February 2026 – Warwickshire Wildlife/Nature

Please refer to the Introduction Page to understand the context behind the monthly photographs.

Birds

Grey-Lag Goose

Fungi

Yellow Brain Fungus (Tremella mesenterica)

White Brain Fungus (Exidia thuretiana)

Witch's Butter Fungus (Exidia truncata)

Witch's Butter (Exidia truncata)

Scarlet Elfcup (Sarcoscypha austriaca)

Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)

Stereum hirsutum

Jelly ear fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae)

King Alfred Cakes (Daldinia concentriica)

Phellinus pomaceus

Beech bark Spot (Hypoxylon fragiforme)

Beech bark Spot - Close up 1

Beech bark Spot - Close up 2

Flies

Tephritis ruralis is a small species of fruit fly. The species is widespread but has only scattered records. It is known for its strongly patterned wings and is one of the many similar looking members of the Tephritidae family. The lavrae cause a gall to form on the stem of the Mouse-ear Hawkweed plant during the summer.

Mouse-eared Hawkweed Fly (Tephritis ruralis)

Leaf Miners

Bramble leaf mined by Bramble Blotch-miner (Coptotriche marginea Micro-Moth)

Liverworts

Even Scalewort (Radula complanata)

Even Scalewort - Close up 1

Even Scalewort - Close up 2

Moths

Dotted Border Moth (Agriopis marginaria)

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 photographs noted specifically as close up use the scale of the photographed scale bar below which is in millimetres i.e. 1mm to 3mm..