Field Meeting Records 2007

KEYHAVEN

Date:- 14th January 2007
Time:- 10:30 to 13:00
Leader:- Phil Budd
Purpose:- Lichens on trees
Attendance:- 4
Weather:- Dry, sunny, mild and calm
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Flora:-
Fungi:-
Tubaria sp.
Lichens:- (Bold = seen on day, the others were seen on the recee of 2812/06)
Cladonia fimbriata
Evernia prunastri
Flavoparmelia caperata
Flavoparmelia soredians
Hypogymnia physodes
Hypogymnia tubulosa
Hypotrachina revolute
Lecanora chlarotera
Lecidella elaechroma
Melania glabratula
Melania subaurifera
Parmelia sulcata
Parmeliopsis ambigua
Parmotrema perlata
Parmotrema reticulata
Physcia adscendens
Physcia aipolia
Physcia tenella
Physconia grisea
Punctelia borreri
Punctelia subrudecta
Ramalina canariensis
Ramalina farinacea
Ramalina fastigiata
Ramalina fraxinea
Usnea subfloridana
Xanthoria parietina
Xanthoria polycarpa

Bryophytes:-
Lunularia cruciata (a liverwort)
Fauna:-
Insects:-
Coccinella 7-punctata (7-spot Ladybird)
Birds:-
Heron
Brent Goose
Teal
Wigeon
Mallard
Tufted Duck
Coot
Turnstone
Rock Pipit
Cetti’s Warbler


HAYLING ISLAND

Date:- 27th January 2007
Time:- 10:30 to 14:30
Leader:- Andy Collins
Purpose:- Birds
Attendance:- 6
Weather:- Dry, sunny, mild and calm

Fauna:-

Insects:-
Red Admiral – 1

Birds:-
18 species noted

Black-necked Grebe – 24
Great Crested Grebe – 20
Little Grebe – 6
Little Egret – 5
Brent Goose
Shelduck
Red-breasted Merganser – several
Goldeneye – 5
Teal – 2
Pintail – 2
Wigeon – 20
Med Gull – 1 adult
Curlew
Grey Plover
Turnstone
Redshank
Sparrowhawk – 1
Rock Pipit - 2

BLACKWATER ARBORETUM, POUNDHILL INCLOSURE AND OBER HEATH

Date:- 4th February 2007
Time:- 13:00 to 16:30
Leader:- Andrew Walmsey
Purpose:- Birds and Deer (lichens also studied)
Attendance:- 12
Weather:- Dry, sunny and cold E wind
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Flora:-
Fungi:-
Phaeolus schweinitzii
Pseudotrametes gibbosa (Fat Polypore)
Lichens:-
Evernia prunastri
Flavoparmelia caperata
Graphis elegans
Hypogymnia physodes
Lecanora chlarotera
Lecanora pulicaria – Blackwater Arboretum only
Lecidella elaechroma
Melania glabratula
Parmelia saxatilis – Blackwater Arboretum only
Parmelia sulcata
Parmotrema perlata
Parmotrema reticulata
Pertusaria amara
Pertusaria hymenea
Phlyctis argena
Physcia adscendens
Punctelia reddenda– Blackwater Arboretum only
Punctelia subrudecta
Ramalina farinacea
Usnea ceratina– Blackwater Arboretum only
Usnea cornuta
Uisnea florida
Usnea subfloridana
Xanthoria parietina

Fauna:-
Insects:-
Red Admiral butterfly x 2
Red Wood Ant Formica rufa – several active nests
Amphibia:-
Frogspawn on Ober Heath
Birds:-
Teal – on pond in Queen’s Meadow
Buzzard
Pheasant
Lapwing – two in field in Queen’s Meadow
Wood Pigeon
Green Woodpecker
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker – heard at Blackwater Arboretum
Meadow Pipit – Ober Heath
Goldcrest - Blackwater Arboretum
Robin
Stonechat – Poundhill Heath
Mistle Thrush
Song Thrush – Queen’s Bower
Blackbird
Nuthatch
Treecreeper – Queen’s Bower
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Marsh Tit – Queen’s Bower
Chaffinch
Brambling – 5+ on Larch at Blackwater Arboretum
Greenfinch
Siskin - on Larch at Blackwater Arboretum and in Poundhill Inclosure
Hawfinch – 16+ at roost site in Blackwater Arboretum
Crossbill – 3+ in Poundhill Inclosure, including a possible breeding pair
Jay
Crow
? Raven – over Blackwater Arboretum
Mammals:-
Red Deer – 3 year old stag plus hind on Ober Heath
Fallow Deer – hairs cast in a fight on Ober Heath


LORD’S WOOD

Date:- 11th March 2007
Time:- 10:00 to 13:00
Leader:- Rod Stern
Purpose:- Mosses and liverworts
Attendance:- 5
Weather:- Mild, dry and sunny
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Flora:-
Fungi:-
Ciboria amentacea (Alder Cone Cup)
Pluteus cervinus (Deer Fungus)
Bryophytes:-
Liverworts:-
Microlejeunea ulicis
Lophocolea bidentata
Lophocolea heterophylla
Metzgeria furcata
Pellia epiphylla
Mosses:-
Atrichum undulatum
Brachythecium rivulare
Brachythecium rutabulum
Campylopus introflexus
Campylopus pyriformis
Dicranella heteromalla
Dicranoweissa cirrata
Dicranum scoparium
Eurhynchium praelongum
Fissidens taxifolius
Hypnum cupressiforme
Hypnum jutlandicum
Isopterygium elegans
Isothecium myosuroides
Mnium hornum
Polytrichum formosum
Polytrichum juniperinum
Pseudoscleropodium purum
Rhizomnium punctatum
Rhynchostegium riparioides
Rhynchostegium squarrosus
Thuidium tamariscinum
Ulota crispa
Vascular Flora (in bloom):-
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium (Golden Saxifrage)
Luzula pilosa (Hairy Woodrush)
Primula vulgaris (Primrose)
Coniferous Trees:-
Tsuga heteophylla (Western Hemlock- Spruce) - naturalised

Fauna:-
Butterflies:-
Brimstone – 10+ males
Comma – 1
Peacock – 1
Beetles:-
Typhaeus typhoeus (Minotuar Beetle) - male