Field Bryologynumb er 83 contain at least two old quarries and areas of shaded tracks. The elder produced Orthotrichum disturbed hummocky ground, but the bramble affine. The vertical trackside banks had Ca!Jpogeia growth became impenetrable as we approached fissa, Plagiochila asplenioides, Homalia trichomanoides these. It was clear we were now on ragstone. and Plagiomnium undulatum. Malcolm Wading, on Ragstone is a grey calcareous sandstone and going through material collected in this area until the 20th century was widely used for once home, found Fossombronia pusilla. building in the local area and even exported by boat for buildings in London. Its bryological Exposed trackways, pieces of concrete and bits specialty is Dicfymodon sinuosus which we failed to of old carpet from the far too frequent fly­ find. The vascular flora changed in this part of tipping in the wood added ruderal-type habitats, the wood; elder appeared along the trackway, and helped boost numbers to give a total of 62 and there were incursions of young birch, species for the day. primroses and moschatel, all indicating more calcium in the soil. Cirriphyllum piliferumwas fairly David Newman, 40 Durrants House, West Street, frequent on the floor of the wood and on Hunton, Maidstone, Kent,ME1 5 ORY New vice-county records and amendments to the Census Catalogue All undated records are based on speomens BBSUK, except where otherwise indicated. collected in 2003; for specimens collected in Numbers and nomenclature follow Blocked & earlier years the year of collection is given before Long (1998), A Check-list and Census Catalogue of the collector's name. Where the specimen bears British and Irish Bryophytes, with subsequent a collector's number, this is given after the amendments where appropriate. collector's name. All specimens are deposited in Hepaticae T.H. Blackstock Countryside Councilfor Wales) Plas Penrhos, Ffo rdd Penrhos) Bangor, Gwynedd, II572L Q 7.3. Kurzia trich oclados. 76: on peaty side of ditch, 12.3. Cephalozia catenulata. 44: on sides of fallen oal� heathery ·slopes, ea 290 m alt., near Lochgoin branch (well decayed) in N-facing woodland, Nant Reservoir, NS54, Long 31963. Gelynen, Mallaen, SN74, Bosanquet & Motley. 9.2. Bazzania tricrenata. 75: with My lia tayloriiin block 13.1. Nowellia curvifolia. 26: on decaying larch log, in scree, ea 550 m alt., Maiden's Bed, Carrick Forest, mixed larch, beech and Scots pine woodland, NX49, Blockeel 32/694. Thetford Warren, TL88, O'Leary. 32: rotten tree 32 Amendments to the Census Catalogue trunk near stream in broadleaved woodland, 38.18. Scapania paludosa. 89: on rock, streambank, Bedford Purlieus, TL09, Yeo. Cama' Choire, NN77, Lawley, conf. Long. 14.1. Cla dopodiella Duitans. 75: at edge of wet hollow 38.20. Scapania aspera. 40: on unmortared calcareous on boggy slope, ea 410 m alt., N side of Cornish wall, Llynclys Hill, SJ22, Lawley. Hill, NX49, Blockeel 32/678. 46.10. Plagiochila exigua. 86: on rock at N end of 16.1. Hygrobiella laxifolia. 75: on moist sandstone at RSPB reserve, with Bartramia ithyphylla, 15 m alt., base of riverside crag, 45 m alt., River Ayr, Failford, Pollochro Woods, Loch Lomondside, NN31, NS42, Blockeel 32/752. 76: base of rock wall by Hodgetts 4265. stream, ea 250 m alt., Raith Burn, Muirshiel, NS36, 51.3. Radula volu ta. 86: on humid bryophyte-covered Blockeel 32/737. boulder on loch shore, 10 m alt., Pollochro Woods, 18.6. Cephaloziella divaricata. H26: unshaded Loch Lomondside, NN31, Hodgetts 4266. trampled stony soil near path at edge of cemetery, ea 52.1. Ptilidium ciliare. 76: sparsely on rock ledge of 38 m alt., W of Attymass, G21, Holyoak 03-525. crag of volcanic plug, ea 300 m alt., Windyhill, 18.7. Cephaloziella stellulife ra. 57: on thin soil on Muirshiel, NS36, Blockeel 32/718, and on bank of stony limestone hillside, ea 160 m alt., 3.5 km N of ditch, heathery slopes, ea 280 m alt., near Lochgoin Hassop, SK27,Blockeel. Reservoir, SW ofEaglesham, NS54, Long 31957. 23.5. Lophozia sudetica. 76: on N-facing crag of 54.1. Fr ullania tamarisci 29: on sallow (Salix) trunk in volcanic plug, 280 m alt., Craig Minnan, Muirshiel, wet sallow-birch thicket, with Braehytbeeium rutabu!um, NS36, Blockeel 32/725. Dicranoweisia eirrata, Ortbotriebum cf pu!ebe!!um and 24.5. Leiocolea alpestris. 77: basic flushes on sides of Ulota cf bruebii, 0-5 m alt., Wicken Fen Nature Corra Linn, 120 m alt., Falls of Clyde, NS84, 1967, Reserve, TL57, Finch. H19: almost unshaded, steep Corner. side of granitic block in pasture, ea 75 m alt., N of 24.8. Leiocolea turbinata. 31: soil on bank beside Castedermot, S78, Holyoak 03-11 5A. flooded brick pit, Hampton, S of Peterborough, 54.2. Fr ullania teneriffa e. 46: N-facing rocks of TL1 9, Yeo. Pendinaslochtyn, Llangranog, SN35, Bosanquet. 28.1. Anastrophyllum minutum. 76: on hummock, 54.4. Fr ullania tragilifolia. H19: almost unshaded, heathery slopes, ea 295 m alt., Flow Moss, SW of steep side of large granitic block in pasture, ea 75 m Eaglesham, NS54, Long 31965. alt., N of Castedermot, S78, Holyoak 03-115B. 29.1. Tritomaria exsectiformis. 37: on N-facing 54.5. Frullania dila tata. 76: on ash at edge of sandstone rock, Devil's Spittleful, Kidderminster, plantation, 240 m alt., Muirshiel, NS36, Blockeel S087, Fraser, comm. Lawley. 32/743. 31.1. Mylia taylorii. 75: in block scree, ea 550 m alt., 56.1. March esinia mackaii 65: on limestone rock face Maiden's Bed, Carrick Forest, NX49, Blockeel in shaded recess, ea 270 m alt., Short Gill, 32/693. Barbondale, SD68, Blockeel 32/654. 32.3. Jungennannia pumila.75: on sandstone boulder 59.1. Microleje unea ulicina. 37: on bark of hawthorn on river bank, 45 m alt., River Ayr, Failford, NS42, tree, Swinyard Hill, Malvern, S073, Holmes. Blockeel 32/753. 60.3. Leje unea patens. 43: shaded rock-face on cliff, 33.1. Na rdia compressa. 76: on wet rocks on bank of Bachowey Gorge, S014, Lawley. burn, ea 240 m alt., Raith Burn, Muirshiel, NS36, 61.1. Colura calyptrifolia. 42: small patches fr equent Blockeel 32/727. on Sa!ix (trunks and branches) within conifer 34.5. Ma rsupella sprucei. 44: siliceous boulders on plantation, Pant Mawr Plantation, SN91, Motley. 46: hillside, E of Llyn y Fan Fach, Black Mountain, on Salix in quarry by B4574, SE of Devil's Bridge, SN82, 1978, Perry, NMW. SN77, Bosanquet & Reed. 50: a few tufts on Salix 35.3. Gym nomitrion corallioides. 89: on friable, NE­ by stream, Pont yr Alwen, Alwen Forest, Mynydd facing crags, 570 m alt., W of Bealach na Searmoin, Hiraethog, SH91, Bosanquet. 52: small patches on Ben Vrackie, NN96, Rothero. Sa!ix cinerea trunk, in small damp glade deep within 36.1. Douinia ovata. 75: on boulder in block scree, ea conifer plantation, Pentraeth Forest, Mynydd 550 m alt., Maiden's Bed, Carrick Forest, NX49, Llwydiarth, SHS7, Blackstock. Blockeel 32/697. 62.1. Cololeje unea calcarea. 44: through Ampbidium 38.1. Scapania compacta. 27: steep sandy bank, ea 25 on base-rich slatey shale cliff, Craig Ddu, malt., Overstrand Cliffs, TG24, Stevenson. Gwenffrwd, SN74, Bosanquet. 38.6. Scapania curta. 1: on soil amongst shrubs, 62.2. Cololeje unea rossettiana. 40: over rock at base disused tin mine, ea 150 m alt., near Bostraze, St of limestone cliff, Ippikin's Rock, Wenlock Edge, Just, SW33, 1998, Long, Holyoak & Paton. S059, Lawley. 33 Field Bryology number 83 62.3. Cololeje unea minutissima. 37: on trunk of dead of gill, ea 250 m alt., Raith Burn, Muirshiel, NS36, tree by stream, Wissett's Wood, S067, Lawley. 75: Blockeel 32/736. on sycamores in clifftop woodland, ea 30 m alt., 73.1. Me tzgeria fi:uticulosa. 55: on damp inclined Culzean Castle, NS20, Blockeel 32/705. H20: on boughs of elder tree in woodland, Thorpe Langton, Salix in conifer plantation, SSE of Gleneally, T28, SP79, Ingram, comm. D.W. Ballard. 75: on elder by Bosanquet. stream, 50 m alt., Balcarnie, Dailly, NS20, Blockeel 63.1. Ap hanoleje unea microscopica. 44: in small 32/669. quantity on rock of base-rich shale outcrop by 73.2. Me tzgeria temperata. 75: on sycamore, ea 100 m waterfall, Gwenff1wd RSPB reserve, SN74, alt., Kelburn Glen, near Largs, NS25, Blockeel Bosanquet & Motley. 32/748. 64.3. Fossombronia caespitiformis. 36: in stubble 81.1. Preissia quadrata. 76: in rock crevice on bank of field, Upper Hill, S045, Sleath. 40: arable margin, burn, 245 m alt., Raith Burn, Muirshiel, NS36, Tinkers Hill, S057, Wynne-Jones & Lawley. 45: one Blockeel 32/732. fruiting plant in stubble field, W of Hubberton, 82.1. Marchan tia polymorpha a subsp. polymorpha. Angle, SM80, Bosanquet, new to Wales. 75: on sandstone rock in riverbed, 45 m alt., River 64.5. Fo ssombronia pusilla. H22: spring barley Ayr, Failford, NS42, Blockeel 32/749. b subsp. stubble field on loam, 110 m alt., Windmill Hill, ruderalis. H36: unshaded partly bare soil of 025, Bosanquet & Preston. H26: on unshaded disturbed ground beneath fence at edge of roadside partlybare soil of low earth bank in cemetery, ea 80 picnic area, ea 97 m alt., N edge of A4 E of m alt., NW of Claremorris, M37, Holyoak 03-448. Fivemiletown, H44, Holyoak 03-223. 64.7. Fossombronia wondraczeldi. 76: spring barley 84.1. Riccia ca vern osa. 13: mud in dried out pond, 20 m stubble on loam soil, 5 m alt., South Mains, alt., Maudlin Farm, Westhampnett, near Chichester, Craigend, NS46, Preston & Watson. SU80, Matcham, conf. J.G. Duckett. 88: on mud by 64.9. Fossombronia incurva. 45: in small damp pond, Old England Dam, near Murthly, N013, hollow, Trefigin Quarry, Monington, SN14, Stewart, comm.