August on the Isle of Skye

2 August 2019 A large catch in the moth trap last night. July Highflyer was the most numerous, but there were nine new species, including this beautiful Large Emerald.

Large Emerald

6 August 2019 A couple of new micros found on Ragwort.
Plutella xylostella	Blastobasis adustella

7 August 2019 A few fungi starting to appear. I also had my first Waxcap.
Leccinum versipelle (Orange Birch Bolete)	Amanita rubescens (Blusher)
Polyporus leptocephalus (Blackfoot Polypore)	Russula clavoflava (Yellow Swamp Brittlegill)

13 August 2019 I try to photograph all the wasps I see in the hope that it will be a species I haven't yet recorded for the site. Today I went one better and found one that has only been recorded once before on Skye!
Vespula austriaca (A Cuckoo Wasp)

24 August 2019 Quite a lot of fungi starting to appear now.
Lactarius deterrimus (False Saffron Milkcap)	Russula anthracina
Clavulina coralloides (Crested Coral)	Paxillus involutus agg. (Brown Rollrim)

25 August 2019 Seven new moths in the trap this morning (Heath Rustic, Rosy Rustic, Autumnal Rustic, Black Rustic Epinotia ramella and the two shown below), plus a couple of beetles.
Pale Eggar	Twenty-plume Moth
Nicrophorus investigator	Bradycellus verbasci

26 August 2019 I saw a gull pecking at something on the shore (the tide was out), so I went to see what it was.

Eledone cirrhosa (Lesser Octopus)