Please refer to the Introduction Page to understand the context behind the monthly photographs.
Birds
Cormorants taken on a visit to Cromer - Norfolk
Butterflies
Red Admiral Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly
Speckled Wood Butterfly
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly
The Red Admiral Butterfly is a migrant species which travels from Southern Europe reaching the UK in spring time. In Autumn there is a return migration southwards.
Dragonflies
Common Darter Male
Shieldbugs
Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina) second instar
Harvestmen
Harvestmen (Leiobunum rotundumi)
Harvestmen having eight legs belong to the same order (Arachnida) as spiders. They are known to everyone being commonly found on house walls, fences and low vegetation. There are currently around 30 known species found in the UK.
Fungi
Ganoderma australe covered in brown spores
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.
Non-Churchyard lichens
Flavoparmelia caperata
VC77 Lanarkshire Lichen
Non-Churchyard lichens
Micarea lignaria (Three small patches near corner of post)
Micarea lignaria - Close up
Peltigero membranacea
Caloplaca sub-species not yet identified
VC77 Lanarkshire Fungi
Wood Hedgehog (Hydnum rufescens)
Wood Hedgehog (Hydnum rufescens)
Wood Hedgehog underside (Hydnum rufescens)
Fly Agaric 1 (Amanita muscaria)
Honey fungus from August page now covered in spores
VC77 Lanarkshire Slime Molds
Flowers of tan slime mold (Fuligo septica)
Flowers of tan slime mold (Fuligo septica)
Ones that escaped the camera lens this month
a) Young Grass Snake