Species recorded this week:

Dates: 29th April - 5th May 2024

Weather conditions:
Cool becoming warmer at the weekend (16-7 degrees), light winds (max. 40mph), heavy rain Monday - Tuesday getting drier towards the weekend.

Amphibians:
Lissotriton sp

Bats (emergence surveys):
28/04:
Common Pipistrelle - 2 passes, emerged at 21:50
Noctule Bat - 116 passes, 1st recorded at 21:11
Soprano Pipistrelle - 6 passes, emerged at 20:52

30/04:
Common Pipistrelle - 1 passes, emerged at 22:45
Nathusius's Pipistrelle - 1 pass outside time of emergence survey
Noctule Bat - 203 passes, 1st recorded at 21:18
Serotine Bat - 3 passes, 1st recorded at 23:04
Soprano Pipistrelle - 82 passes, emerged at 20:50

01/05:
Brown Long-eared Bat - 1 pass, 1st recorded at 21:00
Common Pipistrelle - 15 passes, emerged at 20:52
Noctule Bat - 92 passes, 1st recorded at 20:55
Serotine Bat - 1 passes, 1st recorded at 22:35
Soprano Pipistrelle - 122 passes, emerged at 20:51

Next survey using Echo Meter Touch on 03/05

Birds:
Common Cuckoo

Butterflies (On transects):
Green-veined White
Large White
Orange-tip

Caddis flies:
Limnephilus sparsus
Stenophylax sp

Flowering plants:
Alexanders
Barren Strawberry
Blackthorn
Bluebell
Bracken
Bugle
Common Dandelion
Common Dog-Violet
Common Groundsel
Common Twayblade (non-flowering)
Common Vetch
Cowslip
Cuckoo Flower
Dog's mercury
Early Dog-Violet
Early Purple Orchid
Elder (non-flowering)
Germander Speedwell
Greater Stitchwort
Hazel
Herb Robert
Land Cress (non-flowering)
Lesser Celandine
Lesser Periwinkle
Marsh Thistle (non-flowering)
Opposite-leaved Golden-Saxifrage
Primrose
Ragged-Robin
Red Campion
Round-leaved Mint (non-flowering)
Southern Marsh-Orchid (non-flowering)
Sycamore (non-flowering)
Water Figwort (non-flowering)
Wavy Bittercress - New species
Wood Forget-Me-Not
Yellow Rattle (non-flowering)

Mammals:
Bank Vole

Moths :
Brimstone
Brindled Beauty
Brown Silver-Line
Clouded Drab
Common Quaker
Engrailed
Green Carpet
Hebrew Character
Muslin Moth
Shoulder Stripe
Silver Y
Small White Wave - New Species
Square Spot
Next survey using Heath Trap with 40W actinic tube on 01/05

Reptiles:
Grass snake
Slow-worm

Publicado el 30 de abril de 2024 por balders