March on the Isle of Skye

9 March 2019 My Skinadin list continues to slowly grow - I have now reached 200 species! I'm looking forward to getting the moth trap out again, but it's too cold at the moment.

Bryum pseudotriquetrum

16 March 2019 I'm still finding more bryophytes. This was a big hit when I posted it to the bryophyte group on Facebook.

Funaria hygrometrica

18 March 2019 At the lounge window.

Agonopterix ocellana

19 March 2019 I put the portable trap out at Skinadin again last night and got two moths that I've never seen in Ard Dorch.
Yellow Horned	Diurnea fagella

18 March 2019 My first Skinadin beetle.

Paranchus albipes

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22 March 2019 A visit to the beach at Skinadin today gave quite a boost to the list.
Edible Crab	Butterfish
Common Starfish

26 March 2019 A large catch in the portable moth trap last night. Most numerous were Common Quaker (38) and Hebrew Character (33). There were also three new species for the location:
Early Tooth-striped	Early Grey	Brindled Ochre
In the afternoon I went to Armadale with the U3A Nature Group and found this:
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (a slime mould)

28 March 2019 A potter in the woods at Skinadin today yielded a few more plants (including the first flowering bluebell of the year) and also these two:
Rough Woodlouse (Porcellio scaber) Note the orange patches at the bases of the antennae - an important diagnostic feature.	Phycopeltis arundinacea Phycopeltis arundinacea is an epiphytic green alga and can be found in damp, shady places on a variety of angiosperms and ferns.

31 March 2019 A sunny day today and I was able to spend several hours exploring an area of my PSL square at Skinadin that I haven't visited before. This yielded quite a few new species, including Red Deer, Snipe, Meadow Pipit and a Drinker moth caterpillar. New plants added today included Marsh Marigold and Barren Strawberry.

larva of the Drinker moth