A nice away day in lovely mild spring weather produced a catalogue of delights well worth the time spent meandering around
A nice addition to the reserve list which was inside the south pilbox was this Herald moth
None of the expected butterflies seemed to be present though - did they leave already?
There were a few nice lichens, some of which I could recognise ...
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| Acarospora fuscata on a boulder in the main slack |
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| Lecanora chlarotera on an "imported" hawthorn |
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| Lecidella elaeochroma - same hawthorn |
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| Phaeophyscia orbicularis on pillbox bricks |
and some which I couldn't ...
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| Pillbox - Lecidella scabra? |
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| low down on Sycamore trunk |
Some recognisable invertebrates showed up...
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| Phaedon tumidulus |
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| Tenuiphantes tenuis |
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| Thoracochaeta zosterae |
and some others which still await determination.
Last but not least a few fungi popped up, but mostly the microfungi type at this time of year
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| A pyrenomycete on gorse |
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| Phoma (Metasphaera) complanata |
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| Tubercularia vulgaris - to be confirmed |
For each group there are still outstanding samples to be determined - the sign of a productive day!
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