Please refer to the Introduction Page to understand the context behind the monthly photographs.
Animals
Muntjac Deer
Spring Lamb
Birds
Tufted Duck Male & Female
Goosander (Female)
Moorhens
Greylag Goose
Blue Tit
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.
Arthonia (Opegrapha) atra
Arthonia (Opegrapha) atra - Close up
Arthonia (Opegrapha) atra
Arthonia (Opegrapha) atra - Close up
Punctelia jeckeriii
Punctelia jeckeri - Close up
Arthopyrenia analepta
Arthopyrenia analepta
Arthopyrenia analepta - Close up 2
Usnea wasmuthii - Close up 1
Usnea wasmuthii - Close up 2
Usnea wasmuthii - Close up 3
Ramalina fastigiata
Porina aenea on smooth bark tree
Physcia adscendens
Churchyard lichens - St Mary and All Saints - Haselor.
Placynthium nigrum
Placynthium nigrum -Close up 1
Placynthium nigrum - Close up 2
Aspicilia calcarea
Xanthoria calcicola
Xanthoria calcicola - Close up
Lecanora horiza
Lecanora horiza - Close up 1
Lecanora horiza - Close up 3
Lecanora horiza - Close up 2
Lichenicolous Fungi
Erythricium aurantiacum on Physcia tenella
Erythricium aurantiacum on Physcia tenella - Close up
Erythricium aurantiacum on Physconia grisea
Erythricium aurantiacum on Physconia grisea
Erythricium aurantiacum on Physcia adscendens - Different location
Erythricium aurantiacum on Physcia adscendens - Different location close up
Erythricium aurantiacum & Illosporiopsis christiansenii on Physcia tenella
Erythricium aurantiacum on Physcia tenella - Close up 1
Illosporiopsis christiansenii on Physcia tenella - Close up 2
Illosporiopsis christiansenii on Physcia tenella - Different location
VC33- East Gloucestershire - Churchyard Lichen
Lecanora campestris
Lecanora campestris - Close up
VC77 - South Lanarkshire - Lichen
Platismatia glauca
All the Ramalina fraxinea were found on the ground after a heavy rainfall the night before.
Ramalina fraxinea
Ramalina fraxinea -Another location
Ramalina fraxinea -Different location
Ramalina fraxinea -Different location - Close up
This very large piece of Ramalina fraxinea below was placed on a 75mm wide fence post to give a scale as to its size compared to the others found.
Ramalina fraxinea -Another location
Ramalina fraxinea -Another location - Close up
Ramalina fraxinea -Another location - Close up
VC77 - South Lanarkshire - Lichenicolous fungi
Erythricium aurantiacum on Physcia tenella
Ones that escaped the camera lens this month
a) A pair of Lapwings
b) Skylark
c) Jay