Think this is a Drymus sylvaticus seed bug.

Autumn Goldcrest.

Birch catkin seed bug, Kleidocerys resedae.

Unexpected visitor while foraging, Hazel dormouse.

Winter chanterelles late this year but a good harvest, this was my second batch. My son cooked them with butter and garlic as a pasta sauce.

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Wrinkled peach, Rhodotus palmatus. Usually this site has many but I only found one.

Evidence of Hazel dormouse.

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Green elf cup, Chlorociboria aeruginascens.

Wrinkled and White coral fungi, Clavulina rugosa, Ramariopsis kunzei.

Three hours spent at Drogo weir watching a dozen jumping trout, hard to say if any Salmon were amongst them, so random and impossible to take a still pic unless they were regular, however it was three hours I truly enjoyed.

Until yesterday I had never heard of this incredible 2mm Cannon ball fungi, Sphaerobolus stellatus, well worth a google. Pic1 size comp pic2 cup and ( canon ball)peridiole. Pic 3 Empty cannon and pic 4 cannon ball. My great thanks to Richard Clifford and Bertie at NT Croome.

Earth star ( not known which) in several stages.

Birds nest fungi, Crucibulum leave.

Dung beetle, Volinus sticticus out in force, one landing every minute. New forest

Boat-tailed grackle at Calshot really is a splendid looking bird, very glad I popped over to see it.

Pallas’s leaf warbler, Portland. Good views for half an hour but mostly obscured. Good to see some old friends.

Red cage fungi, Clathrus ruba.

Deadly webcap, Cortinarius rubellus, month later than last year.

Delicate woolly ink cap, Coprinopsis lagopus.

Polydesmus testaceus.

Nail fungus, Poronia punctata, New forest.

Earpick fungi, Auriscalpium vulgari. New forest.

Devil’s fingers fungi, Clathrus archers. Egg, hatching and full glory.

Red-spotted snake millipede, Blaniulus guttulatus, South Wales.

Scarlet Caterpillar club, Cordyceps militaris.

Lapwings over Salisbury plain.

Some female stinkbugs grow fungi from an organ on their hindlegs and use the microorganisms to protect their eggs from wasp attacks go.nature.com/4owNMO2

Orange peel fungi, Aleuria aurantia with Long jawed orb weaver.

Melanistic Fallow deer on Salisbury plain.

Hare’s ear fungi, Helvella crisp.

Elfin saddle, Helvella crispa.

Rare Flame shield, Pluteus aurantiacarugosus.

Harvestman, Sabicon viscayanum ramblaianum. First seen in Wales 1980 and spreading rapidly.

Pyrenean semi-slug, Semilimax pyrenaicus, first discovered in the Uk Jan 2025.

Pair of European hornets, Vespa crabro, in winter hibernation.

Beautiful Autumn.

Rust fungus, Phragmidium fragariae growing on Barren strawberry leaves.

Ghost slug, Selenochlamys ysbruda.

Daudebarbia rufa, first seen in the UK 2016. Fantastic day in South Wales with Naturalist Christian Owen who first found this species in the UK,also great thanks to Alastair Stevens for the invite.

Buzzing snail-hunter, Chycrus caraboides.

Sweet resting place.

Oak marble gall wasp, Andricus Lollards.

Think this may be Neoantrodia serialis.

Serpula himantioides.

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