January 2023

Please refer to the Introduction Page to understand the context behind the monthly photographs.

Animals

The group of Fallow Deer taken at the telephoto limit of my cameras ability includes a pure white member. Athough it is unusual to find a significant variation in colour between individuals in a group it is not uncommon to find such an individual although it is the first white one I have found to date.

Birds

Fungi

Trees

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.

The two Usnea species found below are the first recordings in VC38 Warwickshire. They have been independently validated by a BLS expert and the samples have been added to the BLS Herbarium in Edinburgh. 

Other common VC38 Lichens found this month. 

Lichenicolous Fungi

Ones that escaped the camera lens this month

a)  A pair of Lapwings