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Monday 9th January 2012, 10:06
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Chris's "Other Stuff" for 2012
I was going to do seperate lists for mollucs, fungi, galls etc - then I thought 'Forget it' ( or something similar
 ). This will be the place where I stick all the other stuff that doesn't fit in Birds and mammals.Jan 08 West Kirby shore ( MOLLUSCS ) 1 Littorina littorea ( Common Periwinkle ) 2 Peringia ulvae ( Laver Spire Shell ) 3 Hydrobia ventrosa4 Mytilus edulis ( Common Mussel ) 5 Cerastoderma edulis ( Common Cockle ) 6 Macoma balthica ( Baltic Tellin ) 7 Ensis siliqua (Pod Razorshell ) 8 Solen marginatus ( Grooved Razorshell ) West Kirby ( PLANT GALLS ) 1 Puccinia smyrnii on Alexanders ( Fungal gall ) 2 Nectria galligena on Ash ( Fungal gall ) 3 Taphrina betulina on Downy Birch ( Fungal Gall ) Ashton Park, West Kirby ( FUNGI ) 1 Wood Blewit I've also had my first Crocus and Daffodil in flower in the garden. A bit of a change from last year! Chris
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Thursday 12th January 2012, 10:03
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11 January, Red Rocks, Wirral ( Wild Plants In Flower Well Out Of Season )
1 Kidney Vetch. Usually not in flower until late May at the earliest here! Chris
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Friday 13th January 2012, 13:52
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12 January, My House. ( Beetles )
1 Coccinella 7-punctata ( Seven-spot Ladybird ) I'd had a hibernating one earlier that day but this was wandering around on the house wall. Molluscs, Red Rocks 9 Discus rotundatus 10 Candidula intersecta 11 Cepaea nemoralis 13 January, Wirral Way and Heswall ( Wild Plants in Flower Well Out Of Season ) 2 Blackberry ( I found quite a few flowers plus a handful of small but developing fruit! ) 3 Common Storksbill 4 Nipplewort 5 Broom I also found my first Willow / Sallow catkins fully out along with a fair amount of Sonchus and Alexanders. Chris
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Thursday 19th January 2012, 14:40
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19 January, Parkgate, West Cheshire ( Insects - incl. Beetles )
2 Bombus lucorum ( Early Bumble Bee ) Two workers collecting pollen from Gorse while we were having lunch. Home ( Insects ) 3 Culiseta annulata ( a Mosquito ) It was found on the wall of my living room - and swiftly dispatched. Anyone who has been bitten by one of these will know why! Chris
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Friday 20th January 2012, 12:28
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20 January, Home ( Insects )
4 Pericoma ( fuliginosa ) ( an Owl Midge ) There were 2 on the window in the kitchen mid-morning. Chris
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Thursday 23rd February 2012, 13:29
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23 February, West Kirby, Wirral
( Insects ) 5 Small Tortoiseshell 6 Comma 7 Peacock 8 Yellow Underwing ( caterpillar ) Finally got a chance to get out and do some rummaging around. Cracking day for butterflies, considering it's still February and I've got a couple of hoverflies I've still got to ID. The caterpillar was found wandering around on the shore and heading into the dunes! Chris
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Thursday 1st March 2012, 12:47
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24 February, West Kirby, Wirral
Galls 4 Epinota tetraquetrana on Alder ( Insect Gall ) 5 Biorhiza pallida - Oak Apple - on Oak ( Insect Gall ) 6 Andricus kollari - Marble Gall - on Oak ( Insect Gall ) 7 Taphrina pruni - Pocket Plum - on Blackthorn ( Fungal Gall ) All the above were old galls from last year. Insects Hoverflies 9 Episyrphus balteatus ( Marmalade Fly ) 10 Eristalis tenax 11 E. ( Eoseristalius ) pertinax 'Other' Flies 11 Musca autumnalis ( Face Fly ) 12 Scathophaga stercorarius ( Yellow Dung Fly ) Plants 6 Coltsfoot The first of the 'normal' spring wild flowers. 26 February, West Kirby, Wirral Bees 2 Bombus pratorum 29 February, West Kirby, Wirral Spiders 1 Salticus scenicus ( Zebra Jumping Spider ) 2 Pardosa ?sp ( Wolf Spider ) 01 March, West Kirby, Wirral Plants 7 Common Whitlowgrass 8 Danish Scurveygrass Amphibians 1 Common Frog 2 Common Toad Finally up to date ( just in time for the spring rush ) Chris
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Friday 2nd March 2012, 13:02
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02 March, Leasowe, Wirral
Bees 14 Colletes cunicularis ( Early Mining Bee ) A local speciality. Flies 15 Trichocera ?sp. Molluscs 12 Succinia putris 13 Vitria pellucida 14 Oxychilus cellarius 15 Deroceras reticulatum (Marine Molluscs) 16 Polinices catenus ( Common Necklace Shell ) Plants 9 Lesser Celandine 10 Cow Parsley 11 Early Forget-me-not 02 March, Hoylake Station, Wirral Plants 12 Oxford Ragwort 02 March, Hoylake Langfields, Wirral Molluscs 17 Trichia striolata 18 Cornu aspersum Plants 13 Common Chickweed 14 Common Field Speedwell 02 March, My Garden, Wirral Insects 16 Green Sheild Bug 17 Two-spot Ladybird Chris
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Monday 5th March 2012, 13:49
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03 March, Garden
Insects 18 Plume Moth ?sp My first moth of the year. Mere Sands Wood, SW Lancashire Insects ( Beetles ) 19 Bembidion lampros 20 Nectria brevicollis 21 Notiophilus biguttatus Plants 15 Primrose Molluscs 19 Oxychilus alliarus Woodlice 1 Porcello scaber 2 Philoscia muscorum I also found my first ever Terrestrial Planarian and am spending far to much time trying to ID it  Chris
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Monday 5th March 2012, 14:01
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04 March, Southport and Ainsdale, SW Lancashire
Grasses Mibea minima ( Early Sand Grass ) This is a species I've been looking for for years and I finally found it. It may be the smallest grass in the UK but I'm not sure it was worth the bother. Molluscs 20 Patella vulgata ( Common Limpet ) 21 Littorina obtusa ( Flat Periwinkle ) 22 Turritella communis ( Common Auger Shell ) 23 Neptunea antiqua ( Red Whelk ) 24 Aequipecten opercularis ( Queen Scallop ) 25 Arctica islandica ( Icelandic Cyprine ) 26 Acanthocardia echinata ( Prickly Cockle ) 27 Chamelea gallina ( Striped Venus ) 28 Dosinia lupinus ( Smooth Artemis ) 29 Venerupsis senegalensis ( Pullet Carpet Shell ) 30 Fabulina fabula ( Thumbnail Tellin ) 31 Pharus legumen 32 Ensis arcutus ( Common Razorshell ) 33 Mya truncata ( Blunt Gaper ) Chris
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Friday 9th March 2012, 14:55
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09 March, Wirral Way, Wirral
Insects 22 Common Wasp A queen just out of hibernation ( still a bit groggy ) Plants 16 Red Deadnettle ( I'm surprised I haven't picked this one up before now ) 17 Blackthorn 18 Gean / Wild Cherry ( Wild ones, not garden escapes ) 19 Oxeye Daisy ( Bit of a shock, this one ) 20 Shepards-purse I also managed to get some photos of Maidenhair Fern growing at Thurstaston. It's been present for over 100 years so should qualify as wild, but............. Chris
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Thursday 22nd March 2012, 14:08
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20 March, New Hall Lane, Hoylake Langfields, Wirral
21 Bluebell ( probably a hybrid Native X Spanish ) Chris
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Monday 26th March 2012, 11:55
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24 March, Orrell WP, Wigan
Plants Wood Anemone Insects Green-veined White Large White Along with Sm. Tortoiseshell, Comma and Peacock that was 5 sp. of butterfly - in March. Stigmella aurelia ( fresh mines in Holly leaf ) Syrphus ribesii ( a hoverfly ) Calliphora vomitoria ( Bluebottle ) Pollenia rudis ( Cluster Fly ) Andrena fulva ( Tawny Mining Bee ) A. haemorrhoa Halictus ?sp ( another bee - but of a fairly difficult genus to ID in the field ) Nomada panzeri ( a parasitic bee on A. fulva ) Bombus pascuorum ( Common Carder Bee ) 10-spott. Ladybird Millipede Tachypodoiulus niger ( Snake Millipede ) I noted my numbering system has gone a trifle more than pear shaped so......... Chris
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Monday 26th March 2012, 11:56
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25 March, Garden at home.
Holly Blue ( 6 sp. of butterfly for the year. ) Chris
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Tuesday 27th March 2012, 12:23
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26 March, Gilroy NP, Wirral
Plants Common Bugle Insects Speckled Wood ( I'm sure I remember a time when Specky Woods were a summer butterfly ) Orange Tip Twentyfour-spot Ladybird Loricera pilicornis ( an 'easy' Carabid beetle as it's the only member of it's genus in Europe ) Bembidion genei Pterosichus niger ( both 'not-easy' Carabids ) Amara aena ( back to the 'easy' carabids with this one. ) 27 March, Red Rocks, Wirral Insects Gyrinus natator ( Whirligig Beetle ) Phyllodecta vulgatissima ( Leaf Beetle ) Fish Six-spined Stickleback. Chris
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Friday 30th March 2012, 14:17
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Addition to 24 March
Insects Andrena clarkella. Another Bee, and a 'lifer'. Chris
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Monday 2nd April 2012, 12:20
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01 April, West Kirby saltmarsh, Wirral
Plants English Scurveygrass Sea Pink ( Thrift ) Chris
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Tuesday 10th April 2012, 11:16
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07 April, West Kirby, Wirral
Hydroids Bougainvillia ramosa Obelia dichrotoma O. geniculata O. longissima Filellum serpens Halecium beanii H. halecinum Abietinus abietina Diphasia pinaster Hydrallmania falcata Sertularia cupressina Thuiaria thuja Nemertesia antennina Soft Coral Alcyonium digitatum All thrown up on the beach by the recent storms. It looked more like Autumn than spring. Beetle 11-spot Ladybird Chris
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Friday 13th April 2012, 10:43
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13 April, Gilroy NP, Wirral
Plants Cowslip Common Hawthorn ( just a few flowers in a sheltered spot, but plenty of buds on the other bushes. ) Chris
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Monday 16th April 2012, 11:09
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14 April, Woolston Eyes, Warrington, West Cheshire
Mollusc Cepaea hortensis White-lipped Banded Snail Plants Annual Wall Rocket Cuckoo-flower / Lady's Smock Common Mouse-ear Ivy-leaved Speedwell White Dead-nettle Wood Forget-me-not Butterbur Common Solomon's-seal Galls Taphrina populina ( fungal gall on X Black Poplar ) Acera populi ( Mite gall on X Black Poplar ) Euura amerinae ( Sawfly gall on Salix ? sp) Andricus lignicola ( Gall Wasp gall on Oak) 15 April, N.W. Wirral Molluscs Oxyloma pfeifferi Pupilla muscorum ( s.s. ) Punctum pygmaeum Arion ater A. vulgaris Vitrea crystellina agg. Oxychilus drapardnaudi Tandonia budapestensis Candidula intersecta Monacha cantiana Plants Common Dog Violet Chris
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Tuesday 17th April 2012, 12:17
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16 April, Garden, West Kirby, Wirral
Butterflies Small White. I spent nearly 5 minutes chasing it around before I could get a good enough view to ID it. Sad. Red Admiral. Finally Chris
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Friday 20th April 2012, 12:25
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20 April, Gilroy N.P., Wirral
Flies Bibio marci ( St. Marks Fly ) As usual, none yesterday, and thousands today! They must be very sensitive to temperature as they were flying around all over the place one moment and the next, when a tiny little cloud skirted the sun, they were all down in the grass, only to reappear a couple of seconds later. Plants Sun Spurge Herb Robert Common Fumitory Chris
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Saturday 21st April 2012, 13:49
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21 April, Home, Wirral
Amphibians Smooth Newt. I knew they were in my garden pond but it took until this morning for me to see one ! Chris
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Monday 30th April 2012, 12:53
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29 April, Oxford
Plants Snake-head Fritillary ( a wonderful display on Magdalen College Meadows ) Barnack Hills-and-Holes, Stamford, Lincolnshire Plants Pasque-flower ( We just managed to find them before the heavens opened and we had to run for the car ) 30 April, West Kirby, Wirral Insects Pharoh Ant ( Just found one wandering around on the desk. Glad it's not my computer. ) Chris
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02 May, North Wirral
Insects Bristletail :- Petrobus maritimus at Red Rocks Damselfly :- Coenagrion puella, Azure Damselfly. A newly emerged one next to it's exuviae at Red Rocks marsh. Earwig :- Forficula auricula, Common Earwig in garden. True Bugs :- Palomena prasina, Common Green Sheild Bug in garden Notonecta glauca, Common Backswimmer at Red Rocks marsh Brevicoryne brassicae, Cabbage Aphid in garden Flies :- Ptycoptera ? sp. at Gilroy Nature Park Bibio hortulanus in garden Dilophus febrilis, Fever Fly in garden Lonchoptera ? lutea . in garden Baccha elongata in garden Dasysyrphus albostriata in garden Epistrophe elegans at Gilroy NP Melangyna lasiophthalama at Red Rocks marsh M. quadrimaculata in garden Merodon equestris var. validus at Gilroy NP Sawfly :- Xyela jula at Gilroy NP Rubytail Wasp :- Chrysis ignita in garden Ants :- Myrmica rubra Lasius niger L. flavus. All garden Bees :- Anthrophora ?sp Bombus ( Psythyrus ) barbatellus . Both at Gilroy NP. Woodlice :- Porcello scaber in garden Ligia oceanica at Red Rocks It's fatal taking a sweep net and beating tray with you when you're only going to do a bit of birding, and as for doing some gardening ................. Chris
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