Blog Entries from Plants of Skye, Raasay & The Small Isles
Following some posts on the British Leafminers FB page, I checked Aquilegia vulgaris (Columbine) in the garden for larvae or pupae of Phytomyza krygeri. The very first follicle I opened contained the…
Skye Botany Group visited Loch Meadal and Loch Doiregat in Sleat yesterday. We hoped to re-find Lycopodiella inundata (Marsh Clubmoss), though it is only four months since Seth found a single strand…
More Home Finds (
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This leafspot on Solanum dulcamara (Bittersweet/Woody Nightshade) is probably Alternaria solani or Boeremia exigua, but I need spores and seem to have left it too late for this year. There were…
Along the Shore (
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A wander along the shore with two grandsons produced many of our usual finds, such as several Sea Slaters (Ligia oceanica) and several Shanny: I noticed that there was quite a bit of the “red” alga…
Micro-moth Traps (
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Wednesday night’s trap was most unusual in having large numbers of micros. There were 36 macros of 21 species and 24 micros of 13 species, including two new to my home list, one of which appears to…
Neil and I canoed to Eilean na h-Àirde, a small island off the point south of Elgol. The water was full of jellyfish, mostly Moon but also Lion’s-mane, Compass and Blue. Neil showed me this jellyfish…
I have been away and the weather has been pretty unpleasant (wet, unlike much of the UK), but here are a few items that I have not mentioned. A hoverfly, found nestling in the harling that covers the…
A couple of week ago I led a short walk at Trien on Skye under the auspices of the Scottish Farm Advisory Service. We began at Café Cùil, where chef and entrepreneur Clare shared how her passion for…
At the second attempt, Skye Botany Group made it to Rubha na h-Aiseig, the northeastern point of Skye, the previous attempt having been frustrated by bad weather. Some of the party also took in the…
A moth trap three nights ago produced 117 moths including 36 micro-moths. Small Mottled Willow is a migrant that has been reported a number of times in Scotland to the south of us in recent weeks.…
