127 NOTES Watsonia 25 (2004) Notes
1997). It occurs in Northern Europe, locally in the mountains of central and southern Europe, in Siberia and in North America (Sell & Murrell 1996). In Greenland it is known from a single locality near the north-eastern coast (Gelting 1934). In the British Isles it was thought to be confined to...
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| Summary: | 1997). It occurs in Northern Europe, locally in the mountains of central and southern Europe, in Siberia and in North America (Sell & Murrell 1996). In Greenland it is known from a single locality near the north-eastern coast (Gelting 1934). In the British Isles it was thought to be confined to Scotland, being mainly found in the Breadalbane and Cairngorm mountains of the Highlands, with the most southerly populations centred on the Moffat Hills in the Southern Uplands. Its altitudinal range is from 370–1150 m but it is usually found over 700 m (Preston et al. 2002). The first British record was from the Cairngorms by G. Don in 1802 (Druce 1932). J. T. Johnston first recorded it from the Moffat Hills in Dumfriesshire (v.c 72) in 1890 (Scott-Elliot 1896). More recently, further colonies have been discovered in the neighbouring Ettrick Hills in Selkirkshire (v.c 79) to the south and the Tweedsmuir Hills in Peeblesshire (v.c. 78) to the north (Corner 1978). It is a designated scarce species in Britain (Stewart et al. 1994). In June 2002 an extensive colony of this species was discovered on Dufton Fell in the Westmorland (v.c 69) part of northern Pennines some 96·5 km south of the Southern Upland localities and new to England. This site lies 3 km south of the old Moor House field station and just outside the southern boundary of the Moor House National Nature Reserve. Later in the month |
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