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Alder Carr Woodland

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Cley


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Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

taking a preening moment in the sunshine before the fog came down again.

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Aylmerton

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Cley

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Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)

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Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)

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Drake Teal (Anas crecca)

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Pinkfooted Geese (Anser brachyrhynchus)

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Shoveller (Anas clypeata)

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Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

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Teal (Anas crecca)


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Cley



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Salthouse


One murky misty morning the sun slowly broke through.

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Pnkfeet (Anser brachyrhynchus) flying out from the roost for the day.

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A Sticky Groundsel (Senecia viscosus) still in flower.

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Two Shorelarks preening and feeding in amongst the stones.

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Salthouse

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Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris)

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Red Kite (Milvus milvus)

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Aphid Sp on the Tree Lupin growing on the Little Eye

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Cley

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Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)

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Cormorant (Phalacrocorax garbo)

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Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

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Redshank (Tringa totanus)

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Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

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Teal

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Teal & Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)



Teal (Anas crecca)

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Common Reed (Phragmites communis)

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Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

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Thursford Woods


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A venerable Oak (Quercus robur)

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Honey Fungus (Armillaria mellea)?

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Common Bonnet (Mycena galericulata)?

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Slender Club (Macrotyphea juncea)

Pipe Club (Macrotyphula fistulosa) was also present.

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Rosey Bonnet (Mycena rosea)

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Yellow Brain Fungus ( Tremella mesenterica)

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Split Pore crust (Schizopora paradoxa)?

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Mycena Sp?

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Beefsteak Fungus ( Fistulina hepatica)

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Common Grey Disco (Mollisia cinerea)?

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Clustered Bonnet (Mycena inclinata)?

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Bulbous Bonnet (Mycena stylobata)?

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Conifer Cone Cap (Baeospora myosura)

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Slime Mold Sp

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Cley

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Barn Owl (Tyto alba)

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Reed (Phragmites communis)

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Teal (Anas crecca)

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Kingfisher (Alcedo althis)

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Wheatfen

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Willow backlit in the morning sunshine.

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Hop (Humulus lupulus)

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Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus)

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Duck weed in the dyke

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Down in the wood.

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Dappled sunlight over the stream in the wood

World Fungus Day

Wheatfen 8th October 2022

A display created by the Norfolk Fungus Study Group graced the workshop at Wheatfen

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A chart showing past & present members of the Norfolk group

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Something about the types of Fungi found in Norfolk and where they like to grow.

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A book display

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A stereo microscope set up with some specimens for inspection

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One boy in particular enjoyed the compound microscope

And a superb display of mildews

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The ancient magnifier doing sterling service
Looking at Field Bird's Nest Fungus brought from Martham

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Field Bird's Nest (Cyathus olla)

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A splendid introduction to the morning

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Ready to foray with id charts at the ready

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Photographing a Gall created by Andricus querquuscorticis

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Dog's Vomit glimpsed on the tree stump

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A first sniff

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The eye glass stance

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The wise woman of the Forest complete with willow basket for samples

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The children stole the show

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A good session enjoyed by all

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Grey Shoulder-knot (Lithopane ornitopus) found on the wood pile.

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This is a fungus (the little pinky blobs) parasitic on a lichen.

Heterocephalacria physciacearum

on

Physcia adscendens


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A delightful Oak Bracket (Pseudoinonotus dradeus)

This did turn out to be Alder Bracket

The amber droplets exuding from the fungus are know as guttation.

More about guttation from Weird & Wonderful Wild Mushrooms

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A striking example of guttation seen on Alder Bracket some years ago.
A younger version of this species of fungus was seen today with no guttation


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Hypocrea Sp - Green Mould of Narcissus (Hypocrea rufa)?

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Orange Peel Fungus possibly but awaiting microscopy

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Willow Shield (Pluteus salicina)

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A selection of spore prints.

Very easy to do at home (just lay fungus with the gills turned down to the paper) but do have some black paper as well just in case you have a fungus with white spores.

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Wheatfen

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Alder (Alnus glutinosa)

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Yellow Water Lilly (Nyphea lutea)

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Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus)

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Syderstone Common

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Birch Polypore (Fomitopsis betulina)

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Creeping Cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans)

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Common Pincushion (Dicranoweisia cirrata) & Drumsticks (Aulocomnium androgynum)

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Common Pincushion (Dicranoweisia cirrata)

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Lovely community of Common Pincushion (Dicranoweisia cirrata) of a Birch (Betula pendula)

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Shaggy Scalycap (Pholliota squarrosa)

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Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)

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Grisette (Aminita vaginata)

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Fungus Sp

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Gramborough Hill

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Gramborough Hill

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Gramborough Hill


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Looking towards Cley

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Elder (Sambucus nigra)

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Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) feeding on the Elder berries.

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Sea Aster Mining Bees (Colletes halophilus)

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Spotted Satellite Fly (Miltogramma punctata)

Epeolus crucifer also present.

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Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

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Annual Sea-blite (Sueda maritima)

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Snettisham

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Linnet (Carduelis cannabina)- Blazzing in the morning sunshine

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Knot (Calidris canutus)

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Dunlin (Calidris Alpina) & Knot (Calidris canutus)

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Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

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Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)

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Teasle (Dipsacus fullonum)

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Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

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Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

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Dunlin (Calidris alpina) & Knot 9Calidris canutus)

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Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

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A little bit of scum flowing past.

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Curlew (Numenius arquata) & Bar Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)

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Curlew (Numenius arquata)

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Bar tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)

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Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

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Horned Poppy (Glaucium flavum)

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Leucsistic Oystercatcher

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Sanderling (Calidris alba) & Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

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Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

Comments

Wheatfen

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Marsh Sowthistle (Sonchus palustris)

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Megachile Sp? Looks like dark upstanding hairs at the end of the abdomen. Possibly Willughby's Leaf-cutter Bee (Megachile willughbyella)

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Peacock (Aglais io)

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Small Teasel (Dipsacus pilosus)

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Yellow-loosestrife Bee (Macropsis europea)

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Orange-belted Leaf Walker (Xylota segnis)

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Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguinium)

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Lassioglossum Sp?

Comments

Houghen Plantation

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Brown Argus (Aricia argestis)



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Rimplas - France

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Comments

Col d'Izoard - France

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Cold'IzoardB11010722-1

Cold'IzoardB12010622-5

Cold'IzoardB12010722-1

Cold'IzoardB12010722-2

Cold'IzoardB12010722-3

Cold'IzoardB12010722-4

Cold'IzoardB12010722-5

Cold'IzoardB13010722-1

Cold'IzoardB13010722-3

Cold'IzoardB14010722-1

Cold'IzoardB14010722-2

Cold'IzoardB15010722-1

Cold'IzoardB17010722-1

Cold'IzoardB19010722-2

Cold'IzoardB19010722-1

Cold'IzoardB20010722-1

Cold'IzoardB20010722-2

Cold'IzoardB20010722-3

Cold'IzoardB20010722-4

Cold'IzoardB20010722-5

Cold'IzoardB20010722-6

Cold'IzoardB20010722-7 1

Cold'IzoardB20010722-8

Cold'IzoardB20010722-9

Cold'IzoardBeetle010722-1

Cold'IzoardBurnet010722-1

Cold'IzoardBeetleGreen010722-1

Cold'IzoardClearwing010722-1

Cold'IzoardCragMartin010722-1

Cold'IzoardCragMartin010722-2

Cold'IzoardCragMartin010722-3

Cold'IzoardEintricaria010722-1

Cold'IzoardGrass010722-1

Cold'IzoardGreenMoth010722-1

Cold'IzoardHayrattle010722-1

Cold'IzoardHoverfly010722-1

Cold'IzoardHoverfly010722-2

Cold'IzoardKnapweed10722-1

Cold'IzoardKnapweed10722-2

Cold'IzoardKnapweed10722-3

Cold'IzoardLeaves010722-1

Cold'IzoardLonghorn010722-1

Cold'IzoardMoonwort10722-1

Cold'IzoardMoonwort10722-2

Moonwort (botrychium lunaria)

Cold'IzoardOnionis010722-1

Restharrow Sp

Cold'IzoardOrchid010722-1

Cold'IzoardOrchid010722-2

Cold'IzoardPink010722-1

Cold'IzoardPulsatilla010722-1

Cold'IzoardSaxifrage010722-1

Saxifrage Sp

Cold'IzoardSkipper010722-1

Cold'IzoardSkipper010722-2

Cold'IzoardStJohnsWort010622-1

Cold'IzoardUnknown010722-1

Cold'IzoardVanillaOrchid010722-1

Cold'IzoardVanillaOrchid010722-2

Cold'IzoardVanillaOrchid010722-3

Cold'IzoardWasp010722-1

Cold'IzoardWasp010722-2

Cold'IzoardYellow010722-1


Comments

Trimmingham

Trimmingham270622-1

Trimmingham270622-2

Trimmingham270622-3

Trimmingham270622-4

Trimmingham270622-5

Trimmingham270622-6


Beautiful but a little distant. Bee-eaters nesting in Norfolk

TrimminghamBeeeater270622-1

TrimminghamBeeeater270622-2

TrimminghamBeeeater270622-3

Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)



Comments

Alderfen Broad

AlderfenBroad120522-1


AlderfenBroadCpaniculata20522-1

AlderfenBroadCpaniculata20522-2

Greater Tussock-sedge (Carex paniculata)

AlderfenBroadCraneFlySp20522-1

Cranefly Sp? Tipula vernalis?

AlderfenBroadDamselfly20522-1

Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)

AlderfenBroadDamselfly120522-1

Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)

AlderfenBroadGalerinaSP 120522-1

AlderfenBroadHairyDragonfly120522-1

AlderfenBroadHairyDragonfly1205222-2jpg

Hairy Dragonfly (Brachytron pratense)

AlderfenBroadHover120522-1

Anasimyia lineata

AlderfenBroadLargeRedDamselfly120522-1

AlderfenBroadLargeRedDamselfly120522-2

AlderfenBroadLargeRedDamselfly120522-3

Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nyphula)

AlderfenBroadMoss1120522-1

Moss Sp

AlderfenBroadMoss2120522-1

AlderfenBroadMoss2120522-2

Moss Sp

AlderfenBroadRoyalFern120522-1

AlderfenBroadRoyalFern120522-2

AlderfenBroadRoyalFern120522-3

AlderfenBroadRoyalFern120522-4

Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis) unfolding

AlderfenBroadScarceChaser120522-1

AlderfenBroadScarceChaser120522-2

AlderfenBroadScarceChaser120522-3

AlderfenBroadScarceChaser120522-4

Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)

AlderfenBroadWaterViolet120522-1

Water Violet (Hottunia palustris)

Comments

Barford Mill

BarfordMill060522-1

BarfordMill060522-2

BarfordMill060522-3

BarfordMill060522-4

Comments

Frost's Common

Frost'sCommon050522-7

Frost'sCommon050522-1

Frost'sCommon050522-2

Frost'sCommon050522-3

Frost'sCommon050522-4

Frost'sCommon050522-5

Frost'sCommon050522-6

Frost'sCommonCalata050522-2

Frost'sCommonCalata050522-3

Frost'sCommonCalata050522-4

Frost'sCommonCalata050522-5

Frost'sCommonCpaniculata050522-1

Greater Tussock-sedge (Carex paniculata)

Frost'sCommonHpalustris050522-1 1

Frost'sCommonHpalustris050522-2

Water Violet (Hottonia palustris)

Frost'sCommonMoss050522-2

These are the capsules of Silesian Feather Moss (Herzogiella seligeri)

Not the best of pictures so a return visit is on the cards.

The actual moss was well hidden under a carpet of Kindbergia

Frost'sCommonNcurvifolia050522-1

Rustwort (Nowellia curvifolia)

Frost'sCommonOlyellii050522-1

Lyell's Bristle-moss (Pulvigera lyellii)

Frost'sCommonRfluitans050522-1

Floating Crystalwort (Riccia fluitans)

Frost'sCommonUbruchii050522-1

Ulota Sp

Frost'sCommonRpalustris050522-1

Frost'sCommonRpalustris050522-2

Frost'sCommonRpalustris050522-3

Marsh Yellow Cress (Rorippa palustris)

Frost'sCommonRscelaratus050522-1

Celery-leaved Buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus)


Comments

Gramborough Hill

GramboroughHill230422-1

From this

GramboroughHill140422-1

GramboroughHillWillowWarbler140422-2


to this

GramboroughHill230422-2

GramboroughHill230422-3

I'm not sure why someone has taken against the `Alexanders in thus way. They also smashed some down at the front of this little oasis.

On the surface it looks like the creation of a photo op stage.

If it was an ornithologist, I'd love to know the reasoning.



Comments

Little Eye

LittleEye190422-1

LittleEyeFly190422-1

LittleEyeFly190422-2

St Mark's Fly (Bibio marci) resting on Tree Lupin (Lupinus arboreus)

LittleEyeTreeLupin190422-1

LittleEyeTreeLupin190422-2

Flower head of the Tree Lupin encrusted with aphid sp

LittleEyeAphids190422-2

Aphid Sp on Tree Lupin (Lupinus arboreus)

Comments

Gramborough Hill

SalthouseBeeach170422-1

GramboroughHillBlackcap170422-1

♀︎

GramboroughHillBlackcap170422-2

GramboroughHillBlackcap170422-3

♂︎

Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)



Comments

Stiffkey fen

StiffkeyFen140422-1

StiffkeyFen140422-3

Plus the very briefest of glimpses of the Dusky Warbler




Comments

Gramborough Hill

SalthouseBeach140422-1

Looking towards Cley from the top of Gramborough Hill

GramboroughHillMeadowPipit140422-1

Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)

GramboroughHill140422-1

GramboroughHill140422-2

GramboroughHill140422-3

GramboroughHill140422-3 2

GramboroughHillAlexanders140422-1

Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)

GramboroughHillWillowWarbler140422-1

GramboroughHillWillowWarbler140422-5

GramboroughHillWillowWarbler140422-2

GramboroughHillWillowWarbler140422-3

Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) One of two this morning.

GramboroughHillGoldfinch140422-1

Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

Plus
a
Wheatear

SalthousePlant140422-1

SalthouseBeachPlant140422-2

SalthouseBeachPlant140422-3

?



Comments

Ruston Cliff Wood - Yorkshire

RustonCliffWood090422-1

RustonCliffWood090422-2

A fantastic woodland flora of anemone, Dog's Mercury, Violets, Celandines and Rush Sp underneath Sycamore, Birch and Beech

RustonCliffWoodAnemone090422-1

RustonCliffWoodAnemone090422-2

RustonCliffWoodAnemone090422-3

RustonCliffWoodAnemone090422-4

RustonCliffWoodAnemone090422-5

RustonCliffWoodAnemone090422-6

RustonCliffWoodAnemone090422-7

Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa)

RustonCliffWoodDogsMercury090422-1

Dog's Mercury (Mercurialis perennis) blowing in the wind.

RustonCliffWoodHoverflySp090422-1

Hoverfly Sp on Lesser Celandine ( Ficaria verna)

RustonCliffWoodLesserCelandine090422-1

RustonCliffWoodLesserCelandine090422-2

Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna)

RustonCliffWoodRushSp090422-1

Rush Sp

RustonCliffWoodViolet090422-1

RustonCliffWoodViolet090422-2

Dog Violet (Viola raviniana)

RustonCliffWoodMoss090422-1

Spiral Extinguisher-moss (Encalypta streptocarpa)

RustonCliffWoodComb-moss090422-1

Comb-moss (Ctenidium molluscum)

Comments

West Ayton - Yorkshire

WestAyton090422-1

Epiphyte laden Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)

WestAyton090422-2

WestAytonMarshMarigold090422-1

WestAytonMollyblobs090422-1

WestAytonMollyblobs090422-2

Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)

WestAyton090422-3

A rather lovely old Willow (Salix Sp)

WestAytonCress090422-6

WestAytonCress090422-1

WestAytonCress090422-2

WestAytonCress090422-3

WestAytonCress090422-4

WestAytonCress090422-5

Roadside Splendour

Comments

Ranworth

Ranworth260322-3

Ranworth260322-1

Ranworth260322-2

Carr Woodland

RanworthComma260322-1

Comma (Polygonia c-album)

RanworthGCG260322-1

RanworthGCG260322-9



RanworthGCG260322-4

RanworthGCG260322-5

RanworthGCG260322-6

RanworthGCG260322-7

RanworthGCG260322-8





Comments

Kelling Heath

2022-03-22 15-58-27 (B,Radius35,Smoothing8)

Lichen Sp

2022-03-22 16-06-11 (B,Radius35,Smoothing8)

Lichen Sp

2022-03-22 16-16-54 (B,Radius35,Smoothing8)

Forked Veilwort (Metzgeria furcata)

2022-03-22 16-50-40 (B,Radius35,Smoothing8)

Lichen Sp

2022-03-22 16-58-13 (B,Radius35,Smoothing8)

Lichen Sp

2022-03-22 17-24-13 (B,Radius35,Smoothing8)

?

KellingHeath220322-1

KellingHeath220322-2

KellingHeath220322-3

KellingHeath220322-4

KellingHeath220322-5

Some rather wonderful Oak Woodland on the the east slope of Kelling Heath

In the stubble

KellingHeathLittleBunting220322-1

KellingHeathLittleBunting220322-2

KellingHeathLittleBunting220322-3

KellingHeathLittleBunting220322-4

KellingHeathLittleBunting220322-5

KellingHeathLittleBunting220322-7

KellingHeathLittleBunting220322-9

KellingHeathLittleBunting220322-10

KellingHeathLittleBunting220322-11

Little Bunting (Embiriza pusilla)

KellingHeath220322-6

Comments

Barnham Broom Fen

Something from Hoveton to wet everyone's appetite

HovetomEsaccharinum200322-1

HovetomEsaccharinum200322-2


HovetomEsaccharinum200322-3

Sultanas on a stick?

Pine Jelly (Exidia saccharina)

Barnham Broom Fen

BarnhamBroomFen200322-1

BarnhamBroomFen200322-2

Fresh Reed Cutting

BarnhamBroomFen200322-3

BarnhamBroomFen200322-4

New ponds

BarnhamBroomFen200322-7

BarnhamBroomFen200322-8


BarnhamBroomFen200322-9

Alder (Alnus glutinosa) woodland. - About 40 years old.

BarnhamBroomFen200322-11BarnhamBroomFen200322-12

BarnhamBroomFen200322-13

Older Alder

BarnhamBroomFenGalrinaSp200322-1

Galerina Sp with Swan's-neck Thyme-moss (Mnium hornum) in the background.


BarnhamBroomFenHtortuosa200322-1

Mycelium pattern of Dewdrop Bonnet (Hemimycena tortuosa)

BarnhamBroomFenHtortuosa203022-2

BarnhamBroomFenHtortuosa200322-3

Dewdrop Bonnet

Mark the top one was taken with the 1.6 filter.

The bottom one was taken with the 1.6 Filter plus the Raynox 250 filter - giving 3.6 magnification.


BarnhamBroomFenWartFungus200322-1

Fungus growing on a Woodwart Sp

To be identified

Mark - This one taken with the combined 1.6 & 2.5

UpgateCommonRuby160322-1

For comparison a Ruby Red microfungi also growing on a Woodwart Sp found at Upgate Common.

This one likely to be dialonectria epispheria


BarnhamBroomFenLichen200322-1

BarnhamBroomFenLichen200322-2

Lichen Sp growing on Oak.

Phlictis argenea

from the

British Lichen Society


BarnhamBroomFenHawthorn200322-1

On the Hawthorn Berry

BarnhamBroomFenHawthorn200322-2

Haw Goblet (Monilinia johnsonii)

from
UK Fungi


BarnhamBroomFenDog'sMercury200322-1

Dog's Mercury ( Mercurialis perennis)

BarnhamBroomCommonOpposite-leadGoldenSaxifrage200322-2

Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium)

BarnhamBroodFenPinkgill220322-1

Pinkgill Sp Entoloma Sp

BarhamBroomFenOrange200322-1

This one confused everyone.

To be determined.

BarnhamBroomFenElfcup200322-1

Elfcup Sp

from

Mark Jpy

Sarcoscypha austriaca, Scarlet Elfcup I found these on rotting fallen logs & thick branches (of Willow sp. I think) in moss.

Under the microscope the cup surface hairs were very colied (ruling out Ruby Elfcup, Sarcoscypha coccinea) & also the spores were too wide for Ruby Elf Cup).


BarnhamBroomFenFungusonLichen200322-1

BarnhamBroomFenFungusonLichen200322=2

Fungus ona Lichen

Both to be determined.

Mark again the top one taken with the 1.6 and the lower one with the combined 1.6 & 2.5

Comments

Wheatfen

Wheatfen180322-1

Wheatfen180322-2

Wheatfen180322-3

Wheatfen180322-4

WheatfenMollyblob190322-1

WheatfenMollyblob190322-2

WheatfenMollyblob190322-3

WheatfenMollyblob190322-4

Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)

Wheatfen180322-5

Wheatfen180322-6

Wheatfen180322-7

Wheatfen180322-9

Wheatfen180322-10

Wheatfen180322-11

WheatfenBuzzard180322-1

Buzzard (Buteo buteo)

WheatfenMoss180322-1

Bonfire Moss (Funaria hygrometrica)

WheatfenTimmia160322-1

WheatfenTimmia180322-2

WheatfenTimmia180322-3

WheatfenTmegapolitana180322-1

WheatfenTmegapolitana180322-3

WheatfenTmegapolitana180322-6+

WneatfenTimmia180322-4

WheatfenTimmia180322-5


Indian Feather-moss (Timmia megapolitana)

First found by Bob Ellis in 2000 and Wheatfen is still the only British Site for this moss.

from the

Red Data Book

Wheatfen Broad, part of the Ted Ellis Nature Reserve within the Yare Broads and Marshes SSSI, where Bob Ellis first found it in 2000 is still the only British site for this moss. It occurs on willow branches lying on bare mud in carr woodland where tidal flows mean that it can be under water for a number of days. The nearest population to that at Wheatfen, is in the Netherlands where it grows in similar conditions. Although found, so far, in only two adjacent 2 km grid squares, the Norfolk population is estimated at well over two million individual plants. Given concerns about Timmia megapolitana elsewhere in Europe, the population here appears to be of high conservation importance. by Mary Ghullam




WheatfenTimmia180322-6

WheatfenTimmia180322-7

WheatfenTimmia180322-8

WheatfenTimmia180322-9

Freshwater tidal Sallix Carr.

Comments

Rockland Broad

RocklandBroad180322-1

Willow Sp

RocklandBroadGCG180322-1

Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

Comments

Hunstanton

Hunstanton100322-1

Hunstanton100322-2

Hunstanton100322-3

Hunstanton100322-6

Hunstanton100322-5

Hunstanton100322-4

Hunstanton100322-7

Hunstanton100322-8

Hunstanton100322-9

Hunstanton100322-10

Hunstanton100322-11

Hunstanton100322-12

Hunstanton100322-13

Hunstanton100322-14

Hunstanton100322-15

Hunstanton100322-16

Comments

Wheatfen

Wheatfen090322-1

Still enough for good reflections.

WheatfenBullrush090322-1

Reedmace (typha latifolia) reflection

WheatfenReedBunting090622-1

Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) singing in the early morning light.

Wheatfen090322-2

WheatfenSiskin090322-1

WheatfenSiskin090322-2

An adult male Siskin (Carduelis spinus) high up in the Poplar nibbling on the catkins.

Wheatfen090322-4WheatfenTussockGrass090322-1

Greater Tussock Sedge (Carex stricta)

WheatfenLTT090322-1

Long Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) gathering nest material.

WheatfenTeal090322-1

A pair of Teal (Anas crecca) flushed by a Marsh Harrier

WheatfenCrust090322-1

Netted Crust (Byssomerulius coreum)



WheatfenFurry090322-2

A dark furry looking fungus that doesn't really come across in this photograph.

Chaetosphaerella phaestroma

WheatfenCupFungus090322-1

Unknown?

WheatfenElfcup090322-1

Scarlet Elf Cup Sp

WheatfenGlisteningInkcap090322-1

Glistening Inkcap (Coprinellus micaceus)

WheatfenHypoxylon090322-1

Hypoxylon Sp?

WheatfenLichenSp090322-1

WheatfenLichenSp090322-3

WheatfenLichenSp090322-2

WheatfenLichenSp090322-4

Lichen Sp

WheatfenOddness090322-1

Something of an unknown.?

WheatfenollaSp090322-1

?

WheatfenPeniophoraSp090322-1

WheatfenPeniophoraSp090322-2

Peniophora Sp?

Wheatfen090322-5

Wheatfen090322-6

Wheatfen090322-7

Deep Water

Comments

Wheatfen

Wheatfen080322-1

Wheatfen080322-2

Wheatfen080322-3

WheatfenGall080322-2

WheatfenGall080322-3

WheatfenGall080322-4

The Gall of the Yellow flat-footed Fly (Agathomyia wankowiczii) on Artist's Bracket (Ganoderma aplanata)

The little fly is actually a wonderful bright orange with red eyes but very rarely seen.

First UK find was in Kent in 1990.

WheatfenRussilinia080322-1

?

WheatfenAlderCup080322-1

Alder Goblet Cup Fungus (Ciboria caucus)

WheatfenAlder080322-1

WheatfenAlder080322-2

Alder(Alnus glutinosa) in the evening light

WheatfenMarshHarrier080322-1

A brief glimpse of a Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) over the tree tops.

Comments

Houghen Plantation

HoughenPlantationPondClump070322-1

HoughenPlantationPondClump070322-2

Pond Clump (!3)

HoughenPlantationValleyFen070322-1

HoughenPlantationValleyFen070322-2

Valley FenMire & Wet Heath

HoughenPlantationBoundaryValleyFen&ScrubLand070322-1

Boundary ditch between Poplar Plantation & Secondary Woodland & the Scrub/Bracken & Rough Grass

HoughenPlantationUlottaSp070322-1

Crisped/Bruch's Pincushion (Ulotta crispa/bruchii)

HoughenPlantationFdilatata070322-1

Dilated Scalewort (Frullen dilatata) and Cypress-leaved Plait Moss (Hypnum cupressiforme)

HoughenPlantationScrub070322-1

HoughenPlantationScrub070322-2

Scrub, Bracken, Rough grass (Formerly part of the Pine Plantation)

HoughenPlantationPinePlantation070322-1

HoughenPlantationPinePlantation070322-2

Scot's Pine Plantation (Pinus sylvestris)

HoughenPlantationWhinnyHills070322-1

Chestnut (Castanea sativa) Coppice & Silver Birch (Betula Sp) - Whinny Hills

Comments

East Wretham

EastWretham060322-1

EastWrethamHornbeam060322-1

EastWrethamHornbeam060322-2

EastWrethamHornbeam060322-3

Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)

EastWrethamHornbeam060322-4

Oak (Quercus robur) & Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)

EastWrethmUlottaSp060322-1

Crisped /Bruch's Pincushion (Ulotta Sp)

EastWrethamDcirrata060322-1

Common Pincushion (Dicranoweisia cirrata)

EastWrethamBrecurvirostrum060322-2

EastWrethamBrecurvirostrum060322-3

Red Beard-moss (Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum)





Comments

Houghen Plantation

HoughenPlantationFen280222-1

HoughenPlantationFen280222-2

HoughenPlantationFen280222-3

In the Fen Area

HoughenPlantationFenStump280222-1

Fen Stump

HoughenPlantationSphagnum280222-3

HoughenPlantationSphagnum280222-6

HoughenPlantationpalustre280222-1

Bog Groove-moss (Aulucomnium palustre) with felt on the stem in amongst Blunt-leaved Bog-moss (Sphagnum palustre)

HoughenPlantationPolytrichum280222-1

HoughenPlantationPolytrichum280222-2

HoughenPlantationPolytrichum280222-4

HoughenPlantationPolytrichum280222-3

HoughenPlantationPolytrichum280222-7

Male Plants

HoughenPlantationPolytrichum280222-5

Female Plants

Juniper Haircap (Polytrichum juniperinum)

HoughenPlantationCintroflexus280222-1

Heath Star-moss )Campylopus introflexus)

HoughenPlantationDheteromalla280222-1

Cape Thread Moss (Orthodontium lineare)

HoughenPlantationPellia280222-1

New growth on Overleaf Pellia (Pellia epiphylla)

HoughenPlantationSfallax280222-1

HoughenPlantationSfallax280222-2

Flat-topped Bog-moss (Sphagnum fallax)

In this case green but can also be a mustard colour.

You can see many of the fascicle branches spreading out curving away from the stem but it also just possible to see the slender pendent branches lying close next to the stem.

HoughenPlantationSpalustre280222-3

Blunt-leaved Bog-moss (Sphagnum palustre)

Comments

Cley

CleyBrent260222-1

CleyBrent260222-2

CleyBrent260222-3

Brent (Branta bernicla)

CleyMarshHarrier260222-2

CleyMarshHarrier260222-6

CleyMarshHarrier260222-1

CleyMarshHarrier260222-5

CleyMarshHarrier260222-7

CleyMarshHarrier260222-4

Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

Cley260222-1

CleyPintail260222-1

Cley260222-2

CleyPintail260222-2

Pintail (Anas acuta)

CleyRBG260222-1

CleyRBG260222-2

Red Breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)

CleyReedBunting260222-1

CleyReedBunting260222-2

Reed Bunting (Embiriza schoeniclus)

CleyShellduck260222-1

Shellduck (Tadorna tadorna)

CleyStonechat260222-1

CleyStonechat260222-2

Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)

Cley260222-3

Cley260222-4

Comments

Cley

SalthouseHill240222-1

from

Salthouse Hill

Cley240222-1

Cley240222-2

Cley240222-3

Cley240222-4

CleyBrent240222-1

Cley240222-6

Looking towards Salthouse from the Beach Road

Cley240322-5

Looking towards Blakeney from the Beach Rd

CleyBrent240222-3

CleyBrent240222-4

CleyBrent240222-5

CleyBrent240222-6

Brent & Golden Plover over the Eye Field

CleyGoldenPlover240222-1

CleyGoldenPlover240222-2

CleyGoldenPlover240222-4

Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)

Cley240222-7

CleyBrent240222-7

Brent (Branta bernicla) plus one.

CleyRBG240222-2

Red Breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)

CleyPinkfeet240222-1

CleyPinkfeet240222-2

CleyPinkfeet240222-3

CleyPinkfeet240222-4

Pink Footed Geese (Anser brachyrhynchus) in the evening light.










Comments

Cockthorpe Common

CockthorpeCommon230222-1

CockthorpeCommon110222-1

CockthorpeCommon230222-2

CockthorpeCommon230222-3

CockthorpeCommonLcelandine110222-2

Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna)

CockthorpeCommonMrectum23022-1

Upright Pottia (Microbryum rectum)

CockthorpeCommonPcuspidatum230222-1

Cuspidate Earth-moss (Phascum cuspidate) & Lesser Bird's Claw Beard-moss (Barbula convolute)

CockthorpeCommonTvahliana230222-1

CockthorpeCommonTvahliana230222-2

CockthorpeCommonTvahliana230222-3

CockthorpeCommonTvahliana230222-4

Chalk Screw-moss (Tortula vahliana)

CockthorpeCommonHlutescens230222-1

Yellow Feather-moss (Homolothecium lutescens)

Comments

Blakeney Freshes

Under glorious skies the Pinkfeet flew in about 11.30am

BlakeneyFreshes080222-1

BlakeneyFreshes080222-3

BlakeneyFreshes080222-6

BlakeneyFreshes080222-7

BlakeneyFreshesRedKite080222-5

BlakeneyFreshesRedKite080222-3

BlakeneyFreshesRedKite080222-4

A pair of Red Kites (Milvus milvus) quartering the reed bed.

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-2

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-3

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-4

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-5

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-6

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-7

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-8

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-9

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-10

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-11

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-12

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-13

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-14

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-15

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-16

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-17

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-19

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-20

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-21

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-22

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-23

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-24

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-25

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-26

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-27

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-29

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-30

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-31

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-32

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-33

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-34

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-35

BlakeneyFreshesPinkFootedGoose080222-35c

BlakeneyFreshesPinkFootedGoose080222-35b

BlakeneyFreshesPinkFootedGoose080222-35a

BlakeneyFreshesPinkFootedGoose080222-35d

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-36

BlakeneyFreshesPinkfeet080222-38

Pink Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)


Comments

Spout Hills



SpoutHills030222-1

SpoutHills030222-2

SpoutHills030222-3

SpoutHills030222-4

SpoutHills030222-5

SpoutHills030222-6

SpoutHills030222-7

SpoutHillsSnowdrop030222-1

Snowdrop (Galanthis nivalis)

SpoutHillsAserpens030222-1

SpoutHillsAserpens030222-2

SpoutHillsAserpens030222-3

Creeping feather-moss (Amblystegium serpens)

SpoutHillsBrubens030222-1

Crimson-tuber Thread-moss (Bryum rubens)

SpoutHillsBrutabulum030222-1

Rough Stalked Feather-moss (Brachythecium rutabulum)

Note the bright lime green new growth tips.

SpoutHillsDcirrata030222-1

Common Pincushion (Dicranoweissia cirrata)

Note the yellow seta

SpoutHillsDvinealis030222-1


Soft-tufted Beard-moss (Didymodon vinealis)

Although curled leaves; the leaves only twist slightly and become adpressed to the stem when dry.

SpoutHillsHairyCurtainCrust030222-1

Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum)

SpoutHillsNettedCrust030222-1

Netted Crust (Byssomerulius corium)

SpoutHillsOhians030222-1

SpoutHillsOhians030222-2

Shoot tip

Swartz's Feather-moss (Oxyrrhynchium hians)

Unusually large mats growing on a wall.

SpoutHillsPacuminatum030222-1

SpoutHillsPacuminatum030222-2

On an area of freshly cleared ground the pioneer species Taper-leaved Earth-moss (pleuridium acuminatum)

SpoutHillsWhiteTippedBristle-moss030222-1

White-tipped Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum diaphanum)

SpoutHillsYokeMoss030222-1

SpoutHillsZviridissimus030222-5

x 1000

Yoke-moss Sp (Zygodon Sp)

The longitudinal walls of the gemmae mean this is

Green Yoke-moss (Zygodon viridissimus)

SpoutHillsPriparoides030222-1

SpoutHillsPriparoides030222-2

Long-beaked Water Feather-moss (Platyhypnidium riparioides)

SpoutHillsCfilicinum030222-1

SpoutHillsCfilicinum030222-2

Fern-leaved Hook-moss (Cratneuron filicinum)

SpoutHillsMviolacea030222-1

SpoutHillsMviolacea030222-2

SpoutHillsMviolacea030222-3

Bluish Veilwort (Metzgeria fruticulosa)

SpoutHillsSwan'sNeckThyme-moss030222-1

Swan's-neck Thyme-moss (Mnium hornum)

SpoutHillsRpumila030222-1 1

Dwarf Feather-moss (Rhynchostegiella pumila)

SpoutHillsHard030222-1

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)


Comments

Covehithe - Suffolk

Covehithe300122-1

Covehithe300122-2

CovehitheMarramGrass300122-1

CovehitheSpray300122-1

CovehitheSpray300122-2

CovehitheSpray300122-3

CovehitheSpray300122-4

CovehitheSpray300122-5

CovehitheSpray300122-6

CovehitheSpray300122-7

CovehitheSpray300122-9

CovehitheSpray300122-10

CovehitheSpray300122-11



Comments

Minsmere - Suffolk

Minsmere300122-1

MinsmereRabbit300122-1

Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Minsmere300122-2

MinsmereSparrowhawk290122-1

Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

MinsmereRobin300122-1

Robin (Erithacus rubecula)

MinsmereMarshHarrier300122-1

MinsmereMarshHarrier300122-2

MinsmereMarshHarrier300122-3

Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)



Comments

Minsmere - Suffolk

Minsmere290122-1

MinsmereGoldfinch290122-

MinsmereGoldfinch290122-1

MinsmereGoldfinch290122-3

MinsmereGoldfinch290122-4

Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

MinsmereSiskin290122-1

MinsmereSiskin290122-2

MinsmereSiskin290122-3

MinsmereSiskin290122-4

MinsmereSiskin290122-6

MinsmereSiskin290122-7

MinsmereSiskin290122-8

MinsmereSiskin290122-9

MinsmereSiskin290122-10

MinsmereSiskin290122-11

Siskin (Carduelis spinus)

MinsmereBeardedTit290122-1

MinsmereBeardedTit290122-2

MinsmereBeardedTit290122-3

MinsmereBeardedTit290122-6

MinsmereBeardedTit290122-10

MinsmereBeardedTit290122-12

MinsmereBeardedTit290122-13

MinsmereBeardedTit290122-18

MinsmereBeardedTit290122-19

MinsmereBeardedTit290122-23

MinsmereBeardedTit290122-24

MinsmereBeardedTit290122-28

MinsmereBeardedTit290122-32

MinsmereBeardedTit290122-36

MinsmereBeardedTit290122-37

MinsmereBeardedTit290122-39

MinsmereBeardedTit290122-42

MinsmereBeardedTit290122-116

Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)

MinsmereWhooper290122-1

MinsmereWhooper290122-2

MinsmereWhooper290122-3

MinsmereWhooper290122-4

MinsmereWhooper290122-5

MinsmereWhooper290122-7

MinsmereWhooper290122-8

Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)





Comments

Walberswick - Suffolk

Walberswick280122-1

Walberswick280122-2

Walberswick280122-3

Comments

Minsmere - Suffolk

Minsmere280122-1

Minsmere280122-2

Minsmere280122-3

Minsmere280122-4

Minsmere280122-5

Minsmere280122-6

MinsmereTeal280122-1

Teal (Anas crecca)

MinsmereBeardedTit280122-1

Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)

MinsmereBlueTit280122-1

MinsmereBlueTit280122-2

MinsmereBlueTit280122-3

MinsmereBlueTit280122-4

Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)

MinsmereGoldcrest280122-1

Golcrest (Regulus regulus)

MinsmereMagpie280122-3

MinsmereMagpie280122-4

MinsmereMagpie280122-5

Magpie (Pica pica)

MinsmereBeardedTit280122-3

MinsmereBeardedTit280122-5

MinsmereBeardedTit280122-8

MinsmereBeardedTit280122-9

MinsmereBeardedTit280122-10

MinsmereBeardedTit280122-11

MinsmereBeardedTit280122-15

MinsmereBeardedTit280122-16

MinsmereBeardedTit280122-20

Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)

MinsmereStonechat280122-1

Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)






Comments

Orford - Suffolk

Orford270122-

Orford270122-3

Orford270122-4

Orford270122-5

Orford270122-6

Orford270122-7

Orford270122-8

Comments

Minsmere - Suffolk

Minsmere270122-

Minsmere270122-1

Minsmere270122-3

Minsmere270122-4

Oak (Quercus robur)

MinsmereGadwall270122-1

Gadwall (Anas strepera)

MinsmereDunlin270122-1

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

MinsmereShoveller270122-1

MinsmereShoveller270122-2

MinsmereShoveller270122-3

Shoveller (Anas clypeata)

MinsmereTeal270122-1

MinsmereTeal270122-2

Teal (Ana crecca)

MinsmereWhooper270122-1

MinsmereWhooper270122-3

MinsmereWhooper270122-4

MinsmereWhooper270122-5

MinsmereWhooper270122-6

MinsmereWhooper270122-7

Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)

MinsmereBeardedTit270122-2

MinsmereBeardedTit270122-3

MinsmereBeardedTit270122-4

MinsmereBeardedTit270122-5

MinsmereBeardedTit270122-6

MinsmereBeardedTit270122-8

Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)

Comments

Walberswick - Suffolk

WalberswickMarsh270122-1

WalberswickMarsh270122-2

WalberswickReedMace270122-1

Great Reed Mace (Typha latifolia)

WalberswickGWE270122-1

WalberswickGWE270122-2

Great White Egret (Ardea alba)

Comments

Eastbridge - Suffolk

Eastbridge260122-1

Eastbridge260122-2

Eastbridge260122-3

Oak (Quercus robur)

Eastbridge260122-4

Alder (Alnus glutinosa)

Eastbridge260122-5

Eastbridge260122-6

Eastbridge260122-7

Eastbridge260122-8

Eastbridge260122-9

Alder (Alnus glutinosa)

Eastbridge260122-10

Salix Sp

Comments

Kelling Heath

KellingHeath180122-1

Silver Birch (Betual pendula)

KellingHeathFdilatata180122-1

Dilated Scalewort (Frullania dilatata) with new growth.

KellingHeathFungus180122-1

KellingHeathFungus180122-2

KellingHeathFungus180122-3

Cushion Bracket (Phellinus pomaceus) on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)

KellingHeathLichenSp180122-1

Staghorn Lichen (Evernia prunastri)

KellingHeathMfurcata180122-1

Forked Veilwort (Metzgeria furcata)

Comments

Winterton

Winterton140122-1

WintertonDunes140122-1

WintertonDunes140122-2

WintertonGrass140122-1

WintertonHeather140122-1

WintertonOak140122-1

WintertonOak140122-2

WintertonOak140122-3

Stunted Oak (Quercus robur)

WintertonMarshHarrier140122-1

Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

WintertonSEO140122-1

WintertonSEO140122-2

WintertonSEO140122-4

WintertonSEO140122-3

WintertonSEO140122-5

Sort Eared Owl - (Asio flammeus)

Like a tinted Woodcut in the evening light.

Comments

Freiston Shore

FreistonSHore130122-1

FreistonSHore130122-2

FreistonShore130122-3

Comments

Blakeney Freshes

BlakeneyFreshes120122-1

BlakeneyFreshes120122-2

BlakeneyFreshes120122-3

BlakeneyFreshes120122-4

BlakeneyFreshes120122-5

BlakeneyFreshes120122-6

Comments

Dersingham Bog

DersinghamBog030122-1

DersinghamBog030122-2

DersinghamBogDungBeetle030122-1

Dung Beetle

DersinghamBogDungFungus030122-1

Dung Fungus Sp

Turned out to be


Cow Pat Gem (Cheilymenia granulata)

Thanks to Mark Joy for id

DersinghamBogFungusJuicyLucy030122-1

Fungus Sp on Neat feather-moss (Pseudoscleropodium purum)

From Steve Judd

The small white things growing on moss happily allowed me to find plentiful spores to measure and lots of
hyphae with a complete absence of clamp connections leave me comfortable that I have Arrhenia retiruga - Small Moss Oysterling.

Small Moss Oysterling (Arrhenia retiruga)

DersinghamBogFungusSp030122-1

DersinghamBogFungusSp030122-2

DersinghamBogOrange150122-1

Fungus Sp

This one turned out to be Byssonectria terrestris

From

First Nature


Thanks to Mark Joy for id.

DersinghamBogFungusSp2030122-1

Young Fungus Sp?

DersinghamBogMelastizaSp030122-1

DersinghamBogMelastizaSp030122-2

DersinghamBogMelistizacornubiensis030122-1

Melastiza contorta

DersinghamBogOrangeCup030122-1

DersinghamBogOrangeCup030122-2

Orange Cup Sp?

from

Steve Judd

Now to the less certain, the little orange cup jobbies: If you want to read the full process of the addled mind of a confused very amateur mycologist read on otherwise skip to the end. These little orange jobbies were a real challenge. I started with microscopy so that I knew the spore size, shape, surface and contents as well as what the paraphyses looked like before working through the Fungi of temperate Europe book looking for something similar. The paraphyses fitted nicely to the Melastiza family the spore size fitted Melastiza cornubiensis although the fruiting body didn't look right and the spores lacked reticulations, I considered M. flavorubens as that has warts on the spores rather than reticulations but no these really are smooth. Not a Melastiza so on to Octospora as the spore shape was right but far too small. Some of the Anthrocobia looked really promising in both spore shape, size and even the paraphyses looked close, the downside being thatAnthrocobia only grow on recent fire sites and there really wasn't any evidence of a recent burn. I worked through the good old faithful Peter Thompson rechecking everything that I had already lookedat and adding many more including a few absurd ideas out of desperation such as Cheilymenia vitellina which had the right sized spores but wrong habitat. Then after what felt like may hours of poring throughthe pages, out of the book leapt the perfect answer, spore size well within range, the book described perfectly the hairs on the outer surface, the fungi grow individually or in small groups on soil under deciduous trees, sandy soil, heathland, grassland and under bracken. This one has been recorded once in Norfolk identified by Tony Leach at Beeston Regis Common, I am going to have to check with Tony but in the mean time I am going to tentatively suggest Pseudaleuria fibrillosa. Of course I am very open to the likelihood that I am completely wrong and will be very interested to hear what you folks come up
with from your findings and research.




Pseudaleuria fibrillosaParaphyses01

Pseudaleuria fibrillosaSpores02

Pseudaleuria fibrillosaSpores01

Pseudaleuria fibrillosaParaphyses32

This was later confirmed by Tony

The full deliberations from Steve

I have a tentative ID that I would greatly appreciate your thoughts on.
Gill and I went to Dersingham bog to meet up with Mike and Mark for a walk. Whilst there Gill found some small, bright orange yellow 1-1.5cm cups growing singly and in small groups on the sandy soil on the higher heath type ground amongst the moss. These had a look of Melastiza without the black edge hairs although this family was probably what sprang to mind having just been looking at the M. contorta.
I took one home for further examination and below are my observations and thoughts:
I started with a close examination under the stereo microscope, internally they were very little different under the stereo than seen by the naked eye, the outer infertile surface was more interesting with apparent hairs more prolific nearer the rim, some paler and some darker but none that were actually black.
Moving to microscopy to get the spore size, shape, surface and contents as well as seeing what the paraphyses looked like.
Spores (14) 15-17 (18) x 7- 8 (9) µm smooth with an apparent thick wall evident in those showing contents, but without any obvious surface ornamentation. Having examined with water I then tried again this time using Meltzer's, again with disclosing solution and finally with Lactophenol cotton blue to be sure that they really were smooth, which they were even at x1000.
Paraphyses were long slender with a very swollen tip and a yellow contents when viewed in water. The paraphyses and asci showed no reaction to Iodine.
Confident that it wasn't anything that I recognised I then worked through the books (Fungi of temperate Europe, Fungi of Switzerland vol 1 and Peter Thompson Ascomycetes) looking for something similar.
My deliberations:
The paraphyses fitted nicely to the Melastiza family but none of them were right for various reasons. I considered Octospora as the spore shape was right but wrong size. Some of the Anthrocobia looked really promising in both spore shape, size and even the paraphyses looked close, the downside being that Anthrocobia appear to only grow on recent fire sites and there really wasn't any evidence of a recent burn. I continued through the books rechecking everything that I had already looked at and adding many more less likely ideas out of desperation such as Cheilymenia vitellina which had the right sized spores but wrong habitat.
Going again through Peter Thompson I noticed
Pseudaleuria fibrillosa which wasn't in any of the other books. Working through the description the spore size was within range, the description of paraphyses seemed right, the book described perfectly the hairs on the outer surface, the fungi growing individually or in small groups on soil under deciduous trees, sandy soil, heathland, grassland and under bracken. Looking this one up on the internet I found very little apart from an article on "The occurrence of Pseudaleuria fibrillosa in Sicily" My Italian is non existent but the photos in the document showed spores and paraphyses that were a perfect match to what I had photographed through the microscope, leaving me feeling relatively comfortable with my ID.
Of course the next thing I did was check the Norfolk Mycota to discover that it has only been recorded once in Norfolk identified by yourself at Beeston Regis Common, seeing as it was that uncommon my confidence in my ID rapidly diminished. I am very open to the likelihood that I am completely wrong and will be very interested to hear what you think. I have attached a few photographs of the fruiting body in situ and our microscopy images.
Many thanks for reading through all this.




Pseudaleria fibrillosa


DersinghamBogYellowlegBonnet030122-1

DersinghamBogYellowlegBonnet030122-2

Yellowleg Bonnet (Mycena epipterygia)

This is has an extremely sticky characteristic. It's very difficult to put down once picked up.

You can see the stickiness on the stype.





Comments

Hickling

Hickling010122-1

Hickling010122-2

Hickling010122-3

HicklingRobin010122-1

Robin (Erithacus rubecula)

HicklingStonechat010122-1

Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)

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