29th July


Invertebrates

Two-tone Planarian - 2 Torre Abbey Meadows
Brown Centipede - 1 Torre Abbey Meadows
Western Yellow Centipede - 1 Torre Abbey Meadows
Shore Crab - 20+ Torre Abbey Sands
Grey Mail-shell - 3 Torre Abbey Sands
Opilio saxatilis - 1 Torre Abbey Meadows
Paroligolophus agrestis - 3 Torre Abbey Meadows
Cerobasis guestfalica - 2+ Torre Abbey Meadows
Stripe-legged Nettle Bug - 1 Torre Abbey Meadows
Green Shield Bug - 2 Torre Abbey Meadows
Common Froghopper - 1 Torre Abbey Meadows
Speckled Bush-cricket - 1 Torre Abbey Meadows
Great Green Bush-cricket - 1 Kingskerswell
Lesser Hornet Hoverfly - 1 Torre Abbey Meadows
Hornet Mimic Hoverfly - 1 Torre Abbey Meadows
Thick-legged Hoverfly - 3 Torre Abbey Meadows
Light Brown Apple Moth - 1 Shedden Hill Road
Rush Veneer - 1 King’s Gardens
Comma - 1 Torre Abbey Sands
18-spot Ladybird - 1 Torre Abbey Meadows
Carder, Buff, & Red-tailed Bumblebee - 1 each Torre Abbey Meadows


Vertebrates

Shanny - 1 Torre Abbey Sands
Moorhen - 2 King’s Gardens
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 Torre Abbey Sands
Dunlin - 2 Broadsands
Goldcrest - heard Torre Abbey Meadows
Siskin - heard King’s Gardens


Plants & Fungi

Autumn Squill - Walls Hill
Fat-hen - Torre Abbey Meadows


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Notable sightings near Torquay

Adult Little Stint at Dawlish Warren beach

1,1000 Balearic Shearwaters and 3 Pomarine Skuas rafting off of Berry Head, plus a Thresher Shark and a Long-tailed Blue on the headland






                             Lesser Hornet Hoverfly 




Two-tone Planarian




Brown Centipede (Lithobius forficatus)




Light Brown Apple Moth

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