Flora and Fauna at Ardnave, 1st August 2011

Our best bird list yet - thanks to Bob with his telescope and wader watching. Undoubtedly the highlight today was three Little Stint on the Loch, but we also accrued a great floral list and this beauty of a slug! Thanks to all again.
Becky

BIRDS
Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Common Gull, Redshank, Little Stint (3), Knot, Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, Oystercatcher, Snipe, Mallard, Dunlin, Ringed Plover (and nest of four eggs), Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, Hooded Crow, Chough, Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit, Pied Wagtail, Willow Warbler, Blackbird, Starling, Wheatear, Skylark, Linnet, Grey Heron, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Rock Dove

LICHEN
Xanthoria parietina (yellow), Physcia adscendens

MAMMALS
Rabbit

INVERTEBRATES
Ancylus or Physa sp. (water snail), Arion ater (Black Slug - Brown/Orange form)

INSECTS
Blue-tailed Damselfly, Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell, Green-veined White

FLORA
Purple Loosestrife, Mouse-ear sp., Forget-me-not sp., Common Milkwort, Water Cress, Marsh Lousewort, Wild Thyme, Self-heal, Meadow Buttercup, Lesser Spearwort, Lesser Burdock, Creeping Thistle, Spear Thistle, Marsh Marigold, Silverweed, White Clover, Red Clover, Daisy, Eyebright, Ragged Robin, Bog Pimpernel, Meadowsweet, Curled Dock, Yorkshire Fog, Perennial Rye Grass, Crested Dog's-tail, Foxtail, Common Spiked Rush, Jointed Rush, Bird's-foot Trefoil, Dove's-foot Cranesbill, Common Storksbill, Marsh Willowherb, Marsh Bedstraw, Lady's Bedstraw, Water Mint, Common Nettle, Bracken, Common Hawkbit, Marsh Horsetail, Grass of Parnassus, Fairy Flax, Yellow Rattle, Square-stalked St John's Wort, Sweet Vernal Grass, Knotted Pearlwort, Pignut, Tufted Vetch, Marsh Pennywort, Red Bartsia, Prickly Sow Thistle, Lesser Water-plantain, Harebell

Ringed Plover's Nest

Water Snail (Ancylus or Physa sp.)

Arion ater - Brown/Orange Form

While Bob is birdwatching, Sandra is closely examining a lichen!