Tuesday 5 January 2016

2015 roundup

So the year finished on 775 species with over 200 species added to the reserve catalgoue. A surprise addition while looking for epiphytic lichens in the willows was the 94th bryophyte species - Orthotrichum Lyellii



The total breakdown for 2015 was as follows:


Taxon Group Number of Records Number of Taxa
acarine (Acari) 1 1
amphibian 4 3
bird 88 79
centipede 2 2
conifer 2 2
crustacean 5 4
false scorpion (Pseudoscorpiones) 3 1
fern 5 5
flowering plant 185 158
fungus 133 102
harvestman (Opiliones) 2 2
horsetail 2 2
insect - alderfly (Megaloptera) 2 2
insect - beetle (Coleoptera) 29 23
insect - butterfly 25 10
insect - dragonfly (Odonata) 2 2
insect - earwig (Dermaptera) 1 1
insect - hymenopteran 10 7
insect - lacewing (Neuroptera) 1 1
insect - moth 154 119
insect - orthopteran 1 1
insect - scorpion fly (Mecoptera) 1 1
insect - stonefly (Plecoptera) 2 1
insect - true bug (Hemiptera) 8 8
insect - true fly (Diptera) 242 84
lichen 38 32
liverwort 16 12
millipede 5 4
mollusc 4 3
moss 77 60
spider (Araneae) 53 38
springtail (Collembola) 2 2
terrestrial mammal 3 3

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