Lesser Whitethroat, Holme NWT, 29th January 2017
Sunday, 29 January 2017
Friday, 27 January 2017
Monday, 23 January 2017
Off Patch: White-Billed Diver at Woodhall Spa
White-billed Diver, River Witham at Woodhall Spa, 23rd January 2017 (a very foggy day !)
Saturday, 21 January 2017
Spotted Redshank & Ferruginous Duck
Spotted Redshank, Thornham Harbour, 21st January 2017
Ferruginous Duck, Broadwater, Holme NWT, 21st January 2017
Ferruginous Duck, Broadwater, Holme NWT, 21st January 2017
Sunday, 15 January 2017
A new diptera family member for the patch
15th January 2017
Last Sunday (8th) an unfamiliar fly entered the reserve visitor centre at NWT Holme Dunes, and today after mounting the specimen, and a few tweets of images sent out by Robert Smith the family was revealed to us by Ian Andrews (thanks Ian). Later I spent sometime trying to get to grips with my first diptera key! Anyway to cut a long story short Robert called me later to inform me it had already been identified on line thus putting me out of my misery. It turns out to be Suillia variegata and hopefully a new record for the site and area, for us at least.
Last Sunday (8th) an unfamiliar fly entered the reserve visitor centre at NWT Holme Dunes, and today after mounting the specimen, and a few tweets of images sent out by Robert Smith the family was revealed to us by Ian Andrews (thanks Ian). Later I spent sometime trying to get to grips with my first diptera key! Anyway to cut a long story short Robert called me later to inform me it had already been identified on line thus putting me out of my misery. It turns out to be Suillia variegata and hopefully a new record for the site and area, for us at least.
A stranding at Holme
Robert Smith, Holme NWT, 15th January 2017 (shown next to jawbone of baleen whale (possibly Fin Whale) to show scale)
Teal, Coot, Heron and Great Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull, Holme NWT, 8th January 2017 (note the bird bears a black Darvik on its left leg inscribed in white with JC216, indicating it is of Norwegian origin)
Heron, Holme NWT, 14th January 2017
Teal, Holme NWT, 14th January 2017
Coot, Holme NWT, 14th January 2017
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Early natterjack!
9th January 2017
On arrival back to The Firs in cold conditions (4 degrees) I saw what I thought was a toad in the headlights, sitting still on the track. I thought I better check, and was shocked to find a very cold natterjack toad! We had some winter sightings last year but in very mild conditions (9 degrees or above).
On arrival back to The Firs in cold conditions (4 degrees) I saw what I thought was a toad in the headlights, sitting still on the track. I thought I better check, and was shocked to find a very cold natterjack toad! We had some winter sightings last year but in very mild conditions (9 degrees or above).
Monday, 9 January 2017
3496 species recorded by us on the patch so far........
We have now recorded 3496 species on the patch since we began recording at the start of 2014. The table below gives the species breakdown by major taxonomic group (revised from earlier years).
| Taxonomic Group |
New in 2016
|
New in 2015
|
New in 2014
|
Total
|
| Acarina - Mites |
1
|
5
|
2
|
8
|
| Algae - Seaweeds |
1
|
0
|
17
|
18
|
| Amphibia - Amphibians |
0
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
| Annelida - Leeches |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Annelida - Polychaeta |
0
|
4
|
3
|
7
|
| Araneae - Spiders |
22
|
4
|
27
|
53
|
| Arthropoda - Crustacea |
3
|
2
|
17
|
22
|
| Arthropoda - Diplura |
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
| Ascidiaceae -Tunicates |
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
| Aves - Birds |
4
|
14
|
227
|
245
|
| Bryophytes - Mosses & Liverworts |
0
|
49
|
32
|
81
|
| Bryozoans |
0
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
| Chilopoda - Centipedes |
5
|
1
|
1
|
7
|
| Cnidarians - Anemonies etc |
0
|
0
|
8
|
8
|
| Coleoptera - Beetles |
116
|
122
|
580
|
818
|
| Collembola - Sprintails |
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
| Ctenophora - Sea Gooseberries |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Dermaptera - Earwigs |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Diplopoda - Millipedes |
8
|
2
|
0
|
10
|
| Diptera - Flies |
61
|
26
|
116
|
203
|
| Echinodermata - Urchins, starfish |
0
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
| Ephemeroptera - Mayflies |
0
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
| Fleas |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Pisces - Fish |
1
|
6
|
19
|
26
|
| Fungi |
7
|
11
|
128
|
146
|
| Hemiptera - True Bugs |
35
|
52
|
170
|
257
|
| Hymenoptera - Bees, Wasps, Ants etc |
58
|
21
|
47
|
126
|
| Lepidoptera - Butterflies |
0
|
1
|
29
|
30
|
| Lepidoptera - Moths |
30
|
48
|
534
|
612
|
| Lichens |
25
|
0
|
1
|
26
|
| Mammalia - Mammals |
1
|
0
|
28
|
29
|
| Mecoptera - Scorpionflies |
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
| Mollusca - Gastropoda |
10
|
0
|
43
|
53
|
| Mollusca - Bivalvia |
0
|
0
|
17
|
17
|
| Mollusca - Polyplacophora |
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
| Mollusca - Cephalopoda |
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
| Neuroptera - Lacewings |
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
| Odonata - Dragonflies & Damselflies |
0
|
2
|
15
|
17
|
| Opiliones - Harvestmen |
0
|
3
|
5
|
8
|
| Orthoptera - Grasshoppers, Crickets & Alies |
0
|
0
|
12
|
12
|
| Plecoptera - Stoneflies |
0
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
| Psocoptera - Booklice |
2
|
1
|
5
|
8
|
| Pseudoscorpionida - Pseudoscorpions |
0
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
| Reptilia - Reptiles |
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
| Zygentoma - SIlverfish |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Trichoptera - Caddisflies |
2
|
7
|
1
|
10
|
| Vascular Plants |
8
|
23
|
567
|
598
|
| GRAND TOTAL |
405
|
412
|
2679
|
3496
|
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