Tuesday, 16 September 2014
Monday, 15 September 2014
Traprain Law, part II
A few snapshots from the outing
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| north to the Forth |
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| Quarry |
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| Bryum alpinum, dry as a bone |
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| Purple-edged Reboulia |
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| A bending of bryologists |
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| Trichodon cylindricans |
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| Grimmia decipiens |
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| Grimmia montana |
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| Resplendent mossiness |
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| Green Dicranum on the horizontal surface |
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| Tricky decsent |
BBS outing Traprain Law, 14.9.2014
A nice outing to Traprain law in East Lothian on Sunday where a few choice species were encountered - and as usual a few in packets for refereeing. Probably stars of the day were the Grimmias montana and decipiens which were in profusion alongside Hedwigias integrifolia and stellata (watch this space for ciliata though!)
Also new for me were Amphidium mongeotii (which I must have seen before), Reboulia hemisphaerica, Lejeunia cavifolia, Lophozia sudetica, Barbilophozia hatcherii and Trichodon cylindricans. No doubt I maybe saw some of these before and forgot. A few samples were taken for photographic/herbarium/study purposes. It will also give me a chance to improve my photography skills with my new microscope.
Here's Lejeunia cavifolia looking luscious(if somewhat underlit)
Also new for me were Amphidium mongeotii (which I must have seen before), Reboulia hemisphaerica, Lejeunia cavifolia, Lophozia sudetica, Barbilophozia hatcherii and Trichodon cylindricans. No doubt I maybe saw some of these before and forgot. A few samples were taken for photographic/herbarium/study purposes. It will also give me a chance to improve my photography skills with my new microscope.
Here's Lejeunia cavifolia looking luscious(if somewhat underlit)
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
Monday, 2 June 2014
Friday, 30 May 2014
Barbilophozia barbata
Found growing on a rock beside the water at Tweedhope Burn, Corehead - a superb moss which in my mind is now officially christened, "Farfalle-wort". One thing to note is that it has up to four lobes.
BBS field guide page
BBS field guide page
Thursday, 29 May 2014
BBS Regional meeting, Dumfriesshire, 24-26th May 2014 - DAY 3 - Corehead: Tweedhope Burn
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
On day three we headed out to a Borders Woodlands Trust site at Corehead: here
We walked north up the Tweedhope Burn, which is unmarked in this map at this level of zoom, but is in between The Skirtle and Cocklaw knowe
Once again we started in rain, and once again it cleared after giving us a good showering (and dampening my notepad) before leaving us in peace with mostly sunshine. The day started off with some new additions to the crew from the Corehead staffers, and we began with some gentle introduction to a few of the commoner species (it's all there was!). However we managed to ramp up from commoner species to something pretty cool when a rock face covered with Tetradontium was discovered (pics below). New species began slowly to drip onto the list and when we departed fairly early to return home a good few species had been added. I have no idea what the day's total was though. Nicest for me was to see a handful of new hepatics, with Scapania compacta and Barbilophozia barbata my personal best finds.
As before, the story in pictures:
Interest away from bryophytes punctuated the day once more (for me at least!) with A nice purple Milkwort, a Setaceous Hebrew Character moth I found on a fencepost, a Stonefly, and some other things not photographed, like the Orange Tip butterflies on the Cuckooflower and a Tree Pipit that put on a show for us at lunchtime.
Day 2
Day 3
On day three we headed out to a Borders Woodlands Trust site at Corehead: here
We walked north up the Tweedhope Burn, which is unmarked in this map at this level of zoom, but is in between The Skirtle and Cocklaw knowe
Once again we started in rain, and once again it cleared after giving us a good showering (and dampening my notepad) before leaving us in peace with mostly sunshine. The day started off with some new additions to the crew from the Corehead staffers, and we began with some gentle introduction to a few of the commoner species (it's all there was!). However we managed to ramp up from commoner species to something pretty cool when a rock face covered with Tetradontium was discovered (pics below). New species began slowly to drip onto the list and when we departed fairly early to return home a good few species had been added. I have no idea what the day's total was though. Nicest for me was to see a handful of new hepatics, with Scapania compacta and Barbilophozia barbata my personal best finds.
As before, the story in pictures:
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| Another wet start |
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| Tetradontium - four teeth |
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| Tetradontium |
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| Tetradontium 'leaves'! |
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| Bartramia - apple Moss |
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| Scapania gracilis |
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| Ptychomitrium polyphyllum |
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| Ptychomitrium polyphyllum |
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| Scapania compacta |
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| Barbilophozia barbata |
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| Jungermania cordifolia |
Interest away from bryophytes punctuated the day once more (for me at least!) with A nice purple Milkwort, a Setaceous Hebrew Character moth I found on a fencepost, a Stonefly, and some other things not photographed, like the Orange Tip butterflies on the Cuckooflower and a Tree Pipit that put on a show for us at lunchtime.
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| Milkwort |
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| Setaceous Hebrew Character |
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| Stonefly |
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