The 28th August saw the first record of another new arrival to our region. The Sea Aster Mining Bee, Colletes halophilus. While It’s close relative the Ivy Mining Bee, Colletes hederae, was first confirmed in Dorset in just 2001 and rapidly spread across the country C. halophilus has been present since prior to 1960 and...
It is rare for people to take the time to look at the small and plain things that live around us but for those that do there are exciting discoveries that can be made as has been the case for local naturalist and recorder Susan Marley. A photo added to iNaturalist of a rather non-descript...
A small-flowered Evenint-primrose from a population found at Crosby Coastal Park was collected and sent to Rosemary Murphy, the national referee for Oenothera, earlier this year. Rosemary has now carried out a detailed examination of the plant material and has concluded that it is most likely the ‘triple hybrid’ Oenothera glazioviana x O. biennis x O.cambrica an identification which...
This little lady was brought into the office yesterday (26/09/2016) by Jed Lloyd a ranger of in neighbouring Halton. It’s a Speckled Bush Cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima). Predominantly a species of south and middle England and Wales and one which, while noted to occur over a wider area, we have had very few records for Merseyside. In...