"For now we are young let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see" Neutral Milk Hotel.

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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