Report on the phenological observations in the British Isles from December, 1335, to November, 1936. No. 46

✍ Scribed by Ivan D. Margary

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 132 KB
• Volume: 64
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0035-9009
• DOI: 10.1002/qj.49706427304

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The year was remarkable for sunlessness generally, and also for wetness in England and Wales, b u t temperature after a cool winter remained close to normal. The result was a rather gloomy and inclement year due to lack of sunshine and excess of rain rather than to low temperature. Plants generally flowered late, all in the Midlands, nearly all in England SE., SW., and Ireland S., but were earlier in Scotland, especially in Scotland W. Floral isakairs show a late strip across southern Ireland and Wales, the Midlands and England NE., with slight earliness over a wide area in NE. Ireland, the Scottish Lowlands and East Coast. Insects were nearly all late in appearing in England, but were very erratic in Scotland and in Ireland N. Spring migrants were generally late, save in Scotland, but the earliest arrivals were early as they just escaped the cooling of April. Spring migrant isophenes show a restriction of the usual early landing areas, with a rather slow advance afterwards. The autumn migrants were mostly early in moving.