"For now we are young let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see" Neutral Milk Hotel.

Sunday, 27 November 2016

Green Woodpecker


Green Woodpecker, Holme Marsh, 27.11.2016




Hibernating Hoverflies

Eristalis tenax (female), Holme NWT, 20.11.2016




Eristalinus aeneus, females, Holme NWT, 20.11.2016

Sunday, 20 November 2016

Lichens from the Downs, Dunes and Holmhurst Track

Micarea denigrata, Ringstead Downs, 19th November 2016



Ramalina farinacea, Holmhurst Track, 19th November 2016



Peltigera canina, Holme Dunes, 19th November 2016


Cladonia chlorophacaeae, Holme NWT, 19th November 2016


Amandinea punctata, Ringstead Downs (on Field Maple), 19th November 2016


Parmotrema perlatum, Holmhurst Track, 19th November 2016


Phlyctis argena, Ringstead Downs, 19th November 2016


A scarce seashore woodlouse at Holme

Armadillidium album, Gore Point, 12th September 2016




A scarce upper shore species often found under driftwood.

Saturday, 19 November 2016

Off Patch: a rare woodlouse at Snettisham

Porcellio laevis, Snettisham, 13th November 2016


Eight more churchyard lichens

Lecanora sulphurea, Old Hunstanton Church, 19th November 2016


Lecanora albescens, Old Hunstanton Church, 19th November 2016


Verrucaria hochstetteri, Old Hunstanton church, 19th November 2016


Cladonia pocillum, Old Hunstanton church, 19th November 2016


Tephromela atra, Old Hunstanton church, 19th November 2016


Parmelia sulcata, Old Hunstanton church, 19th November 2016


Caloplaca teicholyta, Old Hunstanton church, 19th November 2016


Collema tenax, Old Hunstanton church, 19th November 2016


Sprawler

Sprawler, Ringstead Downs, 19th November 2016



Spindle

Spindle, Ringstead Downs, 19th November 2016


Thursday, 17 November 2016

Eight Churchyard Lichens

Sulphur lichen Psilolechia lucida, Holme Churchyard, 13th November 2014


Melanelixa fuliginosa, Old Hunstanton Church, 14th November 2016


Physcia adscendens, Old Hunstanton Church, 14th November 2016


Diploicia canescens, Old Hunstanton Church grounds wall, 14th November 2016


Physconia grisea, Old Hunstanton Church outer wall, 14th November 2016


Buellia aethelea Hunstanton Church, on marble, 14th November 2016


Verrucaria nigrescens,  Holme Churchyard, 13th November 2016


Caloplaca flavescens, Holme Church Wall, 13th November 2016




Monday, 14 November 2016

Spectacular Rustgill

Spectacular Rustgill Gymnopilus junonius, on pine stump, Holme NOA, 26th October 2016


Sunday, 13 November 2016

Sunday Fungi-fest at Holme

Brittlegill, Russula sp, Holme NWT, 13th November 2016


Conifer Cone Cap, Baeospora myosura, Holme NWT, 13th November 2016


Stinking Dapperling, Lepiota cristata, Holme NWT, 13th November 2016


Toad's Ear, Otidia bufonia, Holme NWT, 13th November 2016


Sessile Earthstar, Geastrum fimbriatum, Holme NWT, 13th November 2016


Screaming babies' arms, Ramaria curta, Holme NWT, 13th November 2016


Jelly Rot, Phlebia tremellosa, Holme NWT, 13th November 2016


Arrhenia spathulata on moss, Holme NWT, 13th November 2016


Scaly Stalkball, Tulostoma melancocylcum, Holme NWT, 13th November 2016


possible Dune Brittlegill Psathyrella ammophila on roots of marram grass, Holme NWT, 13th November 2016


Probable Cellypha goldbachii on Marram grass stem, Holme NWT, 13th November 2016


Grey Puffball, Bovista plumbea, Holme NOA, 13th November 2016


Jelly Spot, Dacrymyces stillatus, Holme NWT, 13th November 2016


Hen of the Woods, Grifola frondosa, Holme NOA, 13th November 2016


Conifer Blueing Bracket, Postia caesia, Holme NOA, 13th November 2016


Sea Buckthorn Bracket, Phellinus hyppophaeicola, Holme NWT, 13th November 2016