Please refer to the Introduction Page to understand the context behind the monthly photographs.
Animals
Fallow Deer
Birds
Grey Heron
Meadow-Pipit
Little Egret - Poor photo of Little Egret which has caught a small fish
Fieldfare-Poor photo
Moths
Probably a Pale Tussock Moth
Probably a Pale Tussock Moth
Probably a Pale Tussock Moth
Fungi
Crepidotus variabilis
Crepidotus variabilis
Common Funnel Cap
Common Funnel Cap
Stereum ochraceoflavum
Stereum ochraceoflavum
Common Stump Brittlestem (Psathyrella piluliformis)
Common Stump Brittlestem (Psathyrella piluliformis)
Glistening Ink Cap
Glistening Ink Cap
Mycena pseudocorticola
Mycena pseudocorticola
Tufted Bell Cap- clustered bonnet or the oak-stump bonnet on old rotting fallen tree (Mycena inclinata)
Tufted Bell Cap- clustered bonnet or the oak-stump bonnet on old rotting fallen tree (Mycena inclinata)
Yellow Fingers (Calocera cornea)
Yellow Fingers (Calocera cornea)
(Calocera cornea) with Mollisia cinerea (Tiny Grey-blue cups
Wrinkled Crust Fungus
Xylaria species emerging from side of rotted log
Xylaria species emerging from side of rotted log
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 - The Church of St James - Weethley
Lias ashlar with limestone dressings and tile roof built in 1857 late C13 style.
Lecanora polytropa
Lecanora polytropa
Lecanora campestri
Lecanora campestri
Diploicia canescens & Protoblastenia rupertris above left
Diploicia canescens
Protoblastenia rupestris
Rhizocarpon reductum & Candelariella vitellina on left
Tephromela atra
Non-Churchyard lichens
Cladonia chlorophaea agg. on wooden post top
Cladonia chlorophaea agg. on wooden post top
Cladonia polydactyla on rotted wooden fence post
Cladonia polydactyla on rotted wooden fence post
Cladonia polydactyla on rotted wooden fence post
Cladonia chlorophaea agg. (Different location)
Parmelia sulcata
Parmelia sulcata
Lecanora polytropa & Amandinea punctata
Lecanora polytropa
Amandinea punctata
Evernia Prunastri
Lecanora Chlarotera
Lecidella elaeochroma
Phlyctis argena
Phlyctis argena
Physcia tenella
Ones that escaped the camera lens this month
a) A Jay as it headed for the trees.
b) A late Peacock Butterfly.