Plans for 2016

Originally shared by Peter Jones

Plans for 2016

I'm aiming for something a little different in 2016. Almost a break from Birding, although I'm sure birds will feature heavily at some point.
Instead, I am going to attempt to find as many "#mini-beasts" as I can, especially those which I have never seen before. So Grasshoppers, Dragonflies, Ladybirds, Amphibians, Reptiles, Bumblebees, and Mammals (in particular the small Rodents) are all on the hit list.

Unsurprisingly, the vast majority of the species are insects, and present only in the summer months, so this year is likely to get off to a slow start. I can start the year looking for likely places for the rodents though, and maybe setting the trail camera in mild spells.

The full and very long wish list is below...

Butterflies:
Chequered Skipper - Carterocephalus palaemon
Large Blue - Maculinea arion
Northern Brown Argus - Aricia artaxerxes
Heath Fritillary - Melitaea athalia
High Brown Fritillary - Argynnis adippe

Bumblebees:
Bombus monticola
Bombus ruderarius
Bombus ruderatus
Bombus rupestris
Bombus soroeensis
Bombus subterraneous
Bombus sylvarum
Bombus sylvestris
Bombus vestalis
Bombus hortorum
Bombus jonellus
Bombus humilis
Bombus Muscorum
Bombus Barbutellus

Dragonflies:
Scarce Emerald Damselfly
Willow Emerald Damselfly
White-legged Damselfly
Southern Damselfly
Northern Damselfly
Dainty Damselfly
Variable Damselfly
Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly
Hairy Hawker
Azure Hawker
Common Hawker
Norfolk Hawker
Common Clubtail
Downy Emerald
Brilliant Emerald
Northern Emerald
White-faced Darter
Four-spotted Chaser

Grasshoppers:
Oak bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum
Great green bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima
Wart-biter Decticus verrucivorus
Dark bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Grey bush-cricket Platycleis albopunctata
Bog bush-cricket Metrioptera brachyptera
Roesel's bush-cricket Metrioptera roeselii
Long-winged conehead Conocephalus discolor
Short-winged Conehead Conocephalus dorsalis
Speckled bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
House cricket Acheta domesticus
Field cricket Gryllus campestris
Wood cricket Nemobius sylvestris
Scaly cricket Pseudomogoplistes squamiger
Cepero's groundhopper Tetrix ceperoi
Slender groundhopper Tetrix subulata
Common groundhopper Tetrix undulata
Large marsh grasshopper Stethophyma grossum
Stripe-winged grasshopper Stenobothrus lineatus
Woodland grasshopper Omocestus rufipes
Common green grasshopper Omocestus viridulus
Field grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Heath grasshopper Chorthippus vagans
Meadow grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
Lesser marsh grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus
Rufous grasshopper Gomphocerippus rufus
Mottled grasshopper Myrmeleotettix maculatus
Dusky cockroach Ectobius lapponicus
Tawny cockroach Ectobius pallidus
Lesser cockroach Ectobius panzeri
Lesser earwig Labia minor
Short-winged earwig Apterygida media
Common earwig Forficula auricularia
Lesne's earwig Forficula lesnei

Ladybirds:
7-Spot
Harlequin
2-Spot
14-Spot
10-Spot
Pine
22-Spot
Orange
Cream-Spot
24-Spot
16-Spot
Kidney-Spot
Water
11-Spot
Eyed
Cream-streaked
Larch
Adonis
18-Spot
Hieroglyphic
Heather
Striped
Bryony
5-Spot
Scarce 7-Spot
13-Spot

Amphibians & Reptiles:
Marsh Frog
Great Crested Newt
Palmate Newt
Smooth Newt
Sand Lizard
Smooth Snake

Mammals:
Scottish Wildcat
Field vole - Microtus agrestis (N)
Harvest mouse - Micromys minutus (N)
Dormouse, Hazel - Muscardinus avellanarius (N)
Eurasian beaver - Castor fiber (N)
Common shrew - Sorex araneus (N)
Pygmy shrew - Sorex minutus (N)
Water shrew - Neomys fodiens (N)
Greater white toothed shrew - Crocidura russula (Isl)
Lesser white toother shrew - C. suaveolens (Isl)
Mole, European - Talpa europaea (N)
Feral horse (Exmoor / Dartmoor pony) - Equus ferus caballus (managed)
Red-necked wallaby - Macropus rufogriseus (I)
Humpback whale - Megaptera novaeangliae
Atlantic white-sided dolphin - Lagenorhynchus acutus