Vince Giavarini

Wildlife reports

August’s wildlife reports highlight an increase in Nightjar populations, bad news for the Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly, finding certain spiders outside that are normally found indoors, the usual roundup of news on mammals, moths, dragonflies, and much more.

What the UK BAP has done for the River Jelly Lichen

If there is a charismatic lichen, this is it. The scientific name, Collem dichotomum, is pleasing to the ear and, though rare, there is probably more of this European endemic in the British Isles than anywhere.