Here’s Physconia distorta, so spectacularly lit from the lower right-hand quarter, and… a northern Long-tailed Tit Some have said they judge the latter quite the better of the two Yes or no? Does it matter? Please weigh in and state your view!

Some people say this northern long-tailed tit is superior to this Physconia distorta. I might (just) agree with them. #Estonia

Found deep in an Estonian forest, these huge tracks could well belong to a wolf. Also the droppings look too small and neat for an elk, but apparently that is where they come from.

Steller’s Eider, White-tailed eagle and Six-spotted Orb-weaver enjoying the sunshine in Estonia today.

Must get to bed. I've got over-achieving again in the morning. ♠️ Remember when @robyaxley.bsky.social spotted this Pygmy Owl in foliage, from a moving vehicle? #TheTwoJonnies #Birding #WorldBirding #Estonia #EstoniaBirding 🇪🇪

Caught @jonnybirder.bsky.social looking at indecent images earlier... ♠️ OF THE HAWK OWL WE SAW TODAY 🔥💯🦉 📷 @jonnybirder.bsky.social #TheTwoJonnies #Estonia #Birding #WorldBirding

Having fun in Estonia. WYWH.

Can any lichenologists confirm if this is Alpine Bloodspot (𝘖𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘴𝘢) 🔴 I'm guessing quite acidic geology up there? 📍Glenshee, Scotland

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North walls of churches can have a distinctive lichen flora. This is Ingaderia vandenboomii, a pinkish sorediate species with a dark prothallus. New for Norfolk at Yaxham church. One you predicted I believe @sylviad.bsky.social ? 👏👏

I took a detour on the way home from work today to Norwich Cathedral to have a look at some nice specimens of Cedar Cup fungus, Geopora sumneriana, found recently by @jeremybartlett.bsky.social (and a previous subject of one of his blogs: www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2025/03/16/c...)

A proper early spring day, with chiffchaffs, mining bees, displaying marsh harriers and real warm sunshine™️. Sweaty work measuring peat depth…

Pertusaria lactescens. The book says it is often found on sandstone headstones, which is where I found this. Thurning churchyard, VC27. K+ yellow>red, C-, P+ yellow.

A small bit of Rhizocarpon geographicum at Weeting churchyard yesterday. The slate church roof is covered in it, but only tiny amounts have found their way to a ground level granite tomb top. Abundant in west Uk, scarce in the east.

Placidium squamulosum at Weeting Heath today, also a chance to see how the translocation of Gyalolechia fulgens is going.

The best lichen of the day today was probably Lecanora albella on oak bark at Winterton - Horsey Dunes. K+ yellow, C-, P+ yellow. Tiny thick-rimmed apothecia.

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Cladonia sp #lichen #Newfoundland Canada. Lichens are about 3cm high #fungi #fungifriends

Blue shieldbugs in the garden this morning, courtesy of WW* *wonderful wife

A good day at Felbrigg Great Wood with Norfolk Fungus Study Group. Best for me was this Pyrenula macrospora, another western species not at all expected in Norfolk.

Serene Falcon Meadow on River Waveney at Bungay just shortlisted by Gov't for official wild-bathing designation! Otters, kingfishers and… #lichens! Recently spotted: Lecania cyrtella, L naegelii, Trapelia glebulosa sens str. All firsts for wider area. Likely common but not well-recorded in E Anglia.

A moist and exciting trip to Grimston Warren today, with lots of good lichens seen including Diploschistes muscorum and Cladonia macilenta, as well as Ramalina fastigiata. Conifers were removed 27 years ago, and the heathland has come back really well including the lichen flora.

Lichen Tortrix Acleris literana on some lichen at Roydon Common today. I do enjoy finding moths in their natural resting places.

Norfolk’s 30 most recorded lichens. No surprises that Xanthoria parietina tops the list, but is it really the commonest species, or just the most noticeable/ recognisable? About 14 of these species are mainly found in churchyards…

I see these fantastic things on most church walls I look at, especially in the warmer months…I assume they eat lichen.

Two nice finds in today’s cold and bright conditions. Physcia clementei on a sycamore at Barrow Common, and Agonimia tristicula on a wall at North Creake churchyard, which had well over 70 species of lichen.

The next batch of county wildlife reports in this edition of NNNS Transactions are the Psyllids @norwichbirder.bsky.social , Bees & aculeate wasps @timstrudwick.bsky.social , Sawflies @andymus.bsky.social and Beetles (Martin Collier). 12/x

The second half of NNNS Transactions begins with a weather report for 2024 written by Norman Brooks, followed by wildlife reports from our county recorders. Firstly Orthoptera (David Richmond), Dragonflies (@pamdragons.bsky.social ) and Lacewings & allies @applewildlife.bsky.social 11/x

Finally for the main NNNS Transactions articles, Tim Gardiner provides an update to a previous articles from Transactions vol 52, in which he investigates the population of Field Grasshoppers in a Gorleston garden. 10/x

Articles 9 & 10 of NNNS Transactions detail some interesting insect discoveries. Martin Greenland writes of his discovery of the cranefly Molophilus ater at Sweet Briar Marshes, whilst Martin & @tim-hodge.bsky.social discuss the rediscovery of the hoverfly Lejops vittatus in the Broads. 9/x

The front cover image of NNNS Transactions is taken from the 8th article, which details efforts to survey the Norfolk population of Yarrow Broomrape Phelipanche purpurea and providing suggestions about future management, written by @anaturalistabroad.bsky.social 8/x

Next up in NNNS Transactions is a detailed account of nesting Violet Carpenter Bee Xylocopa violacea from a Norfolk garden, made up of meticulous observations from first arrival to the departure of the young bees. Written by Tracey Chapman & Andrew Bourke. 7/x

And finally the last articles in the 2025 NNNS Transactions are wildlife reports covering Moths @norfolkmoths.bsky.social , Bryophytes (Mary Ghullam & Julia Masson), Lichens @robyaxley.bsky.social and Fungi (Dr Tony Leech). Do have a good read and we hope there is something of interest for all! 13/x

NNNS have long been associated with Blakeney Point, including a special edition for its centenery as a NT reserve (norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/wp-conten...). Transactions articles 5 & 6 describe changes to its flowering plants (by Richard Porter) and lichen flora (by @robyaxley.bsky.social) 6/x

The weather is pretty horrible but this Natterer's bat is cozy. 🦇 More hibernation checks this weekend.

Hi George @ilichenmoss2.bsky.social any idea what this might be on Metzgeria furcata? 🙏

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Good find. Strangely enough, I just looked at a specimen from Knapdale, west coast of Scotland, and it was Graphis inustuloides, Graphina anguina as was. #LichenGBI

This script lichen on smooth bark looked interesting, but I didn’t expect these enormous multicelled spores. So this is Graphina anguina, another western species that shouldn’t be in Norfolk…

Enterographa crassa is a woodland lichen that forms extensive patches on tree trunks. I think it looks better wet than dry.

Just published... Phyllocnistis triandricola (Almond Willow Maze-miner) New UK at Surlingham, Norfolk 14/08/2025 by Seb Buckton (Gen. Det. P. Hall, R. Voith) #teammoth #norfolkmoths norfolkmoths.co.uk/micros.php?b...

A few lichen things from a damp wander round the old trees in Felbrigg Park today. Coniocarpon cinnabarinum, Pyrrhospora quernea, Diarthonis spadicea and Cresponea premnea. The Diarthonis looks much better wet than it does dry!

Just for your amusement. Spores of lichen Amandinea punctata from a stone wall, fungus Hysterium angustatum from a sycamore trunk, and sickle-shaped conidia of script lichen Opegrapha vulgata from oak bark. Such features are important in identifying these inconspicuous gems.

More harvestman line drawings completed. Leiobunum species have such long legs that I didn't even try and fit them on the page.

A reminder for members & those with a particular interest in lichens, that there is an NNNS walk at Houghton Hall on Sunday 8th Feb @10:30, led by county lichen recorder @robyaxley.bsky.social Park in the main car park, PE31 6TY. For full event details: norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/events-pa...

Under some damp bark of a fallen poplar was this Hololepta plana, a curiously vertically challenged beetle.

Something instinctively told me that beavers were in the area. My mammal field skills were not tested.

Scytinium gelatinosum (I think) from the @britishlichensociety.org.uk trip to Carlisle cemetery at the weekend.

reading about organisms that aren’t your specialty is like margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum define term “eplungulate” - lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous