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Ox Eye Daisy

Observation of Oxeye Daisy / Leucanthemum vulgare, Plants
By: as7578
S159 Neighbourhood Nature - current student
Location: Coulsdon bypass
Observed on: 6th June 2010
Added to iSpot: 10th June 2010
Likely ID: Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: By the vergeside on the new Coulsdon bypass in Surrey. There was about a kilometre densely packed with Ox-eyes on either side of the road and to a depth of aabout 10 metres

Fumitory of the ramping kind

Observation of Pruple Ramping-fumitory / Fumaria purpurea, Plants
By: dan_wrench
Observed on: 12th May 2010
Added to iSpot: 12th May 2010
Likely ID: Pruple Ramping-fumitory (Fumaria purpurea)
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 2
Description: Found growing in it's regular spot in Shrewsbury

London's best skywatching point

Observation of Common Buzzard / Buteo buteo, Birds
By: DavidHowdon
Amateur Entomologists' SocietyLondon Natural History Society
Location: Tower 42
Observed on: 21st April 2010
Added to iSpot: 28th April 2010
Likely ID: Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 11
Comments: 6
Description: A buzzard observed from the Tower 42 Bird Observatory (http://t42bsg.blogspot.com/) a fascinating project

Ivy-leaved speedwell

Observation of Ivy-leaved Speedwell / Veronica hederifolia, Plants
By: dshubble
Leaf Beetle Recording SchemeSouthampton Natural History Society
Observed on: 8th April 2010
Added to iSpot: 8th April 2010
Likely ID: Ivy-leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia)
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 1
Description: Growing from crack between fence and pavement.

Red Dead-nettle

Observation of Red Dead-nettle / Lamium purpureum, Plants
By: dshubble
Leaf Beetle Recording SchemeSouthampton Natural History Society
Observed on: 8th April 2010
Added to iSpot: 8th April 2010
Likely ID: Red Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum)
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0

Cerastium

Observation of Sticky Mouse-ear / Cerastium glomeratum, Plants
By: dshubble
Leaf Beetle Recording SchemeSouthampton Natural History Society
Observed on: 8th April 2010
Added to iSpot: 8th April 2010
Likely ID: Sticky Mouse-ear (Cerastium glomeratum)
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Seeded in a soil-filled drainage hole in a wall.

Springbeauty?

Observation of Springbeauty / Claytonia perfoliata, Plants
By: dshubble
Leaf Beetle Recording SchemeSouthampton Natural History Society
Observed on: 8th April 2010
Added to iSpot: 8th April 2010
Likely ID: Springbeauty (Claytonia perfoliata)
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 1
Description: Self-seeded (presumably) along base of fence.

Unfamiliar shrub

Observation of Beautyberry / Callicarpa, Plants
By: dshubble
Leaf Beetle Recording SchemeSouthampton Natural History Society
Observed on: 8th April 2010
Added to iSpot: 8th April 2010
Likely ID: Beautyberry (Callicarpa)
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 9
Description: Looks like an untended municipal planting on the railway bridge embankment.

Cleavers

Observation of Cleavers / Galium aparine, Plants
By: dshubble
Leaf Beetle Recording SchemeSouthampton Natural History Society
Observed on: 8th April 2010
Added to iSpot: 8th April 2010
Likely ID: Cleavers (Galium aparine)
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 2
Description: Self-seeded at the base of a wall.

Shepherd's-purse

Observation of Shepherd's-purse / Capsella bursa-pastoris, Plants
By: dshubble
Leaf Beetle Recording SchemeSouthampton Natural History Society
Observed on: 8th April 2010
Added to iSpot: 8th April 2010
Likely ID: Shepherd's-purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: Self-seeded at the base of a wall.

waste ground

Observation of Wall Barley / Hordeum murinum, Plants
By: Peter M McEvoy
Botanical Society of the British IslesNew Flora of the Isle of Man
Location: Ramsey
Observed on: 1st November 2008
Added to iSpot: 20th January 2010
Likely ID: Wall Barley (Hordeum murinum)
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 5
Comments: 1
Description: waste ground in Ramsey

Mantis

Observation of Praying Mantis / Mantis religiosa, Invertebrates
By: dshubble
Leaf Beetle Recording SchemeSouthampton Natural History Society
Location: Chinon
Observed on: 21st September 2009
Added to iSpot: 27th November 2009
Likely ID: Praying Mantis (Mantis religiosa)
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Seen on a castle wall in Chinon, France.

Nitrogen-loving lichens on tarmac footpath

Observation of Physcia aipolia, Fungi and Lichens
By: dw5448
S159 Neighbourhood Nature - course complete
Observed on: 25th October 2009
Added to iSpot: 25th October 2009
Initial ID: Physcia aipolia
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 2
Description: Probably one species of Physcia on footpath between park railings and busy road

Lesser Black-Backed Gull

Observation of Lesser Black-Backed Gull / Larus fuscus, Birds
By: djm4
Location: Glasgow
Observed on: 24th May 2008
Added to iSpot: 25th July 2009
Likely ID: Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 7
Comments: 3
Description: Lesser Black-Backed Gull

Jersey Tiger

Observation of Jersey Tiger / Euplagia quadripunctaria, Invertebrates
By: colhig17
OPAL iSpot mentor
Observed on: 15th August 2008
Added to iSpot: 23rd May 2009
Likely ID: Jersey Tiger (Euplagia quadripunctaria)
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 1
Description: Seen on the roof of the Centre for Wildlife Gardening, East Dulwich. So wildlife gardening definitely works!

Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

Observation of Grey Squirel, Mammals
By: trudy-russell
OPAL iSpot mentor
Observed on: 15th May 2009
Added to iSpot: 15th May 2009
Likely ID: Grey Squirel
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 5
Comments: 0

Bird record

By: agelena
Location: Dursley
Observed on: 8th April 2009
Added to iSpot: 8th April 2009
Initial ID: Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 1
Description: Observation of a bird seen singing regularly on my way to work. Singing from a garden tree each morning at 7 am.

miked - redwing - 5th February 2009

Observation of Redwing / Turdus iliacus, Birds
By: miked
OPAL iSpot team
Location: fenny stratford
Observed on: 5th February 2009
Added to iSpot: 9th February 2009
Likely ID: Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 3
Comments: 3
Description: I was working at home on the pc when this thrush came and sat in tree right outside the window. I had the camera beside the table so shot it.

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