Please refer to the Introduction Page to understand the context behind the monthly photographs.
Birds
Tufted Ducks with Dabchicks
Cormorant
Dipper
Little Egret
Spiders
Eratigena duellica - One of the larger house spiders
Fungi
Orange Jelly Fungus (Dacrymyces stillatus)
Orange Jelly Fungus (Dacrymyces stillatus) - Close up
Crepidotus variabilis
Crepidotus variabilis
Jelly Ear Fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae)
Coral Spot (Nectria cinnabarina)
Split porecrust (Schizopora paradoxa)
Velvet Shank (Flammulina velutipes)
Yellow Brain Fungus
Possible Respinate
Unknown fungi on tree bark
Unknown fungi on tree bark - Close up 1
Unknown fungi on tree bark - Close up 2
Unknown fungi on tree bark - Close up 3
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
Cladonia macilenta
Cladonia macilenta
Cladonia macilenta - Close up
Cladonia macilenta - Close up with K+ yellow reaction
Lecidella elaeochroma
Ramalina fastigiata
Candelaria concolor
Candelaria concolor - Close up 1
Candelaria concolor - Close up 2
Candelaria concolor -Underside close up
Lichenicolous fungi
Erythricium aurantiacum on Physcia tenella - Close up
Laetisaria lichenicola on Physcia tenella/adscendens
Laetisaria lichenicola -Close up
Laetisaria lichenicola - Close up
Illosporiopsis christiansenii on Physcia tenella
Illosporiopsis christiansenii on Physcia tenella - Close up
VC77 Lanarkshire Lichen
Non-Churchyard lichens
Pseudevernia furfuracea
Pseudevernia furfuracea - Close up
Evernia prunastri
Platismatia glauca
Platismatia glauca - Close up
Platismatia glauca - Close up
The above lichen photographs were all taken on fallen branches/twigs broken from the higher levels of trees after a night of high winds and heavy rain. Not easy to find such good examples from the lower levels.
VC77 Lanarkshire Fungi
White Brain Fungus (Exidia thuretiana)
White Brain Fungus (Exidia thuretiana) - Close up
Beech Tarcrust (Biscogniauxia nummularia)
Beech Tarcrust (Biscogniauxia nummularia) - Close up
Ones that escaped the camera lens this month
a) Flocks of Fieldfares numerous locations.
b) Muntjac Deer.