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Houghen Plantation
Hoof Fungus (Fomes fomentarius)
Woodwart Sp on Silver Birch (Hypoxylon Sp)
Green Orb-Weaver (Arienella cucurbitina)
Gorse Seed Weevil (Exapion ulicis)
Fascinating details from
The Cabinet of Curiosities
Gooden's Nomad Bee (Nomada goodeniana) ♂︎
Platycheirus Sp ♀︎(Platycheirus albimanus)
Drone Fly (Eristalis pertinax)
Hind Tibia black & white
Heath Cudweed ? (Gnaphalium sylvaticum)
Fungi or Lichen ? on a Silver Birch log
False Puffball or Cauliflower Slimemold (Enteridium lycoperdon)
Two of the three stages. The top picture shows the mature stage with a papery slimey skin.
The lower picture shows an earlier stage. This was much softer of a marshmallow like texture and it holds finger imprints.
Eye Lash Fungi (Scutellineia subhirtella)
Myriosclerotinia curreyana growing on old Juncus stems
The absolute surprise of the day. I thought I would have to go to Scotland to see these. Diminutive yet so vibrant.
Bog Beacon (Mitrula paludosa) in amongst Flat-topped Bog Moss (Sphagnum fallax)
Spring Pin (Cudoniella clavus)
Good for Bog beacon & Mosses and quiet afternoon picnics
Coprinopsis stercorea on Cow Dung 
Heather Weevil (Micrelus ericae) One of two small heather Weevils. This one with red nose and red legs.
Mollisia Sp
Mixed Mollisia Sp (probably Mollisia cinerea) & Orbilla xanthostigma
Heath Rustic Caterpillar 
A very pale Golden Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
Holly Speckle (Trochila ilicina) that is covering the upper side of the Holly Leaf doesn't generally go through to the underside of the leaf.
Holly Leaves a tough job for Fungi
A very strange coating on submerged plant debris in the channel below the dam on the Houghen Plantation. Difficult to photograph because of the reflections.
Bog Groove-moss (Aulucomnium palustre)
Thanks to James Emerson and Steve Judd for comments and corrections.
Many thanks also to Yvonne for the fungi corrections