The trouble with finding Hieracium silvaticoides (Wood Hawkweed) is that it casts into doubt earlier records in the vice-county for the very similar H. duriceps (Hard-headed Hawkweed). One of these...
My most recent moth trap didn’t yield anything new, though there were some that were new for the year and that I always like to see, such as this Burnished Brass.
Burnished Brass
One evening I...
I collected thirty specimens of Hieracium from Raasay between 11th June and 1st July and sent them to David McCosh who found eight species:
H. anglicum (English Hawkweed) 3 sites
H. hebridense (...
So, where to start? I can report that Epipactis atrorubens (Dark-red Helleborine) is now in flower on Raasay.
Epipactis atrorubens (Dark-red Helleborine)
and that not far away, in the world of micro-...
At Brochel I came across two micro-moths of interest. The first is a Bactra sp. that I have sent off for dissection as there is a chance that it is Bactra lacteana which would be exciting this far...
For obvious reasons, plant records have been a bit thin on the ground this year. As well as things already reported here, Neil has found quite a few new tetrad records and a very pleasing new 10 km...
One of the Brassica plants in the polytunnel had a leaf mine:
Using the key at the excellent website Plant Parasites of Europe I found it to be the larva of the Large Striped Flea Beetle that had...
There was so much more than orchids last Thursday. But firstly, a Frog Orchid
Coeloglossum viride (Frog Orchid)
and secondly, Holly-fern
Polystichum lonchitis (Holly-fern)
Insects included several...
A couple of days ago I drove 4 miles to Brae and then walked across the island to Druim an Aonaich, perhaps my favourite place on Raasay.
There were plenty of orchids in flower: Coeloglossum viride (...
I had planned another Hawkweeed expedition today as even at 9 am this morning XC Weather showed no rain all day. So far (13.30) it has rained all day, quite heavily at times. I will try again in a...