Beeston
BSBI Summer Meeting
at
Beeston Common & Beeston Bump
Beeston Common
Soft Rush
Ragged Robin
Hard Rush (Juncus inflexus)
Flat Sedge (Blysmus compressus)
Compact Rush (Juncus glomeratum)
Sweet Vernal Grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum)
Toad Rush (Juncus bufonius agg)
Strictly
Leafy Rush (Juncus foliosus)
Blunt-flowered Rush (Juncus subnodulosus)
Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii)
Almond Willow (Salix triandra)
Heath Grass (Danthonia decumbens)
Inland Club-rush (Bolboschoenus laticarpus)
Marsh Arrow Grass (Troglochin palustris)
Quaking Grass (Briza media)
Black Bog Rush (Schoenus nigricans)
Deadly Nightshade (Atropa belladona)
Bulbous Rush (Juncus bulbosus)
Marsh Valerian seed heads (Valeriana dioica)
Meadow Vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis)
Sphagnum Sp
Lustrous Bog-moss (Sphagnum subnitens)?
?
nestled in a bed of Pointed Spear-moss (Calliergonella cuspidatum)
?
Dodder
Greater Dodder Cuscuta europea)?
Carnation Sedge (Cares panicea)
Common Butterwort rosette (Pinguicula vulgaris)
Crested Buckler-fern (Dryopteris cristata)
Bog-groove Moss (Aulocomnium palustre)
Flea Sedge (Carex pulicaris)
A fruiting spike with the utricles fully reflexed
Tawny Sedge (Carex hostiana)
?
Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) nestled amongst Lustrous Bog-moss (Sphagnum subnitens) with capsules
Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
Greater Sundew (Drosera anglica) 
Meadow Thistle (Cirsium dissectum)
Marsh Hellborine (Epipactis palustris)
Slender St John's-wort (Hypericum pulchrum)
Beeston Bump
Blue Fleabane (Erigeron acer)
Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria)
Common Broomrape
Orobanche minor var heliophila
Purple Broomrape (Orobanche purpurea)
Now
Phelipanche purpurea
Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)
Rough Clover (Trifolium scabrum)
Sand Catchfly (Silene conica)
Spring Vetch (Vicia lathyroides)
Thyme-leaved Sandwort (Arenaria serpyllifolia)
Wild Radish (Raphanus raphanistrum)
Toothed medick (Medicago polymorpha)
Thanks for a great day
Corrections & additions always welcome.
Cranwich Heath
Black Horehound (Ballota nigra)
Rough Hawkbit (Leontodon hispidus)
Common Rockrose (Helianthemum nummularium)
Oak (Quercus robur)
Purple Milk-vetch (Astragalus danicus)
Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)
Smooth Rupturewort (Herniaria glabra)
Sutton Fen
Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza praetermissa)
Spike Rush Sp
False Fox Sedge (Carex otrobae)
Toad Rush (Juncus bufonius)
Hairy-legged Horsefly (Hybomitra bimaculata)
Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)
Tooth-thighed Hoverfly (Tripidia scita)
Peacock caterpillars. (Aglais io)
Yvonne's Comments
They keyed out to
Psathyrella rubiginosa
but
this isn’t on the British list?
I’ve been
through the key a few times and can’t get it to anything else. This group is
notoriously difficult so I can’t really be sure. I have dried the specimens.
Cow Bane (Cicuta virosa)
Eye-lash Fungus
Yvonne's comments
I used the Malcolm Greaves’ on-line key to identify the Scutellinia
and
it was
S. superba
which describes it well I think !
Psathyrella Sp
Psathyrella typhae
Blunt-flowered Rush (Juncus subnodulosus_
Sp?
Two-banded Spearhorn (Chrysotoxum bicintum)
Caterpillar Sp?
Oak Curtain Crust (Hymenochaete rubiginosa)
Ascobolus lignatilis
Slime Mold Sp
Stemonitopsis typhina ?
Spider Sp
Young Springtails (Collembola Sp)
A tiny presumed Vibrissea Sp on an Oak Leaf
Vibrissea cesatii
Plasmopara densa on Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor)
Although I should have turned it over as well.
Small Yellow-girdled Tenthredo (Tenthredo temula)
The reverse of a Bog Myrtle leaf showing the tiny yellow oil glands
that give the plant its characteristic sweet aroma
Groundhopper Sp
Cheilosia illustrata
Ferruginous Bee-grabber (Sicus ferrugineus)
Being attacked by an Empis Fly?
Green Colonel (Oplodontha viridula)
Sutton Fen
Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza praetermissa)
Spike Rush Sp
False Fox Sedge (Carex otrobae)
Toad Rush (Juncus bufonius)
Hairy-legged Horsefly (Hybomitra bimaculata)
Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)
Tooth-thighed Hoverfly (Tripidia scita)
Peacock caterpillars. (Aglais io)
Yvonne's Comments
They keyed out to
Psathyrella rubiginosa
but
this isn’t on the British list?
I’ve been
through the key a few times and can’t get it to anything else. This group is
notoriously difficult so I can’t really be sure. I have dried the specimens.
Cow Bane (Cicuta virosa)
Eye-lash Fungus
Yvonne's comments
I used the Malcolm Greaves’ on-line key to identify the Scutellinia
and
it was
S. superba
which describes it well I think !
Psathyrella Sp
Psathyrella typhae
Blunt-flowered Rush (Juncus subnodulosus_
Sp?
Two-banded Spearhorn (Chrysotoxum bicintum)
Caterpillar Sp?
Oak Curtain Crust (Hymenochaete rubiginosa)
Ascobolus lignatilis
Slime Mold Sp
Stemonitopsis typhina ?
Spider Sp
Young Springtails (Collembola Sp)
A tiny presumed Vibrissea Sp on an Oak Leaf
Vibrissea cesatii
Plasmopara densa on Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor)
Although I should have turned it over as well.
Small Yellow-girdled Tenthredo (Tenthredo temula)
The reverse of a Bog Myrtle leaf showing the tiny yellow oil glands
that give the plant its characteristic sweet aroma
Groundhopper Sp
Cheilosia illustrata
Ferruginous Bee-grabber (Sicus ferrugineus)
Being attacked by an Empis Fly?
Green Colonel (Oplodontha viridula)
Cranwich Camp
A view across the camp
Soft Brome (Bromus hordeaceus)
Cinnamon Bug (Corizus hyoscami)
Spanish Catchfly (Silene otites)
Common Broomrape (Oranche minor)
Creeping Cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans)
Eyebright Sp (Euphrasia Sp)
Crested Hair Grass (Koeleria macrantha)
Cryptocephalus aureolus ?
Knotted Clover (Trifolium striatum)
Wild Mignonette (Reseda lutea)
Purple Milk-vetch (Astragalus danicus)
Mouse-ear Hawkweed (Pilosella officinarum)
Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)
Red Bartsia (Odontites vernus)
Rough Clover (Trifolium scabrum)
Rust on Goat Willow (Salix caprea)
Rye grass Sp?
Perennial Rye Grass (Lolium perenne)?
Biting Stonecrop (Sedum acre)
Timothy (Phleum pratense)
Viper's-bugloss (Echium vulgare)
Ant Sp
Euphordia Sp
Hickling Broad
Thick-headed Fly Sp (Conopid Sp)
Physocephala rufipes
Long-legged Fly Sp
Poecilobothrus nobilitatus ♂︎
Dolichopus Sp?
Snipe Fly (Chrysophilus cristatus)♂︎
Gall Sp ?
Eupeodes Sp?
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Common Rush (Juncus effusus)
Saw Sedge (Cladium mariscus)
?
Spider Sp?
Tooth-thighed Hoverfly (Tropidia scita)
Dillington
Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle (Agapanthia villosovoredescens)
A Darkling Beetle (Diaperis boleti)
UK Beetles 
Fungus Sp
Willow Bracket (Phellinus igniarus)
Sp?
Garden Chafer (Phyllopertha horticola)
UK Beetles
Choke (Epichloe Sp) ?
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♂︎
Dull-winged Chrysogaster (Chrysogaster solstitialis)
Fungus Sp
Radiating Black Hyphomycete (Bispora antennata) on ends of cut wood.
Coprinopsis Sp
Probably Coprinopsis lagopus
Phantom cranefly Sp
Ptychoptera contaminata
Dark Bush-cricket Nymph (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
Elderflower (Sambucus nigra) Gall
If orange larva inside - Placochela nigripes A gall midge
from
Plant Miners of Europe
If white lava inside - Arnoldiola sambuci - Iniquiline of Placochela nigripes
from
Plant Miners of Europe
Might this be Coenosia tigrina
Compare to Nature Spot
You can see the very long necks of the mature Melanospora lagenaria fungus on Birch Polypore (Fomitopsis betulina)
There was a thought the small yellow circes with the black spot in the middle might be something else?
but tthe image below suggests they might be the growth point of long necks (bottom right of the image.)
Thoughts welcome please.
Lachnella albovorescens
Cream Spot Ladybird (Calvia quatuordecimgutta)
Longhorn Moth (Nemaphora degeerella)
Wolf's Milk (Lycogala epidendrum)
Nettle Weevil (Phyllobius pomaceus)
Orbilia Sp
Fungus Sp
Twig Parachute (Marasmiellus ramealis)
Orange Mosscap (Rickenella fibula)
Common Red-legged Robberfly (Dioctria rufipes)
Common Red-legged Robberfly (Dioctria rufipes)
?
Drepanopeziza ribes
Vibrissea filisporia
Eye Lash Fungus (Scutellinia Sp)
Final Instar Nymph
Mid Instar Nymph
Mid Instar Nymph
Red-legged Shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes)
Tree Bumble Bee (Bombus hypnorum)
Mourning Wasp (Pemphredon lugubris)♂︎ caught in a spider's web.
&
confirmed via
UK Bees, Wasps & Ants Facebook page.
Tim Strudwick
At least two others seen around the large fallen Poplar
Pellucid Fly (Volucella pellucens)
Fungus Sp?
Usually very difficult to get a photo of these as they zip about so much.
But this one was having extended gorge on the grass pollen.
Living up to its English name.
Golden-tailed Leaf Licker (Xylota sylvarum)
Still moving quickly but on the same few leaves so possible to obtain a few shots of the same individual.
Aphid Sp on Dock
Pyrenopeziza urticola
Thanks everyone for another great day.
Southorpe Meadow - Northamptonshire
Dickleburgh Moor
Ant S? + Aphid Sp? on Dock Sp (Rumex Sp)?
Curled leaves suggest Dock Aphid (Aphis rumicis)
Jet Ant (Lasius fuligonosus) + Aphid Sp? on Willow (Salix Sp)
Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle (Agapanthia villosoviridescens)
Bagworm case
Bee Sp?
Wheat Stem Borer 
Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus)
Large Spearhorn (Chrysotoxum cautum)
Coleophora case on Silver Birch
Tipula luna?
Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
Eyelash Fungus Sp
Eyelash Fungus Sp
Scutellata olivescens
Fairy Inkcap (Coprinellus disseminatus)
Of all the nettles in the field
Just one
looked like this
5hrs
later
slightly less activity
but
otherwise
unchanged
Fungus Sp
Parasola auricome
Fungus Sp
Panaeolus fimicola
Fungus Sp
Parasola conopilea
Fungus Sp
Copronopsis kubickae
Fungus Sp
Possibly
Mycena speirea
Rust on Groundsel
(Puccinia lagenophorae)
Thick-legged Hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)
Orbilia Sp
Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis)
Crucifer Shieldbug (Eurydem oleracea)
Tetragnatha Sp?
Gypsywort (Lycopus europeaus)
Many Thanks to
Yvonne for the Fungi Ids
Sustead
Oak (Quercus robur)
Aphid Sp on Red Campion (Silene dioica)
Giant Fennel (Ferula communis)
Meadow Saxifrage (Saxifraga granulata)
Weevil Sp
Acorn Weevil (Curculio glandium)
Acorn Weevil from iNaturalist
Weevil Sp
Liophloeus tessilatus
Thanks @Norwichbirder for id.
Sustead
Oak (Quercus robur)
Dog's Mercury (Mercurialis perennis)
Ramsons (Allium ursinum)
Dillington
Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium)
Elf Cup Sp
Dilated Scalewort (Frullenia dilatata)
Town Hall Clock (Adoxa moschatellina)
A Hawthorn (Craetagus monogyna) growing through a SIlver Birch (Betulus Sp)
Lateral Cryphaea (Cryphea heteromalla)
A moss with shoot dimorphism.
The primary stem laying adpressed to the bark of a tree but the fruiting shoots projecting stiffly away from the bark.
Minute pouncewort (Myriocoleopsis minutissima)
Enchnanter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana) broad basal leaves.
A splendid happy patterned partnership of Dilated Scalewort (Frullania dilatata) {brown} and Forked Veilwort (Metzgeria furcata)
This time fading into a Lichen Sp as well
The unmistakeable lime green of Bird's-claw beard-moss (Barbula unguiculata)
Dry, tightly rolled Hornschuch's Beard-moss (Pseudocrossidium horschuchianum)
Probably Nostoc (Cyanobacteria) rather than a Lichen.
Troll's butter, spit of moon, fallen star, witch's jelly being among the panoply of names from Wikipedia.
The name going all the way back to Paracelsus 1493-1541
A combination of of the English 'nostril' and German "Nasenloch"
In other words
Snot Like 
Mature sporophytes
Overleaf Pellia (Pellia epiphylla)
Monoicious - Male & female organs on the same thallus.
Even Scalewort (Radula complanata) with gemmae on the leaf margins.
Forked Scalewort (Metzgeria furcata)
A dioecious species 
A well colonised & spectacular rootplate
A stump engulfed.
Wet woodland
Willow Moss (Fontanalis antipyretica)
Large mouse-tail Moss (Isothecium alopecuroides)
Dersingham Bog
Rosalina Sp?
This turned out to be
Birch Woodart (Annulohypoxylon multiforme)
Rhododendron Bud Blast (Pcynostysanus azaleae)
Bagworm Case
Only adult males ever leave the case. The adult females are wingless and leave the case for mating or remains in the case
while the male extends his abdomen into the female's case to breed.
One species of female dies without laying eggs and the larval bagworm offspring emerge from
the parent's body. Some species are parthanogenic.
Taleporia tubulosa
Thanks to TM for id.
Slime mold loking like young deer's horns.
Ceratiomyxa fruticosa 
Eyed Ladybird (Anatis ocellata)
Heather Ladybird (Chilocorus bipustulatus)
from
James Common
Orange Underwing (Archiearis parthenias)
Unusually found at eye height, so this was a treat to see.
Pine Ladybird (Exochomus quadripustulatus)
Rosy Crust (Peniophora incarnata)
A rather spectacular lemon yellow poroid fungus.
Unusually flat but it turned out
to
be
Yellow Porecrust (Antrodia xantha)
Minotaur Beetle (Typhaeus typhoeus)
Great ForK Moss (Dicranus majus)
Case Bearer Moth cases
Southern Crestwort (Lophocolea semiteres)
First discovered in the UK in 1955. Introduced via the horticutural trade.
First identified in East Anglia by MO Hill in 1998 from a sample found by RJ Fisk.
It can now be found in many places in Norfolk.
Frost's Common
Silesian Feather-moss (Herzogiella seligeri)
Cape Thread-moss (Orthodontium lineare)
Thompson Common
Fringed Heartwort (Ricciarpos natans) just surfaced from the winter underwater world.
Tiny hearts spreading across the surface of the pingo.
A complete lack of the purple ventral scales seen in the images below from last June. Clear new out growths seen on the floating bodies, which can be seen in the above image.
Slightly more clearly in the enlarged images here.
Fringed Heartwort (Ricciocarpos natans) June 23
Willow-moss (Fotanalis antipyretica)
Fruiting Hornshuch's Beard-moss (Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum)
Bog Groove-moss (Aulucomnium palustre)
Lustrous Bog-moss (Sphagnum subnitens)_
A small liverwort tucked away in amongst the Sphagnum.
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Liverwort Sp
After much dissection & measuring this was determined to be
Common Pouchwort (Calypogeia fissa)
Great Scented Liverwort/Snakewort (Conocephalum Sp) with new growth.
Fissidens Sp growing on stone.
Marble Screw-moss (Syntrichia papillosa)
Smallburgh Fen
Bark Signal Moss (Semataphyllum substrumulosum)?
Ah!
Cypress-leaved Plait-moss (Hypnum cupressiforme)
It was good try but need to keep looking for this one.
Pale Liverwort (Chiloscyphus pallescens)
Quite some underground water pressure to achieve this height!
Ling Common
Wood Bristle-moss (Lewinskya affine)
Hoary Fringe-moss (Racomitrium canescens) 
Didymodon Sp?
Great Plait-moss (Hypnum lacunosum)
Many-fruited Thyme-moss (Plagiomnium Thyme-moss)
Common Striated Feather-moss (Eurhynchium striatum)
Common Haircap Moss (Polytrichum commune)
Waved Silk-moss (Plagiothecium undulatum)
Four & Three fingered underleaves
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Creeping Fingerwort (Lepidozia reptans)
A first look at the other liverwort hidden in the lower right of the image above.
Calypogeia Sp?
Entire rounded leaves with bilobed underleaves.
Mueller's Pouchwort (Calypogeia muelleriana)?
Fringed Bog-moss (Sphagnum fimbriatum)
Spiky Bog-moss (Sphagnum squarrosum)
Common Tamarisk-moss (Thuidium tamariscinum)
♂︎ Plants
Bristly Haircap (Polytrichum piliferum)
Dwarf Oak (Quercus robur) under the Pines
Dilated Scalewort (Frullenia dilatata)
Minute Pouncewort (Myriocoleopsis minutissima)
x 100
After much investigation by Julia this was actually found to be
Ciliated fringewort (Ptlidium ciliare)
Variable-leaved Crestwort (Lophocolea heterophylla)
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Forcipated Pincerwort (Cephalozia connivens)
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Inflated Notchwort (Gymnocolea inflata)
x 100
No nerve
Again after much discussion & investigation.
Cypress-leaved Plait-moss (Hypnum curpessiforme var. resupinatum)
Leaf tip with recurved teeth
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We just might have found this but this bit came from Scotland