I usually get up to date with entering all my records in MapMate at around the New Year and then recalculate my Pan-species List. But it didn't happen last winter so today's update is the first major update since January 2016.

I've been in 3rd position on the PSL rankings from the start, miles behind Jonty and Dave, and miles ahead of everyone else. Or at least that used to be the case! I can see it is just a matter of time before I am caught up, now that my PSLing activities have slowed up. However, it was good to see that I've added 765 species in 2 years and 1 month (7th January...

Meeting up with Chris Owen and Dave Gibbs in South Wales to look for Ghost Slug turned out to be one of the best days' fieldwork of the year:
http://markgtelfer.co.uk/2014/11/12/into-the-valley-of-the-millipedes-pa...

... not least because we discovered two, yes TWO, millipedes new to Britain!
http://markgtelfer.co.uk/2014/11/12/into-the-valley-of-the-millipedes-pa...

It would make...

http://markgtelfer.co.uk/2014/07/30/tales-of-the-unexpected/

11 months since my last blog! I reckon all PSLers ought to be able to find zombie grasshoppers but there are only 5 British records on the FRDBI.

http://markgtelfer.co.uk/2014/07/24/zombie-grasshopper/