Sunday, 3 November 2019
A spectacular rustgill at Holme
Spectacular Rustgill, Gymnophilus junonius, Holme NWT, 20th October 2019
Two fungi from Holme
Ear Pick Fungus, Auriscalpium vulgare, Holme NWT, 3rd November 2019
Daisy Earthstar, Geastrum floriforme, Holme NWT, 3rd November 2019
Daisy Earthstar, Geastrum floriforme, Holme NWT, 3rd November 2019
Sunday, 20 October 2019
Four dune-specialist fungi
Dune Stinkhorn Phallus hadriani, Holme NWT, 19th October 2019
Scaly Stalkball, Tulostoma brumale, Holme NWT, 19th October 2019
Dune Waxacap, Hygrocybe coincides, Holme NWT, 19th October 2019
Scaly Stalkball, Tulostoma brumale, Holme NWT, 19th October 2019
Dune Waxacap, Hygrocybe coincides, Holme NWT, 19th October 2019
Rabbit Dung Button, Poronia ericii, Holme NWT, 19th October 2019
Friday, 11 October 2019
Three more saltmarsh beasties
Sea Lavender Weevil Pseudaplemonus limonii, Holme NWT, 7th October 2019
Saltmarsh Pill-woodlouse Armadillidium album Holme NWT, 7th October 2019
Saltmarsh Pill-woodlouse Armadillidium album Holme NWT, 7th October 2019
Saltmarsh Tortoise Beetle Cassida vittata, Holme NWT, 7th October 2019
Monday, 30 September 2019
Five saltmarsh beasties
Wormwood Case-bearer, Coleophora albicans, Holme Lavender Marsh, 30th September 2019
The Delphacid plant hopper Eurybregna nigrolineata, Holme Lavender Marsh (off Sea Wormwood), Holme 30th September 2019
Dicheirotrichus obsoletus, Holme Lavender Marsh, 30th September 2019
The Beetbug Parapiesma quadratum, Holme Lavender Marsh, 30th September 2019
Marram Pseudoscorpion, Dactylochelifer latreillei, Holme Lavender Marsh, 30th September 2019
Thursday, 19 September 2019
A Tachinid fly at Holme
I came across this fly Nowickia ferox in the pines at Holme Dunes today. I believe its larvae develop inside the Dark Arches moth.
Monday, 9 September 2019
Carline Neb
Carline Neb, Metzneria asticella, in flower head of Carline Thistle, Holme NWT, 9th September 2019
Three Bugs from Holme
The Leafhopper Viridicerus ustulatus, off Grey Poplar, Holme NWT, 9th September 2019
The Stiltbug Gampsocoris punctipes Holme NWT, off Restharrow, 9th September 2019
The Mirid Bug Dicyphus annulatus, Holme NWT, off Restharrow, 9th Septemebre 2019
Friday, 23 August 2019
Yellow Dodder on the 'Moon'
When I went to weed the 'Moon' Bed on the Upper Green in Hunstanton this afternoon I found Yellow Dodder Cuscuta campestris growing in the white lobelia in the 'Moon's Mouth'.
Yellow Dodder is an alien and a native of North America. In Britain it parasitizes a variety of cultivated plants including tomato and carrot as well as species of Medicago and Trifolium. It was originally introduced into Europe with agricultural seed in about 1900. It has orange/yellow stems and clusters of small white/yellow flowers.
(I only had my mobile with me so no close-ups of the flowers.)
Yellow Dodder is an alien and a native of North America. In Britain it parasitizes a variety of cultivated plants including tomato and carrot as well as species of Medicago and Trifolium. It was originally introduced into Europe with agricultural seed in about 1900. It has orange/yellow stems and clusters of small white/yellow flowers.
(I only had my mobile with me so no close-ups of the flowers.)
Sunday, 18 August 2019
Two pondweeds at Holme Dunes
I recently had a closer look at two of the pondweeds growing at Holme Dunes.
Potamogeton pectinatus Fennel Pondweed is found in the brackish ditch north of the West Field fence. It is the only Potamogeton to be found in brackish ditches near the sea and can grow rapidly to choke the ditches.
When you pull a leaf off the stem the sheath and ligule come away with the leaf (resembling grasses).
Zannichellia palustris Horned Pondweed has recently been found growing in the Crater Pool ( It was previously recorded by Petch, Swann and Newton in 1982). It can be found in still brackish water. Its fruits are a distinctive banana shape, appearing after the tiny flowers in the leaf-axils.
Potamogeton pectinatus Fennel Pondweed is found in the brackish ditch north of the West Field fence. It is the only Potamogeton to be found in brackish ditches near the sea and can grow rapidly to choke the ditches.
When you pull a leaf off the stem the sheath and ligule come away with the leaf (resembling grasses).
Zannichellia palustris Horned Pondweed has recently been found growing in the Crater Pool ( It was previously recorded by Petch, Swann and Newton in 1982). It can be found in still brackish water. Its fruits are a distinctive banana shape, appearing after the tiny flowers in the leaf-axils.
Two hoverflies at Ringstead Downs
There were lots of insects feeding on the flowers at the downs on our West Norfolk Group walk on Wednesday 15th August. Two individuals of the hornet-mimic Volucella zonaria were spotted feeding on knapweed and a lone Volucella pellucens, also on knapweed.
Saturday, 17 August 2019
Monday, 5 August 2019
Three Hoverflies on Holme Marsh
Volucella zonaria, female, Holme Marsh, 3rd August 2019
Eristalis intricarius, male, Holme Marsh, 3rd August 2019
Helophilus hybridus, male, Holme Marsh, 3rd August 2019
Sunday, 4 August 2019
An amazing find by Joan Fox - the fifth clearwing for the patch
Six-belted Clearwing, Hunstanton, 4th August 2019
Off Patch: invertebrates at Dersingham Bog
Black Darter, male, Dersingham Bog, 4th August 2019
Sundew Plume, Dersingham Bog, 4th August 2019
Banded General, Stratiomys potamida, Dersingham Bog, 4th August 2019
Wasp Spider, Dersingham Bog, 4th August 2019
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