More local vandalism...

    The owners of the "Old Smithy" thought it would be a nice idea to remove all the Ivy along this wall. Let's hope the wall is nicely point up, and the ivy allowed to grow back. We are however led to believe it's to be knocked down, and rebuilt!! Along with the Hun River damage, when are new arrivals to this beautiful village going to be sympathetic to the areas architecture and enviroment?

Off Patch: Ampedus quercicola

Ampedus quercicola, East Winch Common, 8th January 2018

Clematis cirrhosa

7th January 2018

This Clematis has been growing in Bob Long's hawthorn hedge for years, as usual it is now flowering! Found it in Blamey and Grey-Wilson's Mediterranean Wild Flowers. It's been here many years and I'm assuming Andy, Adrian or Phil have previously noted it.

ID correct Gary and yes, noted previously.

Blushing Bracket - Baker's Carr

7th January 2018

 Have noticed this bracket fungus for sometime and thought I'd better have a stab of identifying it. I've come up with Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa, it was on willow. If I'm way off please let me know.

Sun-star

Common Sun-star, Crossaster papposus, Holme, 28th December 2017

January 6th 2018 Wetland Bird Survey Count (Gore Point to Hunstanton)

Pink-footed Goose	1	Redshank	160
Cormorant	17	Greenshank	2
Red-throated Diver	25	Curlew	9
Long-tailed Duck	2	Snipe	18
Shelduck	5	Jack Snipe	1
Wigeon	192	Black-headed Gull	2
Teal	68	Little Gull	4
Shoveler	17	Great Black-backed Gull	18
Mallard	2	Common Gull	25
Oystercatcher	2690	Herring Gull	490
Turnstone	19	Guillemot	3
Grey Plover	278	Skylark	26
Dunlin	26	Shorelark	4
Knot	400	Meadow Pipit	3
Ringed Plover	39	Pied Wagtail	1
Sanderling	190	Rock Pipit	9
Bar-tailed Godwit	800	Reed Bunting	2

New Year Plant Hunt in Hunstanton

The BSBI's New Year Plant Hunt is in its seventh year. The idea is to find as many species in flower as possible in a maximum period of three hours. Here's what I found in flower around Hunstanton in 2 hours on January 1st 2018.

Tanacetum parthenium Feverfew	Matricaria discoidea Pineappleweed
Lamium album White Dead-nettle	Bellis perennis Daisy
Euphorbia peplus Petty Spurge	Malva sylvestris Common Mallow
Hordeum murinum Wall Barley	Hypochaeris radicata Cat's-ear
Silene latifolia White Campion	Calendula officinalis Pot Marigold
Crepis capillaris Smooth Hawk's-beard	Lamium purpureum Red Dead-nettle
Mercurialis annua Annual Mercury	Poa annua Annual Meadow-grass
Stellaria media Common Chickweed	Achillea millefolium Yarrow
Cerastium fontanum Common Mouse-ear	Dactylis glomerata Cock's-foot
Picris echioides Bristly Oxtongue	Trifolium pratense Red Clover
Tripleurospermum inodorum Scentless Mayweed	Veronica persica Common Field-speedwell
Urtica urens Small Nettle	Senecio vulgaris Groundsel
Euphorbia helioscopia Sun Spurge	Taraxacum Dandelion
Hedera helix Common Ivy	Capsella bursa-pastoris Shepherd's-purse
Genista monspessulana Montpellier Broom	Sonchus oleraceus Smooth Sow-thistle
Senecio squalidus Oxford Ragwort	Smyrnium olusatrum Alexanders

Another pine aphid

Active Grey Pine-needle Aphid, Eulachnus rileyi , Holme NWT, 18th November 2017 - grey form, brown form and a waxy individual

Pine-cone Bug

Pine-cone Bug Gastrodes grossipes, Holme NWT, 18th November 2017

Two leafhoppers

Zygina flammigera, Green Bank (off Blackthorn), 13th November 2017

Eupteryx urticae, Green Bank (off nettle), 13th November 2017