tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post2135705927467053362..comments2024-01-08T19:01:37.331+00:00Comments on Donegal Wildlife: Bioblitz 2014!Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15225743105419715015noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-24899712330679568692014-06-15T12:19:44.033+01:002014-06-15T12:19:44.033+01:00Good to see you here, Tim. I have just ordered the...Good to see you here, Tim. I have just ordered the 3-volume set of Roberts, so you may expect a few more contacts from me as I try to confirm identifications, if that's all right.<br /><br />The wildlife is just beginning to return to that verge. Mostly Bombus and a few leaf miners, but nothing like my usual number of hovers, beetles, etc.<br />Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15225743105419715015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-10121999327266790202014-06-14T14:57:54.299+01:002014-06-14T14:57:54.299+01:00They did the same thing on a road where I live. I ...They did the same thing on a road where I live. I had found a stand of early purple orchids that I had never seen there before. I came across them by chance while looking at some primroses. When i returned a couple of weeks later to photograph them and get a grid reference, the verge had been strimmed back and they were gone. This was verging on the criminal in my mind..... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-4566724470123666162014-05-23T23:26:34.313+01:002014-05-23T23:26:34.313+01:00What a mess! All those insects, spiders, small mam...What a mess! All those insects, spiders, small mammals etc. and their predators - gone :-(<br /><br />I'm amazed you haven't had the Barbarea.wintercress before - it's everywhere here as a farmland/track-side weedGillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15736035484977149890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-17022651424346791372014-05-23T20:58:14.172+01:002014-05-23T20:58:14.172+01:00Will be doing the Garden Bioblitz next weekend, sa...Will be doing the Garden Bioblitz next weekend, sad the council have cut back the grass,they are vital for insects and other animals.Amanda Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16760505541954557539noreply@blogger.com