Hi there,
Do we know if there was ever further investigation into this species?
I just noticed that Saxifraga hirculus isn't in A MASTER CHECKLIST in Recorder 6, but it is in the VASCULAR PLANTS AND STONEWORTS list.
What seems stranger still is if you use 'Find taxon' for Saxifraga hirculus in A MASTER CHECKLIST, nothing comes up if you restrict the search to Current Checklist or Unrestricted. However it does appear if restricted to Preferred Taxa - the result being for A MASTER CHECKLIST. If you click OK though, an information message comes up: 'The specified taxon was not found in the current list'.
If you run 'Find taxon' in the VASCULAR PLANTS AND STONEWORTS list, there are again no results for Unrestricted, the same 'false' listing for A MASTER CHECKLIST if restricted to Preferred Taxa, but if restricted to Current List, a result does then come up for Saxifraga hirculus within the VASCULAR PLANTS AND STONEWORTS list (which is really there).
Saxifraga hirculus is listed in the NatureScot sensitive species list (https://www.nature.scot/sites/default/f … 032665.pdf).
Unlikely to cause us huge issues, but just thought it was all a bit odd.
Lindsay
Lindsay Bamforth
Fife Nature Records Centre,
Information Officer