October 2016 - daily log

October (24 new species)

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Sun 2^nd                  At Tyrell’s Wood I found occupied leaf-mines of the moths Phyllonorycter tenerella and Stigmella ulmivora in elm leaves (both seen previously but never confirmed occupied).

Mon 3^rd                 The scathophagid fly Conisternum decipiens found by the Nun’s Bridges.

Tue 4^th                  Cranefly Erioptera lutea found at home in Shotesham

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Fri 7^th                     From the garden moth-trap, I added Rhipidia maculata, Tipula staegeri, Cheilotrichia cinerascens (craneflies) and Limnephilus flavicornis (caddisfly).

Sat 8^th                    I finally unblocked a long-standing missing species, getting brief but great views of Radde’s Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi at Holkham. I also found the cranefly Neolimnomyia adjuncta there.

Sun 9^th                  A walk around Wheatfen produced the millipede Craspedosoma rawlinsii, quite a local species it would seem.

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Sat 15^th                 After a couple of nerve-wracking days worrying that it would go, Mike Dawson and I set off in the dark for Yorkshire. Luckily we weren’t to dip, and we saw the UK’s second Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella before breakfast – bird of the year!

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Wed 19^th              The blowfly Pollenia angustigena found inside the Nunnery.

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Sun 23^rd                Somewhat overdue, I finally added the blowfly Calliphora vomitoria from Shotesham.

Mon 24^th              We had a long walk around the Aldeburgh and Thorpeness but the only “new” species was Fallopia baldschuanica (Russian Vine); I’d never noted this outside a garden before.

Tue 25^th                On a visit to Framlingham Castle, we walked around the mere here where I swept

Bembidion assimile, Aphthona nonstriata (beetles) and Trigonometopus frontalis (fly).

Wed 26^th              We had a family walk around Minsmere and Dunwich. I beat Tuponia brevirostris (bug) from tamarisks along the beach, then swept Kleidocerys ericae (bug), Anotylus inustus and Stethorus punctillum (beetles) from Dunwich Heath.

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Sun 30^th                A family walk at Burnham Overy Dunes produced Psylliodes marcida (flea beetle) and Melanoleuca cinereifolia (Dune Cavalier), as well as a nice Isabelline Wheatear.

Mon 31^st