Flora and fauna - Killinallan nature ramble 3/6/11

Rock Rose - Helianthemum apenninum

                                    Early Marsh Orchid - Dactylorhiza incarnata. subsp.coccinea                                       

Early Marsh Orchid - Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. incarnata

BIRDS
Herring Gull
Curlew
Oystercatcher (and nest)
Ringed Plover
Skylark
Sedge Warbler
Pheasant

FLORA
Eyebright
Early Marsh Orchid + subsp. coccinea
Early Purple Orchid (died back)
Pyramidal Orchid
Heath Spotted Orchid
Chalk Milkwort
Marsh Lousewort
Tormentil
Bird’s-foot Trefoil
Silverweed
Horsetail
Water Mint
Marsh Pennywort
Rock Rose (white, not yellow)
Heath Speedwell
Germander Speedwell
Meadow Buttercup
Marsh Marigold
Sea Milkwort
Cuckoo Flower
Thrift
Primrose
Marsh Thistle
Yellow Iris
Black Bog-rush
Daisy
Dandelion
Chickweed
Common Butterwort
Crown Plantain
Dove's-foot Cranesbill
English Stonecrop
Marram Grass
Lady's Bedstraw
Heath Bedstraw
Ragged Robin

INSECTS AND SPIDERS
Click Beetle
Small Heath Butterfly (several)
Small Daddy-long-legs
Spiders sp.

MAMMALS
Atlantic Seal
Rabbit

LICHEN
Xanthoria parietina (bright yellow)
Lecanora gangaleoides (white with  black 'jam tarts')
Ramalina sp. (pale green tufty species)
Caloplaca crenularia (very tiny orange dots on rocks)
Verrucaria maura (black lichen covering coastal rocks)

SHORE
Ragworm
Shore Crab
Pond Skater (on brackish pool)

FUNGI
Puffball

SNAIL
Helicella sp.

Becky