British Bryological Society

Autumn Meeting in Meirionnydd

Day 4 - Morning

SH7022 Coed Ganllwyd



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Prostrate Signal-moss (Sematophyllum demissum)



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Heller's Notchwort (Anastrophyllum helleranium)

Apologies this is the one I thought I was looking at but I seem to have photographed something quite different. And not the best photograph either.

So

Definitely need to go back here with a different lens set up.

This one is more likely a Tritomaria Sp either Cut/Large Cut Notchwort (Tritomaria exsecta/exsectiformis)

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.




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Toothed Pouncewort (Drenolejeunea hamatifolia)

Tags: Landscape, ProstrateSignal-moss, Heller'sNotchwort, ToothedPouncewort

British Bryological Society

Autumn Meeting in Meirionnydd

Day 3

SH6929 Afon Crawcwelt



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Earth Clay-moss (Archidium alternifolium)



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Bog Aspodel Seed Head (Narthecium ossifragrum)



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Red beard-moss (Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum)



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Alpine Thread-moss (Bryan alpinum)



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Tall-clustered Thread-moss (Bryan pallescens)



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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.



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Fingered Cowlwort (Colura calyptrifolia)



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Eyebright Sp



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Tamarisk Scalewort (Frullenia tamarisci)



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Sharp-leaved Blindia (Blindia acuta)



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Common Haircap (Polytrichum commune)



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Green Mountain Fringe-moss (Racomitrum fasciculare)

Probably not because of the hyaline leaf tips.

Thus

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I think this is Racomitrun lanuginosum when it is wet. In striking contrast to when dry.

Although both conditions are striking.



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Bristly/ Lesser Fringe-moss ( Racomitrum heterostichum/affine)



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Sphagnum Sp



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Sphagnum Sp



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Possibly Dense Haircap (Polytrichum commune var perigoniale)



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Common Haircap (Polytrichum commune var commune)

Tags: EarthClay-moss, BogAsphodel, RedBeard-moss, CommonHaircap, SphagnumSp, Bristly/LesserFringe-moss, GreenMountainFringe-moss, CommonHaircap, Landscape, TamariskScalewort, Eyebright, FingeredCowlwort, HeathStar-moss, Tall-clusteredThread-moss, AlpineThread-moss

British Bryological Society

Autumn Meeting in Meirionnydd

Day1

SH6920 East of Coed Garth Gell




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Lichen Sp?

A Peltigaria Sp?

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.



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Possibly Marsupelia Sp

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.



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A spectacular lichen spreading up the trunk of an Oak tree.

Lobaria pulmonaria

from the

Lichen Society




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Ulotta Sp?



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Schistidium Sp?

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.



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Prickly Featherwort (Plagiochila spinulosa)



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Urn Haircap (Pogonatum urnigerum)



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Ulota Sp + Forked Veilwort (Metzgeria furcata)



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White Earwort (Diplophyllum albicans)



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Nut-moss (Diphyscium foliosum)



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Spiral Extinguisher-moss (Encalypta streptocarpa)

Tags: Landscape, LichenSp, PricklyFeatherwort, UrnHaircap, UlotaSp, SpiralExtinguisher-moss, Nut-moss, WhiteEarwort

Common Seal (Phoca vitulina)

























Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)






















Hobby (Falco subbuteo)



Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)

There are some larger versions of some of the pictures here.

Tags: Landscape, MassedWaders, TurtleDove, Hobby, CommonTern, Seal

Redshank (Tringa totanus) & Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)









Redshank



Dunin (Calidris alpina), Redshank (Tringa totanus) & Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)



Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)





Silvery Leafcutter Bee (Megachile leachella)

Tags: Landscape, Redshank, ComonTern, Dunlin, SilveryLeafcutterBee

Small Gorse Mining Bee (Andrena ovulata)







Melilot (Melilotus officinalis)











Hairy-legged Mining Bee (Pantaloon Bee) (Dasypoda hirtipes) on Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis)



Hairy-legged Mining Bee (Pantaloon Bee) (Dasypoda hirtipes)





South facing Bank. Lots of activity present.







Red-legged Spider Hunting Wasp (Episyron rufipes)





Small Scabious Mining Bee (Andrena marginata) feeding on Small Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria)









































Small Scabious Mining Bee (Andrena marginata) feeding on Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis)

Tags: SmallGorseMiningBee, Hiary-leggedMiningBee, SpiderHuntingWasp, SmallScabiousMiningBee, FieldScabious, Melilot, Landscape

Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)





Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)







Dunlin (Calidris alpina)



















































The odd Turnstone too.









Knot (Calidris canutus) & Dunlin (Calidris alpina)







Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)



Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) on a Teasle (Dipsacus inermis)














Dark bodied form of the Honey bee (Apis mellifera)









Wilke's Mining Bee perhaps ? (Andrena wilkella)

became

Andrena dorsata - Very short hairs on the hind tibia and the thorax has a rufus colour rather than just brown as in A wilkella

Thanks to Nick Owens for comments and id.

Red bodied form of theHoney Bee (Apis mellifera)





Orache Sp?





Sea Beet seed pods (Beta vulgaris maritima)



Sae Holly (Eryngium bourgatii)





















Silver Leaf-cutter Bee (Megachile leachella)









Common Spiny Digger Wasp (Oxybelus uniglumis)









Spider hunting wasp (Epysiron rufipes)

Tags: Landscape, Turnstone, Black-tailedGodwit, SeaBeet, Dunlin, Epysironrufipes, CommonSpinyDiggerwasp, Silverleaf-cutterBee, CommonTern, Teasle, Knot, LargeGorseMiningBee, LargeGorseMiningBee, Oystercatcher, PaintedLady

Large Gorse Mining Bee (Andrena bimaculata) Second generation.



Bladder Campion anther Smut (Microbotryum silenes-inflatae)





Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)



Fly Sp



Grasshopper Sp



Sharp-collared Furrow Bee (Lassioglossum malachurum)

These nest in the hard packed soil of the footpath and there are aggregations of nests where the soil meets the shingle.

This one has been attacked by a female Cerceris rybyensis (Ornate-tailed Digger Wasp) and left on the path, presumably to be collected later.

The prey is covered in pollen, which gives the Cerceris a better chance of catching one and with the added advantage that the bee is making for a known point.


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Yellow Melilot (Melilotus officinalis)







Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)









This is probably Andrena ovatatula (possibly A wilkella)









Cliff Mining Bee (Andrena thoracica)







Apolygus Sp



Bramble Sp (RubusSp)



Buck's-horn Planatain (Plantago coronopus)

Many thanks to Nick Owens for a brilliant day.

Tags: CliffMiningBee, Landscape, AndrenaSp, PinnedSpecimens, Anrenaovatula, Andrenabimaculata, BrambleSp, Buck's-HornPlantain

Thrift Seed heads (Armeria maritima(





Astata boops

Not quite

(Eyes are much larger and join)

Padolonia Sp Probably Padolonia hirsuta

Thanks to Nick Owens for correction.






Beewolf (Philanthus triangulum)









Silvery Leafcutter Bee (Megachile leachella)





Common Spiny Digger Wasp (Oxybelus uniglumis) doing what is does best.

Tags: Landscape, Thrift, Beewolf, SilveryLeaf-cutterBee, CommonSpinyDiggerwasp

Caterpillars Sp?









Tiger Cranefly (Nephrotoma flavescens)



Green Colonel (Oplodontha viridula)








Sulphur Beetle ( Cteniopus sulphureus) & Ichneumon Wasp Sp



Xanthogramma pedissequum









Eupeodes luniger ♂︎













Banded General (Stratiomys potamida)



Ichneumon Wasp Sp





Noon Fly (Mesambrina meridiana)







Broad Centurion (Chloromyia formosa ♀︎)













Argogorytes fargeii ♀︎



Crabro peltarius perhaps.







Field Digger Wasp (Agrogorytes mystaceus)











Ectemnius continuus





Wild Carrot (Daucus carota(

Tags: Landscape, BandedGeneral, FieldDiggerWasp, TigerCranefly, NoonFly, WildCarrot, Argogorytesfargeii, BroadCenturion, Xanthogrammapedissiquum, Eupeodesluniger, GreenColonel, SulphurBeetle, IchneumonWaspSp