Please refer to the Introduction Page to understand the context behind the monthly photographs.
Birds
Loads of these about at this time of year.
Ladybirds
Recognised by whitsh/grey colour and black line down the middle with side spots overlapping. Number of spots 13-19 with 16 the average.
Fungi
Lots of Fungi again this month now we are in the much wetter weather.
With over 120 Russula species with many looking similar - these fungi below need microscope examination for full species identification. Although some caps are poisonous to human's snails love to graze on these so much that an undamaged cap is rare.
The fungus below Coral Tooth (Hericium coralloides is very rare in VC38 Warwickshire with only three previous recordings.
Trees
The Spindleberry is a British native, often seen in hedgerows in the south of England. Fast growing, it is an attractive shrub in autumn when the leaves turn bright red and contrast with the strange pink 4-lobed fruits, which split partially open the reveal bright orange seeds.
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
The Cladonia below if correctly identified is not often recorded in VC38 Warwickshire.
Lichenicolous Fungi
VC77 - South Lanarkshire - Fungi
VC77 - South Lanarkshire - Liverworts
VC77 - South Lanarkshire - Lichen
VC77 - South Lanarkshire - Lichenicolous Fungi
Ones that escaped the camera lens this month
a) Cormorant and a Heron
b) Jay and a Nuthatch
c) Roe Deer