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

Wednesday 29 January 2020

Off Patch: two longhorns from Brett's Wood

Black-spotted Longhorn Rhagium mordax, Bretts Wood, 27th January 2020


Two-banded Longhorn Rhagium bifasciatum,  Bretts Wood, 27th January 2020


Sunday 26 January 2020

Off Patch: three from Great Hockham

Denroxina quadrimaculata, Great Hockham, 20th January 2020


Marpissa muscosa, Great Hockham, 20th January 2020


Carabus granulatus, Great Hockham, 20th January 2020


Some more patch marine Molluscs

American Piddock, Petricolaria pholadiformis, Old Hunstanton, 25th January 2020




Razor Shell, Ensis magna, Old Hunstanton, 25th January 2020 (= E. arcuata)




American Jacknife Razor Clam, Ensis directus, Old Hunstaotn, 25th January 2020


Lagoon Cockle, Cerastoderma glauca, Lavender Marsh, Holme NWT, 25th January 2020


Periwinckle, Littorina littorea, Hunstanton, 21st January 2020


Blunt Gaper, Mya truncata, Hunstanton, 21st January 2020



Sand Gaper, Mya arenaria, Hunstanton, 21st January 2020



Edible Mussel, Mytilus edulis, Hunstanton, 21st January 2020


Thick Trough Shell, Spisula solida, Hunstanton, 21st January 2020


Saturday 18 January 2020

Some patch marine Molluscs


Oval Piddock Zirfaea crispata, Holme NWT, 28th December 2014


Whelk, Buccinium undatum, Holme NWT, 3rd March 2018


Blunt Gaper, Mya truncata, Holme NWT, 2nd March 2014


Horse Mussel, Modiolus modulus, Holme NWT, 2nd March 2014


Common Cockle, Cerastoderma edule, Holme NWT, 2nd March 2014


American Razor Clam, Ensis directus, Holme NWT, 2nd March 2014


Black/Veriegated Scallop, Chlamys varia, Holme NWT, 2nd March 2014


 Chiton, Lepidochitona cinereus, Hunstanton, 10th October 2016


Little Cuttlefish, Sepiola atlantica,  Holme NWT, 8th September 2014


Painted Top-shell Calliostoma zizphinum, Holme NWT, 4th March 2018



Dog Whelk eggs Nucella lapillus, Holme NWT, 2nd February 2015


Periwinckle, Littorina littorea, Hunstanton, 8th March 2014


American Slipper Limpet, Crepidula fornicata, - a very unusual form off driftwood, looking superficially like Chinaman's Hat, Calyptaea chinensis, Holme NWT, 25th February 2017





Saturday 4 January 2020

A Waxwing in Holme village

Waxwing, Holme, 4th January 2020


Hawkweed Gall

Gall on Narrow-leaved Hawkweed caused by the Cynipid wasp Aulacidea hieracii, Holme NWT, 4th January 2020


Four December fungi Patch and Off Patch

Meadow Coral Clavulinopsis corniculata, Holme NWT (forestry) 7th December 2019



Toothed Crust Basidioradulum radula, Bawsey Pits, 9th December 2019


Clavaria argillacea or Clavulinopsis helvola/C. luteoalba, Bawsey Pits (on heath), 9th December 2019


Yellow Brain, Roydon Common, 23rd December 2019


Thursday 2 January 2020