SH6929: Afon Crawcwellt
British Bryological Society
Autumn Meeting in Meirionnydd
Day 3
SH6929 Afon Crawcwelt
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2
3
Earth Clay-moss (Archidium alternifolium)
4
Bog Aspodel Seed Head (Narthecium ossifragrum)
5
Red beard-moss (Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum)
6
Alpine Thread-moss (Bryan alpinum)
7
8
Tall-clustered Thread-moss (Bryan pallescens)
9
10
Heath Star-moss (Campylopus introflexus)
Knew I'd remembered this incorrectly.
In actual fact
Rusty Swan-neck Moss (Campylopus flexuosus) for which capsules are quite rare, which is why Agneta pointed them out. (Thank you)
Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.
11
Fingered Cowlwort (Colura calyptrifolia)
12
Eyebright Sp
13
14
Tamarisk Scalewort (Frullenia tamarisci)
15
Sharp-leaved Blindia (Blindia acuta)
16
Common Haircap (Polytrichum commune)
17
Green Mountain Fringe-moss (Racomitrum fasciculare)
Probably not because of the hyaline leaf tips.
Thus
?
I think this is Racomitrun lanuginosum when it is wet. In striking contrast to when dry.
Although both conditions are striking.
18
Bristly/ Lesser Fringe-moss ( Racomitrum heterostichum/affine)
19
Sphagnum Sp
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Sphagnum Sp
21
Possibly Dense Haircap (Polytrichum commune var perigoniale)
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Common Haircap (Polytrichum commune var commune)
SH6929: Afon Crawcwellt
British Bryological Society
Autumn Meeting in Meirionnydd
Day 3
SH6929 Afon Crawcwelt
1
2
3
Earth Clay-moss (Archidium alternifolium)
4
Bog Aspodel Seed Head (Narthecium ossifragrum)
5
Red beard-moss (Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum)
6
Alpine Thread-moss (Bryan alpinum)
7
8
Tall-clustered Thread-moss (Bryan pallescens)
9
10
Heath Star-moss (Campylopus introflexus)
Knew I'd remembered this incorrectly.
In actual fact
Rusty Swan-neck Moss (Campylopus flexuosus) for which capsules are quite rare, which is why Agneta pointed them out. (Thank you)
Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.
11
Fingered Cowlwort (Colura calyptrifolia)
12
Eyebright Sp
13
14
Tamarisk Scalewort (Frullenia tamarisci)
15
Sharp-leaved Blindia (Blindia acuta)
16
Common Haircap (Polytrichum commune)
17
Green Mountain Fringe-moss (Racomitrum fasciculare)
Probably not because of the hyaline leaf tips.
Thus
?
I think this is Racomitrun lanuginosum when it is wet. In striking contrast to when dry.
Although both conditions are striking.
18
Bristly/ Lesser Fringe-moss ( Racomitrum heterostichum/affine)
19
Sphagnum Sp
20
Sphagnum Sp
21
Possibly Dense Haircap (Polytrichum commune var perigoniale)
22
Common Haircap (Polytrichum commune var commune)
Catfield Fen
A channel full of Water Soldier (Stratiotes aloides)
?
?
became
European Cinch Bug (Ischnodemus sabuleti)
Thanks to Steve & Yvonne for id
Greater Bladderwort (Utriuclaria vulgaris)
Red-tailed Bumble Bee ♂︎ (Bombus lapidarius)
Carr Woodland
Cyperus Sedge (Carex pseudocyperus)
Ganoderma Sp
Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle (Agapanthia villosoviridescens)
Crested Buckler Fern (Dryopteris cristata)
Sharp-flowered Rush (Juncus acutifolius) Cross partitions only.
Marsh Fern (Thelypteris palustris)
Common Haircap (Polytrichum commune)
Male plant above
and young capsule of the female plant covered by a golden calyptra
Hard Rush or Soft Rush
The ridges seem visible 
Heath Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata)
Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
Marsh-bedstraw (Galium palustre)
Brown-lipped Snail (Cepaea nemoralis)
Marsh Stitchwort (Stellar palustris)
Meadow Thistle (Cirsium dissectum)
Leaf Cutter Sp Megachile Sp (to be confirmed)
Pale hairs on clypeus and thorax with some black hairs on top of the head. There appears to be a little tuft of orange hair visible from the scope. Somewhat festooned with mites?
M centuncularis perhaps?
Not quite
The Wonderful Mr Willughby's Bee
Willughby's Leafcutter Bee (Megachile willughbiella)
Thanks to Nick Owens for id.
Nick then passed on these comments, which I ma very grateful for.
M. centuncularis has only orange pollen hairs under its abdomen – and they stick out round the edge like a halo, when seen from above.
M. willughbiella and M. maritima both have dark pollen hairs near the tip, but maritima has whitish hairs towards the front end,
whereas these hairs have more orange colour in willughbiella (photo p. 148 in Bees of Norfolk).
You can’t really see this in your photo though.
M. maritima has more prominent white bands and also longer hairs on the front basi-tarsi if you can see that!
I think they are short on your specimen and the bands are not obvious.
You can see these hairs on the Holkham photo against the yellow petal. M. maritima is darker on top when fresh.
Hope that helps – always tricky with photos. A profile photo is useful for Megachile.
I’ve added M.circumcincta in case you see it (present at Holkham on bird’s-foot trefoil).
It has long hairs on the top of the abdomen which are black towards the hind end and no clear bands.
Megachile circumcincta
Megachile Martina
Megachile maritima
Hoverfly Sp Parahelophilus Sp?
Sawfly Sp (to be confirmed) (Strongylogaster multifasciata ♀︎)
Thanks to Andy Musgrove @andymus1 for id 
Saw Sedge (Cladium mariscus) inflorescence 
Soldier beetle (Cantharis Sp)
Soldier Fly Sp It does have yellow knees so possibly Long-horned Black Legionnaire (Beris geniculata)
Greater Spearwort (Ranunculus lingua)
Spider Sp
Scaeva pyrastri
Syrphus Sp?
The delicate flower pattern of Tubular Water Dropwort (Oenanthe fistulosa)
Lesser Bullrush (Typha angustifolia)
Water Soldier (Stratiotes aloides)
Xylota segnis