Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Lithobius melanops new to Cullaloe LNR
Friday, January 17, 2025
Cullaloe list booster
This week I discovered a new record source in the form of Bubo Pan-species Listing site. A contributor there had several Cullaloe LNR records which had not been included. I haven't quite finished going through this process but so far we're at 2367 species (see that page for details).
Since I broke through the 2500 at Dalgety Bay last year it only makes sense to turn my attention to rounding out the 2.5k At Cullaloe. Beetles especially are under-represented, and since the Beetles of GB & I is finally complete it would be rude not to concentrate on them.
This is what ten years of accretion looks like:
Saturday, October 5, 2024
Eudonia angustea (Narrow-winged Grey)
A relatively coastal species, and one I've been waiting for for a long time. Fairly mild overnight at about 13 degrees. Accompanied by Satellite, Black Rustic, Copper Underwing, Common Marbled Carpet and Light Brown Apple Moth
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Mothy Magick
A remarkable evening on Saturday night in the fog produced lots of migrants at Charles Hill. Most notable were four Convolvulus Hawk-moths that came barreling into the Lepiled.
Additional supporting cast:
2 Rush Veneer
1 Dark Sword-grass
23 Silver Y
21 Angle Shades
7 Setaceous Hebrew Characters
2 Autumnal Rustic
1 Turnip Moth
Harlequin Ladybird in Dalgety Bay
A Harlequin Ladybird yesterday was the first for Dalgety Bay. Not the most welcome of additions, as there seems to be a correlation between the appearance of these and the reduction in other ladybirds. Time will tell.
Friday, September 6, 2024
Jersey Cudweed in Dalgety Bay, flowering plant #422
After finding Jersey Cudweed new to Fife at Stenhouse a couple of weeks back it now seems it's also a pavement weed in Dalgety Bay. iRecord shows that it seems pretty well established in Edinburgh, already way in advance of the Atlas distribution
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Charles Hill (reprise) Athripsodes albifrons
Athripsodes albifrons - a Caddis fly - also new to Dalgety Bay and scarce records from Fife though it seems to be a more-or-less ubiquitous species. There were other Caddis present, but this is the only one I caught. Probably there are a good number of species that could be added to the Bay list.