Islay Natural History Trust: Flora and Fauna at Kintra 5th August 2011

It was an energetic ramble today with one family with three children and two others joining us. The river was crossable this time and the highlights were the Red-throated Divers and Merlin. The Wild Thyme was also a favourite, reminding us of the stuffing we eat with chicken!
Becky

BIRDS
Pied Wagtail, Starling, Swallow, Hooded Crow, Meadow Pipit, Greylag Goose, Herring Gull, Sand Martin, Twite, Oystercatcher, Common Gull, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Eider, Chough, Shag, Black Guillemot, Red-throated Diver, Raven, Greenfinch, Wheatear, Chaffinch, Merlin, Linnet, Great-black-backed Gull, Reed Bunting, Redpoll, Mistle Thrush, Gannet

FUNGI
Trichoglossum hirsutum (in spaghnum), Panaeolus semiovatus (in cow dung)

INSECTS
Dor Beetle, Leaf Hopper, Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell, Small Copper, Green-veined White, Bombus muscorum, Small Heath, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, grasshopper sp., Soldier Beetle

FLORA

Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Meadow Buttercup, Forget-me-not sp., Lady’s Bedstraw, Silverweed, White Clover, Mouse-ear sp., Eyebright, Marsh Thistle, Spear Thistle, Creeping Thistle, Lousewort, Lesser Spearwort, Ragged Robin, Cat’s-ear, Common Cottongrass, Tormentil, Wild Thyme, Self-heal, Yellow Rattle, Red Bartsia, English Stonecrop, Ivy-leaved Crowfoot, Marsh Pennywort, Bell Heather, Cross-leaved Heath, Daisy, Hard Fern, Common Sorrel, Bog Asphodel, Angelica, Yarrow, Sea Plantain, Heather, Water Cress, Goat Willow, Bog Myrtle, Round-leaved Sundew, Redshank, Bracken, Common Nettle, Harebell, Common Scurvy Grass, Lesser Burdock, Red Clover, Milkwort sp., Yorkshire Fog, Fox-tail, Perennial Rye Grass, Marsh Willowherb, Marsh Bedstraw, Devil's-bit Scabious, Thrift, Reed, Black Knapweed, Jointed Rush, Carnation Sedge, Marsh Speedwell