Category Archives: MNA reports

A selection of distorted growths or Galls found on Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur trees, caused by a variety of Gall Wasps which lay eggs within leaf buds or the leaves. Oak Artichoke Gall Andricus fecundator Oak Common Spangle Gall Neuroterus … Continue reading →

After several weeks of overcast damp weather 15 members enjoyed a warm sunny day. The Heather, Gorse and Silver Birch produced 2 fungi, The Blusher and Slippery Jack, and 6 butterflies – Small Copper, Meadow Brown, Large White, Common Blue, Peacock, Gatekeeper. … Continue reading →

The Blusher Amanita rubescens Comma Polygonia c-album Water Mint Mentha aquatica Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas Northern Dune Tiger Beetle Cicindela hybrida Sefton Coast Dunes Sand Mason Worm Tubes Lanice conchilega

 http://www.jellyfish.ie/index.asp The EcoJel project aims to assess the opportunities and detrimental impacts of jellyfish in the Irish Sea. They need your help! We are into the jellyfish season and the EcoJel team are interested in your recent jellyfish sightings. They … Continue reading →

Green Leafhopper Cicadella viridis Privet Hawk-moth Sphinx ligustri Common Blue  female Polyommatus icarus Seaside Centaury Centuarium littorale & Wild Thyme Thymus polytrichus Waxcap Hygrocybe sp. Perforate St. John’s Wort Hypericum perforatum Garden Snail Helix aspersa Agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria & Red Soldier … Continue reading →

Sunny,warm and humid – best day of the week. In the small overgrown quarry I counted 145 specimens of the rare limestone woundwort. Plenty of butterflies in such a small area with large skipper, comma, ringlet, meadow brown and gatekeeper. … Continue reading →

While out today surveying one of my patches for this years grayling survey on the Sefton Coast I noticed a pair of mating grayling fluttering around having decided to try to get a photo I put my notebook down and … Continue reading →

Disembarking after Puffin Island Boat Trip Sandwich Terns Nesting Guillemots On Puffin Island Penmon Point Lighthouse With Puffin Island Lion’s Mane Jellyfish Cyanea capillata on Beaumaris beach Tall spikes of Common Spotted Orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii at Penmon Point Dead Pygmy … Continue reading →

A most successful day and thoroughly enjoyed by all. Numerous shags, far outnumbering the cormorants, three eider, four red-breasted mergansers, the inevitable hordes of guillemots on the north-facing ledges intermingled with  kittiwakes on their seaweed nests, close views of at … Continue reading →

A rewarding visit to the extensive disused limestone quarries a short distance above Minera. The wooded lower slopes had numerous common twayblade, a good cluster of broad-leaved  helleborine and a meadow full of meadow browns, ringlets and common spotted orchids. … Continue reading →