South-West Wildlife

Found on a thatched roof in Dorset this bryophyte I first thought was Dicranoweissia cirrata but it had dentate leaf tips. Because of this B...

I found some small ephemeral bryophytes on a reservoir bank on the weekend. The options were: Pseudephemerum, Ephemerum, Archidium and Pleur...

Plumose arista with long rays above and very short rays below, crossed P bristles and a spine on the ventral side of the fore femur should g...

Uniserial acrosticals, dorsal arista, frons narrowing towards the antennae and then widening below are some of the signs to identify Campsic...

Found at Westhay Moor NNR on 19th August 2018. Identified as the spider hunter Priocnemis fennica. Priocnemis fennica Priocnemis fe...

Mines of Stigmella oxyacanthella found in Sand Point NT car park on Hawthorn on 27th August 2018. Stigmella oxyacanthella mine on Hawtho...

This is one I found this morning on the coast. Under the microscope the leaves look distinctive having the shape similar to a Zygodon with t...