Please refer to the Introduction Page to understand the context behind the monthly photographs.
Birds
House Sparrow (Juvenile)
Magpie (Juvenile)
Butterflies
Green-veined White Butterfly
Green-veined White Butterfly
Speckled Wood Butterfly
Brimstone Butterfly
Moths
Cinnabar Moth
Cinnabar Moth
Damselflies
White-Legged Damselfly (Female)
Shield Bugs
Green Shield Bug
Hawthorn Shield Bug
Beetles
Thick legged (Male) flower Beetle
Thick legged (Male) flower Beetle
Fungi
Beech bark Spot
Beech bark Spot
Rust attack on a Dog Rose stem
Rust on leaf
Galls
Oak bud Gall
Oak bud Gall
Insect Galls on Leaf
Insect Galls on Leaf
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.
Psilolechia lucida
Psilolechia lucida
Churchyard lichens - The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Studley
Built C1105 on a Saxon foundation
Acarospora fuscata
Acarospora fuscata
Tephromela atra
Tephromela atra
Lecanora albescens
Lecanora albescens
Psilolechia lucida
Cladonia chlorophaea agg.
Candelariella vitellina
Porpidia tuberculosa
Casper the friendly ghost or possible Rhizocarpon reductum but not confirmed
Churchyard lichens - St John the Baptist Church - Aston Cantlow
Chancel, nave and tower date from late in the C13.
Psilolechia lucida
Psilolechia lucida
Candelariella vitellina
Lecanora albescens
Non-churchyard lichens
Melanohalea elegantula (Dark green background lichen)
Melanohalea elegantula
Melanelixia subaurifera
Melanelixia subaurifera
Melanelixia glabratula
Melanelixia subaurifera (Different location)
Xanthoria parietina
Xanthoria parietina
Caloplaca crenulatella
Caloplaca crenulatella
Xanthoria ucrainica
Xanthoria ucrainica
Punctelia subrudecta
Punctelia subrudecta (Different location)
Lecanora campestris
Lecanora campestris
Lecanora muralis
Lecanora muralis
Lecanora symmicta
Lecanora symmicta
Physcia caesia on roof tiles
Physcia caesia on roof tiles
Lecanora albescens + unidentified one
Lecanora albescens + unidentified one
Aspicilia contorta
Aspicilia contorta
Lepraria finkii
Lepraria finkii (Different location)
Cladonia chlorophaea agg.
Verrucaria nigrescen
Ones that escaped the camera lens this month
a) Little Egret, Grey Heron and Swallows