Small Mottled Willow, Dun-bar & Other New Moths ( )
A moth trap three nights ago produced 117 moths including 36 micro-moths. Small Mottled Willow is a migrant that has been reported a number of times in Scotland to the south of us in recent weeks.…
Last Post for a While (Probably) ( )
I have added two more moths to my home list, one from the trap and one found dead in the house. This is Phaulernis fulviguttella (Yellow-spotted Drab), found dead on a windowsill: There are only…
Last Post for a While (Probably) – Supplementary ( )
A couple of last-minute finds before the break – a bug from the garden on nettles: This may be common throughout the British Isles but there is only one record (by Stephen Moran) on Skye and none for…
Curly Waterweed and Nocturnal Wasps ( )
Forget the pause! Just as I was going away, Seth discovered Lagarosiphon major (Curly Waterweed) in a path-side pool in the middle of nowhere (though near a road) on Skye. This is a long way from the…
Krauss’s Clubmoss on Raasay ( )
While I was away Lesley found Krauss’s Clubmoss (Selaginella kraussiana) in Raasay House grounds. The only previous records in the vice-county are from Rum up until 1976. S. kraussiana was…
Follow-up ( )
So Lesley’s clubmoss forms a carpet alongside the main drive into Raasay House. I have presumably been ignoring it for 43 years. The images show the carpet and the two types of leaves that are…
Raasay News ( )
Raasay is well known for fossil marine animals such as ammonites in the lime-rich sandstones of the east coast. However, Alexander, one of our island youngsters, has found a plant fossil on the beach…