Friday 1 April 2016

the 1000spp challenge - March update

A much better March saw numbers jump to 314 spp comprising:
Birds - 139
Mammals - 4
Amphibians - 2
Fish - 2
Beetles - 5
Diptera - 5
Lep's - 4
Hymenoptera - 9
Hemioptera - 2
Molluscs - 15
Crustacea - 1
Spiders - 3
Cnidarians - 2
Sponges - 1
Plants - 31
Mosses and Liverworts - 23
Lichens - 26
Ferns - 6
Fungi - 30
Algae/seaweeds - 4

Highlights - as well as the Oil Beetle posted previously, included my first ever Emperor Moth - unfortunately only just as a coccoon - and micro moth Caloptilia elongella


and a couple of new mining bees
 Gwynne's Mining Bee Andrena bicolor
Ckarke's Mining Bee Andrena clarkella

With April upon us, I expect numbers to jump in the next couple of months

2 comments:

  1. Well done Martin and what were the fish and dont tell me Fish finger and cod fillets.

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  2. Who do you think I am, Matt Evans! Minnow and Three-spinned stickleback

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