06 March, 2015

Spring in the air

It was another beautiful day - too nice to be spent indoors mulling over coursework - so I headed down to a nearby brook where the sun was shining, the insects were emerging and the plants were flowering. Spring is in the air...


18-spot Ladybird

Blaniulus guttulatus

Lesser Celandine

Swan's-neck Thyme-moss (Mnium hornum)

Dotted Thyme-moss (Rhizomnium punctatum)

The kind of weather that just makes you want to listen to Shuggie Otis.

Oh, what a coincidence...
 
                                              

2 comments:

  1. Ali09/03/2015, 17:01

    Hi Bill - hard to see from here but that Rhizomnium looks a bit prostrate and the leaves seem to be attached in such a way as to not be decurrent - it's not Plagiomnium rostratum?

    Cheers

    Ali

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  2. Billy Dykes10/03/2015, 01:38

    Hi Ali - after taking a second look I'm sure you're right and that it is P. rostratum. My bryophyte ID skills are notoriously rubbish, and it's going to take a few more meetings with the local experts before I should be allowed let loose with a hand lens away from the garden! ;)

    Thanks for spotting that one!

    Best wishes

    Bill

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