Stubb Mill









Black Headed Gull (Chroicocephelus ridibundus)



















Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)







Coot (Fulica antra) feeding young.





A young Chinese Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis)





Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)

Tags: Landscape, Spoonbill, Coot, CollaredPratincole, ChineseWaterDeer, BlackHeadedGull

An extraordinary Sandstone Rock formation in the Hearth of the High Weald.

A couple of hours amongst a fantastic selection of Bryophytes, Ferns and Lichens.

Trees strangling rocks in spectacular fashion.

There are at least 200 species of Bryophytes here and the the Tunbridge Filmy Fern

Surface and scratching come to mind.

A place to return to.



Alder (Alnus glutinosa)



Swan's-neck Thyme-moss (Mnium hornum) growing on the rocks.







A Dicranum Sp growing on the underside of the rocks.



At least four Species present.



Moss sp



Moss Sp?



Moss Sp



Cephalozia Sp



Moss Sp





Dicranum Sp fruiting



Moss Sp



Liverwort Sp



Moss Sp


Moss Sp



Moss Sp



Scot's Pine (Pinus sylvestris)

Tags: Landscape, Allder, Bryophytes, Swan's-neckThyme-moss, DicranumSp, Scot'sPine

Bee Sp on the White Clover?





Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)



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Fen Mason Wasp (Odynermus simillimus)



Meadow Grasshopper (Pseudochorthippus parallelus)



Gold Bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle (Agapanthia villosoviridescens)



















Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)



Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

Tags: Swallowtail, FenMasonWasp, Landscape, BeeSp, Four-spottedChaser, GoldBloomedGreyLonghornBeetle, WillowWarbler, FenMasonWasp

A ride & glades in Foxley Wood



Mining Bee Sp (Andrena Sp) on Creeping Buttercup





Stenocorus meridianus



Red-breasted Carrion Beetle (Oiceoptoma thoracium)



Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuschii)



Common Vetch (Vicia sativa)



Crested dog's-tail (Cynosurus cristatus)



Blowing Bubbles on a lazy Sunday afternoon

Froghopper nymph spittle bugging

Aphrophora salicina



Hoverfly Sp?









Ferdinandia cuprea









Meliscaeva cinctella ? Perhaps



Xylota segnis



Volucella bombylans









Entomopathegenic Fungus that attacks the Fly's brain such that it climbs high on the plant, it's
proboscis sticks to the plant and the wing are held in such a way as to provide a form of dispersal slide for the spores of the fungus.



Little Nomad Bee (Nomada flavoguttata)

The smallest Nomad

The two yellow spots held with id.





Pignut Inflorescence (Conopodium majus)



Rush Sp



Juncus Sp Hard / Soft Rush? Must feel the stem.

Hard Rush (Juncus influxes) Ridges on the stem





Psathyrella candoleana





Sawfly Sp (Tenthredo mesomela)



Remote Sedge (Carex remota)



False Fox-sedge (Carex otrubae) perhaps?



Forget-me-not Shieldbug (Sehirus luctosus)










Diaea dorsata



Water Avens (Geum rivale)






Gall Sp?

Tags: Landscape, AndrenaSp, LittleNomadBee, Pignut, SawflySp, Gall, Aphophorasalicina, RemoteSedge, Psathyrellacandoleana, FroghopperNymph, Ferdinandiacuprea, Xylotasegnis, Volucellabombylans, Forget-me-notShieldBug, WaterAvens, Red-breastedCarrionBeetle, Cresteddog's-tail, CommonSpottedOrchid, CommonVetch

Cobweb in the morning sun.



Chaser



Chiffchaff (Phyllloscopus collybita) in the Alder (Alnus glutinosa)





Celery-leaved Buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus)





Great-spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major)













Reed Warbler through the reeds (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)



Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobanus)





Spider Sp







Royal Fern unfurling (Osmunda regalis)



Rush Sp

Tags: Landscape, Chiffchaff, Alder , Celery-leavedButtercup, Rush Sp, RoyalFern, ReedWarbler, SedgeWarbler , SpiderSp, Great-spottedWoodpecker

View over Holt Lowes from Holt Country Park





Fresh Beech leaves (Fagus sylvatica)







Bird's-nest Orchid (Neottia nidus-advis)



Cuckoo Pint (Arum alpinum)





Rhododendron ponticum

Tags: Beech, Landscape, Bird's-nestOrchid, CuckooPint

Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)



Common Corn Salad (Valarianella locusta)



Smokey Bracket (Bjerkandera adusta)











Hobby (Falco subbuteo)



Heath Cudweed (Gnaphalium sylvaticus)





Red-girdled Mining Bee (Andrena labiata)

Tags: Hobby, Cuckoo, Red-girdledMiningBee, CornSalad, Landscape

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

Tags: Landscape, HoofFungus, FlySp, GreenOrb-Weaver, Orbillaxanthostigma, Coprinopsisstercorea, BogGroove-moss, SpringPin, Flat-toppedBogMoss, HeatherWeevil, BogBeacon, Myriosclerotiniacurreyana, EyeLashFungus, HeathCudweed, DroneFly, CauliflowerSlimemold, GorseSeedWeevil, Gooden'sNomadBee

Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)





Golden Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)





Young Hazel leaves (Corylus avellana)







Larch cones in the making. (Larix decidua)



Red Dead Nettle (Lamium purpureum)

Tags: Larch, Landscape, FlySp, Bluebell, RedDeadNettle, Hazel