2021 County Report for Mid Ebudes

Lynne Farrell

Projects and surveys

1. All nine NMPS plots on Mull at 2 main sites re-recorded in June. Greg Smith recorded NPMS plot on Coll.
2. Survey of Calystegia species carried out round villages of Salen and Tobermory in August.

Rare species updating on Mull

1. Carex aquatilis (Water Sedge), Lysimachia vulgaris (Yellow Loosestrife) and Briza media (Quaking-grass) relocated at Lochnameal, near Tobermory
2. Carex × boenninghausiana (C. paniculata × remota), Pyrola minor (Common Wintergreen) and Umbilicus rupestris (Navelwort) relocated at Aros Park and outside Tobermory
3. Vaccinium oxycoccus (Cranberry) refound at its second site in VC 103 on Calve Island, east of Tobermory

Gunna , Coll and Tiree

1. Pat and Dave Batty visited Tiree in May and added records for early species especially ruderals
2. John Bowler continued to send records for the rarer species
3. Lucy Panazzon visited Gunna and found Pimpinella saxifraga (Burnet-saxifrage) new to the island
4. Greg Smith, based on Coll for the summer months, added records for rarer species including Asplenium ceterach (Rustyback)