Despite dipping on 5 Woodlarks at Overton this morning
and later finding out they appeared 10 minutes after I'd left, at least I was
able to take the opportunity to look at a habitat I've hardy touched, which resulted in adding 21 taxa to SS48M taking it to
74 (perhaps this was the reason I dipped the Woodlarks!). The best of the arable species at SS458851 were
Phascum
cuspidatum var.
cuspidatum,
Microbryum davallianum and
Totrtula modica. Species noted on the
footpath running between the reserve and the fields SS454852 included
Riccia sorocarpa,
Scleropodium touretii,
Scorpiurium
circinatum and best of all a nice little patch of
Tortula protobryoides.
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Microbryum davallianum
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| Tortula protobryoides |
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Comparative sizes (L to R) of Tortula modica, Microbryum
davallianum [6mm from roots to top of capsule] & T. protobryoides |
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| Phascum cuspidatum var. cuspidatum |
Nice one Barry. I've never touched arable at all to date, so most of those species are unfamiliar to me.
ReplyDeleteI'll post an update on the other Cosmeston species tomorrow...
I had the opposite experience when recording arable bryophytes for SBAL in ca2003 in SW-most VC35: stumbling across a small flock of Woodlark. As this was in the border zone between Gwent and Glamorgan nobody seemed to want to know about them - too far west for Chris Jones but east of the Rhymney.
ReplyDeleteThat's birders for you!
ReplyDeleteGreats pics Barry.
ReplyDeleteSurprising what can be snapped with cheap 22mm manual lens reverse mounted on a macro lens - maybe worth suggesting to someone as a Christmas present?
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