJIF1HxC06PtPVisIWXEyc-qq1JfiDJlxhZIUFSO2i9aGfpMoLTjsr1bz/s4000/P4221353.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAa-ESLhsAX_AyDtxCizbJl_26Wj1duQg_R2IFlqn-rkD6uAMHqep49YJdnarfSVQQ0ZY08axJH-2l0efMLjha2M4S_ehkYLs7XGtVO_Q68ffL2ZlS_23YMorft_q7YgdJIF1HxC06PtPVisIWXEyc-qq1JfiDJlxhZIUFSO2i9aGfpMoLTjsr1bz/w400-h300/P4221353.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">And in the woods, only the 2nd time I have seen the scarce (Na) weevil, <b><i>Tropiphorus elevatus</i></b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpECrl2xKKD4IOfjuH8S1WQOz80N5I3oayaM_wWkuIdFslMW9g04BVnX_Z1pq0dl_ptFE_AabjkoOuHVG7HT3SxRgBldIiyIHTWf752YvgTDRNqX57DvtPQmTI84KikF8oE05AoudNsHgkS-E5XburXhu5UiFXePWt6-SyB7ajNin3ZGWd1xoju54p/s4000/P4221360.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpECrl2xKKD4IOfjuH8S1WQOz80N5I3oayaM_wWkuIdFslMW9g04BVnX_Z1pq0dl_ptFE_AabjkoOuHVG7HT3SxRgBldIiyIHTWf752YvgTDRNqX57DvtPQmTI84KikF8oE05AoudNsHgkS-E5XburXhu5UiFXePWt6-SyB7ajNin3ZGWd1xoju54p/w400-h300/P4221360.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">And then down to Devon where I have never seen so many <b>Violet Oil-beetles</b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgZjJQr_haB_wUlpFZbCCQVsbpyNrJT2BLqsKPtcAZNxHBzFDmMSSq7Cy0qhR4cCsFdkL8dSeCaab12dAQ7l30ibRHqMo4FMTAGkAtJyIx719BZyKa2pDJNrER50_2dpa1Ev16oal-Xe01HYxaUPPL4C8sBsq0TCEGkD2zfuusK0MpFKh9vM7V4L2/s4000/P4251371.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgZjJQr_haB_wUlpFZbCCQVsbpyNrJT2BLqsKPtcAZNxHBzFDmMSSq7Cy0qhR4cCsFdkL8dSeCaab12dAQ7l30ibRHqMo4FMTAGkAtJyIx719BZyKa2pDJNrER50_2dpa1Ev16oal-Xe01HYxaUPPL4C8sBsq0TCEGkD2zfuusK0MpFKh9vM7V4L2/w400-h300/P4251371.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I was amazed when I checked the one bee I had collected in a separate tube to the others to see that it had a triangulin attached to it! It was a male <b><i>Nomada goodeniana</i></b>, a parasite on a parasite.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxAhTzqroKMcHSlYeWeqXYwIQgnhBZA07MXnWLDs97GiNBpkvs8GheHGtFcusGMYCFHEG6-ZhdP4jSFSRCajkb3b6w5gxM8Wba-rLvhEA0gmUlgccXBzyt41tr_upqBUfFnaWqWfqLJknHV9jbCZnOUdu4ITZU7EM8dLH3PT_Uh-Pa0qWiYbbDB93/s4000/P4271401.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxAhTzqroKMcHSlYeWeqXYwIQgnhBZA07MXnWLDs97GiNBpkvs8GheHGtFcusGMYCFHEG6-ZhdP4jSFSRCajkb3b6w5gxM8Wba-rLvhEA0gmUlgccXBzyt41tr_upqBUfFnaWqWfqLJknHV9jbCZnOUdu4ITZU7EM8dLH3PT_Uh-Pa0qWiYbbDB93/w400-h300/P4271401.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">And it's been a while since I've seen <i><b>Elaphrus cupreus</b></i>, what a beetle up close!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvxcOc4y-4bQ5K1ZPUFgQk_Q_DUEFyAJzDoru6b62mC2h-fQnBDePcNTpJjXg_JYyr8MAyPBPmnRw9P-U3rFMuJiEMXf4vgg_oSI4z6wB0WfIhUNsT7kwjYSlc3lxgVU28CgoBFQb-QbZX6oQLpfS8qkwh_Olog7k_LfaIrABO0e4ZtUxI0KS593v/s4000/P4261397.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvxcOc4y-4bQ5K1ZPUFgQk_Q_DUEFyAJzDoru6b62mC2h-fQnBDePcNTpJjXg_JYyr8MAyPBPmnRw9P-U3rFMuJiEMXf4vgg_oSI4z6wB0WfIhUNsT7kwjYSlc3lxgVU28CgoBFQb-QbZX6oQLpfS8qkwh_Olog7k_LfaIrABO0e4ZtUxI0KS593v/w400-h300/P4261397.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's been a great four weeks. I really wanted to write this blog to show people just how important a month April is, even if it's not that sunny. I always like to get a round of monitoring in before leaf-burst, chiefly armed with the suction sampler (and three batteries) as this often picks up species that are being missed if you don't start until May. I love April, it's by far my favourite month for surveying. No hay fever, no rank vegetation, very little heat and loads of good records! Now, it's City Nature Challenge time and I have big plans this year...I am aiming for 4000 records in four days. Gulp.</span></div></div></div>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-40537125776781442872023-04-09T18:49:00.001+01:002023-04-09T19:34:30.363+01:00200,000 records<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A couple of days ago I got to 200,000 records in my database (my 200,000th record was a disappointing beetle, <i>Tachyporus hypnorum</i>). Pretty pleased with that, considering I started the database about 11 years ago. Yet I did start recording in about 1989, in fact I think I was recording for decades before I ever heard the term biological recording. It was just that it was all analogue, in notebooks. This winter, I started dealing what that backlog but now it is the field season, and I have entered some 1200 records this week alone. So what does 200,000 records look like? This...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUde715NTNFBludzUptfPPYlVaH6Zvo9k0KRvjIJTQWECsqyVDeMDOG5e0Mss7-4zdRX2Uy7qpGg5N6ibdgN-t230Koe8hB2CGzql87sQCDRWtLm-ur2XsEep0QMy76E5BmA7NBhP7duPQqlfEGKAGpWHoY5Ps79iauyZMwb5toS0TdzX4jYyu7Pg/s520/Distribution.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="370" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUde715NTNFBludzUptfPPYlVaH6Zvo9k0KRvjIJTQWECsqyVDeMDOG5e0Mss7-4zdRX2Uy7qpGg5N6ibdgN-t230Koe8hB2CGzql87sQCDRWtLm-ur2XsEep0QMy76E5BmA7NBhP7duPQqlfEGKAGpWHoY5Ps79iauyZMwb5toS0TdzX4jYyu7Pg/w286-h400/Distribution.jpg" width="286" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have records from 388 hectads, that's 10 km squares, around the UK. Not been back to Scotland since 2007, long over due a return visit. You can see the obvious Sussex cluster, which looks like this when you zoom in closer...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZVa9GYIySG9lHSuDe-gsDBUUNC5vUVhEvtWKIu_Im5DgOFl8o-09pi-0U80MMgCbjajmVEApZs-yIIliQquxwIZIgE9u4uI1nh0MEXZ-gq37i6qnMjojE1RLqEb5howTV3wM667lYkyRvAG-C4veGHjiRlWzkHLy7xTbVgAxsuZ7vHv1gkELnLL9/s1057/Sussex.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="1057" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZVa9GYIySG9lHSuDe-gsDBUUNC5vUVhEvtWKIu_Im5DgOFl8o-09pi-0U80MMgCbjajmVEApZs-yIIliQquxwIZIgE9u4uI1nh0MEXZ-gq37i6qnMjojE1RLqEb5howTV3wM667lYkyRvAG-C4veGHjiRlWzkHLy7xTbVgAxsuZ7vHv1gkELnLL9/w400-h173/Sussex.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Come a bit closer still, to see the edge of Brighton & Ho- Woah! That's close enough, thank you.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTh2CM87HLeJvOMvLMb8VmILbqTKHxtVVv4twUz-mnvK60afG_0qLnZL7BBDA1BtSSJqYzLzp0eLgjyenBlAgh1VJYxLJMNrwLaIknyV9-D-z7Z8wiJXDIxzb0hiv6g5lhRr9SuNyyTDgiHgIB_yZapLfbhJdt7fKkpYVpvyIO5qZ44Gkef5VrbHYf/s1053/close%20up.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="1053" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTh2CM87HLeJvOMvLMb8VmILbqTKHxtVVv4twUz-mnvK60afG_0qLnZL7BBDA1BtSSJqYzLzp0eLgjyenBlAgh1VJYxLJMNrwLaIknyV9-D-z7Z8wiJXDIxzb0hiv6g5lhRr9SuNyyTDgiHgIB_yZapLfbhJdt7fKkpYVpvyIO5qZ44Gkef5VrbHYf/w400-h204/close%20up.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">And I have done quite a bit in Staffs where I grew up but it's nothing close to the Sussex level.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVT7So2Z_tsahsJkKcJrafHpklUT6VtdSxg7bLIoQ_7OFyI-dXViiI496Lbg1lWlJy8cuHItQrh3HvufmUD55EJWazWv5wyfI9x-6017k-1S5fuS-KwtqcwO2ZdLoPYARWhdLOThM2vTffCtrr_eijLSd8nvO88PqwzEKH-APaBcyVmeHjqZB6aT9/s531/Staffs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="386" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVT7So2Z_tsahsJkKcJrafHpklUT6VtdSxg7bLIoQ_7OFyI-dXViiI496Lbg1lWlJy8cuHItQrh3HvufmUD55EJWazWv5wyfI9x-6017k-1S5fuS-KwtqcwO2ZdLoPYARWhdLOThM2vTffCtrr_eijLSd8nvO88PqwzEKH-APaBcyVmeHjqZB6aT9/w291-h400/Staffs.jpg" width="291" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">What are the top 20 species you record most frequently, I hear you say? Well, here they are!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN9_UvOchdkJ5fQjMWKqVXbCIipxdfMBr8v4nyeRxg3x4nhbi6hseEVJzsdzA9K4YT3EAwUuPlj4fqCTzC8vkPcmzpZSGqKiOR_Ib1MIqb9wwOY17Olg1pDo_bd4m7WxEKgrpO9HRc8qOsdUPPcWtpjeF2EXcXYcWsAypX12Q0aYFdxDc0QPRtqgsF/s727/Table%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="727" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN9_UvOchdkJ5fQjMWKqVXbCIipxdfMBr8v4nyeRxg3x4nhbi6hseEVJzsdzA9K4YT3EAwUuPlj4fqCTzC8vkPcmzpZSGqKiOR_Ib1MIqb9wwOY17Olg1pDo_bd4m7WxEKgrpO9HRc8qOsdUPPcWtpjeF2EXcXYcWsAypX12Q0aYFdxDc0QPRtqgsF/w400-h279/Table%201.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">But what about the species (of invertebrate) with conservation status that you record most frequently, I hear you also say?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5y0wGuCdsgX9wvCG9ucgIgFuaJiY3TgXfZPdOgwc_SwUnMZtZYVS0dIPcRudORwZPp0AxKMLaS_nbsCFwCBS2ToJUp7a6oiwDGGoI4EgYW7x6OnLzg2aP61nc8PctzHTluqb_NMzNYR2m0LyKte3w_JNhR6hPMmT-DQJdrCOeuZt46x4e0r4jnyZF/s807/Status.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="807" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5y0wGuCdsgX9wvCG9ucgIgFuaJiY3TgXfZPdOgwc_SwUnMZtZYVS0dIPcRudORwZPp0AxKMLaS_nbsCFwCBS2ToJUp7a6oiwDGGoI4EgYW7x6OnLzg2aP61nc8PctzHTluqb_NMzNYR2m0LyKte3w_JNhR6hPMmT-DQJdrCOeuZt46x4e0r4jnyZF/w400-h251/Status.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Field Cricket and Fen Raft Spider are both from surveys that involved counts of singing males and nursery webs respectively, so they don't really belong on this list but I left them in for completeness. They are still very rare and restricted, unlike some of these other species. <i>Episinus maculipes</i> is so interesting, I only recorded it new to Sussex in 2016, it's now my 18th most frequently encountered invertebrate with status! And don't even get me started on <i>Agyneta mollis</i>, it shouldn't even be Nationally Scarce, I find it literally on every survey I do, yet it's my most frequently recorded spider with status now.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What I have also discovered recently is that I am now the most prolific recorder of wildlife in Sussex of all time, with both the most records and the most species of anyone, ever! Very pleased with that! Just shy of 135,000 records of my 200,000 are from Sussex.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are the groups and orders that I record the most of.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi29w0YdHmEp9mR744ykUouW_HeAn40o18NIrlvc5FRz2po3elHtQNVK0AqcpViALAAJw0NQnIr5-2fHozmDDEHaToYDCe6ZtGdkK87R47Aatr1OIofR4UIu1Cei9e5Kyh8Dd-xtMsxJ9QZ2uzfbN1qC4U5gXZ6ZQvDub27e4VhPZ3bOoEs_apMOp-O/s314/Stuff%20i%20record.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="267" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi29w0YdHmEp9mR744ykUouW_HeAn40o18NIrlvc5FRz2po3elHtQNVK0AqcpViALAAJw0NQnIr5-2fHozmDDEHaToYDCe6ZtGdkK87R47Aatr1OIofR4UIu1Cei9e5Kyh8Dd-xtMsxJ9QZ2uzfbN1qC4U5gXZ6ZQvDub27e4VhPZ3bOoEs_apMOp-O/w340-h400/Stuff%20i%20record.jpg" width="340" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What about sites? What are the sites I have the most records for?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbN7juc1Yea5lzk27v1kG79Bgr-LEjbef2pHwS7rhcEPunbPErW__ofB4OYrC9R0Xosln9XcYXdgwm8CHn2CRmY9BCt7Zft6vOEokp7ZZauxPNGLokpNO_aFT5Zsgbyzeauzl7WUgIJOePEsR_VEonhFTSQqrlVXXt1MvCYz0QON_eCUxDSyeXFcn/s452/Sites.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="452" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbN7juc1Yea5lzk27v1kG79Bgr-LEjbef2pHwS7rhcEPunbPErW__ofB4OYrC9R0Xosln9XcYXdgwm8CHn2CRmY9BCt7Zft6vOEokp7ZZauxPNGLokpNO_aFT5Zsgbyzeauzl7WUgIJOePEsR_VEonhFTSQqrlVXXt1MvCYz0QON_eCUxDSyeXFcn/w400-h378/Sites.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">So that's a quarter of all my records from just 10 sites!</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">What about recording effort over time? Well this is really interesting, showing a sudden ramping up when I went fully freelance in 2020. Over half all the things I have ever recorded I have recorded in the last three years, that's upwards of 100,000 records! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizum1EyjnE3uCCsUNnjRtM_3OegpRsm84uuJsmHWN6LC0Fl_PPoKmD2ABLBuMrKscPhhMAJT991qdXTV0EZtV1HQwCUtvolk4O0q_QPAcrOrEihHTdVHPhKz1S_Fd5wtl5AdpPvugjYMhFi_s1968O5ENbqCf0OL_eZAAmrALWxaq260-E5gPtmhGL/s1585/FrfygP5WwAYP8Zy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="1585" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizum1EyjnE3uCCsUNnjRtM_3OegpRsm84uuJsmHWN6LC0Fl_PPoKmD2ABLBuMrKscPhhMAJT991qdXTV0EZtV1HQwCUtvolk4O0q_QPAcrOrEihHTdVHPhKz1S_Fd5wtl5AdpPvugjYMhFi_s1968O5ENbqCf0OL_eZAAmrALWxaq260-E5gPtmhGL/w400-h193/FrfygP5WwAYP8Zy.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But what's the point in all of this? Well all my data is shared with the Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre, which means it can be used by recording schemes, to help stop developments, produce atlases and much more.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Who do I record with? Well, me mostly. Of the 200,000 records, 141,477 records were made all by myself. But that does leave about a quarter of all my records that are collaborative in nature. So here are the people I have made the most records with. Sorry if I have missed anyone here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMh-GfLcclLt4_XxDVTBppStJQZbUzKnIG3J44_R9XNWgEfNBRGXtPEm7CeRXd3lDG9gHBtKRBWpEW75KXnqDLFPTWUmGCRCeeUOCd1CnuSC2VTtHidkoE2F5B0-WcTRooV37qbvrQxbQ73yrH9PiPPaOrQOhAKgufI1_VtRRH_kHfpXGPPy3zM4l/s500/People.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="420" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMh-GfLcclLt4_XxDVTBppStJQZbUzKnIG3J44_R9XNWgEfNBRGXtPEm7CeRXd3lDG9gHBtKRBWpEW75KXnqDLFPTWUmGCRCeeUOCd1CnuSC2VTtHidkoE2F5B0-WcTRooV37qbvrQxbQ73yrH9PiPPaOrQOhAKgufI1_VtRRH_kHfpXGPPy3zM4l/w336-h400/People.jpg" width="336" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My most recorded hectad is TQ30, Brighton basically, with 13,321 records, followed by TQ01 with 10,616 records. This is reported to be the most biodiverse 10 km square in the UK, it's home to Amberley, Pulborough, Waltham Brooks, Parham and more. My 3rd most well-recorded square is TQ12 with 9821 records. The majority of Knepp sits in this square.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you have an interest in wildlife recording then using iRecord is likely to be suitable for most people but if you need something a little more involved and comprehensive, then managing your own personal database like this is a really rewarding thing to do. I would recommend Recorder 6, but when it doesn't work, it's quite stressful. That said, when you get up to speed it's a great joy to curate such a big dataset and it's really fun to see where you have been over the years. So get recording! I have already added a 1000 records since I got to 200,000. 201,265 and counting...</span></div></div>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-9184993371621929712023-04-05T07:06:00.001+01:002023-04-05T07:06:57.264+01:00Wight Light/Wight Heat<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_HZUd5O2kNprMvl9N6iPwosaKmOfGrCLypU782myQgeWpjix5333-vxgLD_E0ZtthMS2jesoCDRmtzg9SJIfu6bRlfC_msv4YIq9FmsKK92GY1KkX4sApeEt0CzBH15hFX6wYb8ealBF6jlKA7ptjrguHM-NY2-PyEYyrU_akXpwZyXY899q7-mu/s4000/P3241108.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_HZUd5O2kNprMvl9N6iPwosaKmOfGrCLypU782myQgeWpjix5333-vxgLD_E0ZtthMS2jesoCDRmtzg9SJIfu6bRlfC_msv4YIq9FmsKK92GY1KkX4sApeEt0CzBH15hFX6wYb8ealBF6jlKA7ptjrguHM-NY2-PyEYyrU_akXpwZyXY899q7-mu/w400-h300/P3241108.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;">As my field season hurtles towards me, I better get part 2 of the trip to Isle of Wight wrapped up before I lose the window. This is mainly inverts and plants and is mostly based on two fantastic days out in the field with Mark Telfer. On the second day, Mark and I met up with Iain Outlaw, and as we got to the undercliff target area, before they had even said "here we are", I shouted "OIL-BEETLE!" And that's basically how the two days went.</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thanks to Mark, it turns out this one was a lifer for me! <b>Black Oil-beetle, <i>Meloe proscarabaeus</i></b> my fourth oil beetle! So pleased to finally connect with this species. This male was much bigger than I thought it would be and very mobile.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUCqiByF8asnCANDms587l6WjLr2evjjMYXlgVASucECBCBJj969mjh1sQd_KkhNHp_WEXTCSqgHmz6miq4ckY4ozMTuGcEy9WR92S4DcqKu1f0irVNm2b_nEK5Q3dnk9ApzJgK9cSEAmM51qYDUj_-OOIQ43q2xFvL-2eF-8oOitmdRCbcaC3R__/s4000/P3241091.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUCqiByF8asnCANDms587l6WjLr2evjjMYXlgVASucECBCBJj969mjh1sQd_KkhNHp_WEXTCSqgHmz6miq4ckY4ozMTuGcEy9WR92S4DcqKu1f0irVNm2b_nEK5Q3dnk9ApzJgK9cSEAmM51qYDUj_-OOIQ43q2xFvL-2eF-8oOitmdRCbcaC3R__/w400-h300/P3241091.JPG" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5F-OB_khCzvuEMHtO9B8ys7h_6ofoBqx2dMD8bFAYBDB7din2HwiU1u13zcsIOzn0AEnhuuwJplzuyiRDjzhAIbEnSrIqqKml0btrZfOgEK6-FEFPCS5zoJaug5E43xyGSkhBtLBe4Md3t1663YD3B3tPILsSEWdrs7O4PBWdCpXlwl4isRniJZZK/s4000/P3241102.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5F-OB_khCzvuEMHtO9B8ys7h_6ofoBqx2dMD8bFAYBDB7din2HwiU1u13zcsIOzn0AEnhuuwJplzuyiRDjzhAIbEnSrIqqKml0btrZfOgEK6-FEFPCS5zoJaug5E43xyGSkhBtLBe4Md3t1663YD3B3tPILsSEWdrs7O4PBWdCpXlwl4isRniJZZK/w400-h300/P3241102.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Soon after this I was looking at the target species, the bryophyte <i><b>Philonotis marchica.</b></i></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ld9_ht0_2ivUEuL1ptoC0h-zlZdjbg2DWkxovdfma8-87wz5d-4N2N-1tIZ936xVPXSsH_kDPQDBRMiK32U6oYfOKV1gUelzyWpdAJUInfJKAD1k18UTggBNO2Q3ZDbCkWCcSsuu3MJAujLdgmXzuHGGVar-2S7Rk0PcsV6LZ3HjlBsYlnsK9lUc/s4000/P3241113.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ld9_ht0_2ivUEuL1ptoC0h-zlZdjbg2DWkxovdfma8-87wz5d-4N2N-1tIZ936xVPXSsH_kDPQDBRMiK32U6oYfOKV1gUelzyWpdAJUInfJKAD1k18UTggBNO2Q3ZDbCkWCcSsuu3MJAujLdgmXzuHGGVar-2S7Rk0PcsV6LZ3HjlBsYlnsK9lUc/w400-h300/P3241113.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yet despite how rare and restricted this is, it wasn't the bryophyte lifer on the cliff face I got most excited about. The cliff was covered in hornwort, and I have never seen a hornwort before! This is <i><b>Phaeoceros laevis</b></i>! Here is the female with the horns.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMOckW7aSD3Oo28JGj6q1z42hJbuoYjStPZNxofSRqYF_7-Td4_3QE1J1N9VQklaC_od-1meGr8CrZYpnoC8LnteS-W82s-J3yd5P_7U99hTebEo2s7uBxqBuqffsT0yk_qejidzXi3Iy4enaSJYQt3eElOq7BSBimSSzPey6EsKZGNaw5v-GxOR2/s4000/P3241122.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMOckW7aSD3Oo28JGj6q1z42hJbuoYjStPZNxofSRqYF_7-Td4_3QE1J1N9VQklaC_od-1meGr8CrZYpnoC8LnteS-W82s-J3yd5P_7U99hTebEo2s7uBxqBuqffsT0yk_qejidzXi3Iy4enaSJYQt3eElOq7BSBimSSzPey6EsKZGNaw5v-GxOR2/w400-h300/P3241122.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">And the male plants.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlShrI7RyUFzRalkNi5DBXeEEM5o9seItzMrH1jj3LuOaivcx8DAsYvghx5GbPVuNPcYrTjJChUofJj5Ldzl0L1IKsTjP5rrag78fHsG1qFCJUO_iOydNAHpcomSdQge7sUqrwtAN8BIDLkT4mbbIFy1zAeYmK0h631PXwkO_2L28c00fgeEXINQ6I/s4000/P3241120.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlShrI7RyUFzRalkNi5DBXeEEM5o9seItzMrH1jj3LuOaivcx8DAsYvghx5GbPVuNPcYrTjJChUofJj5Ldzl0L1IKsTjP5rrag78fHsG1qFCJUO_iOydNAHpcomSdQge7sUqrwtAN8BIDLkT4mbbIFy1zAeYmK0h631PXwkO_2L28c00fgeEXINQ6I/w400-h300/P3241120.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Earlier that morning, Iain took us into Shanklin to see the incredible fungus <b><i>Coccomyces delta</i></b> that grows on the old leaves of <b>Bay.</b> Such weird triangular structures, spot the four-sided one doing its own thing. I salute it.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxYRMRMs2iKibQq3-e8Kw4AO4f3q79Ai50HXg-VR5VTq8crLrq4_ZlLT4xO6rGoyEzyASI9_W5A5seVcSVqA15kmyCZgeDouMHJinj1XQ8nhdvuSdxJuZbOqM-4f-aVZV9KDMvOures2ehkOzjQTlWxJ4CNQSd_Q5f1Tum3I5dn-BI3k_tK18BJ8E/s4000/P3241087.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxYRMRMs2iKibQq3-e8Kw4AO4f3q79Ai50HXg-VR5VTq8crLrq4_ZlLT4xO6rGoyEzyASI9_W5A5seVcSVqA15kmyCZgeDouMHJinj1XQ8nhdvuSdxJuZbOqM-4f-aVZV9KDMvOures2ehkOzjQTlWxJ4CNQSd_Q5f1Tum3I5dn-BI3k_tK18BJ8E/w400-h300/P3241087.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />And a quick stop to a churchyard for a naturalised clubmoss tick, <b>Krauss's Clubmoss</b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFGezwpUpJKFnXcbNLsyZc3EQwx--ZPZ_WYAyQtchrAThVThlf824qT_9untLCLFcMxU0ptMAderS5boolQJcdaO3I2Ks8qXwfowXk7r-o2dJm9hNQIF4DSjL8iT6mnY6UHhSw-9_XqtZ0QUL6Fz6Xe2lFTT3AFxTxwn0KG_CImDQvUOi7P4uqnGSa/s4000/P3241089.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFGezwpUpJKFnXcbNLsyZc3EQwx--ZPZ_WYAyQtchrAThVThlf824qT_9untLCLFcMxU0ptMAderS5boolQJcdaO3I2Ks8qXwfowXk7r-o2dJm9hNQIF4DSjL8iT6mnY6UHhSw-9_XqtZ0QUL6Fz6Xe2lFTT3AFxTxwn0KG_CImDQvUOi7P4uqnGSa/w400-h300/P3241089.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I covered three quarries over the trip. A couple with Mark and Iain but also I had a look at a quarry down by the Needles with Karen and that was a great little spot. A new hectad record for <b><i>Phaeocedus braccatus</i></b> was a real find!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWH5p8qfF9gQraJcJ3HS1gWK_HuA4u562q8ZL4aNFP3xVsJBirw-6f4T-h_536HOqoX5Omo_k67T7LWGDIGb-6pomzgbL0zabIVatLHSgR8JlEk_q6Qfh_oPc73R2rY60GYYEwox1qVx7BcuaHHfHRAjb28gSog7S-hQKnIeI1FPGb6GA0UKFmV9rh/s4000/P3220995.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWH5p8qfF9gQraJcJ3HS1gWK_HuA4u562q8ZL4aNFP3xVsJBirw-6f4T-h_536HOqoX5Omo_k67T7LWGDIGb-6pomzgbL0zabIVatLHSgR8JlEk_q6Qfh_oPc73R2rY60GYYEwox1qVx7BcuaHHfHRAjb28gSog7S-hQKnIeI1FPGb6GA0UKFmV9rh/w400-h300/P3220995.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;">And the ridiculously common <b><i>Agyneta mollis</i></b>. Two new hectads for this on the island brings the post 1992 hectads for this spider to at least 98, it's hurtling towards not even being Nationally Scarce at this rate (I had it in a playing field by my house this week).</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6qExvZeIihT699f6VHc1Aza70Idp_3M2zkK1-u94as2w1F2QEOkgXqgOvx4uJxecb_qbmMe_8Lab9enVay_DA05KKsmK5RBHYfxC6qn0sDxvmU_i44bas34bc0H2c0FNHWEsu8FgDTETHh_6omWXPCnzlkYBqht2LijMJUAHdN7uJC5jE3YVyVL2/s4000/P3220999.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6qExvZeIihT699f6VHc1Aza70Idp_3M2zkK1-u94as2w1F2QEOkgXqgOvx4uJxecb_qbmMe_8Lab9enVay_DA05KKsmK5RBHYfxC6qn0sDxvmU_i44bas34bc0H2c0FNHWEsu8FgDTETHh_6omWXPCnzlkYBqht2LijMJUAHdN7uJC5jE3YVyVL2/w400-h300/P3220999.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And a <b><i>Scotina,</i></b> but unfortunately I lost the specimen. All are rare on the island and given I was in a chalk pit, this is quite likely to have been <i>Scotina palliardii</i>. I will have to go back! I got a couple of money spiders new to the island at various locations over the week, <i>Micrargus laudatus</i> and <i>Parapelecopsis nemoralioides</i>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzZjpz6xWllWXQOfEnG4uqKfzK7yfYTznu3Ujj0kc1oVXYYNZhpuLbsmC1jbRYROfoLiXSAOcD5QkB8pT_auf5BEHrmiUYhf1Iu97wf5OkK6N7EGCQiEDuGFFImZxdVHReyg5SYlDsFivdpuz2dnA7cJt33A8HSIEHORJQ3s-8HE6NkLs-qHNSUMI/s4000/P3221005.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzZjpz6xWllWXQOfEnG4uqKfzK7yfYTznu3Ujj0kc1oVXYYNZhpuLbsmC1jbRYROfoLiXSAOcD5QkB8pT_auf5BEHrmiUYhf1Iu97wf5OkK6N7EGCQiEDuGFFImZxdVHReyg5SYlDsFivdpuz2dnA7cJt33A8HSIEHORJQ3s-8HE6NkLs-qHNSUMI/w400-h300/P3221005.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Rewind to a few days earlier when I went to visit Mark and his magnificent new garden. He got me four new bryophytes, really by hammering some of the really small acrocarps. But it was a new pseudoscorpion that was most exciting for me, <b><i>Pselaphochernes scorpioides</i></b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdcgtu9048xAdWamIIw6pt71alFHcs8VnQW1JmhcCdztuhG8pgghyHGkoYzjjymsKcf2G8tEFflpK_ir_XlV2sJPx-HffPJwiRGOdAUuWLzT3HRgzynGIARqz5osyzz_rkqI8-MJ5n8ot70hyIN5AymYtQvtWrr-55fWOyRJ2d4GDh5ntllFbmI4r/s4000/P3210890.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdcgtu9048xAdWamIIw6pt71alFHcs8VnQW1JmhcCdztuhG8pgghyHGkoYzjjymsKcf2G8tEFflpK_ir_XlV2sJPx-HffPJwiRGOdAUuWLzT3HRgzynGIARqz5osyzz_rkqI8-MJ5n8ot70hyIN5AymYtQvtWrr-55fWOyRJ2d4GDh5ntllFbmI4r/w400-h300/P3210890.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">And a new fungus! This is <b><i>Xylaria cinerea</i></b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-aCYdfbS1BB8g9lM9W87r4e8M4IDKVZYziJ7cYNHObpEgPmClioLT8iLSHWv0A_Uojqsq5HOisE1HR7ZjW3H9T9eRiCwbU24qAHEYrXX7bdNTfbqgpjW-qgGoXiB_BuCYw5EMnEFsgz9RYk0osxYtGyXSb0riarTRMJAEQ77HwfZ929SDZGpq2hq/s4000/P3210862.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-aCYdfbS1BB8g9lM9W87r4e8M4IDKVZYziJ7cYNHObpEgPmClioLT8iLSHWv0A_Uojqsq5HOisE1HR7ZjW3H9T9eRiCwbU24qAHEYrXX7bdNTfbqgpjW-qgGoXiB_BuCYw5EMnEFsgz9RYk0osxYtGyXSb0riarTRMJAEQ77HwfZ929SDZGpq2hq/w400-h300/P3210862.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Then on to Ventnor Botanic Gardens. Mark had found this ant new to Britain sometime before my visit, it's <b><i>Tapinoma ibericum</i></b>. It's so numerous there that I spotted it on the first evening when Karen and I walked up to the gardens only to find them closing and I noticed it on the walls by the toilet block without realising the significance. They form impressive long lines.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3D0DxJgf6jk0u0XO-GkYUsfU5fZKO8liWS9PA9AgM0rpcxdIzd8rBfgl-9Pe8FrFJXftYOxL_YR61xgYoG9-wvuqHse9lbODNcR-lbyEyKu8om4J0oJeUkabWc1xrAS5NWtqlfJdEd0JhnVnU6jc1L0a5dTK0O9AnM5YNJJmRbPqsRYkFm21-oPDf/s4000/P3210940.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3D0DxJgf6jk0u0XO-GkYUsfU5fZKO8liWS9PA9AgM0rpcxdIzd8rBfgl-9Pe8FrFJXftYOxL_YR61xgYoG9-wvuqHse9lbODNcR-lbyEyKu8om4J0oJeUkabWc1xrAS5NWtqlfJdEd0JhnVnU6jc1L0a5dTK0O9AnM5YNJJmRbPqsRYkFm21-oPDf/w400-h300/P3210940.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">A millipede that's only found here is, this one is particularly pale, <i><b>Cylindroiulus apenninorum</b></i>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyEZJ1QzgRQDtU6aRlHG6oJTuYvrxcMk66CTj9cm1NrBqunI9WU_S3-XUksfbYE5p-FC8MJUwFT0iXYzN6DWtsnqvip-hmptcWFPEDffzvjwNNeFNGX_3kCaRZQXBd_RquBExk5c_rYZn9rqroTbEX5WwKrdy5dqktNUkOSUvjj2Q4yICoHg-3tqH/s4000/P3210903.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyEZJ1QzgRQDtU6aRlHG6oJTuYvrxcMk66CTj9cm1NrBqunI9WU_S3-XUksfbYE5p-FC8MJUwFT0iXYzN6DWtsnqvip-hmptcWFPEDffzvjwNNeFNGX_3kCaRZQXBd_RquBExk5c_rYZn9rqroTbEX5WwKrdy5dqktNUkOSUvjj2Q4yICoHg-3tqH/w400-h300/P3210903.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">But Mark breaths first for Britain, so it didn't take long before he found one in the form of this weevil, under a rock. Likely to be associated with Cork Oak, Mark says it's in the genus <i><b>Echinodera</b></i>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIOG9t-3O_qnJwkEnCOYzwP0fLWNF5ImYpExarisJVQ4pFrBIxSChlk20U2n2ufhV1DFuUu0oGBGwIAvYO3e1mcRvpRhos8NuODglZdq-oUJzA3NGmTXHlTLSN5cGnWZf6rRt12t4SANbscUKAPtePoQ74kM-s-fXk5e9wn-3m9cmtgmPqeiUpELA/s4000/P3210927.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIOG9t-3O_qnJwkEnCOYzwP0fLWNF5ImYpExarisJVQ4pFrBIxSChlk20U2n2ufhV1DFuUu0oGBGwIAvYO3e1mcRvpRhos8NuODglZdq-oUJzA3NGmTXHlTLSN5cGnWZf6rRt12t4SANbscUKAPtePoQ74kM-s-fXk5e9wn-3m9cmtgmPqeiUpELA/w400-h300/P3210927.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">And another lifer in the car park for me. The rather odd looking reticulated slug, <i><b>Tandonia cristata</b></i>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHtZmsIzJkmjh8xwZs8xz-ELZ6iYOes-NRteUp8BoEN-P0-ZkToDKUEqXXW2oqoDl2dqBprEfp8Wbbm-r6nThAxgthhB6jZnUmuOoKPge9SsQCtjxzEUNM-cSo-ZSQsndNJ9fxIv57-r93_UAoN-C4fGqJJ5-nwBvlP23A4y6QutGrr2x8xDju1hm/s4000/P3210948.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHtZmsIzJkmjh8xwZs8xz-ELZ6iYOes-NRteUp8BoEN-P0-ZkToDKUEqXXW2oqoDl2dqBprEfp8Wbbm-r6nThAxgthhB6jZnUmuOoKPge9SsQCtjxzEUNM-cSo-ZSQsndNJ9fxIv57-r93_UAoN-C4fGqJJ5-nwBvlP23A4y6QutGrr2x8xDju1hm/w400-h300/P3210948.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Karen and I went back to the gardens on a rainy day, when I discovered this fenced-off tunnel and just how good at light gathering the camera is on my new phone (I upgraded after nearly seven years). This was pitch black to the naked eye. The open end apparently comes out half way up a cliff, so no spidering in the for me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7cX6v1yR0CLfkWFdCR4SV-1MrWYkRanzqRiPVzxjVSlFGmrfIcblHmnRKQt9XYOWkU5i6I_BFkIYHtcQQlKyUzasp4BUzYeimU_igq61DngTwGz2jsxoXW-I-mtsmCwbUW3KRCTUDpPBPZDuSqwLa9j77V_T-4zD09nR7Wtwp67YS8--29ukRDoq/s4032/tunnel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7cX6v1yR0CLfkWFdCR4SV-1MrWYkRanzqRiPVzxjVSlFGmrfIcblHmnRKQt9XYOWkU5i6I_BFkIYHtcQQlKyUzasp4BUzYeimU_igq61DngTwGz2jsxoXW-I-mtsmCwbUW3KRCTUDpPBPZDuSqwLa9j77V_T-4zD09nR7Wtwp67YS8--29ukRDoq/w400-h300/tunnel.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">And I turned a couple of stones and got the shelled slug we missed first time, Mark says it's most likely. <b>Ear Shelled Slug <i>Testacella haliotidea</i></b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrdqOex1SHacFYeJ40e-L4_PNOh4HRaqn9loM8OuPumRifWTporqHCvCw-19EAhWw41xT29zyHDZRddRsPeRmVz5CTHNC3N5QJdR1otblNL0_njlAZU2sMgg8HAJ_ZemrdNnrysR4o1Mb0w729SMAqZznwuOB3Un3GRWDRpKlKgG68NoY2laN8pSa6/s4032/shelled%20slug.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrdqOex1SHacFYeJ40e-L4_PNOh4HRaqn9loM8OuPumRifWTporqHCvCw-19EAhWw41xT29zyHDZRddRsPeRmVz5CTHNC3N5QJdR1otblNL0_njlAZU2sMgg8HAJ_ZemrdNnrysR4o1Mb0w729SMAqZznwuOB3Un3GRWDRpKlKgG68NoY2laN8pSa6/w400-h300/shelled%20slug.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">And no trip to the Isle of Wight is complete without visiting the Needles. I love the soils here.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanoNd_i5Vw_0wn-zUE5NHzxbD0f4eBl3OALsk460ZDDbCukClMH---rWwPKebpJc07RI7Q3tSEE9xfZSeC-z6YwVq7Zugg4PTbgF_XtWjFGpz-amZGn6Ojn_f_hakJ9MwHu1bxMKZNu5HMbxU1_8ZmNjiFl3yC0PcPH0s2Zlbsy_8YnhxxIIxSRe6/s4000/P3220983.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanoNd_i5Vw_0wn-zUE5NHzxbD0f4eBl3OALsk460ZDDbCukClMH---rWwPKebpJc07RI7Q3tSEE9xfZSeC-z6YwVq7Zugg4PTbgF_XtWjFGpz-amZGn6Ojn_f_hakJ9MwHu1bxMKZNu5HMbxU1_8ZmNjiFl3yC0PcPH0s2Zlbsy_8YnhxxIIxSRe6/w400-h300/P3220983.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGkUUZSmXl_X991BKmjWJ6ISnfB7uK0eJebqpzFx20al5N1Q2TzDtsg-_7Vdy9ziL-ez5tuGCaXHTx7qO5Eml_LSlI5bCdAC1Jqp83CyixTgyV9xEnW1k7Yw8pMNs9hOcHGJal_qceM29gjI37ZkUrESHxPWeOKc1NXbBRMM36Wbx-u2kOgNigF73/s4000/P3220985.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGkUUZSmXl_X991BKmjWJ6ISnfB7uK0eJebqpzFx20al5N1Q2TzDtsg-_7Vdy9ziL-ez5tuGCaXHTx7qO5Eml_LSlI5bCdAC1Jqp83CyixTgyV9xEnW1k7Yw8pMNs9hOcHGJal_qceM29gjI37ZkUrESHxPWeOKc1NXbBRMM36Wbx-u2kOgNigF73/w400-h300/P3220985.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So that's it for the part 2. What a week. It was a really great pan-species listing holiday, that was also in part research for the book on pan-species listing I am now 50,000 words into. A HUGE thanks to Mark for giving me so much of his time and knowledge, it was so much fun! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yet my field season has started and I didn't quite get this out in time before I hit this period of high pressure (today is day four of a straight run of field work and I've already walked 19 miles since Sunday). I have made over 1000 records in the last three days and have just hit 200,000 records. So I think my next post will be a celebration of biological recording. I will leave you with my 2nd favourite photo of the week, a <b>Carrion Crow</b> that joined the ferry about a fifth of the way across and stayed with the boat all the way to the island!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4xCC0fwW8p3RUuaUtDVIIdXC27G0x_aUoUd6h-s4nJR_1yzazbGGihv9Pf77s67lrDhAeT8kniy6rTdDf0i8lmnX-YgP4P2gPblbqy1U_wJb8-3_dFbFWEl_cgFFAo-KEIs4nO9_uZzYxdSDzwAIpl2NRmcrUiJR_MrWTxS89LADP8RYNG_QnC-V/s3752/Crow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2814" data-original-width="3752" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4xCC0fwW8p3RUuaUtDVIIdXC27G0x_aUoUd6h-s4nJR_1yzazbGGihv9Pf77s67lrDhAeT8kniy6rTdDf0i8lmnX-YgP4P2gPblbqy1U_wJb8-3_dFbFWEl_cgFFAo-KEIs4nO9_uZzYxdSDzwAIpl2NRmcrUiJR_MrWTxS89LADP8RYNG_QnC-V/w400-h300/Crow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-13910023957817666292023-03-27T16:08:00.000+01:002023-03-27T16:08:27.704+01:00Red, Wight and Purple<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2M_zsO1PjassMC_7J8uVh8vI-8FIjmPswKC6ZShJKrcvnHIhm3ssc7-1pd9zoPpoc_xo0CAnhvo-x3reYZRxJrg1Q-FoKU9-6tOsDwkBbxsk2P1AlUidcvKW2jmMEVB7cUzTOz1mWsT2-z1_LPW1RdTMCMZx-xw7xJF_-5acg0vtC4--2M6CG-IVA/s4000/P3200844.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2M_zsO1PjassMC_7J8uVh8vI-8FIjmPswKC6ZShJKrcvnHIhm3ssc7-1pd9zoPpoc_xo0CAnhvo-x3reYZRxJrg1Q-FoKU9-6tOsDwkBbxsk2P1AlUidcvKW2jmMEVB7cUzTOz1mWsT2-z1_LPW1RdTMCMZx-xw7xJF_-5acg0vtC4--2M6CG-IVA/w400-h300/P3200844.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On a clear day, you can just about see the eastern end of the Isle of Wight from the higher parts of Brighton. Tantalisingly close. I have only ever been once before on a day trip in 2011. This time though, Karen and I had a week out there and, as Mark Telfer has recently moved to the island, I spent a couple of days in the field with him (and one day with Iain Outlaw). Where to begin? Nothing, quite competes with the moment you realise a wild <b>Red Squirrel</b> is about to run up and feed right out of your hand! So I'll start there. I was so excited to see them! Here are some more shots and a very cute video.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0iyZRPkF3hh7jAIW1MKPeJOD4icLQpIKQN372XiaqApRQZS0uRd0s7Cre9F4CizjBlVry430IhFtjrMFhmzl98Ipn1GRmQF5qMVI3P9FZEsfxl9lTnWlQ5mGNs6jajAwl1RbW-URMNZ1lgU3UeSU6vWL2J9Lx-93AwYd8vq4ig2OXHXZe-A_nqa3d/s4000/P3200820.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0iyZRPkF3hh7jAIW1MKPeJOD4icLQpIKQN372XiaqApRQZS0uRd0s7Cre9F4CizjBlVry430IhFtjrMFhmzl98Ipn1GRmQF5qMVI3P9FZEsfxl9lTnWlQ5mGNs6jajAwl1RbW-URMNZ1lgU3UeSU6vWL2J9Lx-93AwYd8vq4ig2OXHXZe-A_nqa3d/w400-h300/P3200820.JPG" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgEIjDnv4jQnqeOYxfwTPeOl1Mu3PZ4xaQJ6kPK2XFUvEKMnFtidhHmvzIVinA92uRnRx5ktbe6kobXJgwK5xAY6Dw8mTqYxmrIgJEYPWqfXqwdI2ajY86OdMfpf1Swm_G_88v-ozeHzFfTcHm5XEntt3mBMP7EZRDXvrvzRM7bz5HDB-8w77sV2Z/s4000/P3200847.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgEIjDnv4jQnqeOYxfwTPeOl1Mu3PZ4xaQJ6kPK2XFUvEKMnFtidhHmvzIVinA92uRnRx5ktbe6kobXJgwK5xAY6Dw8mTqYxmrIgJEYPWqfXqwdI2ajY86OdMfpf1Swm_G_88v-ozeHzFfTcHm5XEntt3mBMP7EZRDXvrvzRM7bz5HDB-8w77sV2Z/w400-h300/P3200847.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDRVpvKDc8gixdzGxjqFRlzuKhnqSxXka1HZeWUMUrCJoI-TrzlXpSzQueBWN2PWS5xxgnaSVP43jPW-2ACjbvEVSV_tOXkaAOmpxJu5eApxJpe_9sKVvGueFzRpFcDF0udP0yK5PusuAEUg2CGLWmtpsK73AHcbfMAE8hCPkdc-JkZMrPmcQ9UnU/s4000/P3200823.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDRVpvKDc8gixdzGxjqFRlzuKhnqSxXka1HZeWUMUrCJoI-TrzlXpSzQueBWN2PWS5xxgnaSVP43jPW-2ACjbvEVSV_tOXkaAOmpxJu5eApxJpe_9sKVvGueFzRpFcDF0udP0yK5PusuAEUg2CGLWmtpsK73AHcbfMAE8hCPkdc-JkZMrPmcQ9UnU/w400-h300/P3200823.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_oKw96Ryu7U" width="320" youtube-src-id="_oKw96Ryu7U"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This all started at a place called Alverstone Mead when I was struck by how tame the <b>Great Tits</b> were, I put my hand out to show the nearest tit that I didn't have anything and I was gobsmacked when it instantly landed on my hand. I tried again and it did it again, we rushed back to the car for some nuts. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-by7CAGBQ8_rGaTEMurPqIn_TJJbomTHoL47rvvSbp-QKN79PZ0iYA89XdkaZrtBVejXwYapWLjlPjT9rm9LJiBIjPptJE9wxn-9oStyzSQ1ohfJlq9WWftWz2batJ476z63ykkXytU6yjRaBmKjFjMD8AFmHy_45zjVxAeH0MRkkxGTdDAuzAJl/s4000/P3200855.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-by7CAGBQ8_rGaTEMurPqIn_TJJbomTHoL47rvvSbp-QKN79PZ0iYA89XdkaZrtBVejXwYapWLjlPjT9rm9LJiBIjPptJE9wxn-9oStyzSQ1ohfJlq9WWftWz2batJ476z63ykkXytU6yjRaBmKjFjMD8AFmHy_45zjVxAeH0MRkkxGTdDAuzAJl/w400-h300/P3200855.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVet7BKIqNM3RtLij1Lilzxtak2ld8tdmGBUECdFsKwODy5DKwRSies34kw5c2AjbjvPNXjblrqJ-5_nfjKrESrXqnaz0UqRlqoaM89WK20JoVWPUEEDRzQJv13iqKpOaV0C6msDClGQH-K1jPzJK6ZdMFuKnPyfVLa2nwj2SIudG8rc1ovrrqmz_a/s4000/P3200852.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVet7BKIqNM3RtLij1Lilzxtak2ld8tdmGBUECdFsKwODy5DKwRSies34kw5c2AjbjvPNXjblrqJ-5_nfjKrESrXqnaz0UqRlqoaM89WK20JoVWPUEEDRzQJv13iqKpOaV0C6msDClGQH-K1jPzJK6ZdMFuKnPyfVLa2nwj2SIudG8rc1ovrrqmz_a/w400-h300/P3200852.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">When tits attack!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioYvqnwHbFRhcyV0SxhwM1wZGN8YQKht1ju0g5x8Ykz8TnydS4Ilpm8Cnv0A2GQd_ZnbnW_1r3Hlutq6qfJYnRJzMo9nj2obXQfMl_RizvfKIPNskAa8_Czh7phstSns6q70dIDcMVsTy9gu-4E_rzy9XlD_crU7qn1D46H3DqGnS9fn0m6yXvaPi/s4032/tits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioYvqnwHbFRhcyV0SxhwM1wZGN8YQKht1ju0g5x8Ykz8TnydS4Ilpm8Cnv0A2GQd_ZnbnW_1r3Hlutq6qfJYnRJzMo9nj2obXQfMl_RizvfKIPNskAa8_Czh7phstSns6q70dIDcMVsTy9gu-4E_rzy9XlD_crU7qn1D46H3DqGnS9fn0m6yXvaPi/w400-h300/tits.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Enough of that. Rock-pooling was pretty awesome actually. I saw four <b>Solar-powered Sea Slugs <i>Elysia viridis</i></b> (at both Castle Cove and Freshwater Bay). I'm quite taken with these beauties, they seem to be quite common on the island. Purple is so well represented in rock pool life!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGYwEmifRDM0MQcnCso_IftKXyzGXjUxEz4pMRcjbygBSITLoeegKFrzGRUlVhF-4qhwkb07Ez8AYuk7ySEa8jaJ2PBX5eh_e4QTtnnsfIt3s-wf8530FejA1VtgykTOU7g6BjlelXdl3LM9GPRi3PRrhLU8V_4tRMLinbG-NtqjRwrheNvST8kkp/s4000/P3190779.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGYwEmifRDM0MQcnCso_IftKXyzGXjUxEz4pMRcjbygBSITLoeegKFrzGRUlVhF-4qhwkb07Ez8AYuk7ySEa8jaJ2PBX5eh_e4QTtnnsfIt3s-wf8530FejA1VtgykTOU7g6BjlelXdl3LM9GPRi3PRrhLU8V_4tRMLinbG-NtqjRwrheNvST8kkp/w400-h300/P3190779.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYN110krGgIklVYqN0QY_4xPJTSjy2NORlZSQnmX3RLVJiH-wgIAD51KZZpviZaJ30HUjq9maJy1nyr2o9yQpeOPIW4sJJyM_kykBqbcmvNb0egAKisK2HLhswkOqWwCyzAO90y5WheGAQK_FZ6-Nld2LusvYpkKUlTj_0RnCU952kOEB1GAzkjr00/s4000/P3190772.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYN110krGgIklVYqN0QY_4xPJTSjy2NORlZSQnmX3RLVJiH-wgIAD51KZZpviZaJ30HUjq9maJy1nyr2o9yQpeOPIW4sJJyM_kykBqbcmvNb0egAKisK2HLhswkOqWwCyzAO90y5WheGAQK_FZ6-Nld2LusvYpkKUlTj_0RnCU952kOEB1GAzkjr00/w400-h300/P3190772.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKojbhXuQJ1rgPUCVHdsfzy6ypn3fhfdln93kbFepnxIAAqSZWMGUyqTGNeFZj3wklGZ77gC7wfRM5MIDHnYw72aqm4PP9yQeCgRs5Iq8OWO6JCHPinG48fL1EuOZSYIEyeF0NhB67bOT5Yyvxh7kDNbsLsIwOwwup7yAwDrbpuRz6pRmiZ44aaMck/s4000/P3210963.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKojbhXuQJ1rgPUCVHdsfzy6ypn3fhfdln93kbFepnxIAAqSZWMGUyqTGNeFZj3wklGZ77gC7wfRM5MIDHnYw72aqm4PP9yQeCgRs5Iq8OWO6JCHPinG48fL1EuOZSYIEyeF0NhB67bOT5Yyvxh7kDNbsLsIwOwwup7yAwDrbpuRz6pRmiZ44aaMck/w400-h300/P3210963.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Castle Cove was pretty cool, Mark said his favourite thing to see in a rock pool would be a sea spider. I rarely see them, so wasn't expecting to find one under the next rock I turned. More <b>Snakelocks Anemones</b> than I have seen before, too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsqw1c8Ss1mL41yRoPetIBApEBtBCyy0UK3AKDzoJlR6pMY6U8A8smq0RSEljqPNc9uqpa7_24JGxQfqFDGieqzTq9ENr2p7DLfsIPD9qD_OpLVPcEIhJPfNnzt7kId-07SpPy3RUFzwE5OB_ggciGadI50OSwm9JQ7rLZXERDsq9bJLD2RPPv_xBO/s4000/P3190780.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsqw1c8Ss1mL41yRoPetIBApEBtBCyy0UK3AKDzoJlR6pMY6U8A8smq0RSEljqPNc9uqpa7_24JGxQfqFDGieqzTq9ENr2p7DLfsIPD9qD_OpLVPcEIhJPfNnzt7kId-07SpPy3RUFzwE5OB_ggciGadI50OSwm9JQ7rLZXERDsq9bJLD2RPPv_xBO/w400-h300/P3190780.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The west side of Freshwater Bay has wonderful rock pools. Found this huge <b>Painted Topshell</b> there.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7fWP2lvNxwdyPxssTWoCjMUFJuTlopznQcKUkBqqhsp0kPy_qSSsJXvuljVKxA6YzjLuo1R3MCpAR6V_sL9HG-SSK5gq2WQh7YT32_BvE22MZIWVAc5K7FSP_SK0eU0KZidEW_m_kmBeG_iYC1iMVYOzzkcKRMsVOfDexfSFCzd8w4ltyXrsxZ4F/s4000/P3221025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7fWP2lvNxwdyPxssTWoCjMUFJuTlopznQcKUkBqqhsp0kPy_qSSsJXvuljVKxA6YzjLuo1R3MCpAR6V_sL9HG-SSK5gq2WQh7YT32_BvE22MZIWVAc5K7FSP_SK0eU0KZidEW_m_kmBeG_iYC1iMVYOzzkcKRMsVOfDexfSFCzd8w4ltyXrsxZ4F/w400-h300/P3221025.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And this was a lifer. A <b>Four-horned Spider Crab</b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4csjQPy5Z24OM1MqG3m7a78SLk654jFhUDN1Xcg7x22XMNUP5PTX4vFhKe_yRrAB-u-oQM-3-_Q_l1dWPvjbwKpagmMpIDVPX9m0sg2m364_zdxki7cSVwiA-NoOnNUHfqWx1OuvsI2ahFIH1pA9cPKw4eOCqMthuvBS8eZOQs1X1ZM9d2ESGxGu6/s4000/P3221018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4csjQPy5Z24OM1MqG3m7a78SLk654jFhUDN1Xcg7x22XMNUP5PTX4vFhKe_yRrAB-u-oQM-3-_Q_l1dWPvjbwKpagmMpIDVPX9m0sg2m364_zdxki7cSVwiA-NoOnNUHfqWx1OuvsI2ahFIH1pA9cPKw4eOCqMthuvBS8eZOQs1X1ZM9d2ESGxGu6/w400-h300/P3221018.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A few <b>Small-headed(?) Clingfish</b>. The overall fish count was low, with Rock Goby the commonest species, Worm Pipefish and a Ballan Wrasse were the only other fish. I didn't actually see a Shanny!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmrCF9QyeRP-doUItnQW25Ek3nl5yulj0feNXlIIkcdUjuelgQHqH-m1IE_wtihTLZnCQnvYA8lri0Wf-KKq13KCmfNd1LJO93hSLUUMLCzqBnlXMiiAPFuUYEFNIMpIUNV6tZgx0BmESsTUEroF7477PVJr9-W4eFQsBX4XtMZiWoUa8l1s7mR4ST/s4000/P3210952.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmrCF9QyeRP-doUItnQW25Ek3nl5yulj0feNXlIIkcdUjuelgQHqH-m1IE_wtihTLZnCQnvYA8lri0Wf-KKq13KCmfNd1LJO93hSLUUMLCzqBnlXMiiAPFuUYEFNIMpIUNV6tZgx0BmESsTUEroF7477PVJr9-W4eFQsBX4XtMZiWoUa8l1s7mR4ST/w400-h300/P3210952.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A <b>White Tortoiseshell Limpet</b> was nice. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQl_wwJXzK7cmo1biI4x46o0Id8IvC0036tvntR-lnuFU2fFh32iDamypOhiYvz1vaOu1G4KoFnfB4P0rosCbGVl_st_WkmAU6TUEQCU9LHHjVuj-oUjt57OPP05Dx_6yIJhpLPOZZP5rswdqCf255YhAHeqi5EcSwsgEBzeCGooNqwUxwH3b0kmvW/s4000/P3221027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQl_wwJXzK7cmo1biI4x46o0Id8IvC0036tvntR-lnuFU2fFh32iDamypOhiYvz1vaOu1G4KoFnfB4P0rosCbGVl_st_WkmAU6TUEQCU9LHHjVuj-oUjt57OPP05Dx_6yIJhpLPOZZP5rswdqCf255YhAHeqi5EcSwsgEBzeCGooNqwUxwH3b0kmvW/w400-h300/P3221027.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;">B<span style="font-size: medium;">ut what I really wanted was a nudibranch! There were a few Yellow-plumed Sea Slugs and my back was getting very sore from turning rocks, when I noticed a very bright orange and purple blob on the underside of a rock. Could it be a nudibranch? Yes! And it was an awesome one I hadn't seen before! I am pretty sure this can be nothing other than <b><i>Edmundsella pedata</i></b>. Just look at it (try Googling the name too)! It was only about 5 mm long and was firmly stuck to the underside of a very deep rock, so I couldn't properly submerge it for a decent photo. The only way I could take photos of it unfurled was by pouring water on it continuously with my Ferrero Rocher container. This is my 7th nudibranch. </span></div></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpdefTnNJ99WyjgC-bb-dKIpiF-hzxOlVvvF_W_N3ByB_Vw2SdtrTCTpr0Et0w-iZEDHoivyQWoZGbfe-TGwaZlZ7W84R8QbgxcJgiua1hg0ag3ktCzGBXhL9ua01V0qyJ0W4Ev3sw-F0RljEIqCzUKLhyk_4L0os8BilkY32krXHw8B3nawp-aNA/s4000/Purple%20thing.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpdefTnNJ99WyjgC-bb-dKIpiF-hzxOlVvvF_W_N3ByB_Vw2SdtrTCTpr0Et0w-iZEDHoivyQWoZGbfe-TGwaZlZ7W84R8QbgxcJgiua1hg0ag3ktCzGBXhL9ua01V0qyJ0W4Ev3sw-F0RljEIqCzUKLhyk_4L0os8BilkY32krXHw8B3nawp-aNA/w400-h300/Purple%20thing.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVSG9DDSLPWQlIuEmUHUC89i8EZQAFT_SO026o75_LRkV7uTaGBoSGmS8BbyADrz2lOtoxzWXEzOHBD5Y6pNdOs0EdyFfI22qWv8l0FrycjBXzATc-k1Ib5iUGaRLHmwhlZTdyeAqFGnZvVWDUMaVnkLD5ySwUhVXjZnPoa44OOKayC-_6beieszs/s4000/Edmund2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVSG9DDSLPWQlIuEmUHUC89i8EZQAFT_SO026o75_LRkV7uTaGBoSGmS8BbyADrz2lOtoxzWXEzOHBD5Y6pNdOs0EdyFfI22qWv8l0FrycjBXzATc-k1Ib5iUGaRLHmwhlZTdyeAqFGnZvVWDUMaVnkLD5ySwUhVXjZnPoa44OOKayC-_6beieszs/w400-h300/Edmund2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5zHnvquCYHKsrllTus_OLE50_e-WAPyrlz1fhbZM8qsdIMRalyc7GM5PmuAP6GK4g4MEn17-RlZw12E8Qtuo4K4CJeDO9R4GVupOby77uZAR59OW6y6A1ixYHirg56n1WYuoEA4dRAaKKxNpaQNQfcdblRe_9ITRzx5vNmi8l7LKFNozAu3mxmKR2/s4000/P3221055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5zHnvquCYHKsrllTus_OLE50_e-WAPyrlz1fhbZM8qsdIMRalyc7GM5PmuAP6GK4g4MEn17-RlZw12E8Qtuo4K4CJeDO9R4GVupOby77uZAR59OW6y6A1ixYHirg56n1WYuoEA4dRAaKKxNpaQNQfcdblRe_9ITRzx5vNmi8l7LKFNozAu3mxmKR2/w400-h300/P3221055.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLXWctnp4ipS9ub7SjRG9kph0qfChKjzF0OZwj--2pcjGsYotPBHG_EZDsJa5DAaVe_Fg5NQ7sw7G44tXDUf5LeSX0YapMRytQHCy2i3c2GT1yA2qHwSWNFVDowMeIoD7QlWYjVYrtT1yPkZX6hhJgT1JF5HBoXEWgSnJzzjD7kpJS9Pq-eifZhmyJ/s4000/Edmund.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLXWctnp4ipS9ub7SjRG9kph0qfChKjzF0OZwj--2pcjGsYotPBHG_EZDsJa5DAaVe_Fg5NQ7sw7G44tXDUf5LeSX0YapMRytQHCy2i3c2GT1yA2qHwSWNFVDowMeIoD7QlWYjVYrtT1yPkZX6hhJgT1JF5HBoXEWgSnJzzjD7kpJS9Pq-eifZhmyJ/w400-h300/Edmund.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is what it looks like out of the water. So be prepared when looking for these to really scour the underside of the rocks with your eyes - they're often smaller than you think. I might have to leave the plants and inverts for another post, with nearly 800 records made, we sure did get around the island. This is an amazing place for wildlife and a great place for a holiday.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeG8Q8vhLXrIMhKhwQsQhtzrM3mBuUxIk-DGkGr5E4W-Sx-UOH-zNCJddBechbzxW7lfAz4jU_3QMB572Wf8TWEBzfq26lK0Xc3WjICG9rs0k-6lRd2hbDTto_ILt6BB-E_XU1_t2Nk63QoFDLiIxKfkPVmLNH2kISVaf5zP8CUydOBJZONJlRJRXn/s828/IoW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="828" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeG8Q8vhLXrIMhKhwQsQhtzrM3mBuUxIk-DGkGr5E4W-Sx-UOH-zNCJddBechbzxW7lfAz4jU_3QMB572Wf8TWEBzfq26lK0Xc3WjICG9rs0k-6lRd2hbDTto_ILt6BB-E_XU1_t2Nk63QoFDLiIxKfkPVmLNH2kISVaf5zP8CUydOBJZONJlRJRXn/w400-h260/IoW.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">To be continued...</span></div>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-39929281091114044882023-03-10T12:57:00.004+00:002023-03-10T13:19:01.319+00:00Reflections on various things<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was meant to be going to Cornwall early this morning, but late last night I remembered it was quite a good low tide today, at the ungodly hour of 7.13 am. So, 4.30 am the alarm went off and I was at Holywell for 6.30 am, and got utterly soaked within about 15 minutes. It was a really stupid idea, especially as the water was so murky due to all the recent rain. And the light was so bad. So here are basically a load of things reflecting my ring flash back at you.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-r7SW3L8S0D-k3KvV_85ehDlLHCvaAK-gqBo6M0vyWyq2C3tmtgGJWeZzWvvLSldMeGWmhIpG-1_4_oblnIG7TibkIwm6PFDs0TZxC_UvKtHpCnTd-US62CRWnwxaN85ChrJcTnH9m5WDTbIAMxOd9DpaXhAkJDJxDpOPtc10HkP7bZSK1QoNXPoB/s4000/P3100764.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-r7SW3L8S0D-k3KvV_85ehDlLHCvaAK-gqBo6M0vyWyq2C3tmtgGJWeZzWvvLSldMeGWmhIpG-1_4_oblnIG7TibkIwm6PFDs0TZxC_UvKtHpCnTd-US62CRWnwxaN85ChrJcTnH9m5WDTbIAMxOd9DpaXhAkJDJxDpOPtc10HkP7bZSK1QoNXPoB/w400-h300/P3100764.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJ0h4JSCtxZZ519EdILJ3agBWb9qEWzPlLjH9Le7fx_Ats47LXubM0QFXoIU5AcAW2kVO9BKARPAsiIaBJivljlQR-ENwVCTudFjsHXlnUX20hrz078KJyeTugDQW-KNQVhMG62btx_VV137xAN50kG5GQgtZuk5oj6j9dM8EhAUzZjgXy2fr6Fo1/s4000/P3100766.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJ0h4JSCtxZZ519EdILJ3agBWb9qEWzPlLjH9Le7fx_Ats47LXubM0QFXoIU5AcAW2kVO9BKARPAsiIaBJivljlQR-ENwVCTudFjsHXlnUX20hrz078KJyeTugDQW-KNQVhMG62btx_VV137xAN50kG5GQgtZuk5oj6j9dM8EhAUzZjgXy2fr6Fo1/w400-h300/P3100766.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><span style="font-size: medium;">First up, my first Sussex <b>Painted Top Shell!</b> I love these things, so was very plea</span><span style="font-size: large;">sed to see a young on under one of the last rocks I looked under and quite close to the shore. It's quite tall in proportion to width, but I think we can rule out </span><i style="font-size: large;">Jujubinus</i><span style="font-size: large;">.</span><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFJZ6vRVsW_BKTpHSYpehAqfrgBrRSFOszM3qFAlV7qnJKxACDT6Q8V4tp1Hy5yDfzSg-jbh9esfkp0DpYz2s_KmPqQWjr8U6KM7ydcPzv5DUpjblFdP7liLRY61-TfcjKBiKhq669YTHpYWv_Mp5QoTn5og8VgzNkgsEneoHIw8skDfcjZaZz_kR/s4000/P3100769.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFJZ6vRVsW_BKTpHSYpehAqfrgBrRSFOszM3qFAlV7qnJKxACDT6Q8V4tp1Hy5yDfzSg-jbh9esfkp0DpYz2s_KmPqQWjr8U6KM7ydcPzv5DUpjblFdP7liLRY61-TfcjKBiKhq669YTHpYWv_Mp5QoTn5og8VgzNkgsEneoHIw8skDfcjZaZz_kR/w400-h300/P3100769.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>I saw four species of fish. Loads of Shanny (including c10 under one rock), a couple of Rock Gobies and one </span><b>Tompot Blenny</b><span>. You tend to only see these on the lowest tides. The water was so murky though, even the Ferrero Rocher container wasn't working, it just made this Tompot Blenny look like a Guild Navigator from David Lynch's Dune. "I did not say this. I am not here."</span></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELA80T0vDOmvD3ZhPTs_OwYpc8cKIFsphrIU1dfHEGpeogi6HGHW0WEQ1vFQarsrytc3gzLOW2lzozZAUq_c6baDoRGgZAzi3aflOM5R_FfjMLTJl19IYQ1zlgtfkkbtHQVaJuZuIRitsfJdgrS3QET9CXfbpwYAjwcARSxd9FJfn3hWv8j3t0hLd/s4000/P3100733.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELA80T0vDOmvD3ZhPTs_OwYpc8cKIFsphrIU1dfHEGpeogi6HGHW0WEQ1vFQarsrytc3gzLOW2lzozZAUq_c6baDoRGgZAzi3aflOM5R_FfjMLTJl19IYQ1zlgtfkkbtHQVaJuZuIRitsfJdgrS3QET9CXfbpwYAjwcARSxd9FJfn3hWv8j3t0hLd/w400-h300/P3100733.JPG" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibUSYHoizydiiaH7iCC9NuxiEddN5ErwUk579xbQiIR8Qyxuv1XWQQ1SB8SbnP0uTTgs3Qj7tOV8bzKquH2D_Cg_dUu9jdBD9OsbTggBgYCoh8uOgWTIqwmc34dcxIyXIA4l5-XUMaeHY0vMXtywox2dTVT7fjDXwhMEsbn6DU94k3NZxqXYRd14Hk/s4000/P3100738.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibUSYHoizydiiaH7iCC9NuxiEddN5ErwUk579xbQiIR8Qyxuv1XWQQ1SB8SbnP0uTTgs3Qj7tOV8bzKquH2D_Cg_dUu9jdBD9OsbTggBgYCoh8uOgWTIqwmc34dcxIyXIA4l5-XUMaeHY0vMXtywox2dTVT7fjDXwhMEsbn6DU94k3NZxqXYRd14Hk/w400-h300/P3100738.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCqbHK6QMRBAF1XBFgPwjv7a9svnaKLoPh9mguddZEWCRYF8W2qv6TLXw4OMt7E3cUn81-ODAGJ0_8QkotS5--_6rxe1LwojTBVp8mzwr_g1U9FJ7fnl1Xla4EZe9sD0E1G0akDUsoUoPvSLq0wON29vpkPH9VmEYj_bD8BkjRRulw1IyzN7egCBc/s4000/P3100740.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCqbHK6QMRBAF1XBFgPwjv7a9svnaKLoPh9mguddZEWCRYF8W2qv6TLXw4OMt7E3cUn81-ODAGJ0_8QkotS5--_6rxe1LwojTBVp8mzwr_g1U9FJ7fnl1Xla4EZe9sD0E1G0akDUsoUoPvSLq0wON29vpkPH9VmEYj_bD8BkjRRulw1IyzN7egCBc/w400-h300/P3100740.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">And four <b>Worm Pipefish</b>, I had no idea how amazing they were up close. I thought it was gonna look like a bit of old shoe lace! Look at that! The ring flash kinda ruins in but they eye is magic.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7IH201_JIoecV_hmar4rY5lZX79BXIXkzuO1FmO5T6k1lO7dBNoacuWu-pKAvVqfKW-QPa5lm8idSTsZPqHEgM8RTwzFqgRkd24e_6juiCdNB2MupJUD5artmi6ZJ-vdLMjeV82dnvbnS14Pf1ORJv0aFgw0ZbUZXvMnqrBvK06dJ_DT6HWvrYBq-/s4000/P3100732.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7IH201_JIoecV_hmar4rY5lZX79BXIXkzuO1FmO5T6k1lO7dBNoacuWu-pKAvVqfKW-QPa5lm8idSTsZPqHEgM8RTwzFqgRkd24e_6juiCdNB2MupJUD5artmi6ZJ-vdLMjeV82dnvbnS14Pf1ORJv0aFgw0ZbUZXvMnqrBvK06dJ_DT6HWvrYBq-/w400-h300/P3100732.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">I think this must be a young <b>Sea Gherkin</b>, I have seen much larger, whiter ones here before.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8Pb7QOTq-JKJofSuUDQAJGiOqy-iJ_kwVIKFLFkrKpbiAAEb7QnMuyyde358Tp2CJckPuEF5Nq1bud8gJE10wIWK1v8jk-NSDYs_CmfSCl1Rey7XaO3V9bYY9y4ekcPzgh41TfSrCK8t5nNGeVewkI9SUY295IqOLkv0PLEoA04SIFaNp5bkAogi/s4000/P3100748.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8Pb7QOTq-JKJofSuUDQAJGiOqy-iJ_kwVIKFLFkrKpbiAAEb7QnMuyyde358Tp2CJckPuEF5Nq1bud8gJE10wIWK1v8jk-NSDYs_CmfSCl1Rey7XaO3V9bYY9y4ekcPzgh41TfSrCK8t5nNGeVewkI9SUY295IqOLkv0PLEoA04SIFaNp5bkAogi/w400-h300/P3100748.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">And under the same rock, a similar sized translucent, shiny worm. I have never seen this before, no idea what it was. Quite like a large tipulid larva.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMIv5bdYcbbV3y8UXrEu8NV-Trn0tTcrm5tR1BgThlFl-ec8qO8uPFFqGQN6tzJf6_NNpj18EwajYnkPSP2tNtpTcDlG62WTn-s4XvcvyLiEl8wIsQ6QyOoYv13lPNh2JikinM8a56DEFGvCtUJxjWJGLTM_6ObQ1H4v9KQkNgDvJPMnZa9gnEC2VZ/s4000/P3100746.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMIv5bdYcbbV3y8UXrEu8NV-Trn0tTcrm5tR1BgThlFl-ec8qO8uPFFqGQN6tzJf6_NNpj18EwajYnkPSP2tNtpTcDlG62WTn-s4XvcvyLiEl8wIsQ6QyOoYv13lPNh2JikinM8a56DEFGvCtUJxjWJGLTM_6ObQ1H4v9KQkNgDvJPMnZa9gnEC2VZ/w400-h300/P3100746.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">And one of the two large, hairy chitons in the genus <i><b>Acanthochitona</b></i> (probably <i><b>crinitus</b></i>). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXy621DrEac5WQ1Oqm42jLnBeFs_GpgF5YXNzuYFyCKRqRKUazCCqPuVqtp9WZ-AHSqEFaD-yeXwmeh62CD-JiQDhzFDhK7S4Cm06eOU9JNN9sC2LKue3A2807oTeajzcugXVJ7O2304jYsqIbS2jP1SR8DC4GIZITtQTkmKjG2dEWkAYraLMsPs4/s4000/P3100724.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXy621DrEac5WQ1Oqm42jLnBeFs_GpgF5YXNzuYFyCKRqRKUazCCqPuVqtp9WZ-AHSqEFaD-yeXwmeh62CD-JiQDhzFDhK7S4Cm06eOU9JNN9sC2LKue3A2807oTeajzcugXVJ7O2304jYsqIbS2jP1SR8DC4GIZITtQTkmKjG2dEWkAYraLMsPs4/w400-h300/P3100724.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>And then right at the end, a couple of sea slugs under one rock. I think these are </span><i><b>Acanthodoris pilosa</b></i><span>. I have seen them here before but not often, and strangely this one seems to like it quite high up the beach. The tide was coming in by this point, along with the murkiest waters I have ever seen down there. This was taken through about 5 cm of water (the second shot was taken with the camera under water but wasn't much better).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSZ8jLTD99CZyNDxOKKguA4rA8fQzt6DbIxJf59y-EEUEmnkjSBuej2FQ6EdH9JJ4r9A20oaxgFvHpMxvrwxo3u1jVKQ75uWbTMo1MG64s_unx-q88Iiw_ED-D6c-wlcZZvr51ASpaJFssxWp_LVtDhqndmp_7wefauzvHEdHR3aDg_qt1SWGGLFkU/s4000/P3100757.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSZ8jLTD99CZyNDxOKKguA4rA8fQzt6DbIxJf59y-EEUEmnkjSBuej2FQ6EdH9JJ4r9A20oaxgFvHpMxvrwxo3u1jVKQ75uWbTMo1MG64s_unx-q88Iiw_ED-D6c-wlcZZvr51ASpaJFssxWp_LVtDhqndmp_7wefauzvHEdHR3aDg_qt1SWGGLFkU/w400-h300/P3100757.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHTYeq-i5LatH7nn1V_vuZvny0xaa6DcwaDugy0yBXlYZJ0RIlQjG71oMXZiTA6CcAQXhrYmof4_s8nD3pAZxxqP17hvt124lLkbq9lM2ZKIMpL2yRF00JkNm78i8i4H5pNxYY5hDaheTNSa08lMjNldEKFyV58YFgedUCc-tkdJyKXFCYzfsP8iC/s4000/P3100753.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHTYeq-i5LatH7nn1V_vuZvny0xaa6DcwaDugy0yBXlYZJ0RIlQjG71oMXZiTA6CcAQXhrYmof4_s8nD3pAZxxqP17hvt124lLkbq9lM2ZKIMpL2yRF00JkNm78i8i4H5pNxYY5hDaheTNSa08lMjNldEKFyV58YFgedUCc-tkdJyKXFCYzfsP8iC/w400-h300/P3100753.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Not bad considering the conditions. That's pretty much how I see my life right now. After Mum's funeral, I got straight back in the saddle and started writing the book on pan-species listing. I am about 45,000 words in now, hope to get to 60,000 by the end of March. Field season is looming ever closer though and I am now excited an energised to get going at the start of April.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On a very different note, I am becoming deeply worried about the lack of natural history expertise in conservation organisations, what is driving this trend? One thing I know for sure, I have never seen more people into nature (the PSL movement being just one thing that is changing the shape of natural history in the British Isles) than I do now, so why are there so few people with good natural history skills in some conservation NGO's? I am going to be writing a bit more about this over the coming weeks, and I know I am not the only one who is concerned. Until it's recognised by some organisations, the problem will continue to grow. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One thing I know for sure is that most life-long naturalists are idealists, and idealists can be a thorn in the side of the organisations they work for. An important thorn though, as they keep them on the straight and narrow and prevent mission creep, let alone bring the actual skills needed to manage nature reserves and organisations that manage nature reserves. Skills that often take decades to develop. These skills need to be rewarded and nurtured, not just dismissed, thrown away or forgotten about. If conservationists can't take natural history seriously, how do they expect the general public to?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">More on this to follow...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-7187891670017328942023-02-16T10:17:00.004+00:002023-02-16T11:22:37.978+00:00The Spiders of Sussex Chalk Pits<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNXDZU6Tv6hBHJvhp_Xd_hhsigo38XDgbZ9i0nfAgfPayXweIq9ttQJckzPTpo8LtfUYEAdZfFuKYXMQWDVImcxtjg9l3LMCLqM72tTscG4M4rOA4yPTtNx8dq_jeqTI4WnhS9eFe_KpGUeaMssnN3jFcdnBhfXJ3czox1jAQLohHIFVheT7vIt-C/s4032/Chalk%20pit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNXDZU6Tv6hBHJvhp_Xd_hhsigo38XDgbZ9i0nfAgfPayXweIq9ttQJckzPTpo8LtfUYEAdZfFuKYXMQWDVImcxtjg9l3LMCLqM72tTscG4M4rOA4yPTtNx8dq_jeqTI4WnhS9eFe_KpGUeaMssnN3jFcdnBhfXJ3czox1jAQLohHIFVheT7vIt-C/w400-h300/Chalk%20pit.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's been a rough start for the year but despite this, I am ahead of the game for once with work. I needed a new project to focus my recording efforts. In 2021, some of my most exciting spider finds were in chalk pits, at Amberley Chalk Pits (chiefly, <i><b><a href="https://analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2021/07/down-tpit.html">Centromerus albidus</a></b></i> found whilst looking for other rarities - a species not seen in the UK since 1969!) and at a small pit at Iford. This got me thinking, how many more of these small sites are there out there and what might be hiding there? Many of them seem to have never been looked at for biodiversity in anyway. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They are often not that inviting, the one in the image above was huge but mostly vertical and clearly only the base was accessible, while others are a little easier to record. There are loads of them, peppered around the South Downs (just drive along the A27 and look for big white patches) and I am only just starting to get a mental map of where they are and who owns them, so that I can start gaining access.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have data for nine sites so far, six of these are historic (and two of these represent full surveys) and three are from new sites I have looked at in the last two weeks. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have pulled all this data into one matrix, with species down the side and each quarry listed as a column on the spreadsheet. Amazingly, this is already up to 97 species of spider and even more amazing, 18 of these have conservation status (18.5%). Clearly, chalk pits hold a significant number of rare and specialised spiders. Of these 18, five species are listed as Nationally Rare.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's not just spiders, I have recorded 531 species so far in these nine pits, 384 of which are invertebrates.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What are the outputs of this survey, I hear you ask?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Enjoy myself at a relaxed pace.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">To find and access as many chalk pits as possible with landowner permission and get me to some new, bite-sized, close-to-home, unrecorded areas of Sussex.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">To record as many spiders as possible in these pits.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Use some subterranean/pitfall traps in a few places.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">To record other taxa in a casual way, whilst doing the above.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">To take some very basic chalk pit biometrics.</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Percentage chalk/vegetation</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Slope</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Aspect</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Presence of scree</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Presence of sievable moss</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Write it all up at an undetermined timescale. I'm talking years not months.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Use the data collected to generate a list of "Chalk Pit Indicator Species" (CPIS) of spiders and analyse using the biometrics to assess and the rank the assemblage of chalk pits in Sussex for their spiders and other wildlife.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I visited a new site yesterday, and recorded four spiders with conservation status. The highlight was the Nationally Scarce <i><b>Hahnia pusilla</b></i>, a spider I have only ever seen in bogs before. Here is the 1.5 mm spider showing her epigyne. It's only my 3rd record (out of 28,551 spider records).</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTSRAyshKXdjK7mXQeYY9vptyCsCA23KwVTYdCIB0CjA_eOnL5_YimrSAkltigHu_5vKGJeGLqcL7t-ONZzwDZ3D35S9YzrzFMnGikRSFpOeE26Iile1fbYXqSvLItTKx3jv7577NdoHdmk-Z0C2UxikZvfLdfpAIMAr1vsvo5SWqFQnWUfeOdgIk/s4000/P2150690.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTSRAyshKXdjK7mXQeYY9vptyCsCA23KwVTYdCIB0CjA_eOnL5_YimrSAkltigHu_5vKGJeGLqcL7t-ONZzwDZ3D35S9YzrzFMnGikRSFpOeE26Iile1fbYXqSvLItTKx3jv7577NdoHdmk-Z0C2UxikZvfLdfpAIMAr1vsvo5SWqFQnWUfeOdgIk/w400-h300/P2150690.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>The others were the ubiquitous </span><i><b>Agyneta mollis</b></i><span> (this over-designated spider is listed as Nationally Rare, Near Threatened and Section 41). My hunch is that it should not even be Nationally Scarce. It is now the most frequently recorded spider with status that I record, and the third most frequently recorded invertebrate with status that I record (after Small Heath and </span><i>Lygus pratensis</i><span>). I am working on proving this spider is not a conservation concern, it's not habitat restricted, it just likes open places. I have even found it on boring lawns with the sucker. The other two were both surprises. </span><i><b>Theridiosoma gemmosm</b></i><span> and </span><i><b>Monocephalus castaneipes</b></i><span> (this latter is not a common spider in Sussex).</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In bryophytes, the base of the quarry was covered int the liverwort <i><b>Leiocolea turbinata</b></i> (<b>Top Notchwort).</b> And a singing <b>Marsh Tit </b>was a pleasant surprise.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But all of this was eclipsed by a "WTF is that?!" moment! I love that there are so many beetles, that you could bump into one you have never even heard of before (this being my 1624th species of beetle in the UK) just a few miles down the road. This is the <b>Hop Root Weevil <i>Mitoplinthus caliginosus </i></b>(Nationally scarce a) and Mark Gurney tells me it's really scarce and hard to find, as it lives in litter and soil. Sieving it from moss then is probably the way you are most likely to find it, like I did.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeAoX2x0dEii1m04a0oFJVIG4VWvlCKDDGvAW_g2IV0LiDK3KHzTfzV-5sefYBT8ptzQ8E9BRp0YC33oXrXCaH25Sc0rdXl90UFHFMLKULD3sDxF78LffQWx1frjo67w7Rdskz33hUbnuRmuKGc7jW6WRM3S0i6GcFkuH3A5dstiX9scYRl9TbTeaa/s4000/P2150693.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeAoX2x0dEii1m04a0oFJVIG4VWvlCKDDGvAW_g2IV0LiDK3KHzTfzV-5sefYBT8ptzQ8E9BRp0YC33oXrXCaH25Sc0rdXl90UFHFMLKULD3sDxF78LffQWx1frjo67w7Rdskz33hUbnuRmuKGc7jW6WRM3S0i6GcFkuH3A5dstiX9scYRl9TbTeaa/w400-h300/P2150693.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What I think is also really cool, is that the entire insect is covered in huge pits, each filled with muddy chalk. It's a walking chalk pit assemblage, and a fitting find for the start of my chalk pit survey. It's also a great thing to find when you are writing a book about pan-species listing, as it goes to show that when you are surveying for one specific thing like spiders, if you have an approach where everything counts and anything is fair game, then you can come away with your highlight being something totally different, in this case a stonking weevil!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you have a chalk pit, have access to one or know of one that you think I might not know of, please get in touch. Small ones can be good but the thing is, they need to be at least partially open (grown over with trees is no good) and at least some exposed chalk. Those with scree and thick (sieveable) moss on top of this, tend to have more diversity too.</span></div><p></p>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-77440394901483652262023-02-07T15:54:00.000+00:002023-02-07T15:54:36.383+00:00The fungus from The Last of Us is in the UK!!!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdnN6isokR_JjqcRwttUPxUnSh_d4y0KldhwZSGu-FipUmfM4tfyTizAT8j0c-mpP3NR9IUdmvxvWToa1iF_xx57qbbhCsKKTfzoq77aHCH7wMWv-3W4BpWYjXNlS7Eq3VusSSVkXDubq39pokNwlwIQLrHTu2ryOg4-gsWJhRiuh0VmyjdB0d1Cl/s1500/Fungus%20among%20us.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdnN6isokR_JjqcRwttUPxUnSh_d4y0KldhwZSGu-FipUmfM4tfyTizAT8j0c-mpP3NR9IUdmvxvWToa1iF_xx57qbbhCsKKTfzoq77aHCH7wMWv-3W4BpWYjXNlS7Eq3VusSSVkXDubq39pokNwlwIQLrHTu2ryOg4-gsWJhRiuh0VmyjdB0d1Cl/w400-h300/Fungus%20among%20us.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">But unless you're a moth larva, moth pupa or a False Truffle (and you might well be yet) you're probably OK. Either way, I am hoping that a shameless blog title like this will get lots of hits and shares. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Before the TV show, before even the computer game, I have been onsessed with this weird group of fungi. I have seen four of the fungi that are generally referred to as <i>Cordyceps</i> but three of these are actually in two different genera now (<i>Tolypocladium</i> and <i>Ophiocrodyceps</i> - this latter was specifically referred to in The Last of Us though).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Anyway, here are the four species I have seen in Sussex and Surrey, in order of how frequent they are on the NBN.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Scarlet Caterpillarclub (<i>Cordyceps militari</i>s)</span></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WFCnjRdiVn9mKi4fh46CZ5b4QDx91-CPS23X5iUkmcu-ng7USzw3GGLD7Nb7BFLZZpIXZ9K7ceFOxfnZRDfN4r3G4qNnA6wOrxPjVKZgJv-fxPaWWItW79xf_XHXNOIIjrf6jOtlYp700LZ9BhBPx_d2s6eVoKhxJcoeYogY6Ion8Q-As6nOofy-/s800/cordyceps%20010.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WFCnjRdiVn9mKi4fh46CZ5b4QDx91-CPS23X5iUkmcu-ng7USzw3GGLD7Nb7BFLZZpIXZ9K7ceFOxfnZRDfN4r3G4qNnA6wOrxPjVKZgJv-fxPaWWItW79xf_XHXNOIIjrf6jOtlYp700LZ9BhBPx_d2s6eVoKhxJcoeYogY6Ion8Q-As6nOofy-/w400-h300/cordyceps%20010.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Who doesn't love Nice 'n Spicy Nik Naks? This one parisitises moth pupae underground, bursting right out of the poor sods with these bizarre orange-red fruiting bodies. Ebernoe Churchyard is a great place to see them. I have also seen them in Brookwood Cemetery and Kent & Sussex Cemetery but that's about it.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Snaketongue Truffleclub (<i>Tolypocladium ophioglossoides</i>)</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQfAzldA3s5E0IVbKzFOXRJoXHLaeq7Y86-fDJqztEYo1DFACG8cgprixuN5KHw0DBOxSBDBO1YkeNJ00jlBNXl51w4cIBwmMHNttHTl6Qy3CN6KccxL5nlRAz0lACxCcW-BXTkrIbJiMN-iTyVSi_OzfHfNj9iyz_rx_b_AmKYgohb5TgYT2ZjEg/s1600/DSCN6046.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQfAzldA3s5E0IVbKzFOXRJoXHLaeq7Y86-fDJqztEYo1DFACG8cgprixuN5KHw0DBOxSBDBO1YkeNJ00jlBNXl51w4cIBwmMHNttHTl6Qy3CN6KccxL5nlRAz0lACxCcW-BXTkrIbJiMN-iTyVSi_OzfHfNj9iyz_rx_b_AmKYgohb5TgYT2ZjEg/w400-h300/DSCN6046.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">This is one of the ones that parisitises False Truffles, rather than insects. I have only seen it once, at Brookwood Cemetery. Such a great English name!</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>Ophiocordyceps gracilis</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB38KHceOR8gJW3ouguG2GcUgbG2prDeR24ULEbs2QHdQ5Lv3MvuQG4cD_kiDLizoyKFRtdksYq1SK6mcuKGf8ti-WMARyOEll1h0r92uAhgA1kZDLF-rhVcL1DsgCsHTwOZ10fXWxzyHGwfQ9aa5uMl3tkq_31XsDgQfM98hpI2NWGRTcHYXeRTZB/s800/Fungus%20009.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB38KHceOR8gJW3ouguG2GcUgbG2prDeR24ULEbs2QHdQ5Lv3MvuQG4cD_kiDLizoyKFRtdksYq1SK6mcuKGf8ti-WMARyOEll1h0r92uAhgA1kZDLF-rhVcL1DsgCsHTwOZ10fXWxzyHGwfQ9aa5uMl3tkq_31XsDgQfM98hpI2NWGRTcHYXeRTZB/w400-h300/Fungus%20009.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">This one parisitises moth larva, I think I read maybe even specifically the Common Swift, which feeds underground at the roots of various plants. I was shown this one several years back in 2012 at Mill. We stumbled on another in 2017 at Levin Down and then I found one in chalky secondary woodland at the back of Brighton in 2020. I have only ever found one at a time and never in the same place twice.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Drumstick Truffleclub (<i>Tolypocladium capitatum</i>)</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiml1UYUaKc6C5VFEz5UR87SqiGSUYbFf27pBhXoGm0UEYZHpyWf4jnsxfw2_8129SVEqTHrsle4TMTycyQVZ0iuxpBQYM11SPYwvF_RWhafO0_PSwNQTgMq5PpXtLsV6HzHn_rFhKWO-uu5ZryliF89LWW2GVCCnpcnGH789Ni0kh8Rv3QWk2OuYa8/s1600/PB171362.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiml1UYUaKc6C5VFEz5UR87SqiGSUYbFf27pBhXoGm0UEYZHpyWf4jnsxfw2_8129SVEqTHrsle4TMTycyQVZ0iuxpBQYM11SPYwvF_RWhafO0_PSwNQTgMq5PpXtLsV6HzHn_rFhKWO-uu5ZryliF89LWW2GVCCnpcnGH789Ni0kh8Rv3QWk2OuYa8/w400-h300/PB171362.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The other species that targets False Truffles. Probably my favourite of the four, because I stumbled on this one myself at Graffham Common a few years back while looking for spiders. They look like cartoon matchsticks.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are some other species, I believe. But I am yet to see them. Would love to see photos of other UK species if anyone has them, especially if the host is known.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So, I don't think we are quite at the stage where these fungi are going to start infecting Human brains but it's nice to see just how close to home the very real nature that inspired the computer game and the excellent TV adaption came from.</span></div></div></div>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-70807403593616591162023-02-03T18:15:00.001+00:002023-02-03T18:15:26.102+00:00Thank you for all these wonderful gifts<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZm_pnT5KYoIaR7_Ke8qcb3zfapQllseLSjw28vV-m0qpXcGlsRReaObLxK94Lt1i8YpmMRkVMdfk6fBLhb9dSkU24Pj67meb6SupdlBe2q-zYwGS__yczw3dvkiYOzSxbx0X5-Soh4Mr64cvBJr39fpz5ubyKG1t-mwhl9IyKI9lkb_TbA8WSIcbV/s604/221834_6141736477_1644_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="604" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZm_pnT5KYoIaR7_Ke8qcb3zfapQllseLSjw28vV-m0qpXcGlsRReaObLxK94Lt1i8YpmMRkVMdfk6fBLhb9dSkU24Pj67meb6SupdlBe2q-zYwGS__yczw3dvkiYOzSxbx0X5-Soh4Mr64cvBJr39fpz5ubyKG1t-mwhl9IyKI9lkb_TbA8WSIcbV/w400-h285/221834_6141736477_1644_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">I don't think I have ever done anything that was so gut-wrenchingly difficult and simultaneously, beautiful and profound as this. It was a great privilege to read a very personal piece about my Mum at her funeral. I really wanted to share it with other friends and family who couldn't be there and some who couldn't hear it. Now it's also up online forever, for those that want to read it again. And some Cat Stevens too.</span></div></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H_ZhdlWePfU" width="320" youtube-src-id="H_ZhdlWePfU"></iframe></div><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you.</span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you, Mum; Mother, Irene, Irene Tooth, Irene Jeanette
Tooth (what a lovely middle name that is), Irene Lyons, Irene Carlin. Thank
you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mother, sister, daughter and granddaughter. Mother, aunt,
grandmother and great grandmother. Mother, fighter, survivor. Artist, devourer
of books, lover of animals, lover of family. Lover.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18.0pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for dragging my
consciousness out of nothing but star dust.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for a happy childhood; showered
with love and made to feel safe. Protected from harm.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for all those Star Wars
figures and all the sweets, chocolate & marzipan, even when money was
tight.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for all the dental
work.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for a childhood running
wild and free, with endless summer days spent up the Brook catching Bullheads with
Daz and Gilly, or roughing it with William under the stars in the spinney
around a camp fire. Thank you for that long leash. For letting me be more than
a little feral.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for nurturing my love
of nature, for placing me “here on earth to grasp the meaning of its wild enchantment
and to call each thing by its right name.”* I would be lost without it. I’m
gutted you won’t get to read my first book. I’m writing it now and dedicating
it to you, Mum.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for selling all my Star
Wars figures so I could buy my first car.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for making me fiercely
independent and for the gift of enjoying my own company.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for not going <i>too </i>mad
when I accidentally appeared naked in the News of the World aged 14 at that
Pagan festival in Fradley.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for a house full of animals,
especially those five lovely cats; Humbug, Treacle, Crystal, Dixie and
Marmalade. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thanks for those cherished memories
of holidays to North Wales, climbing up the River Ysgethin and to the mountains
beyond and spending hours playing pool with Steve.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for letting me grow
“food plants for insects I was breeding” in the garden.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for my three sisters:
Humbug, Treacle and- Oh no, wait. Wrong bit, sorry: Bev, Max and Teri.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for encouraging my love
of science, space and the fantastical. Tonight, a rare green comet, not seen
from the Earth in 50,000 years, makes its closest approach. I imagine it’s your
emerald chariot, perfectly timed to return you back to the stars.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for Steve, he is stuck
with us now and we will stand by him. We promise we’ll look after him, Mum.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for my fierce sense of
justice and strict moral code. Thank you for teaching me to not hold grudges.
And that people make mistakes but can change.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for making me value
truth, above all else. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for teaching me to read
before starting infant school, so I could read the Radio Times and pretend to
be sick on the days that Chock-a-block was on. *cough*</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for making me question
everything. All of the time. For being that one kid at school who always
refused to pray in assembly. For igniting the fire in my belly.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for teaching me to
care, not just about myself and those close to me, but for everyone on this
planet. And to never vote Tory.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for my creativity, it
bleeds out into my life in so many different ways. As it did yours and still
does now in all of your children.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for the gift of my
middle name; Trevor. Yeah. Thanks for that one, Mum.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">And thank you for never teaching
me to say my ‘th’s’ properly.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for all these wonderful
gifts, Mum. Luv you .We’ll bloody miss you.</span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">Thank you.</span></p><p></p><span style="font-size: medium;">* quote by Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago</span>.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepW9-wm6Ct-C9PdCoW5AuWBs2R71j36cl-C-OVP-LeUIIKRCBFE2s9ubu_-47xEMY2RyReZz_v4IZi0NMyQZnslRY5A-BFZNHCJjzabyI17EJTbjfnt8GMUii-zXTSKrRAIXljBeq1UFccSnaUQtBqYRmQ0jTLcO8arAocrnN1EiEXBj6y7jmxxA7/s4032/Mum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepW9-wm6Ct-C9PdCoW5AuWBs2R71j36cl-C-OVP-LeUIIKRCBFE2s9ubu_-47xEMY2RyReZz_v4IZi0NMyQZnslRY5A-BFZNHCJjzabyI17EJTbjfnt8GMUii-zXTSKrRAIXljBeq1UFccSnaUQtBqYRmQ0jTLcO8arAocrnN1EiEXBj6y7jmxxA7/w300-h400/Mum.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCKchkraAdc2YtKUBpZYaJLFWqkj3jzcjEwL4qqc5fCqknxRDviWUu64To1E_5b_2sx_rb-vua2EPpRAmE3wfqCFE3qK0KQbfrBbwzcL4_3pmDFNnf3xkOeUWp3iwFdurPj7tZB9wP8VWEMStibB5qAwaUaM1Lq2qsZN43fSXVT83kWP56Zr92ugN/s4032/Mum2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCKchkraAdc2YtKUBpZYaJLFWqkj3jzcjEwL4qqc5fCqknxRDviWUu64To1E_5b_2sx_rb-vua2EPpRAmE3wfqCFE3qK0KQbfrBbwzcL4_3pmDFNnf3xkOeUWp3iwFdurPj7tZB9wP8VWEMStibB5qAwaUaM1Lq2qsZN43fSXVT83kWP56Zr92ugN/w300-h400/Mum2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-44209963885828792272022-12-11T16:47:00.001+00:002022-12-11T16:47:18.013+00:00Tusk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhwf-ITloogB_33OUmJlD3CSR42qQOmZEpGZhP6wejP0VQLBILj4tCb-xtWO7Gk-LPcbQB6pHbfRCgYm-JbxmNEzf0GNqfEQ4afw10uonHE2B1tz35ONybtl8JYVDLpEd8B21QnXn6b0EWlweNUucPcl9n95Ox76XxA--A-MZtT68Wmb9jr83jxbX/s2112/Wal2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1584" data-original-width="2112" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhwf-ITloogB_33OUmJlD3CSR42qQOmZEpGZhP6wejP0VQLBILj4tCb-xtWO7Gk-LPcbQB6pHbfRCgYm-JbxmNEzf0GNqfEQ4afw10uonHE2B1tz35ONybtl8JYVDLpEd8B21QnXn6b0EWlweNUucPcl9n95Ox76XxA--A-MZtT68Wmb9jr83jxbX/w400-h300/Wal2.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Most naturalists in the UK will be aware that over the last few years, there have been a few Walrus turning up. The one in Wales and Isles of Scilly and the ill-fated Shetland animal (ask the Norwegians) last year. So, it was quite a shock to hear of one actually swimming around Pagham Harbour yesterday afternoon. It was last seen yesterday swimming west, away from me in Brighton, towards Selsey Bill. I got up this morning ready to leave early if there was any sign but I wasn't expecting much. Then I got a message from Danny Widerscope saying it was at Calshot in Hampshire. I called Tony Davis to let him know and of course, the spawny git Seth was with him. I gave Karen the pre-discussed 15 minute's notice to walrustle into action, and then we were on the road. I wasn't convinced we would see it but by about 11:15 we got to Calshot Castle and we were looking at a male <b>Walrus (<i>Odobenus rsomarus</i>). </b>I may have had a little cry of excitement.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A small crowd of maybe 50 people were present, about two thirds were members of the public. It was well policed, by police, coast guards and marine mammal medics. We watched it for about an hour. Here are a few blurry shots. It was a joy to spend an hour with it. The fishermen were there first, by the way. It really wasn't fussed by people, who were kept at a realistic distance. You couldn't get much of it in the scope at once.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJfpHVDRAdLmB6TUou1I7vft5SkzmazFxvyutg5lFcijnyxSwvHWxhYpmbn6i7Ag6gy9FSAT4CzP6ZILjH8ELxLixP_7z2TFyz3J4tA6eIx1vSRT2kpWNR1GBQ6lq3qtOHkF6vM0s2GxyiORzc4RHzZqS2f6APR9XkAf_K0mEzcUmHgIQ1-vIjKxm/s4000/PC110600.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJfpHVDRAdLmB6TUou1I7vft5SkzmazFxvyutg5lFcijnyxSwvHWxhYpmbn6i7Ag6gy9FSAT4CzP6ZILjH8ELxLixP_7z2TFyz3J4tA6eIx1vSRT2kpWNR1GBQ6lq3qtOHkF6vM0s2GxyiORzc4RHzZqS2f6APR9XkAf_K0mEzcUmHgIQ1-vIjKxm/w400-h300/PC110600.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1xD0wToglyZeSvefWcLZnPxQHQBo55sgmSwlG6lhW9UcmAdlB1_9HZVvzMrrsoP12hlkta5JuiDJQf6B5VZ9RvPUO6KGkXSco-5sr6YI0ZGxLeVeV6-l6-QN1cXR60zeUhhOQwmqljB20bCYwOs5t6aqnJj4TbPc_7B40eR5mcW-HY2IixfV0eEEk/s4000/PC110593.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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For some reason I have been saying Walnut all day instead of Walrus. I mean, they're pretty much the same thing, right?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoa71jzYVBKrRDlo3D0-Vkck_nu0-mqpT-xbz_vkx7Awh9X_othvvpj-WKr891ZV8d_1GXqZBZVMTKOyTD4OEXXD6kQhkxdGUnQ_oF3U2yd0VU2r6VTJXGd1MBmCPtAttYszz0Y3t19RLkguTGpwltEfTdreUBmdtgP0QtLZ3PAnaDZTDOUBvmuXzi/s1280/walnuts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoa71jzYVBKrRDlo3D0-Vkck_nu0-mqpT-xbz_vkx7Awh9X_othvvpj-WKr891ZV8d_1GXqZBZVMTKOyTD4OEXXD6kQhkxdGUnQ_oF3U2yd0VU2r6VTJXGd1MBmCPtAttYszz0Y3t19RLkguTGpwltEfTdreUBmdtgP0QtLZ3PAnaDZTDOUBvmuXzi/w400-h300/walnuts.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Seth said it had moved up the beach a few times as the tide came in. It did just that soon after, letting out a mighty roar as it did so. You can't really hear it doing that in this video but it was well primal.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6l7rbwMtEac" width="320" youtube-src-id="6l7rbwMtEac"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And then, after about an hour, for no obvious reason it just got up and buggered off. Remarkably quickly. They are fast in the water and could easily avoid detection when on the move. I felt so privileged to have seen it and getting on the road quickly was well worth it. What an unexpectedly wonderful moment!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nu1oijaCOWI" width="320" youtube-src-id="nu1oijaCOWI"></iframe></div>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-3260997496695562362022-09-18T17:44:00.007+01:002022-09-20T11:28:34.668+01:00Choughed to bits<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADfmLRQFQstvjeqGq8DjsQdASZsXYxAW5Msfi5NRPEtoPHGGSLwGjb5Bw5NhGTYXN28aqLnOjGhdsa91GfmwwDfu51C8VfjIi7Q-Jd7YBsQU4U4OPNZwjq1kjoW1HOk3yIRTv1D3kv_W6B-_dOi307Ix6ST43EIubfiGQyW7DsKhLvbQSdoy0DykS/s4000/P9121860.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADfmLRQFQstvjeqGq8DjsQdASZsXYxAW5Msfi5NRPEtoPHGGSLwGjb5Bw5NhGTYXN28aqLnOjGhdsa91GfmwwDfu51C8VfjIi7Q-Jd7YBsQU4U4OPNZwjq1kjoW1HOk3yIRTv1D3kv_W6B-_dOi307Ix6ST43EIubfiGQyW7DsKhLvbQSdoy0DykS/w400-h300/P9121860.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Grassholm. The furthest west in Wales I've ever been. Actually, it's the first time that I have ever been to Pembrokeshire. It was my first real holiday in five years and the first time Karen and I have been away together for more than two days. And my first blog in over six months. A lot of firsts. We absolutely loved it. I tried not to make it too nature-based but it just kinda happens that way anyway with such a wild coast. Day one and we headed out on two boat trips with <a href="https://www.ramseyisland.co.uk/media/afhhuazf/voyages-2021-396x210_print2.pdf">Voyages of Discovery</a>. The second one here saw us head out firstly to Grassholm, where thousands of <b>Gannets</b> are getting ready to leave. This island is around 11 miles off the coast and the half of it where they breed, appears white even at this distance.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGF4mXOSeZgnqwB_xcWkE-63py4JCP0DIH1DLGfYsy5r6aIjjbi6PDBPWBxwaA1HlmuMkkSIiCjhr0kpH8Nk3pBhLqQw8ENtfrwcESd8exPrBDpRZPn7uDhTmI0s8MaV0iGXoz1ewkhR0YHUFIaBk45Riskna11SUNzN0fmMZt_EzwYaRrHDzyvEPV/s4000/P9121864.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGF4mXOSeZgnqwB_xcWkE-63py4JCP0DIH1DLGfYsy5r6aIjjbi6PDBPWBxwaA1HlmuMkkSIiCjhr0kpH8Nk3pBhLqQw8ENtfrwcESd8exPrBDpRZPn7uDhTmI0s8MaV0iGXoz1ewkhR0YHUFIaBk45Riskna11SUNzN0fmMZt_EzwYaRrHDzyvEPV/w400-h300/P9121864.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Such wonderful birds. Even more tragic to see this less than a week after I found this sick bird on the South Downs north of Brighton. Bird flu. This is the price of cheap chicken. Anyways, back to the holiday.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMe--VbpVW-0BJqCuyaLwLAc6AO1uIX8dyN4zrzFkGj8pN3rtKn3YWlk5CcALYNOs7exZcBiTl6xVPoreEw8QycSMy7ApmwDumUIVXy-a_kDvBFba-xa9nWx1OPvvQes8x_4xHfgEuNaHOVVfM_22DPFyDgkJEFBDyKKhxEFS1kTsRcR3MX7xWRxxL/s4000/P9101787.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMe--VbpVW-0BJqCuyaLwLAc6AO1uIX8dyN4zrzFkGj8pN3rtKn3YWlk5CcALYNOs7exZcBiTl6xVPoreEw8QycSMy7ApmwDumUIVXy-a_kDvBFba-xa9nWx1OPvvQes8x_4xHfgEuNaHOVVfM_22DPFyDgkJEFBDyKKhxEFS1kTsRcR3MX7xWRxxL/w400-h300/P9101787.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A little further out to some reefs (looking back to Grassholm) and we saw lots of feeding birds including these<b> Kittiwakes</b> being harassed by <b>Arctic Skuas</b>. It's 20 years ago this summer that I did the RSPB contract at Rhosneigr, looking after the tern colony there. So when we stopped at one reef and heard the distinctive call of a Roseate Tern, it was just so exciting. I couldn't get a photo though, the sea was very mobile.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUDYpaJUhZ_iYBdUXZ2ha8XoZi4VZ4V_-KjwM49e5KfqOIW1P-05vVZyqGrlsuOwp0_Y92yiAmtIaiwji1m83oVi9elDz88kP1qDMPzGiGlEPKTX8Mtn7XhcXZloi6gFLpNmIRmaSNaNMgRV3WBwSUXF6xVZk98DBM1MDPHOCyj_-P9aNGIvEOtgp/s4000/P9121876.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUDYpaJUhZ_iYBdUXZ2ha8XoZi4VZ4V_-KjwM49e5KfqOIW1P-05vVZyqGrlsuOwp0_Y92yiAmtIaiwji1m83oVi9elDz88kP1qDMPzGiGlEPKTX8Mtn7XhcXZloi6gFLpNmIRmaSNaNMgRV3WBwSUXF6xVZk98DBM1MDPHOCyj_-P9aNGIvEOtgp/w400-h300/P9121876.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Earlier, on the way out, we saw a group of four <b>Harbour Porpoise</b>, about as close as I have ever been to them. That's Ramsey Island. Ramsey Sound was incredible with these eerie, glass-like patches of up-welling water, interspersed with some ferocious rapids and broiling seas around the hidden rocks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHgtH85ubwDSeR7K8Mgi6YfQE6uz04_ycYGjqCQv8wgxq57l9dthlOcuFDVf3cT1GTKVkKt7lrlwhSXfidKh5HmNu8N_8nE9TBUhMCtR4utQqrNJVXJFy8x_rofg7ev-vrxa5qyKrdThApP5NA5AyxEa_cSHth5XEPj-pdGFgFojKW5j8LflQFN34/s4000/P9121852.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHgtH85ubwDSeR7K8Mgi6YfQE6uz04_ycYGjqCQv8wgxq57l9dthlOcuFDVf3cT1GTKVkKt7lrlwhSXfidKh5HmNu8N_8nE9TBUhMCtR4utQqrNJVXJFy8x_rofg7ev-vrxa5qyKrdThApP5NA5AyxEa_cSHth5XEPj-pdGFgFojKW5j8LflQFN34/w400-h300/P9121852.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One such area known as the Bitches has a cruel history. <b>Shags </b>seem to like the Bitches.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pyEtB6p1CSHNx_eaf7Eunidvcuy5eAbOWwlW_cFRVz0mMyI-N0tal3VwyNiotSom2XJ_td5W8Z1jBG_V8GJiPffV0t73ML8JI14qXrNrJvCokh1aX5gg-TVLPPRgEi3L8cLIllUE0Zc4zpiiHVeDAi-_dFZFdk1yTns1MCVj6s2ZR8DllUMVKhyu/s4000/P9121842.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pyEtB6p1CSHNx_eaf7Eunidvcuy5eAbOWwlW_cFRVz0mMyI-N0tal3VwyNiotSom2XJ_td5W8Z1jBG_V8GJiPffV0t73ML8JI14qXrNrJvCokh1aX5gg-TVLPPRgEi3L8cLIllUE0Zc4zpiiHVeDAi-_dFZFdk1yTns1MCVj6s2ZR8DllUMVKhyu/w400-h300/P9121842.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We saw plenty of Grey Seals too but my photos were pretty awful. The skipper nosed the dinghy into a sea cave, which was well cool!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjval6kpWhPK-MSVJxr04bQYbExfgZzVJfbbaGiz-JwgUhh-2apatnFoLxk5h-2WBIWy2r_eI7ZZY7YpyTm6KvSnNVUnzFIcPvlVma2n7jS5kJw5iN9VSH0inHxG2_cM4k7Gt5y44rdVQr-055-Q8ZcluCf7ayWmMlMfihZhEctnH5LyZBqQLVRlBBd/s1280/Cave.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjval6kpWhPK-MSVJxr04bQYbExfgZzVJfbbaGiz-JwgUhh-2apatnFoLxk5h-2WBIWy2r_eI7ZZY7YpyTm6KvSnNVUnzFIcPvlVma2n7jS5kJw5iN9VSH0inHxG2_cM4k7Gt5y44rdVQr-055-Q8ZcluCf7ayWmMlMfihZhEctnH5LyZBqQLVRlBBd/w400-h300/Cave.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Before we got to Pembrokeshire, a brief visit to the Worm's Head on the Gower produced the first of the daily Chough action, their calls rapidly becoming a common feature in the local sound-scape. A quick bit of rock-pooling produced what I think is a Daisy Anemone.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">EDIT 20/09/22 - Thanks Evan, Daisy Anemone looks nothing like this, of course this is the <b>Elegant Anemone</b>.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfGjTo2LSdbwd_1oPS0gnde5vkNb2pWpumrxREbCAvYxiUwlMoqXmtmAw5n5hQchevsSgWVTBB2HeEGLbD8saHOElm3r1K4Cx8MnFLS6pQ02_3YUdULftpQyj9X8HOUEUSVimglgfJmMuNwkkN2w2e_b8GFyQy6Er6vvyY8yplHPW7piW6_qsqQXt/s4000/P9111814.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfGjTo2LSdbwd_1oPS0gnde5vkNb2pWpumrxREbCAvYxiUwlMoqXmtmAw5n5hQchevsSgWVTBB2HeEGLbD8saHOElm3r1K4Cx8MnFLS6pQ02_3YUdULftpQyj9X8HOUEUSVimglgfJmMuNwkkN2w2e_b8GFyQy6Er6vvyY8yplHPW7piW6_qsqQXt/w400-h300/P9111814.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">With help of some locals, I spotted a HUGE Sea Bass in a deep gully (the tides were great, both big tides and easy tides - really great considering I did zero prep). I didn't manage a photo but the young fisherman who was looking for bait, was almost crying because he didn't think to lunge at it with his big net.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqFUU9e10aJjqsvbmi9zKaIt_BcbDAkwdsRBU1ASib2pdepdYjfkGnp2Z4tCoGW5d_dDbu2CZ3gNjs3-2tycP7_Og_hFn9lCI34RXZgeWYQQab__TL1Aka82L5kbjiR_qPIllhmy8UW-9dGhnyVXdIu_YSen3XKBnWgEDqP0xySpr3XCxyXYQAgECt/s4000/P9111822.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqFUU9e10aJjqsvbmi9zKaIt_BcbDAkwdsRBU1ASib2pdepdYjfkGnp2Z4tCoGW5d_dDbu2CZ3gNjs3-2tycP7_Og_hFn9lCI34RXZgeWYQQab__TL1Aka82L5kbjiR_qPIllhmy8UW-9dGhnyVXdIu_YSen3XKBnWgEDqP0xySpr3XCxyXYQAgECt/w400-h300/P9111822.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">It was wicked to see a <b>Spotted Cowrie</b> with it's mantle out all over the shell. We never saw these again after this.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And the first of many netted fish. The obligatory <b>Rock Goby</b>.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCaCFoRpHh55l4nf8bdj0-uvqWe7viWZFJCqQB-dB3khvM1X9BbPjvCEvE5tyzekPH6u7N5hoUHF6E7aSsO47zXTZ_WlSwhy0kkIVsUxgvUMHZiKjFwOry1V5aIhAcNoFKOvxq2A90nOFQc6KNiCtOGY3u0i0nuL5F0vXKvKhpQi28R2UZbA4wigBJ/s4000/P9111830.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCaCFoRpHh55l4nf8bdj0-uvqWe7viWZFJCqQB-dB3khvM1X9BbPjvCEvE5tyzekPH6u7N5hoUHF6E7aSsO47zXTZ_WlSwhy0kkIVsUxgvUMHZiKjFwOry1V5aIhAcNoFKOvxq2A90nOFQc6KNiCtOGY3u0i0nuL5F0vXKvKhpQi28R2UZbA4wigBJ/w400-h300/P9111830.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Green Sea Urchins</b> were also not seen again on the trip after the Gower. That's one way to get mussels quickly!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9J7yQ1Ad1nH_RtI_cMeZWqbx4lWhk_X2Ln9g3uFC_UyyzrZoj6AaqaCJKKVNyI-D6KKXUrjURue-PG9tiK5uG8l98MJoz4TrJh0V8MKDazjI_r497CFIoPj0OT4nDu3kBWbZ7sOB5FzStJx8yZxlDIwjPo0N_bZ3lQgkft0NXJFAKrs4Anv8S7KF6/s4000/P9111817.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9J7yQ1Ad1nH_RtI_cMeZWqbx4lWhk_X2Ln9g3uFC_UyyzrZoj6AaqaCJKKVNyI-D6KKXUrjURue-PG9tiK5uG8l98MJoz4TrJh0V8MKDazjI_r497CFIoPj0OT4nDu3kBWbZ7sOB5FzStJx8yZxlDIwjPo0N_bZ3lQgkft0NXJFAKrs4Anv8S7KF6/w400-h300/P9111817.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Oh yeah, <b>Bloody-nosed Beetle</b> is EVERYWHERE in South Wales. Here was a four way, the filthy buggers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxweShDUE0L-nMiS1aqKdP_fgY3KnJewcA1PTwadXf4RdL4EDxF_7NdpVtv2sJqullJU12YV1EUHN7jz0OUsf5SC7uuJeC95LGsZwuwhDEJa0dKhmBHp34Xy3i8INlqVhS_fj-wFMi2GGhEkrGnVTjcq--fu1TcNvFLSnIvVbYy2lEVjl39ewH9k4/s4000/P9111834.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxweShDUE0L-nMiS1aqKdP_fgY3KnJewcA1PTwadXf4RdL4EDxF_7NdpVtv2sJqullJU12YV1EUHN7jz0OUsf5SC7uuJeC95LGsZwuwhDEJa0dKhmBHp34Xy3i8INlqVhS_fj-wFMi2GGhEkrGnVTjcq--fu1TcNvFLSnIvVbYy2lEVjl39ewH9k4/w400-h300/P9111834.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sorry, five way! This pervert was late to the party.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiYaXAgEB_bIS2Ucw6w9hrMqrR2zfpHoJy2b7U9nityVvlvt-S1h6n5jGwFw8PAokPVfqYMUNw8Tk0OiRf_a6YzjspzZB2vI9SxVeGFNa7N7EUFggkjFyH3vp8X1hQHSBF49WYr-zw3Xva856cyvTj8y-3PzSGayd4kUoCJGehc-xcE9orcHRvpgB/s4000/P9111833.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiYaXAgEB_bIS2Ucw6w9hrMqrR2zfpHoJy2b7U9nityVvlvt-S1h6n5jGwFw8PAokPVfqYMUNw8Tk0OiRf_a6YzjspzZB2vI9SxVeGFNa7N7EUFggkjFyH3vp8X1hQHSBF49WYr-zw3Xva856cyvTj8y-3PzSGayd4kUoCJGehc-xcE9orcHRvpgB/w400-h300/P9111833.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Day two. I had ONE target for the WHOLE trip. The only thing I vaguely researched was Scaly Cricket. I knew it was at Marloes Sands but it was a slim chance being mainly nocturnal. But there were rockpools there too. And they were full of <b>Montagu's Blenny</b>, hugely distracting. I could look at these goofy little twerps all day.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkshXM263hAUxR-hxFYhnuVbUhqxEgdHEyAYISNwsupDvz7pM5aMqbnAdXPIjn0xRvMAkoMPr2cI83kSQ--wu4H1D-Y5gCGZ8e8BhJa60P1hTM70QUSk5DUUR4esJbQrrM4zeEQwMIUQkzmW8H8p_M2n-j74m6jlSdjmW-9LiI2eWeGeQvHREHstj/s4000/P9152039.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkshXM263hAUxR-hxFYhnuVbUhqxEgdHEyAYISNwsupDvz7pM5aMqbnAdXPIjn0xRvMAkoMPr2cI83kSQ--wu4H1D-Y5gCGZ8e8BhJa60P1hTM70QUSk5DUUR4esJbQrrM4zeEQwMIUQkzmW8H8p_M2n-j74m6jlSdjmW-9LiI2eWeGeQvHREHstj/w400-h300/P9152039.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_loFQlqAJbV6EBsNhkw2Q_DUjirilLSc9qPhXOA3orpnxsQRhtr9YJs3NrvaPFTpMPjc9VLKoPBXWjf6F9sX-Ue_2qxy2Lv1PP40I1hcaeIbMh3QluxVHCRDP6CrWnJ1eulSN6YdYf9TWKcUr8wOPO5ScQ46hR5UpmudJo6uNPuDkaa6nEvyHaig/s4000/P9152034.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_loFQlqAJbV6EBsNhkw2Q_DUjirilLSc9qPhXOA3orpnxsQRhtr9YJs3NrvaPFTpMPjc9VLKoPBXWjf6F9sX-Ue_2qxy2Lv1PP40I1hcaeIbMh3QluxVHCRDP6CrWnJ1eulSN6YdYf9TWKcUr8wOPO5ScQ46hR5UpmudJo6uNPuDkaa6nEvyHaig/w400-h300/P9152034.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9iY3kyat_ivE0P4Uv6gienyOolQ8Zy8oeoENbkN3UfIZurBQ5A3ZFqYL045gAhcuq5srDBUFudB19cRDXMRDXTS6C6If-_PmEmEcTtO57c03sQUk-heiZfTvrvHv2i6N4J2f8e6469QsSZYnygHDI9ecQ8sI7Trf4nU_CbMrBsJZeBSNY_YHmwGQw/s4000/P9131900.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9iY3kyat_ivE0P4Uv6gienyOolQ8Zy8oeoENbkN3UfIZurBQ5A3ZFqYL045gAhcuq5srDBUFudB19cRDXMRDXTS6C6If-_PmEmEcTtO57c03sQUk-heiZfTvrvHv2i6N4J2f8e6469QsSZYnygHDI9ecQ8sI7Trf4nU_CbMrBsJZeBSNY_YHmwGQw/w400-h300/P9131900.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We spent an hour in an area that looked good for what I imagined Scaly Cricket would like. Turned out we were in the right area but just unlucky. Well, if you can call it unlucky. I saw a large black gnaphosid but I lost sight of it in the scree. I searched, saw it again but it went under the shingle never to be seen again. The tide was coming in and I didn't want us to get cut off and walk up the steep steps (this was a 47 miles in six days kinda holiday) when I saw a small spider with four small spots. It was unmistakable. It was clearly <b><i><a href="https://srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p/Summary/s/Callilepis+nocturna">Callilepis nocturna</a></i></b>. I am at the base of a cliff without signal and my camera is 20m away in my coat pocket and this thing looks like it's going to run into the shingle. It froze long enough for Karen to grab my camera then jumped onto my hand and started doing circuits. I looked like David Bowie in Labyrinth messing about with his balls. I got it in the tray. Behold!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKAT4TzFB0QPy0ZMVFB_YDvgdec5RzzYAyiUoYHv0QsxNxP7UePuZZGIHEdTGiruN0pdEYtgrvH1Df8huRx3drR_qkAUA683yKo90J1TsOOS-G_vl4UMe63GbLKHjQ-hF5T-eqqhq0ly_VsjBuvPAhnZUp9SWOzMbA0NDDTHyKIzyPh0XGPJt12b31/s4000/P9131920.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKAT4TzFB0QPy0ZMVFB_YDvgdec5RzzYAyiUoYHv0QsxNxP7UePuZZGIHEdTGiruN0pdEYtgrvH1Df8huRx3drR_qkAUA683yKo90J1TsOOS-G_vl4UMe63GbLKHjQ-hF5T-eqqhq0ly_VsjBuvPAhnZUp9SWOzMbA0NDDTHyKIzyPh0XGPJt12b31/w400-h300/P9131920.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was rather stoked. Thinking I had a first for Wales, we headed up the cliffs for food and signal. Only to find that it was discovered on the exact same beach 'recently'. This is where it gets really weird. It was found there 20 years ago by another Brightonian, and a chap I know well. Dave Bangs. I might not have got a first for Wales but I did get all the excitement of one and I also stumbled on one of the rarest UK spiders (it's still only at three sites). That's my 518th UK spider. Totally beats that stupid cricket. We went back on day four as that beach was just so beautiful. Here she is in all her glory. What a beauty!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIxw-sIZINjRNopPcFi_zJNa2LVXnEMz9WKdD2717vsGKiRUfodGUXGD0qeGPtTHdN7BRS-c7J5YeBpRXvU5_UtyBcPb8ULwxiZxxCjmF3ftYxHVV8-j3Gh9_GIWBoyBUFSLYomNNeTkajzZu5pek31w4l11DaG01CU828MnHwPp_q_jLQ-kW-u4zp/s4000/P9152076.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIxw-sIZINjRNopPcFi_zJNa2LVXnEMz9WKdD2717vsGKiRUfodGUXGD0qeGPtTHdN7BRS-c7J5YeBpRXvU5_UtyBcPb8ULwxiZxxCjmF3ftYxHVV8-j3Gh9_GIWBoyBUFSLYomNNeTkajzZu5pek31w4l11DaG01CU828MnHwPp_q_jLQ-kW-u4zp/w400-h300/P9152076.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I took the sucker this time but hardly used it. We found 16 more but 14 of these were from hand searching.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq4IZuK0K6HB5TDsgtCNpRg9nFH87FrbnMg4H7Tp0SUqw7BTo61XFc1WvkIWkXBKOpeBnp4_mU9GWTGJV6paG0GBkKAtRf_hgM52gxeTYSwSt7WaRI_NScJApyL4ovmrVTtJpmYB94swbpfsH3P_MEvrCoM3ibNoBk4RzrX86EvUClIjWjhOLm3XnS/s4000/P9152061.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq4IZuK0K6HB5TDsgtCNpRg9nFH87FrbnMg4H7Tp0SUqw7BTo61XFc1WvkIWkXBKOpeBnp4_mU9GWTGJV6paG0GBkKAtRf_hgM52gxeTYSwSt7WaRI_NScJApyL4ovmrVTtJpmYB94swbpfsH3P_MEvrCoM3ibNoBk4RzrX86EvUClIjWjhOLm3XnS/w400-h300/P9152061.JPG" width="400" /></span></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-size: medium;">The habitat shot.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbW8ct62ovccTboKn-4DkguPfEnAbS4tB2N3_RXB-KZnlt-oG_dAlspibySo4WzDRj7k4bo3QPICxny-TL2kBM8GaqY3ao3FUHLBCSQ5qLDXmN4BdPEIzkDXqOuvb9rxLXdR29n2eqfj-9yi2R9II2pn60YhJMMGYuR3vC7FW5yLU-WUTgnfITmsbG/s4000/P9152065.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbW8ct62ovccTboKn-4DkguPfEnAbS4tB2N3_RXB-KZnlt-oG_dAlspibySo4WzDRj7k4bo3QPICxny-TL2kBM8GaqY3ao3FUHLBCSQ5qLDXmN4BdPEIzkDXqOuvb9rxLXdR29n2eqfj-9yi2R9II2pn60YhJMMGYuR3vC7FW5yLU-WUTgnfITmsbG/w400-h300/P9152065.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87I82vbQ9AiIz6z6JQT0zRUh2oKCNM8HKSTGDLpcQiRJVDi89tpcrllXry_esHG1dN_jc_EjjnBz_C2dMokIcYZyAoOyqDHLLubjpbm85STapFglTQUN0VVWdtyr5QjDO3s2_1Xit_DnbEpPhu1fjHhNkcuA5_11AzA72Oov0eqIwOMSvEtvPqybl/s695/G1%5B35120%5D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="521" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87I82vbQ9AiIz6z6JQT0zRUh2oKCNM8HKSTGDLpcQiRJVDi89tpcrllXry_esHG1dN_jc_EjjnBz_C2dMokIcYZyAoOyqDHLLubjpbm85STapFglTQUN0VVWdtyr5QjDO3s2_1Xit_DnbEpPhu1fjHhNkcuA5_11AzA72Oov0eqIwOMSvEtvPqybl/w300-h400/G1%5B35120%5D.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Whilst I poked around here for a little while, Karen did some reading and then told me about a place which is pretty good for Otters! Now, Otter is my biggest bogey species. That's day five sorted then! I did get one other rare spider here. A new site for<b><i> <a href="https://srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p/Summary/s/Porrhoclubiona+genevensis">Porrhoc</a></i></b><i><b><a href="https://srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p/Summary/s/Porrhoclubiona+genevensis">lubiona genevensis</a></b></i>. It's known from the hectad but last seen there on Skokholm in 1934 by Bristowe! An important record then, not bad considering I only turned it on four times in the whole trip.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">UPDATE 20/09/22 - It turns out Richard Gallon had both species from near there on a job in 2021! Oh well! But the main group I found appears to be in a slightly different area, so that's good.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But before day five. It's day three. And after a visit to Tenby in the morning which was lush, we headed to Wiseman's Bridge. The rockpooling was a let down. So I suggested walking along the beach to Saundersfoot where I could see an interesting looking rocky outcrop. A single large rockpool there, produced three fish that we didn't see anywhere else. First off though, probably the best underwater shot of the trip was of this <b>Shanny</b>. The Meadow Pipit of the rook pool. They get boring quickly. My TG-6 has been working hard under water of late.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbienhXv8Rn7Rxszi9n9FbSGR4kGgg983f0Wwgw4kWX5RQYxAgFYTYaNIxq11pMG9roIfl7djVIQgT_FUFZdZEStEAS8gKthnCgv-DI5yFgJYKMDwVQnxMMke34-4aYhFE3PSRTnaEqnLxuISg366EkDcAwvo78Ks7L7BOX_JHnWyAplbFIX9OGQ-/s4000/P9141932.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbienhXv8Rn7Rxszi9n9FbSGR4kGgg983f0Wwgw4kWX5RQYxAgFYTYaNIxq11pMG9roIfl7djVIQgT_FUFZdZEStEAS8gKthnCgv-DI5yFgJYKMDwVQnxMMke34-4aYhFE3PSRTnaEqnLxuISg366EkDcAwvo78Ks7L7BOX_JHnWyAplbFIX9OGQ-/w400-h300/P9141932.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">First dip in this rock pool produced a lifer for me. I pushed a shoal of largish-looking fish into a blind corner and lunged with the net. I caught two but one jumped straight out of my empty Ferrero Rocher container. Took some figuring out this one but it's clearly <b>Horse Mackerel</b>. A fish of the open sea and not really a rock pool fish at all! Check out that dog leg in the lateral line and those weird ridges. Quite a strange fish. Nice to say that literally for once.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI6a7m6ey-3UqDKAtMoq-Xe6sZ2yP2SAEYmqgNB-Hjk1W8yT7qpNIWKI_DKgoUzYDClLH0jroDUP9W9247Li4DjDHpKZGT6k_PDHj7gGTgpQC4vH44zDPCfuMmdXl4mQYUPivPl_M591AZjHVGpaRkpp7XmtBIRXS8nTmqy1E5B5dcI-mdCzi-fC8v/s4000/P9141954.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI6a7m6ey-3UqDKAtMoq-Xe6sZ2yP2SAEYmqgNB-Hjk1W8yT7qpNIWKI_DKgoUzYDClLH0jroDUP9W9247Li4DjDHpKZGT6k_PDHj7gGTgpQC4vH44zDPCfuMmdXl4mQYUPivPl_M591AZjHVGpaRkpp7XmtBIRXS8nTmqy1E5B5dcI-mdCzi-fC8v/w400-h300/P9141954.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8tqTSv6vwZzAgQ_f6cWdtxckyXPR1Ki-BHA46mgTMPqJVtj2wq9oN8Dg4qelBUyeZtaW69nFLQwJxdvkqWSbbhsoKi7G4yzvFUSB5gBNG9ko4Ys-K75OHwOpQ2vY0ZKsUeTsVC9xH8ESFCGijg7PhpIxE9FYPbrrCZvYFTuaOgLnkVIU-VExQsCm/s4000/P9141947.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8tqTSv6vwZzAgQ_f6cWdtxckyXPR1Ki-BHA46mgTMPqJVtj2wq9oN8Dg4qelBUyeZtaW69nFLQwJxdvkqWSbbhsoKi7G4yzvFUSB5gBNG9ko4Ys-K75OHwOpQ2vY0ZKsUeTsVC9xH8ESFCGijg7PhpIxE9FYPbrrCZvYFTuaOgLnkVIU-VExQsCm/w400-h300/P9141947.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">The second dip produced a single<b> Long-spined Sea-scorpion</b>. Common enough but the only one we saw and Karen was quite taken with its grumpy face and eyelashes.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiglY5pTFxdM67C63FFiT44hgp_zuD5p0Y4OdD9Z7Nfy9hLaJGLeUxqGrMEvUPpJQLpDtg8o2K8DaALVq-p5C7yrE6d_04Xk-VvLXdQejdZRikq-WAT0F6evzVtrp25z2byQQvB7yN7wf2MqIZYHVl0vXE8LVC9Y3POA02Nc_liS8cecuYswaPJqEox/s4000/P9141963.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiglY5pTFxdM67C63FFiT44hgp_zuD5p0Y4OdD9Z7Nfy9hLaJGLeUxqGrMEvUPpJQLpDtg8o2K8DaALVq-p5C7yrE6d_04Xk-VvLXdQejdZRikq-WAT0F6evzVtrp25z2byQQvB7yN7wf2MqIZYHVl0vXE8LVC9Y3POA02Nc_liS8cecuYswaPJqEox/w400-h300/P9141963.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">But it was the third dip of the net that got me really excited. Initially, at the bottom of the net I thought this was a pipe fish but I soon realised it was an adult <b>Fifteen-spined (or Sea) Stickleback</b>!!! Just wow. This is a fish that I saw once, on Anglesey some 20 years ago and it was nothing like this. An absolute stunner.</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMb2j22EyaH_ZSFWCB9B02yW8kthoOx5fOQfSWrfDHy0vCuwZ5QXvckc4jh5-epTX4NWFre15o0pXIDuyySc8Ci_B25HCKRZRnChy-z7t3kxcB4HWJ-16vpAOFoSvZ8xv6ZCj2-LjUtt-SvThQ8vM5V_lJzV3RxUE2yksAoU663kOBa4uwW2NJ-FVG/s4000/P9142004.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMb2j22EyaH_ZSFWCB9B02yW8kthoOx5fOQfSWrfDHy0vCuwZ5QXvckc4jh5-epTX4NWFre15o0pXIDuyySc8Ci_B25HCKRZRnChy-z7t3kxcB4HWJ-16vpAOFoSvZ8xv6ZCj2-LjUtt-SvThQ8vM5V_lJzV3RxUE2yksAoU663kOBa4uwW2NJ-FVG/w400-h300/P9142004.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUcxcTDb2zgyEx1TJ5yRPwDvnFpnW8HRzaOoc4w8RGu9MYVa4WuucD_dPDf3Rm3rdwEaCYQ7jSwmwjUJMibDZyw6zV-u3URsmU7_6Ta1MozeMzIVEQgS3Yjz25dbuOZdBXZ9rdYPos2it6s9DkNLptxWl2vkYhhSFgER2bFgxGIrt5NpKhvx9ijBA/s4000/P9141978.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUcxcTDb2zgyEx1TJ5yRPwDvnFpnW8HRzaOoc4w8RGu9MYVa4WuucD_dPDf3Rm3rdwEaCYQ7jSwmwjUJMibDZyw6zV-u3URsmU7_6Ta1MozeMzIVEQgS3Yjz25dbuOZdBXZ9rdYPos2it6s9DkNLptxWl2vkYhhSFgER2bFgxGIrt5NpKhvx9ijBA/w400-h300/P9141978.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBaknm7GGKEViEn4yGi2NyNxbPiGCkW0pWQ4R4kMIfppqiNWp1G_1VFEfNbtR_VNw2HwU5-3vSnq6KOMjkNIUI2kgXDd68NetIXA068-JGeovxgjCCitio0DcbsV8ewx_va-SiFBi386t4DF0e3MMTN0r9a-d1lgo7cFA2SSlGJZO4QAAB8SXnNuTH/s4000/P9141985.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBaknm7GGKEViEn4yGi2NyNxbPiGCkW0pWQ4R4kMIfppqiNWp1G_1VFEfNbtR_VNw2HwU5-3vSnq6KOMjkNIUI2kgXDd68NetIXA068-JGeovxgjCCitio0DcbsV8ewx_va-SiFBi386t4DF0e3MMTN0r9a-d1lgo7cFA2SSlGJZO4QAAB8SXnNuTH/w400-h300/P9141985.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtbnpNMH56Y-TeMkTC2O3rjdDLvxiz5eALBt5U42IFm1h3zIczV_C1h4HCtSw6hdRktn4B0qvm1h1VXlmPuz2WcfcgJWkOGvHyX8IXxXCvbH1a-4m5ukoqmA1npsJyIRNXguN1XfjaqZqJ8HzsUNHyF0jOQZGt46oNrhC5Wbwlfrnq7RnvShRwl8i/s4000/P9142017.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtbnpNMH56Y-TeMkTC2O3rjdDLvxiz5eALBt5U42IFm1h3zIczV_C1h4HCtSw6hdRktn4B0qvm1h1VXlmPuz2WcfcgJWkOGvHyX8IXxXCvbH1a-4m5ukoqmA1npsJyIRNXguN1XfjaqZqJ8HzsUNHyF0jOQZGt46oNrhC5Wbwlfrnq7RnvShRwl8i/w400-h300/P9142017.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjuH6KUtfiVc__XBy6O2UR_l05NSNiEvlTOeQ5w4iuL4R6PwSJ9xQS0AaXN8M38SmNLNorSWtdsu2ox_xxnJ0abrY4m9HQBze4oWrZcMV6lV_l9UIELG-Hc4VBl19sYHjltyM4pjE5nhAkfhcNCQLD38asusDVSgBBK-9LjntyDtTKo2a5tGlLQDqL/s4000/P9142019.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjuH6KUtfiVc__XBy6O2UR_l05NSNiEvlTOeQ5w4iuL4R6PwSJ9xQS0AaXN8M38SmNLNorSWtdsu2ox_xxnJ0abrY4m9HQBze4oWrZcMV6lV_l9UIELG-Hc4VBl19sYHjltyM4pjE5nhAkfhcNCQLD38asusDVSgBBK-9LjntyDtTKo2a5tGlLQDqL/w400-h300/P9142019.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I think we saw over ten species of fish on the trip. I think I got more into fish than spiders, which is a weird thing for any grown man to say but especially me.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But who knew how many spiders were lurking above them on that foot path/tunnel through the rock between Saundersfoot and Wiseman's Bridge? Loads of <i>Meta menardi, Metellina merianae</i> and a new hectad for<i> Nesticus cellulanus</i>. Herald and Small Tortoiseshell too. Plus these early Humans.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPcNRMNVacNvUQjm0WRRNB-Xz3RBOflr75Y9h0T2Jjp8QaGV3e1NS5Qql3yGskEcIxU3tURbsVmM2Y0-opWKMMfvmvzE7fpN-YTK1r4oOieEL5qxdhES3TdvdjZ-q7r7ohJSmJkDUF19J5GMndaEk1JiGsvdKbRtRigk9AzoZF_yxvR-7fnjee25n1/s638/G5%5B35124%5D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="478" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPcNRMNVacNvUQjm0WRRNB-Xz3RBOflr75Y9h0T2Jjp8QaGV3e1NS5Qql3yGskEcIxU3tURbsVmM2Y0-opWKMMfvmvzE7fpN-YTK1r4oOieEL5qxdhES3TdvdjZ-q7r7ohJSmJkDUF19J5GMndaEk1JiGsvdKbRtRigk9AzoZF_yxvR-7fnjee25n1/w300-h400/G5%5B35124%5D.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Earlier that morning we went on a long walk around the coast. Here is a flock of 30 <b>Chough</b>! Incredible. What's more incredible is that in the five minutes we walked past this flock, they were disturbed by two different dogs that were off the lead and by the second time, they left the field altogether. Imagine this stress, day after day after day. Put your choughing dog on a lead if you can't control it! There are enough pressures on nature beyond your delinquent dogs. It's a serious problem that dog owners, who are often nature lovers, have no perspective on. I don't think they see it as serious, or lack the long term thinking to recognise that this time, the time their dog does this, might just be the time that makes these animals leave the area altogether. Or worse. We never saw as many Choughs as we did this day (at least a group of 21 and another group of c36) but we did see or hear Choughs every day of the trip.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnWGAcCwAl1NBIwnU4y75psYGebEnZW7VD2LqaAiDvoVB7DoZC5u0jksaG8_YtKdCbFwPMxCyUkLbENvBX1vGGzhjOqih9mElvvVrd6Hp-CmYlDWk6ZkfvuCvVxVdbHTeUlRHkf-TCeuS2iIGATVj3-3oqu5iQozjeDiqFg1H-V-Nk5KgomerVWly/s4000/P9152029.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnWGAcCwAl1NBIwnU4y75psYGebEnZW7VD2LqaAiDvoVB7DoZC5u0jksaG8_YtKdCbFwPMxCyUkLbENvBX1vGGzhjOqih9mElvvVrd6Hp-CmYlDWk6ZkfvuCvVxVdbHTeUlRHkf-TCeuS2iIGATVj3-3oqu5iQozjeDiqFg1H-V-Nk5KgomerVWly/w400-h300/P9152029.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Right, nearly there. Day five. An early start to Bosherston Lily Ponds see the Otters was starting to feel like we were going to dip out. Some <b>Common Calamint</b> was nice to see though. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHJbdzTcXoSZYP9lhvvsaCQYULngcj_bQp_RjrEngYEW4V90jWYOhzeIaczJEc8RoiccJX8tVIJ8ZaOspJ_vlL49uzTgfbGzEsF8fLWK7tqEAVQQ1fiaI9s8n6XwiuL32hE9gjligL5XGY4PzDn24ddR5O9DyrlsrGJNGZvU-MaTTra9x55Vt8dIz/s4000/P9162079.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHJbdzTcXoSZYP9lhvvsaCQYULngcj_bQp_RjrEngYEW4V90jWYOhzeIaczJEc8RoiccJX8tVIJ8ZaOspJ_vlL49uzTgfbGzEsF8fLWK7tqEAVQQ1fiaI9s8n6XwiuL32hE9gjligL5XGY4PzDn24ddR5O9DyrlsrGJNGZvU-MaTTra9x55Vt8dIz/w400-h300/P9162079.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then a chap said, "There's a family of Otters up there!" We started running and we got there just in time! All those years electrofishing with the RSPB and nothing. Hours put in at the crack of dawn searching across the UK in the cold, nothing. And then there they were, not giving a monkeys about the hoards of people walking past, or their dogs. Amazing to watch this family of four with their synchronised diving. They reminded me of Studio Ghibli dragons but in the water instead of the air. A continuously rolling, relentlessly restless, wet, muscly and hairy sine wave of reconstituted fish. Sublime.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtE7TUdRazL9lZocMiBwXH76UB-aOsqU06jbs4sEq758ObaTIS54sQqiLmuN7lIUEwWIsRXELTPtSDOivSij5ukneiWabzH_PpwzRnDNS7JBYQPCp-XYz6d2-akwpt9pMgEWgFR0HYkPH09zPnFGt9Gt6_yIe5Gx1gDBwQhPlZCr5QMrosdzM9rXyP/s4000/P9162087.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtE7TUdRazL9lZocMiBwXH76UB-aOsqU06jbs4sEq758ObaTIS54sQqiLmuN7lIUEwWIsRXELTPtSDOivSij5ukneiWabzH_PpwzRnDNS7JBYQPCp-XYz6d2-akwpt9pMgEWgFR0HYkPH09zPnFGt9Gt6_yIe5Gx1gDBwQhPlZCr5QMrosdzM9rXyP/w400-h300/P9162087.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-ZCG94EfbSLfer0mTSbW6jppPTck3ESuQ01GGFw5c6-UkI-WLra42B_SOqZnoK-E0Wu2OQmznC5rSGiVV2ZkKf_UAW-BDczkjKp07eKhAvyig_2Ij3QT9pt5vxxBgK4cxTrKQ5UNU7UUfhqnykCECIWCalpsZkeTDOIPUeqNwGYhK2qP9-K445o_/s4000/P9162083.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-ZCG94EfbSLfer0mTSbW6jppPTck3ESuQ01GGFw5c6-UkI-WLra42B_SOqZnoK-E0Wu2OQmznC5rSGiVV2ZkKf_UAW-BDczkjKp07eKhAvyig_2Ij3QT9pt5vxxBgK4cxTrKQ5UNU7UUfhqnykCECIWCalpsZkeTDOIPUeqNwGYhK2qP9-K445o_/w400-h300/P9162083.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">One final trip after a chap told us about Freshwater West, a nice west facing beach at the end of the peninsula. A bit of rockpooling there produced this lovely young <b>Ballan Wrasse</b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA9wlihUN9-raT9OUdhKCdH3lYljLI8Rx3S8IAiA1d9MHtSleLPy71R7-Jy73dr-PEyuNLjGSr_XgsIMfPJqgyyVVBi-etVDxB5zsdD0RzrTh7koDf5GM91aVhUyRmeugadWxCTYd1TbcXb7gA-0445pRFhlQMdIdOTmtRlZG5PbK-NT_MZENyISR1/s4000/P9162121.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA9wlihUN9-raT9OUdhKCdH3lYljLI8Rx3S8IAiA1d9MHtSleLPy71R7-Jy73dr-PEyuNLjGSr_XgsIMfPJqgyyVVBi-etVDxB5zsdD0RzrTh7koDf5GM91aVhUyRmeugadWxCTYd1TbcXb7gA-0445pRFhlQMdIdOTmtRlZG5PbK-NT_MZENyISR1/w400-h300/P9162121.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">A nice under water shot of a <b>Beadlet Anemone</b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JKJsV2tnN5_m5btkEBtZFEyy4Ea_ouWIWpscb3NIVJ6YnkdQY_lPJISNFhfBupN11liaZR9eItdAiKdKlYFJQ4Aw1FxzcmESmtRfZAFKXr66XyMhQVI-omTvexcU5jpiW2ZIDPPB6u5VvqjXguR2W1e1C_GCDc96pjY0ggWbEGqBAwIa3iDfJJmu/s4000/P9162112.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JKJsV2tnN5_m5btkEBtZFEyy4Ea_ouWIWpscb3NIVJ6YnkdQY_lPJISNFhfBupN11liaZR9eItdAiKdKlYFJQ4Aw1FxzcmESmtRfZAFKXr66XyMhQVI-omTvexcU5jpiW2ZIDPPB6u5VvqjXguR2W1e1C_GCDc96pjY0ggWbEGqBAwIa3iDfJJmu/w400-h300/P9162112.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But the highlight here was walking down to the beach. I was distracted suddenly by lots of white snails, which of course were actually <b>White Snails (<i>Theba pisina</i>).</b> Another reason to use capitals to distinguish between a species and just a white snail, of which we have many (White Snail being one of them). Then Karen said; "What's that?"</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN6tJVgoOicSQSqRJ2G-DOCsw9X1fWFgyTMxcCGxN8FVxtPBEDf5fUWZCgCkX-aXsyLVtJ-evR72hw_-7t05di4qxORE6LGbd6vQjDjnvzBNX8LJ1OQnYWG5uOm_PCv5uNh4XhO3nh0SE6mFBzftpU-bgy75sXwKhnRUvWfT8NN6iTrugcsn0Ih_-9/s4000/P9162101.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN6tJVgoOicSQSqRJ2G-DOCsw9X1fWFgyTMxcCGxN8FVxtPBEDf5fUWZCgCkX-aXsyLVtJ-evR72hw_-7t05di4qxORE6LGbd6vQjDjnvzBNX8LJ1OQnYWG5uOm_PCv5uNh4XhO3nh0SE6mFBzftpU-bgy75sXwKhnRUvWfT8NN6iTrugcsn0Ih_-9/w400-h300/P9162101.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />It's only a nymph of the <b>Boat Bug (<i>Enoplpops scapha</i>)</b>. One of my most wanted species and the last UK squash bug I needed to complete the set! Result.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was an awesome trip and another important reason for this trip was to give myself time to start writing again. Getting back into writing this blog (and other side projects that I have struggled to find creative energy for this year) being one thing but the main reason was to kick start the book I am writing on pan-species listing, now that the field season has almost finished. And that has worked a treat, with an hour a day producing a lot of words and the flood gates are now open. This holiday might have only had four lifers in it (<b><i>Callilepis nocturna</i>, Horse Mackerel, Otter and Boat Bug</b>) but boy, what an eclectic mix they were. A pan-lister's dream holiday, with such a cornucopia of different taxonomic delights. We will definitely go back to this part of the world! Thanks to Karen for putting up with me, I see a rockpool and I am just a giant toddler and for her photos. And a huge thanks to the hosts at Pantier near Roch too, a really lovely place to stay. Hopefully I will try and blog a bit more frequently now, too.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_NOwMkwhd4U8z1dsG0IVufXbnvJiJRbUn69-DaFb1QiGuMNc1_jnEcdDyjxE7u2Bjq9MC7T6PP1ui3K_qja0-w9GgedHmmgw8e7PE9PdWlA1a3etYUlQQmghrApwQTKktdT2uWXXAN40zpAiPvuzH56aG4P7QWN9AfbnGK7JdiyuvGZoPFYWl6ssV/s851/G2%5B35121%5D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="851" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_NOwMkwhd4U8z1dsG0IVufXbnvJiJRbUn69-DaFb1QiGuMNc1_jnEcdDyjxE7u2Bjq9MC7T6PP1ui3K_qja0-w9GgedHmmgw8e7PE9PdWlA1a3etYUlQQmghrApwQTKktdT2uWXXAN40zpAiPvuzH56aG4P7QWN9AfbnGK7JdiyuvGZoPFYWl6ssV/w400-h300/G2%5B35121%5D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712676654133721000.post-21157915470410765642022-02-03T10:15:00.192+00:002023-12-06T16:05:10.627+00:00Sign this post to support the capitalising of English names of species<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjWGfcbZP6vqQdVNllSsju4tEsXg4uUvvc1zT4Rd-0WUnIwqA-qk4fhDhXh-oa-8fLaXHkQliSf_bOh4dTDOa7JpfbtRNP3ZrM6-GRovHrQj9BRT9v943dAsx5IRr2NH6-6IVRs0rdBoFbIRIIoFa_1hMXmcVFq3vsysndOcMu0bC_ZW-mCh8KuXCC=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjWGfcbZP6vqQdVNllSsju4tEsXg4uUvvc1zT4Rd-0WUnIwqA-qk4fhDhXh-oa-8fLaXHkQliSf_bOh4dTDOa7JpfbtRNP3ZrM6-GRovHrQj9BRT9v943dAsx5IRr2NH6-6IVRs0rdBoFbIRIIoFa_1hMXmcVFq3vsysndOcMu0bC_ZW-mCh8KuXCC=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Last year I wrote <a href="http://analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2021/08/why-english-names-of-species-should.html">this post</a>. It is by far the most viewed post I have ever written on this blog in 12 years of blogging, with over 3000 views! So I thought we needed to put a little more momentum into it. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So, if you agree with the following statement, why not put your name to it and ideally, let me know who you work for OR say 'rather not say'. Either comment or message me directly. And please share this post like mad so we can get a big list of names going. Yes, some big organisations are doing it wrong but some are getting right, like Butterfly Conservation, BTO and (now) Sussex Wildlife Trust. And publications like British Wildlife and Adastra also get it bang on. If you can think of anymore, please feel free to comment too.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">"English names of species should be correctly capitalised and hyphenated, effectively treated as 'proper names'. This should be mandatory and standardised, as is the format for scientific names. There are many different reasons to do this explained more fully in the above mentioned post but perhaps none are more troublesome than the fact that lower case should be reserved for the generic sense, i.e., we have three species of forester in the UK, one of which is the Forester (above). Without the species being correctly capitalised, there is no way to distinguish species from genus. And there are a many different ways this can go wrong, from Small Blue becoming small blue to Little Ringed Plover becoming little ringed plover. The excuse that "capitals look bad on the page" is not a valid excuse. If you are writing primarily about species, they should be written with capitals. </span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Little Ringed Plover NOT little ringed plover</span></b></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Mediterranean</b></span><b> Gull NOT Mediterranean gull</b></span></li><li><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Silver-washed Fritillary NOT silver washed fritillary</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Forester (or The Forester) NOT forester (or the forester)</span></b></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The argument that species should be treated as 'proper names' is important. Yes, each species might be comprised of countless millions of individuals but by definition, they are distinct at the genetic level. There is (roughly speaking) one distinct set of code per species. It is this that should be treated as a proper noun/name. If we can be bothered to capitalise the names of man-made dog breeds and models of cars, we owe it to the natural world too."</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Organisations, publications and projects that get it right.</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><b><span style="font-size: medium;">RSPB (changed with help from this campaign)</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: medium;">BUBO</span></b></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>IUCN Red List</b></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>UK Species Inventory</b></span></li><li><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Sussex Ornithological Society</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Species Recovery Trust</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Wild Ken Hill</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Buglife (changed due to this campaign)</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Pelagic Publishing (changed due to this campaign)</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Butterfly Conservation (BC)</span></b></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)</b></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Sussex Wildlife Trust (changed due to this campaign)</b></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>British Wildlife</b></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>NBN</b></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>iRecord</b></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Recorder 6</b></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>British Birds</b></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>British Ornithologists' Union (BOU)</b></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>State of Nature</b></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Back from the Brink</b></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Adastra (Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre annual publication)</b></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>iNaturalist</b></span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span>1). Graeme Lyons<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span>Freelance entomologist and ecologist</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span>2). Tony Davis Senior Ecologist, Butterfly Conservation</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span>3). Michael Pannell</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span>4). Graeme Davis<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Environmental Correspondent at Love Andover Observer</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span>5). Simon Edwards<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Self employed</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span>6). Daniel Blyton Amateur entomologist</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span>7). Mark Whittaker Animal Welfare Assistant</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span>8). Adrian Knowles<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Self-employed Ecologist</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span>9). Martin Bell Ama</span></span></span></span></span>teur naturalist</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span>10). Mark G. Telfer Entomological Consultant</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span>11). Marilyn Abdulla Amateur naturalist & wildlife recorder</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span>12). Malcom Storey<span> </span><span> </span><span> Naturalist and wildlife recorder</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span>13). Louis Parkerson Amateur naturalist</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span>14). Julian Small Peatland Restoration Advisor</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span>15). John Pilgrim<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Ecological Consultant</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span>16). Su Reed Naturalist and wildlife recorder</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span>17). Mike Wall County Moth Recorder for Hampshire</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span>18). Terry Crow Amateur naturalist & wildlife recorder</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span>19). Rachel Bicker Airport Biodiversity Consultant</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span>20). Matthew Oates Field Naturalist and Nature Writer</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span>21). Ralph Hobbs County Recorder for Orthoptera, Sussex</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span>22). David Green Trustee of conservation organisation & Ecologist</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span>23). Rich Billington Associate Professor of Biology and amateur naturalist, University of Plymouth</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span>24). Darren Matthews Former wildlife ranger</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span>25). John Lyden <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Biology teacher and amateur naturalist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>26). Mariska Hattenburger Amateur wildlife recorder</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>27). Jim Ormerod Amateur birder & naturalist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>28). Lloyd Davies Amateur wildlife recorder</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>29). Judy Staines Amateur naturalist & wildlife recorder</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>30). Neil Fletcher Environment Support Officer, Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes Environmental Record Centre.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>31). Andy Musgrove Ecological Consultant</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>32). Bill Urwin Naturalist, Marauder, Educationalist (retired)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>33). Ai-Lin Kee Amateur Naturalist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>34). Kevin Rylands<span> Conservation Adviser Fair to Nature & RSPB</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>35). John Martin Retired National Vascular Plant Specialist at Natural England</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>36). Marcus Lawson Ex Dorset Bird Recorder & Dorset Bird Club Chairman</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>37). Mark Skevington Amateur naturalist, pan-species lister and Naturespot verifier</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>38). Roman Soroka Armchair naturalist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>39). Natasha Clark Amateur naturalist & wildlife recorder</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>40). Paul French Senior Ornithologist, HiDef aerial surveying</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>41). Les Evans-Hill Butterfly Conservation Senior Data Officer</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>42). Dr Barry Yates Ecologist, land manager, studied Zoology at Imperial College in 1970s</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>43). Clive McKay<span> Ecologist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>44). Piers Vigus Management Consultant</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>45). Dave Gould Amateur naturalist and biological recorder</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>46). Marc Taylor<span> County Recorder of Diptera, entomological field surveyor and trainer</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>47). Leon Truscott Cornwall County Moth Recorder</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>48). Dave Appleton Birder, entomologist, all-round naturalist and wildlife recorder. County recorder for Neuroptera and allies</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>49). Paul Griggs</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>50). Alastair Rae</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>51). Alan Miller Wildlife tour leader</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>52). Jon Dunn Nature write, wildlife photographer and tour leader</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>53). Iain Downie eBird Developer, Arachnologist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>54). Liam Crowlie Postdoctoral researcher, University of Oxford</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>55). Edward Pollard Technical Director, the Biodiversity Consultancy</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>56). Steven Falk Associate Stickler</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>57). Chris Gibson Freelance naturalist, author, speaker and tour leader</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>58). Gino Brignoli FSC BioLinks Project Officer</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>59). Dave Smallshire Retired policy advisor with Defra/NE & retired Naturetrek tour leader</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>60). Steve Preddy Co-author, Ornithological Society of the Middle East regional bird list, County Dragonfly Recorder, Monmouthshire</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>61). James Emerson Amateur naturalist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>62). Adrian Dutton<span> Entomologist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>63). Monty Larkin Writer, retired conservation adviser and founder of Sussex Pony Grazing & Conservation Trust</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>64). Sean Browne Amateur naturalist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>65). Seth Gibson Amateur naturalist on a mission</span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>66). Bill Sutherland Professor of Conservation Biology, University of Cambridge</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>67). Tristan Bantock Entomologist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>68). Alex Prendergast Vascular Plants Senior Specialist, Natural England</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>69). Adam Rowe LERC Manager </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>70). Nigel Wheatley Author of books on birds</span><span> </span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>71). Carey Lodge Amateur recorder</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>72). Hawk Honey Visitor Officer, Suffolk Wildlife Trust, amateur Hymenopterist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>73). Elizabeth Jude</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>74). Pete Holdaway</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>75). Vince Smith</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>76). Jeremy Dagley</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>77). Finley Hutchinson Amateur entomologist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>78). Paul Tout Naturalist, translator</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>79). Dan Asaw BioLinks Courses</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>80). Ian Carter Naturalist and author</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>81). Graham White Ecologist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>82). Dawn Balmer Ornithologist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>83). Mike Hoit Ornithologist and field ecologist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>84). Richard Mabbut Amateur botanist recording in VC55</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>85). Tim Inskipp Naturalist and author</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>86). Dawn Nelson Botanist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>87). Alistair Shuttleworth Amateur naturalist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>88). Hillary Melton-Butcher </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>89). Jeremy Lindsell Director of Science and Conservation, A Rocha International</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>90). Linda Robinson VC65 (Botanical) Recorder</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>91). Thomas Curculio Author and amateur entomologist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>92). Audrey E. Turner Butterfly recorder for VC95/Moray</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>93). Sarah Whild Botanist and biological recorder</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>94). Alyson Freeman VC32 Botanical recorder</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>95). Peter Llewellyn Botanist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>96). Richard Goldlfinch Amateur naturalist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>97). Ian Bennallick BSBI recorder for East Cornwall</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>98). Mike Crewe Tour guide, environmentalist and editor</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>99). Chris Vincent Amateur naturalist and moth recorder</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>100). Jayne Chapman Estate and Conservation Manager, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>101). Rebecca Jones Marine Ornithologist, Natural England</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>102). Jason Steel Amateur wildlife photographer</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>103). Owen Beckett<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Entomologist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>104). Sam Buckton Yorkshire Naturalists Union/British Plant Gall Society</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>105). Sam Stripp Amateur naturalist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>106). Paul Hopkins Amateur naturalist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>107). Mark Lawlor Guernsey bird recorder and naturalist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>108). Steve Smith Dorset birder</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>109). Andy Butler Derbyshire birder</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>110). Kevin Clements Naturalist and Green Space Manager</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>111). Diana Spencer Bats in Churches</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>112). Neil Hulme Freelance ecologist and wildlife guide</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>113). Robin Knill-Jones Retired academic and Lepidoptera recorder</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>114). Paul Tinsley-Marshall<span> </span><span> Conservation Evidence Manager, Kent Wildlife Trust</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>115). Matt Phelps Conservationist and write</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>116). Savanna van Mesdag PhD student</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>117). Chris Glanfield Amateur naturalist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>118). Denise Wawman Amateur naturalist, Hippobosciade recorder and bird ringer</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>119). Sam Bayley Consultant Ecologist/Ornithologist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>120). Rob Grimmond</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>121). Tylan Berry County recorder for spiders in Cornwall</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>122). Ian Hartley Editor Bird Study, Senior Lecturer , Lancaster University</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>123). Paul Dolman Professor of Conservation Ecology at University of East Anglia</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>124). Mike Mullis Naturalist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>125). Tom Simon Senior Countryside Officer, Epping Forest District Council</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>126). Liz Palmer Birdwatcher</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>127). Richard Moore</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>128). Steph Holt Ecologist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>127). Bill Honeywell</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>128). Chris Raper Manager of the UK Species Inventory, The Natural History Museum</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>129). Andy Marquis Amateur naturalist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>130). Rosemary Parslow BSBI Recorder, Isles of Scilly</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>131). Rob Large Field Ecologist</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>132). Steve Dudley COO, British Ornithologists' Union</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">133). George McGavin Zoologist, entomologist, broadcaster and President of Dorset Wildlife Trust</p><p style="text-align: justify;">134). Jake Everitt Countryside and Ecology Manager</p><p style="text-align: justify;">135). Robbie Still Digital Transformation Officer at Kent Wildlife Trust</p><p style="text-align: justify;">136). Tom Gittings Ecological Consultant</p><p style="text-align: justify;">137). Lee Dingain Naturalist, ecological consultant, nature writer, conservationist</p><p style="text-align: justify;">138). Julian Hughes Editor of the Welsh Bird Report</p><p style="text-align: justify;">139). Tim Thomas Environmental Consultant</p><p style="text-align: justify;">140). Steve Elcoate</p><p style="text-align: justify;">141). Tony Perry</p><p style="text-align: justify;">142). Steve Lister Lifelong birder/naturalist, retired county bird recorder and & annual report write, eBird regional reviewer</p><p style="text-align: justify;">143). David @the Hall of Einer Wildlife and nature blogger</p><p style="text-align: justify;">144). Warren Maguire Marine Isopod Recording Scheme and linguist</p><p style="text-align: justify;">145). Cath Hodsman Insect Artist</p><p style="text-align: justify;">146). Libby Morris Amateur naturalist, student and wildlife artist</p><p style="text-align: justify;">147). Joe Beale Naturalist</p><p style="text-align: justify;">148). Josie Hewitt Amateur naturalist</p><p style="text-align: justify;">149). Bob Vaughan</p><p style="text-align: justify;">150). Kelly Thomas Senior Ecologist</p><p style="text-align: justify;">151). Howard Vaughan All round naturalist, RSPB</p><p style="text-align: justify;">152). Jane Thomas Amateur naturalist</p><p style="text-align: justify;">153). Lee Hurell Lepidopterist and English teacher</p><p style="text-align: justify;">154). Steve J. McWilliam</p><p style="text-align: justify;">155). Tim Jonas Amateur naturalist and photographer</p><p style="text-align: justify;">156). Philip Amies Retired estate land manager and ecological consultant</p><p style="text-align: justify;">157). Dr Phil Saunders Ecologist/ornithologist</p><p style="text-align: justify;">158). Ben Lewis Conservation warden, bird charity</p><p style="text-align: justify;">159). Bob Foreman Biodiversity Data Lead, Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre</p><p style="text-align: justify;">160). Mary Atkinson Field naturalist</p><p style="text-align: justify;">161). Harry Hussey Consultant ornithologist</p><p style="text-align: justify;">162). Sue Loader Amateur naturalist and recorder</p><p style="text-align: justify;">163). Ian Lewis Retired Biochemical Scientist</p><p style="text-align: justify;">164). Tom Derutter</p><p style="text-align: justify;">165). Martin Roberts County Dragonfly Recorder and amateur naturalist</p><p style="text-align: justify;">166). Dan Brown </p><p style="text-align: justify;">167). James Lowen Naturalist and author </p><p style="text-align: justify;">168). Mark Duffell Botanist, botanical lecturer and surveyor</p><p style="text-align: justify;">169). Paul Doherty York birder and producer of wildlife videos</p><p style="text-align: justify;">170). John Moon</p><p style="text-align: justify;">171). Samantha Batty Horticulturalist and wildlife recorder</p><p style="text-align: justify;">172). Brigit Strawbridge Amateur naturalist and author</p><p style="text-align: justify;">173). Graham Madge</p><p style="text-align: justify;">174). Shaun Pryor Ecological consultant</p><p style="text-align: justify;">175). Robert Edgar Retired English Nature Conservation Officer</p><p style="text-align: justify;">176). Tony Stones</p><p style="text-align: justify;">177). Dan Chaney Birder</p><p style="text-align: justify;">178). Ottavio Janner Birder and translator</p><p style="text-align: justify;">179). Vanna Bartlett </p><p style="text-align: justify;">180). Robin Harris Amateur naturalist</p><p style="text-align: justify;">181). Penny Green<span> </span><span> Ecologist</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span>182). Joshua Styles Botanical Specialist</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span>183). Glenn Norris<span> Ecologist, Sussex Wildlife Trust</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span>184). Simon Hedges Conservationist</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span>185). John Hancox</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span>186). Andy Brown Principal Specialist, Species Conversation</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span>187). James Lowther Molecular Biologist</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span>188). Phil T Lifelong birder</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span>189). Lee Walther National Trust Ranger</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span>190). Dr Clive McKay<span> Ecologist</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span>191). Dr Roger Kendrick Director, C & R Wildlife, Hong Kong. Founder: Asian Lepidoptera Conservation Symposium series. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span>192). Chloe Edwards Director of Nature Recovery, Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span>193). John Burnham Amateur entomologist and photographer</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span>194). Tim Dixon</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span>195). Mariko Whyte Conservation Officer, Dorset Wildlife Trust</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span>196). Ian Ellis Consultant Ecologist</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">197). Richard Lewington Wildlife Illustrator</p><p style="text-align: left;">198). Suzy White</p><p style="text-align: left;">199). James Langiewicz Amateur naturalist</p><p style="text-align: left;">200). Dawn Langiewicz Amateur naturalist</p><p style="text-align: left;">201). Liam Olds<span> Entomologist and organiser of the National Oil Beetle Recording Scheme</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>202). Stephen Wadsworth Ornithologist and Naturalist</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>203). Brian Clews</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>204). Wil J. Heaney Ecologist/entomologist</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>205). Alastair Forsyth Retired ecology technician and teacher, now amateur entomologist</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>206). Alison Cobbing<span> Amateur naturalist</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span>207). Toby Collett<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Warden</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span>208). Frances Abraham Sussex Botanical Recording Society</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span>209). Mike Edwards Entomologist</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span>210). John Boback<span> American naturalist</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span><span>211). Clare Blencowe Head of Sussex Biological Records Centre</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span><span>212). Dom Price Director, the Species Recovery Trust</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span><span>213). Stewart Sexton Amateur naturalist</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span><span>214). Libby Ralph</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span><span>215). Anne Donnelly Data Officer at ERIC NE</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span><span>216). Nigel Jennings<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Volunteer Group Leader, Kent Wildlife Trust</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span><span><span>217). Dr Gordon McGlone </span></span></span></span></span>OBE Conservationist and campaigner</p><p style="text-align: left;">218). Ian Boyd<span> Ecologist</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>219). Derek Crawley</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>220). Talya S. Davies</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>221). Keiron Derek Brown National recorder for earthworms</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>222). Stepehen Welch Lothian SOC bird recorder</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>223). Lindsay Morris Amateur naturalist</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>224). Rich Black<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Sussex based birder, Sussex Wildlife Trust</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span>225). Dick Alder<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> West Weald Fungi Recording Group</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span>226). Max Barclay<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Curator of Coleoptera at NHM</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span><span>227). Mike Prince Natural England, Biodiversity Data Engagement Lead</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span><span>228). </span></span></span></span></p>Graeme Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105938845237816643noreply@blogger.com140