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Last Update: Saturday, May 1, 2021 - 23:37
Seth has spotted a Mock-orange bush near the river at Budhmor:
Philadelphus near Budhmor Image S. Gibson
The underside of the leaves are pretty hairy suggesting that it is one of the hybrid...
Seth had a good day on Wednesday, finding two plants that are new to the vice-county. Firstly, Persicaria wallichii (Himalayan Knotweed) has encroached onto the road verge from a garden near Loch Bay...
I was away for a couple of weeks, but here are a few iems from before or after, mostly seen with Seth and/or Neil.
Acleris emargana Notch-winged Tortrix
Galls caused by the sawfly Euura...
I have not been able to identify a small tree at Gedintailor on Skye that was found a few weeks ago.
Tree at Gedintailor
My initial thoughts were of Prunus sp. but then these ear-like stipules...
The final batch of Hieracium specimens for the year produced two notable species, H. dasythrix (Dense-haired Hawkweed) on Glamaig with only one previous record in the vice-county (in 1973) and H....
A family expedition to Brochel at low tide produced this fine fish under a rock:
Shore Clingfish Lepadogaster lepadogaster
Yesterday, walking to the south of the River Drynoch I spotted...
Ludicrously, I had never been to Spar Cave near Glasnakille on Skye – until last Tuesday. It is well worth a visit, but one needs to be prepared for a steep climb down, slippery rocks on the...
My latest effort with the moth trap produced three moths that I have not seen here before, which takes my total number of adult moth species seen here to 190.
Common Footman
Dotted Carpet...
A couple of nights ago the trap yielded 27 moths including
four Eudonia angustea – I usually see one or two of those a year
A Bee Moth
and the star of the show, Satin Beauty – the second...
Yesterday I climbed Glamaig, my nearest Red Cuillin, but one of very few that I have never climbed to the top. One of the sites I had intended to include was Leathad Dubh on the northern edge, but...
