John Coldwell
My total:
5860
Year I started recording:
1980
Last updated on:
15th March, 2021
About me:
Amateur entomologist, specialising in diptera.
Vast majority of species included are from the Barnsley area.
Age:
My bogey species:
Storm Petrel
Libellula fulva
Otter
My most wanted:
Ant Beetle
Purple Emperor
Twin Flower
My grippers:
Little Whimbrel
Phronia forcipula
Oxycera fallenii
Latest addition:
Chrysolina marginata.
2014 additions now included, 92 diptera, mainly calypterates, all from Barnsley area.
Quite a few chironomids new for 2015. Also Ring-necked Parakeet and a new mammal - Chinese Water Deer (not from Barnsley!)
2016 saw 52 new diptera recorded locally, mainly chironomids, 6 new to Yorkshire. Pipunculus oldenbergi was a large pipunculid found at 2 localites also new for Yorks. A mysterious agromyzid that so far has evaded determination awaits specialist attention.
Dusky Thrush.
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