Please refer to the Introduction Page to understand the context behind the monthly photographs.
Birds
Sparrowhawk with small bird
Butterflies
Marbled White Butterfly
Marbled White Butterfly
Comma Butterfly
Small Skipper Butterfly
Meadow Brown Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly
Brimstone Butterfly
Brimstone Butterfly
Gatekeeper Butterfly
Dragonflies
Banded Demoiselle Male
Common Blue Damselflies mating (brown form of the female)
Emperor Dragonfly Female laying eggs
Emperor Dragonfly Female laying eggs
Common Blue Damselflies
Bees
White Tailed Bumble Bee
Vestal Cuckoo Bee
Fungi
Stereum ochraceoflavum
Lichen
Lichen are 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.
Churchyard lichens - St Milburga Church - Wixford
Grade 2 listed Church C12 and C13 Regular coursed lias with limestone dressings and irregular quoins.
Verrucaria viridula
Verrucaria viridula
Churchyard lichens - The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Studley
Built C1105 on a Saxon foundation
Rhizocarpon reductum with Porpidia tuberculosa
Rhizocarpon reductum with Porpidia tuberculosa
Non-churchyard lichens
Caloplaca teicholyta
Caloplaca teicholyta
Lecanora dispersa
Aspicilia contorta
Candelariella vitellina
Candelariella vitellina
Lichenicolous Fungi
Intralichen christiansenii on Candelariella vitellina
Non-churchyard lichens -outside Warwickshire
VC77 - Lanarkshire - Carluke
Lecanora crenulata
Lecanora crenulata
Caloplaca oasis
Caloplaca oasis
VC77 - Lanarkshire - Tinto Hill Summit
Dibaeis baeomyces
Dibaeis baeomyces
Lecanora soralifera on fence post top
Lecanora soralifera on fence post top
On summit cairn boulder - Not identified as yet
VC37 - Worcestershire- Pershore Abbey
Verrucaria nigrescens
Verrucaria nigrescens
Diploicia canescens
Diploicia canescens
Lecanora muralis
Lecanora muralis
Tephromela atra
Tephromela atra
Ones that escaped the camera lens this month
a) Same as last month Green Woodpeckers
b) Roe deer
c) Emperor Dragonfly Male
d) Common Darter Male