Buzzard (Buteo buteo)



The beginnings of Nettle `Rust on a Nettle (Urtica dioica) stem ? plus ?



Nettle Rust (Puccinia urtica) on Nettle Leaf (Urtica dioica)





Poplar Hawk Moth mating. (Laothoe populi)



Remote Sedge (Carex remora) A riparian forest specialist)



Sedge Sp




Yellow Sedge (Carex demissa)



Snail Sp



Snail Sp







Spider Sp



Hedge Garlic (Alliaria petiolata) with white rust and distorted seed pods.



Four Spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)



Broad-bodied Chaser ♂︎ (Libellula depressa)



Moth in case. Sp ?



Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis)



Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis spectabilis)




Common Tubetail (Sphaerraphoria scripta♂︎) & friend





Marsh Stitchwort (Stellaria palustris)



Saporella Sp



Sawfly Sp (Macrophya duodecimpunctata)











Fen Orchid (Liparis loesellii)



Tipula maxima



Tipula Sp



Tipula SP carrying eggs of some kind?



Campion Anther Smut (Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae)



Water Starwort (Callitriche stagnilis)





Brassica Shieldbug (Euyderma oleracea)



Soldier Beetle (Cantharis pellucida)



Parasola kuehneri

Tags: Buzzard, NettleRust, PoplarHawkMoth, CampionSmut, Parasolakuehneri, SawflySp, MarshStitchwort, SoldierBeetle, BrassicaShieldBug, WaterStarwort, Tipulamaxima, SnailSp, SpiderSp, SaporellaSp, FenOrchid, HedgeGarlic, FourSpottedChaser, HarlequinLadybird, YellowSedge

Bee Sp



Bee Sp









Hanging by a thread



The billowing curves of Broom (Cytisus scoparius)













Gorse Shield Bug (Peizodorus lituratus)



Spider Sp?



Spider Sp?



Moth Sp ? Lots of these flying around the Broom.



Eupeodes luniger

Tags: BeeSp, Broom, SpiderSp, BeeSp, MothSp, GorseShieldBug

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

Three-cornered Garlic (Allium triquetrum)



Slime Mold Sp?

Not a brilliant photograph but in the right area now. They had completely exploded before I had a chance to do any more.

Just need to find some more.



Common Jelly Spot (Dacrymyces stillatus)



Snowy Disco (Lachnum virgeneum)



Hymenoscyphus repandus



Lachanella alboviolascens





A magnified version using a 10X microscope objective.



Typhula micans on Great Willow Herb



A magnified version suing 5x life size lens.



Lachanella alboviolascens



Fungi 1 ? on Lichen



Fungi 2 ? on Gorse



Hymenoscyphus repandus again probably.



Yellow Brain (Tremella mesenterica)



Fungus of Herb Robert Leaves (Geranium robertianum) Hormetheca robertiani



Found on Hawthorn leaves Monilia johsonii The book says 'effuse' but I would say delightful scent. When leaves are kept in a box for while the scent really jumps out at you.





Hawthorn Flowers (Crataegus monogyna)




Yellow Field Cap ( Bolbitius titubans) One of the shortest lived of all mushrooms



Found on the end of a sawn trunk. ?



Fungus 3 ? nestled down amongst the Swan's Neck Thyme Moss (Mnium hornum)



Coprinellus flocculosus



Orange Bonnet (Mycena acicula)







Hypoxylon howeanum



Fungi 4?



Fungus on Rhododendron Leaf Mycosphaerella rhododendri

Thanks to Tony Moverley for the id.



Slime Mold Sp ?



Soldier Fly (Beris chalybata)



Spider Sp



A tiny fungus on the mid ribs of decaying Sycamore. Fungus 6 ?



Wasp Spider egg sac.



Weevil Sp



Scorpion Fly (Panorpa communis)



Caddis Fly Sp?





Large Bittercress (Cardamine amara)



This

Lovely
imprints of dead leaves as well.



Became this after about 150 stacked photos. Hard and crinkly on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) ?

This did in fact turn out to be something fungal rather than a gall.



Erupting from the branch

Tympanis Sp

Became

Encoelia fuckellii

Thanks to Stewart Wright for id





Drinker Moth Caterpillar (Euthrix potatoria)






Scutelinia Sp or not Scutelinia Sp Fungus 7 ?



Knobbly black cups? Fungus 8?



Using a 5x life size lens.



Bluebell Rust (Uromyces mascara)





Lachenella villosa

Similar to lachenella alboviolesens but with different spores and has basidia.





Reed Mat Disco (Trichobelonium kneiffii) growing on the decaying reeds.



Dotted Thyme-moss (Rhizomnium punctatum)

Thanks to Yvonne Mynette for help with fungus ids and of course anyone else who can help.
Your name will appear here.

Tags: Three-corneredGarlic, CommonJellySpot, LargeBittercress, Hymencyphusrepandus, Lachanellaalboviolascens, Typhulamycans, DottedThyme-moss, BluebellRust, SlimeMoldSp, SpiderSp, OrangeBonnet, FungusSp, Swan'sNeckThymeMoss, YellowFieldCap, Moniliajohnsonii, YellowBrain, LargeBittercress, SnowyDisco, WaspSpider, WeevilSp, ScorpionFly, CaddisFlySp, DrinkerMoth

Hazel (Corylus avellana) coppice and Ransoms (Alliun ursinium)





Ramsoms (Allium ursinium)

Top picture the original

Bottom picture a focus stacked version.










Cranefly Sp ?

Probably

Euphylidorea dispar



Dog's Mercury Rust (Melampsora populnea)





Early Purple Orchid (Orchis mascula)



Eye Lash Fungus (Scutellinia cejpii)



King Alfred's Cakes (Daldania concentrica)










Hairy Bracket (Trametes hirsuta)





Hazel Nut Swirl









Interesting contortion of the leaves

Herb Paris (Paris quadrifolia)





Portevinia maculata



Hypoxylon petrinii





Adela reaumurella

UK Moths





Netted Crust Fungus (Byssomerulius corium)







Wolf's Milk ?







Focussed stack version of the picture above it. Clearly shows the orange edges to the gills.

Psathyrella prona



Psathyrella spadiceogrisea

Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa



Soldier Fly Sp (Ptilocera Sp)

Not Quite

Probably

Beris chalybata





Spider Sp



Water Avens (Geum rivale)



Wood Avens 0r Herb Bennet (Geum urbanum)



wood Sedge







Something on the nettle stems.





Something else on the nettle stems - Calloria neglecta



Breaking out of a twig




Thanks
to

Tony Irwin for help with the insect ids
&
Yvonne Mynot with the fungi ids

Tags: HerbParis, WaterAvens, Dog'sMercuryRust, Callorianeglecta, WoodAvens, SpiderSp, CraneflySp, SoldierFlySp, SlimeMoldSp, SaporellaSp, Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa, Aelareaumurella, HypoxylonSP, Porteviniamaculata, EarlyPurpleOrchid, HairyBracket