INJ Volume 34 Part 2

The Irish Naturalists’ Journal Volume 34, Part 2 (published 9 October 2015)

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  • Records for Nathusius’ Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii) in Ireland from a car-based bat monitoring scheme.
  • The breeding status of Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo carbo) in Co. Wexford.
  • The Slender Amber Snail (Oxyloma sarsii (Esmark, 1886)) (Pulmonata: Succineidae) in Ireland; results of a habitat and distribution survey on the River Shannon, and recommended Red List status update.
  • Phreodrilidae in Irish peatlands: Invasion from down-under or ancient relict?
  • The nymphal diet of the stonefly Protonemura meyeri (Pictet) (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) in four episodically acidic headwater streams in Ireland.
  • Multiple records confirm presence of Dendrobaena attemsi (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) in Ireland.
  • Eileen Barnes (1876-1956): the contribution of a gifted artist, scientific illustrator and model-maker to Irish natural history.
  • Diphasiastrum alpinum (L.) Holub (Alpine Clubmoss) rediscovered in Co. Kerry (H1).
  • Leymus arenarius (L.) Hochst (Lyme Grass) in Co. Cork  (H3 and H5).
  • The Arched Earth-star (Geastrum fornicatum Huds. Hook.) (Geastraceae) in Co. Westmeath (H23).
  • Frond Oyster (Dendostrea frons (L.)) stranded at Waterville, Co. Kerry.
  • Further records of the Giant Red Shrimp (Aristaeomorpha foliacea (Risso)) from Irish waters and first records from UK waters.
  • The occurrence of the parasitic isopod Bopyrus squillarum Latreille, on the Common Shrimp (Palaemon serratus (Pennant)) in Irish waters.
  • Second record for the leafhopper Megophthalmus scabripennis in Ireland.
  • A second Irish record of Southern Oak Bush Cricket (Meconema meridionale (Costa)) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae).
  • Bloxworth Snout (Hypena obsitalis (Hübner)) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) possibly resident in Ireland.
  • Two-spot Ladybird (Adalia bipunctata) in Armagh, Sligo, Galway and Dublin.
  • Diplapion confluens (Kirby) (Coleoptera: Brentidae), new for Northern Ireland, at Lighthouse Island, County Down, with notes on other insects at this locality.
  • Records of Potamophylax cingulatus (Stephens) and P. latipennis (Curtis) (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) from Northern Ireland.
  • First record of xanthochromism in the Spotted or Homelyn Ray (Raja montagui Fowler).
  • A review of colour abnormalities in angler fish Lophius spp. in Irish and European waters.
  • Further specimens of xanthochromic Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus (L.)) from Irish waters.
  • Shortfin Mako Shark (Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque) in Irish waters.
  • Dusting in sand by a Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus).
  • ‘The Wild Swans at Coole’.
  • Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus Linneaus, 1758) in the diet of a Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas).
  • First recorded Irish Hare leveret mortality in silage fields due to mechanical harvesting.
  • European Otter (Lutra lutra (L.)) predation on Cormorant or Shag (Phalacrocorax sp.).
  • Live stranding and successful re-floating of two Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) at Ballymacoda Bay, Co. Cork.
  • Irish records of the Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata (Erxleben)).
  • Records from the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group for 2013.
  • Review of: ‘The ash tree’.
  • Review of: ‘Britain’s day-flying moths. A field guide to the day-flying moths of Britain and Ireland’.