Oaks (Quercus robur) in the autumn sunshine











One or two of the old Sallows had good collections pf epiphytes.

Including

Wood Bristle-moss, Lateral Cryphaea, Dilated Scalewort, Minute Pouncewort & Syntrichia papillosa



Dilated Scalewort (Frullenia dilatata)





Wood Bristle-moss (Lewinskya affine) growing around the Hawthorn ( Crataegus monogyna) branches



Lateral Cryphaea (Cryphaea heteromalla)





Minute Pouncewort (Myriocoleopsis minutissima)





Lesser Pond Sedge (Carex acutiformis)









British White Cows working to create a more diverse environment.



Cowpat Gem (Chelymenia granulata)





Wild Carrot (Daucus carota)



Cylindric Beard-moss (Didymodon insulanus)

&
dried











Fungus Sp?



Perforate St John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum)



Common Knapweed ( Centaurea nigra)





White-tipped Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum diaphanum)

The white tips at the end of the leaves give this one away. Grows on tress and stone



A small moss with a big name.

Hornschuch's Beard-moss (Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum)

Named after a German bryologist Christian Friedrich Hornschuch 1793- 1850



Lots of this moss in the wet grassland.

Heart-leaved Spear-moss (Calliergon cordifolium)



The small red fungus sp?





X100

MarshThyme-moss (Plagiomnium ellipticum)?

Cells in diagonal rows and the leaf base does not run down the stem.



Large Willow Bark Aphid (Tuberolachnus salignus)

Tags: CowpatGem, DilatedScalewort, WoodBristle-moss, White-tippedBristle-moss, CylindricBeard-moss, MarshThyme-moss, LateralCryphaea, Oak, WildCarrot, MinutePouncewort, PerforateStJohn'sWort, CommonKnapweed, Hornschuch'sBeard-moss

Leefhopper Nymph skin sheddings





Himalayan Giant Blackberry (Rubus armeniacus)







Midge Larvae



Dusky Plume Moth (Oidaematophorus lithodactyla)





Hairy Dog Rose (Rosa coryimbifera)





Bramble Sp?









Common Meadow-rue (Thalictum flavum)

Complete with the gall of the midge

Ametrodiplosis thalictricola



Smut fungus Ustilago avenae on False Oat Grass



Sawfly Gall (Pontania proxima) on Crack Willow?





Tasteless Water-pepper (Persicaria mitis)?

Duly tested

Tags: HimalayanBlackberry, PlumeMothSp, HairyDogRose, MeadowRue, MeadowRueGall

Common Bent (Agrostis capillaris)



Ants relocating eggs.















Hempnettle Sp

Common Hempnettle (Galeopsis tetrahit)

in a variety of shades.



Cranefly Sp





Crosswort (Cruciata laevipes)



Common Cudweed (Filago germanica)





Devil's-bit Scabious



Erodium/Geranium Sp?





Eyelash Fungus Sp





Reed Sweet grass (Glyceria maxima)



Reed Sweet Grass Smut probably

Ustilago filiformis



Harvestmen Sp

Opilio saxatilis ?











Swedish Whitebeam (Sorbus intermedia)







Musk Mallow (Malva moschata)





Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)



x





Meadowsweet Rust (Triphragmium ulmariae)



Moth Sp

A White-barred Moth Species

it could be one of three Sp from Norfolk Moths



Minute Pouncewort (Myriocoleopsis minutissimum)



Frizzled Pincushion (Plenogemma phyllantha)



Marsh Woundwort (Stachy palustris)





Glandular Dog-rose (Rosa squarrosus)









Sharp-flowered Rush (Juncus acutiflorus)





Brown Sedge (Carex distichum)



Southern Crestwort (Lophocolea semiteres)















Marsh Ragwort (Jacobea aquatica)



St John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum)





Tubular Water-dropwort (Oenanthe fistulosa)



Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)



Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi)



Water-purslane (Lythrum portula)





Greater Bird'sfoot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus)



Marsh Arrowgrass (Triglochin palustris)



Timothy Grass (Phleum pratense)



Marsh Cinquefoil leaf (Comarum palustris)

Tags: Ant, CommonCudweed, Devil's-bitScabious, EyelashFungus, CommonHempnettle, Landscape, ReedSweetgrass, WaspSpider, WaterPurslane, MarshArrowGrass, MarshRagwort, TubularWater-dropwort, MinutePouncewort, FrizzledPincushion, GlandularDog-rose, SouthernCrestwort, MarshRafwort, MothSp, HarvestmenSp, SwedishWhitebeam, MuskMallow, MeadowSweet, MeadowSweetRust, CommonBent, Crosswort