Tuesday 7 June 2011

Flora and Fauna at Sanaigmore 6th June 2011

The weather wasn't brilliant, but we came up with the longest list yet. Thanks to all who attended, including members of the Wharfedale Botanist Group. Please notify me of any ommissions/corrections.
BIRDS
Chough
Raven
Curlew
Skylark
Meadow Pipit
Ringed Plover
Redshank
Starling
Linnet
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Common Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Black Guillemot
Rock Dove
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Pied Wagtail (with young)
Arctic Tern
Gannet
Lapwing
Great Northern Diver
Oystercatcher
Sedge Warbler
Common Sandpiper
Eider Duck
Wren
Hooded Crow
Swallow
Sand Martin

INSECTS
6-spot ladybird
Green-veined White
Bombus cryptarum
LICHEN
Ramalina (pale green tufty species)
Ochrolechia parella (‘Fish-eye’ lichen - white crustose species)
Xanthoria parietina (bright yellow)
Verrucaria maura (black lichen covering rocks)

FLORA
Tormentil
Greater Bird’s-foot Trefoil
Meadow Buttercup
Bulbous Buttercup
English Stonecrop
Biting Stonecrop
Dove’s-foot Cranesbill
Monkeyflower
Water Cress
Water Mint
Brooklime
Forget-me-not sp.
Heath Speedwell
Heath Bedstraw
Marsh Marigold
Silverweed
Germander Speedwell
White Clover
Lesser Trefoil
Daisy
Sticky Mouse-ear
Early Marsh Orchid
Heather
Eyebright
Marsh Thistle
Spear Thistle
Creeping Thistle
Lousewort
Hard Fern
Thrift
Sorrel
Cuckoo Flower
Lesser Spearwort
Ragged Robin
Sea Sandwort
Sweet Vernal Grass
Common Nettle
Curled Dock
Common Ragwort
Dandelion
Yellow Iris

MAMMALS
Rabbit



Early Marsh Orchid
Becky

1 comment:

  1. Identification of the Dactyloriza orchids is not always straightforward, but I am certain this is an Early March Orchid. However, I'm not certain which subspecies it is, whether a purplish coccinea or a purplish pulchella!
    Malcolm

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