Friday, 20 May 2011

Large Red-eyed Damselflies in Cheshire

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May 19, 2011: Large Red-eyed Damselflies (Erythromma najas) have now emerged here. At this small pool at the north-western limit for the spe...
Monday, 16 May 2011

DRAGONFLY: Banded Demoiselles have emerged at Brockholes Wetlands

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May 11, 2011: Banded Demoiselles (Calopteryx splendens) are now flying here. Several males showing their beautiful metallic-blue colouring w...
Thursday, 12 May 2011

PLANT: Fen Violet in central England

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May 9, 2011: Fen Violet (Viola persicifolia Schreb.) is a very scarce plant and in Britain is now only reliably found at a single locality i...
Thursday, 28 April 2011

BUTTERFLY: Paphos Blue (Glaucopsyche paphos) in Cyprus

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April 7, 2011: Near Kidasi in the Dhiarizos valley fifteen kilometres to the east of Paphos, this endemic Spring butterfly was flying in goo...
Thursday, 14 April 2011

ORCHIDS: Cyprus March-April, 2011

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March 29-April 7, 2011: The chalk garrigue lying within a triangle between the villages of Kidasi, Omodhos and Monagri in south-west Cyprus ...
Wednesday, 9 March 2011

LICHEN: Peltigera praetextata in Cumbria

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March 8, 2011: Deciduous woodlands in Cumbria are the home to several species of lichen which are scarce elsewhere in England. Whilst search...
Friday, 11 February 2011

MAMMAL: Otters in Cumbria

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February 10, 2011: There have been several recent reports of Otters being seen at a locality in Cumbria so today's unexpected glorious w...
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Sunday, 19 December 2010

PLANT: Salvia veneris (Hedge) a Cyprus narrow endemic

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Date retrospective: April 2001: Salvia veneris is a beautifully-flowered extremely narrow endemic restricted to an area of only a few square...
Monday, 6 December 2010

PLANT: Arenaria norvegica subsp anglica (English Sandwort) in the British Isles.

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Arenaria norvegica subsp. anglica, Ingleborough, North Yorkshire Date: retrospective to the mid 1990s This very scarce small white-flowered ...