Cley
Brent (Branta bernicla)
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Wheatfen
Indian Feather-moss (Timmia megapolitana)
First found by Bob Ellis in 2000 and Wheatfen is still the only British Site for this moss.
from the
Red Data Book
Wheatfen Broad, part of the Ted Ellis Nature Reserve within the Yare Broads and Marshes SSSI, where Bob Ellis first found it in 2000 is still the only British site for this moss. It occurs on willow branches lying on bare mud in carr woodland where tidal flows mean that it can be under water for a number of days. The nearest population to that at Wheatfen, is in the Netherlands where it grows in similar conditions. Although found, so far, in only two adjacent 2 km grid squares, the Norfolk population is estimated at well over two million individual plants. Given concerns about Timmia megapolitana elsewhere in Europe, the population here appears to be of high conservation importance. by Mary Ghullam
EastWretham
A grand day out for Norfolk, Suffolk & Cambridgeshire Bryologists at East Wretham
Langmere
A lone broken Scot's Pine (Pinus sylvestris) in the middle of Langemere
This taken on the day.
This one from a week later.
Paraphyses and antheridia
Compare to the diagram in Watson Pg 22
The challenge now is to find archgonia
Physcomitrium eurystomum
We took a small sample and have grown it on.
It took almost a month for these to appear.
Finger's crossed for when the calyptras come off?
In amongst the Physcomitrium
Silver Birch
Harnbeam (Carpinus betulus)
Lyell's Bristle-moss (Pulvigera lyellii)
Pincushion Sp (Ulota Sp)
Straw Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum stramineum)
Capsules when mature sit above the leaves. Thus these were not quite mature but you can see the sparse hairs and the dark tips.
The white hairs at the base of the seta were also present as well as the dark antheridia.
Fruiting Common Pincushion (Dicranoweisia ciratta)
Fen Mere
Fen Mere
Ring Mere
Ringmere
Slime Mold Sp
Golden Thread-moss (Leptobryum pyriforme)
Clustered Feather-moss (Rhynchostegium confertum)
Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) Alley
Oak (Quercus robur)
1 Lecanora chlarotera perhaps?
Turned out to be
Leconora hybocarpa
2?
Became
Rough Speckled Shield (Punctelia Subrudecta)
3?
Became Oakmoss (Evernia prunastri)
from
British Lichen Society
3? or 4? Ramalina farinacea perhaps
Confirmed
5? Fuscidea lightfootii perhaps?
Became
Lecidella elaeochroma
From
The British Lichen Society
Thanks to Rob Yaxley - The Norfolk Lichen Recorder for ids, corrections & comments.
Yoke-moss Sp (Zygodon Sp)
Common Pincushion (Dicranoweisia cirrata)
Spectacular Silver Birch in the evening sunshine
Corvid roost
Thurgarton Church
Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Pincushion (Dicranowesia cirrata)
Trentepohlia Algae
Candelariella medians perhaps?
Confirmed
Caloplaca flavescens
Verrucaria nigrescens var nigrescens
Opegrapha calcarea perhaps? & Caloplaca flavescens.
Confirmed
6
Caloplaca flavescens but also a black element.
Black element Muellerella lichenicola
Heavily grazed
Physcia caesia perhaps?
Confirmed
Polysporina simplex perhaps?
Confirmed
10
Tephromela Sp perhaps. atra, ganguloides?
Tephromela atra is the eastern one.
Grateful thanks to the Norfolk Lichen recorder (Rob Yaxley) for help with ids
Cley
Brent (Branta bernicla)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Shover, Teal & Lapwing
Goldern Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) & Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Long-billed Dowitcher - (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Shoveller (Anas clypeata)
Stinechat (Saxicola torquata)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Hoveton Hall
Common Pincushion (Dicranowiesia ciratta)
Dry rot (Serpula hermantioides)
Frothy Porecrust (Oxyporus latemarginatus)
Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum)
Slime Mold Sp - Badhamia utricularis?
Slime Mold - Trichia decipiens
Slime Mold - Craterium minutum
Slime Mold Sp - Arcyria denudata
Slime Mold Sp - Diderma Sp
Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)
Snowy Disco (Lachnum virgeneum)
Small starburst fungus Volutella ciliata
Yellow Brain (Tremella mesenterica) on Peniophora cinerea on Ivy.
Signs from a tree trunk
Velvet Shank (Flammulina Sp)
Praetumfia obducens
Nitschkia cupularis
Ganoderma Sp?
Maple Wash (Dendrothele acerina)
Common Bird's Nest Fungus (Crucibulum leave)
Red Thread (Laetisaria fuciformis)
Dennisiella babingtonii on Laurel
Cocoon of Azalea Leaf Miner (Caloptilla azaleella)
Mycosphaerella isariphora
Ramularia superflua on Nettle
Scirrhia ramosa
Cley
Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Long Billed Dowitcher (Limnodrpomus scolopaceus)
Cley Churchyard
Lichen 1
Lichen 2
Dry, curled up Capillary Thread-moss (Bryum capillare)
Myrio albescens (All snail grazed)
A Caloplaca sp, with the white thallus of Diplotomma alboatrum to the left
(note the powdery looking apothecia). It’s not clear if the scurfy area below
the Caloplaca is part of that species’ thallus, or possibly something else like a Verrucaria.
Diploicia canescens.
On Lime and Beech
Opegrapha varia
Most likely a Lecanora, but this would require microscopy and chemical tests.
The image on the FSC chart for Churchyard lichens points towards Leconora polytropa
Opegrapha calcarea, with a bit of Diploicia canescens and Myriolecis dispersa agg. at the top
The lichen with the thick black prothallus is mysterious – can’t immediately think of anything similar I have seen.
The others are more familiar – yellow is Candelariella vitellina, and white is Porpidia tuberculosa.
I will have to investigate the mystery one, whereabouts in the churchyard was it?
Tephromela atra
Opegrapha calcarea
Porpidia tuberculosa
Candelariella vitellina
12
Lichen Sp
Grateful thanks to the Norfolk Lichen Recorder - Rob Yaxley for ids and comments
Intermediate Screw-moss (Syntrichia imtermedia)
Long toothed hairpoint.