This Annual Monitoring Report gives an overview of monitoring of Local Wildlife Sites (LWSs) in North Merseyside for the survey period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021. The report includes methods used to survey each site, results and discussion on any trends observed. Local Wildlife Sites (LWSs) are non-statutory designated sites which aim to...
Arthur O. Chater, Ray G. Woods, R. Nigel Stringer, Debbie A. Evans & Paul A. Smith (2021) Ramularia species, often referred to as White Moulds, are a large and interesting but little studied group of parasitic Hyphomycete fungi. Eighty-one species are reported here from Wales in 180 unique combinations with their host organisms. This compares...
The world is facing a biodiversity crisis. An estimated one million species are threatened with extinction¹, vertebrate populations decreased by 68% on average between 1970 and 2016² and globally agreed targets to reduce the pressures on biodiversity have not been met³. The trends of insects, which make up at least 60% of all species on...
Unbelievably we seem to have arrived at the end of another year! Where has the time gone? While the year has flown by we have been kept busy here at BioBank and this year has certainly been one of change…