Thursday, 2 January 2014

Earth-stars (Geastrum triplex) in Cumbria

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December 2013: A small deciduous coppice close to the waxcap site (mentioned earlier) in northern Cumbria had the Collared Earth-star (Geas...

Rare fungi in Cumbria

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October 2014: A small area of old unimproved grassland east of Penrith had two especially rare fungi: Clavaria zollingeri and Hygrocybe cal...
Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Cyprus Orthoptera - Autumn 2013

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September 28-October 3, 2013: Everywhere was extremely dry and most of the grassy areas were parched and whitened by the heat. Relatively ...
Sunday, 20 October 2013

Cyprus butterflies - Autumn 2013

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September 28-October 3, 2013: Rather surprisingly there was not a wide range of species flying although some blues were present in good num...
Saturday, 12 October 2013

Cyprus dragonflies - Autumn 2013

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September 28-October 3, 2013: A very dry summer meant that there were almost no remaining fresh water pools or streams on the island. The p...
Friday, 20 September 2013

The Oak Bush-cricket (Meconema thalassinum) near Preston

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August 22, 2013: In north-west England, the Oak Bush-cricket has been recorded from very few localities although southwards of the Brist...
Friday, 6 September 2013

Adonis Blues (Lysandra bellargus) near Stroud. Gloucestershire

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September 3. 2013: On a small piece of sloping limestone grassland, several second (autumn) brood Adonis Blues were flying in warm sunny we...
Friday, 30 August 2013

Brown Hairstreaks near Oxford

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August 28, 2013: The Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae) is only found in a quite restricted region of Britain, mainly in Oxfordshire and nei...