Donegal Wildlife

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12/12/2013: First upload 21/12/2013: Added search facilities 23/12/2013: Added habitat type and date as search field in species pages 31/12/2013: Added Amanitas 1/1/2014: Added Nymphalidae (butterflies) 3/1/2014: Completed Stigmella sp. Google search works! 4/1/2014: Added Russulas Added Guestbook and Forum 6/1/2014: Added Ectoedemia & Phyllonorycter 7/1/2014: Completed butterflies. Started parasitica. 8/1/2014: Added Random Page button. Added Elachista & Coleophora 9/1/2014: Added Speedwells 12/1/2014: Started on mosses and grasses 13/1/2014: Completed grasses, added Glyphipterix sp. micromoths 14/1/2014: Added Hymenopteran taxonomy & Bombus 15/1/2014: Added Ferns 16/1/2014: Added Ichneumonidae 17/1/2014: Completed micromoth leafminers 18/1/2014: Added Hygrocybe (Waxcaps) 19/1/2014: Started Geometridae (moths) 21/1/2014: Added Butterflies by Month 22/1/2014: Added dipterous leafminers 23/1/2014: Added Sawflies. Added Sawflies group. Completed Leafminers. Added more wasps. 24/1/2014: Added Nomada & Andrena 25/1/2014: Added Agaricus, updated 'About' page. Added Cirsium. 26/1/2014: Started Animalia. Added Birds group. 27/1/2014: Added Molluscs: Slugs & Snails. Added Amphibians. 28/1/2014: Started Hoverflies 29/1/2014: Added 'how-to-use' page (About) 30/1/2014: Continued moths. 1/2/2014: Time off to be a grandad. 3/2/2014: Added Chrysomelidae: Leaf Beetles & Canthridae: Soldier Beetles 5/02/2014: Added Ladybirds & Lactarius 6/2/2014: Started Hemiptera (bugs) 7/2/2014: Continued Hemiptera 7/2/2014: Completed Hemiptera (True Bugs) 8/2/2014: Added Epilobium & Geranium 9/2/2014: Added Eristalis and Hoverfly group. Started Ascomycetes. 10/2/2014: Added Odonata and Calystegia 11/12/2014: Added Galium (Bedstraws) 12-13/02/2014: Added Liverworts. 15/2/2014: Continued Geometridae (moths) 16/1/2014: Completed Geometridae 17/2/2014: Started Lichens 18/2/2014: Started Asteraceae (Daisies) 21/2/2014: Completed Asteracea (Daisies) 23/2/2014: Continued with mosses. 24/2/2014: Added Coniferous Woodland habitat. 25/2/2014: Started Primulaceae, added Hoverfly grouping. 26/2/2014: Completed Primulaceae. 28/2/2014: Completed Parmeliaceae (Lichens) 2/3/2014: Added Crabidae and Silphidae (beetles) 3/3/2014: Added Yponomeutidae (micromoths) 4/3/2014: Continued with mosses. Added Laccaria (Deceivers). 6/3/2014: Added Equisetum (Horsetails) 9/3/2014: Started Rosaceae, completed Potentilla. 11/3/2014: Continued Rosaceae. 13/3/2014: Completed Rosaceae. Added Mycena, Uromyces, Collybia & Entoloma (fungi) 16/3/2014: Added Polytrichaceae and Rhytidiadelphus (mosses) 17/3/2014: Added Luzula and Juncus - Rushes and Woodrushes 18/3/2014: Added Grasshoppers and Earwigs. 19/03/2014: Completed Brassicacea. 30/3/2014: Added Plantago - Plantains 03/04/2014: Added Cellar Snail & Irish Yellow Slug 4/4/2014: Added Sycamore, Sweet Chestnut and Horse Chestnut 05/04/2014: Added Sedges (Carex) 21/4/2014: Added Fumaria (Fumitories) 22/4/2014: Added Allium (garlic) 23/6/2014: Added Fenusella (Symphyta), Formica (ants) and Eriocrania (Lepidoptera). 26/6/2014: Added Grapholita (Lepidoptera) 3/8/2014: Added Stigmella hybnerella and Meadowsweet. 14/9/2014: Added Stigmelly perpygmaeella and Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae 15/10/2014 Added Orobanchaceae and Helicella itala

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Welcome to the Donegal Wildlife website. The site is a continually-updated record of our local wildlife in a reference database containing over 1500 species. The database can be searched using the taxonomic tree, species name, month or habitat type, as well as other convenient groupings and a text search. Each species is described in text and images, with links to other related species or family groups. The navigation buttons link to pages containing supporting information such as equipment, literature, recording, services and links to other useful resources.

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