A few miscellaneous records at today's failed Red-flanked Bluetail twitch included small tufts of
Colura growing on this spindley willow in a gloomy Sitka plantation ride at Wernddu (ST17188570). Not terribly significant in a Glamorgan context, but new for ST18.
Hard to believe that 20 years ago Colura was as rare as red-flanked blue-tails in south Wales!
ReplyDeleteNice one Barry. I've done some recording in that tetrad but haven't looked at the Sitka areas.
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Nice record Barry. It would be interesting to see its distribution in a wider a South Wales context.
ReplyDeleteI'd have preferred to have seen the blue-tail! The Colura was very predictable and it was on the first (almost only) willow in the gloomy section of the ride.
ReplyDeleteAh sorry I'd somehow not spotted the word 'failed'!
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