Blog updated on 16th October 2014 with confirmation of the mites as being Poecilochirus carabi.

On Sunday 10th August, I spent the day at Dundreggan, leading one of the series of biodiversity skills training courses we’ve scheduled for this summer, as part of the programme of work funded by the £50,000 grant we received from the People’s Millions scheme late last year. This particular course lasted for a day and was focused on one of my special interests – plant galls. Although we spent most of the day outside (in the rain!) locating galls on various trees and plants, we began with a Powerpoint presentation I’d prepared about plant galls.