Please refer to the Introduction Page to understand the context behind the monthly photographs.
Animals
Poor photograph of a Roe Deer Hind
Birds
Goosander (Male)
Goosander (Female)
Redwing on very frosted foggy morning
Goldfinch
Tufted Duck Male with Dabchick
Young Cormorant
Fungi
Blushing Bracket (Daedaleopsis confragosa)
Blushing Bracket (Daedaleopsis confragosa)
Conifer Mazegill (Gloeophyllum sepiarium)
Conifer Mazegill (Gloeophyllum sepiarium)
Turkeytail (Trametese Versicolor)
Turkeytail (Trametese Versicolor)
Velvet Shank (Flammulina velutipes)
Velvet Shank (Flammulina velutipes)
Orange Jelly Fungus (Dacrymyces stillatus)
Purple Jellydisc (Ascocoryne sarcoides)
Silverleaf Fungus (Chondrostereum purpureum)
Witch's Butter (Exidia truncata)
Coral Spot (Nectria cinnabarina)
Coral Spot (Nectria cinnabarina) - Close up
Yellow Brain Fungus (Tremella mesenterica)
Jelly ear fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae)
Candle Snuff Fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon)
Moss
Common Pincushion (Dicranoweisia cirrata)
Common Pincushion (Dicranoweisia cirrata)
Common Pincushion (Dicranoweisia cirrata) - Close up on leaves
Lichen
Lichen are only recorded at each new OS Grid location (hover for Grid Ref). They are then entered on the British Lichen Society spreadsheet and submitted for their Warwickshire VC38 Lichen database and Lichen mapping.
To give a sense of scale all the lichen close up photographs below use the scale of the photographed scale below which is in millimeters i.e. 1mm to 3mm..
Scale bar in millimeters
Non-Churchyard Lichen
Alyxoria culmigena
Alyxoria culmigena
Alyxoria culmigena - Close up 1
Alyxoria culmigena - Close up 2
Alyxoria varia
Alyxoria varia
Alyxoria varia - Close up 1
Alyxoria varia - Close up 2
Alyxoria viridipruinosa
Alyxoria viridipruinosa
Alyxoria viridipruinosa - Close up 1
Alyxoria viridipruinosa - Close up 2
Graphis betulina
Graphis betulina - Close up 1
Graphis betulina - Close up 2
Phlyctis argena
Phlyctis argena
Phlyctis argena - Close up K+Yellow turning Red
Phlyctis argena - Close up K+Yellow turning Red
Ones that escaped the camera lens this month
a) Munjac & Fallow Deer.
b) Nuthatch, Little Egret & Heron
c) Hare