2022 County Report for North Aberdeenshire
David Welch and David Elston
North Aberdeenshire VC93 Annual report 2022
David Welch and David Elston
We spent less time than usual recording in VC93 this year since we were concentrating on producing a RPR for VC91, but have benefitted from more records submitted by other people. Adrian Breeman, Peterhead, sent upwards of 500 pictures of insects, mostly on flowers of common plants, and accuracy was needed as he then got some printed in a regional newspaper giving both insect and plant names. The Aberdeen-based Urban Flora recording weekend included Ellon and Inverurie in its itinerary, and additional urban monitoring was undertaken in Fraserburgh. Also, Richard Lansdown did Site Condition Monitoring for NatureScot.
A start was made on adding unnamed Rubus (Bramble) species to the DDb using Section names
Interesting finds in 2022