2024 County Report for North Ebudes
Stephen Bungard, Joanna Walmisley
Over 5,500 records from 2024 have been added to the DDb including a dozen taxa new to VC104 and over 60 new hectad records. The new taxa are mostly garden escapes or planted, but we have three native species that are new to the vice-county.
SHARPP in 2024: Fourteen taxa were searched for, six of which involved members of SBG. Over the year, five taxa were re-found, giving a success rate of 36%. Between July and December, the two re-finds were:
*Lysimachia minima (Chaffweed) at Lorgill Bay - not seen there since 1971
*Atriplex praecox (Early Orache) at Ord Bay – not seen there since 29/08/1979, exactly the same day that it was re-found in 2024!
Skye Botany Group (SBG) numbers have varied at the monthly field meetings, from between three and twelve. Emphasis has continued on re-finding SHARPP targets: July saw us in the Allt Grillan Gorge, a SSSI (See below. Image Neil Roberts); August at Ord on the Durness limestone; September and October in lochs on the Trotternish peninsula and in the Cuillin Hills.
