Twig Parachute (Marasmiellus ramealis)?













Sandy Stiltball (Batterea phalloides)



Spider Sp?



Spider Sp?





Snail Sp?









Fresh Conical Brittlestem (Parasola conopilus)







Fungi Sp









Hoverfly Sp Eristalis tenax

Hind tibia enlarged and curved. The eyes have a vertical stripe of dark hairs.









Marbled Orb-weaver (Araneus marmoreus var pyramidatus)

Tag CloudTwigParachute, SandyStiltball, FungiSp, SpiderSp, SnailSp, HoverflySp, Eristalis-tenax, ConicalBrittlestem, MarbledOrb-weaver

Common Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)



Unknown silky egg cases



Unknown waxy fungus













Yellow Swamp Brittlegill (Russula claroflava)



Unknown fungus







Bay Bolete (Boletus badius) showing superb pore pattern and the extent of the (in this case) blue colouration when cut.







Saffron Parasol or Earthy Powder Cap (Cistodermum amianthimum)



(2?)





Russula Sp?





Club-foot (Ampulloclitocybe clavipes)





Russula Sp (4?)





Rooting Shank (Xerula radicata)





Bay Bolete (Boletus badius)



Likely a young 'The Blusher' (Amanita rubescens)





Hoof Fungus (Fomes fomentarius)





False Deathcap (Amanita citrina)



Chicken-of-the-Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus)





Beefsteak Fungus complete with peppercorns (Fistulina hepatica)



Hairy Nuts Disco on Sweet Chestnut (Lanzia echinophila)





Chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius) (7?)





The Blusher (Amanita rubescens)





Russula Sp?



Ugly Milkcap (Lactarius turpis)



The Deceiver (Laccaria laccata))





Fragile Brittlegill (Russula fragilis)





Deathcap (Amanita phalloides)





A very young Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor)









Zoned Tooth Fungus (Hydnellum concrescens)



Tawny Grisette (Amanita fulva)



Small Stagshorn (Calocera cornea)



Yellow Stagshorn (Calocera viscosa)





Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata)



Possibly Smoked Oysterling (Resuspinatus applicatous)





Spotted Toughshank (Rhodocollybia maculata)





Blushing Bracket (Daedaleopsis confragosa)



Grey Milkcap (Lactarius vietus)) Very hot almost to a pinpoint. The milk dries to a grey colour.







Tuberous Polypore (Polyporus tuberaster)















Ghost Bolete (Leccinum holopus)





Orange Birch Bolete (Leccinum versipelle)





Velvet Bolette (Suillus granulata)





Mycaena Sp ? (Did it begin with an I?)





Slug Sp ?



Spider Sp? Lots of these scuttling about the ground under the Sweet Chestnuts.

Apparently a Lycosid Sp (Wolf Spider) of which there are at least twenty species and difficult to tell apart even under a microscope.

Thanks to Pip Collyer
for comments



White Earwort (Diplophyllum albicans) with Two-horned Pincerwort (Cepholoza bicuspidata).

A wonderful day some socially distanced members of the Norfolk Fungus Study Group

Thanks to Steve Judd for comments and ids.

Tag CloudFungusSp, SlugSp, SpiderSp, TheBlusher, RootingShank, MilkCapSp, MycaenaSp, SmokedOysterling, PaleStagshorn, CommonGardenSpider, YellowSwampBrittlegill, AmethystDeceiver, VelvetBollete, OrangeBirchBolette, GhostBolete, TuberousPolypore, SpottedToughshank, BlushingBracket, ZonedToothFungus, TurkeyTail, Deathcap, FragileBrittlegill, YellowStagshorn, SmallStagshorn, TawnyGrisette, HairyNutsDisco, UglyMilkcap, Chanterelle, Chicken-of-the-Woods, BeefsteakFungus, BayBolete, BoleteSp, FalseDeathcap, HoofFungus, RussulaSp, Club-foot, EarthyPowderCap, TheDeceiver

Tag CloudLandscapes, WaterScapes, SandScapes

Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)

Tag CloudBrownShrike

Migrant Hawker ♀︎ (Aeshna affinis)



Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)







Shaggy Parasol (Chlorophyllum rhacodes)











Yesterdays Marbled Orb-weaver

became todays Four-spotted Orb Weaver (Araneus quadratus)

Thanks to Pip Collyer (Spiderman for Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists Society) for earlier comments and help.

Tag CloudMigrantHawker, IvyBee, ShaggyParasol, FourSpottedOrbWeaver

Three Marbled Orb-weaver spiders (Pumpkin Spider) {Araneus marmoreus} in close proximity on a bramble bush. Two were even using the same web.

As often seems to be the case - a carapace view wasn't going to happen.

Pip Collyer commented that without the carapace view these could one of three species

A quadratus, diadematus or marmoreus

The background colours are very variable it's the carapace pattern that is important.

A return visit the next day proved the wisdom of this help.

Tag CloudMarbledOrb-weaver, SpiderSp

Proliferous Pink (Petrohagia prolifera)



Viper's-bugloss (Echium vulgare)





Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria)

But

the most amazing things today were the thousand/s of Ivy Bees flying on the bank.

Couldn't see anything else flying. They had the whole bank to themselves.

Even the grasshoppers and crickets seemed to be absent.

On or two Small Copper, Small Heath and Common Blue.


and

a

Field full of Sone Curlews

(Well
at least
40)

on

the way

home.

Tag CloudProliferousPink, KidneyVetch, Viper'sBugloss

Sticky Groundsel (Senecio viscosus)

This plant had one or two bees on it at times but despite sitting for a while they were too quick for the camera.

An identified Nomad Bee similarly too quick.

One or two black yellows also. Cerceris Sp probably.

Somewhere to explore next year.





A solitary Red-banded Sandwasp digging out a burrow. (Amophila sabulosa)



Mirid Bug (Lygus Sp?)







A rather delicious yellow fungus sp?

More likely a dry Slime mould (Fuligo septica)

Thanks to Neil Mahler from the Norfolk Fungus Study Group for the id.

Tag CloudFungiSp, Red-bandedSandWasp, StickyGroundsel

Common Gull (Larus canus)







Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi)

Tag CloudCommonGull, WaspSpider, Landscape

Spider Sp



Spider Sp





Fly Sp

























Heather Colletes (Colletes succinctus)

Tag CloudHeatherColletes, SpiderSp, FlySp

Beewolf (Philanthus triangulum) Always that bit more cautious when it leaves the nest hole.































Ivy Bees in their thousands on the bank at Felmingham Cutting (Colletes hederae)

Tag CloudIvyBee, Beewolf

Carline Thistles at a variety of stages. (Carlina vulgaris)

Tag CloudCarline Thistle

Sea Aster Mining Bee (Colletes halophilus)





Sea Aster (Tripolium pannonicum)



Greenbottle Fly Sp? (Lucilia Sp)



Mating Crane Fly Sp (tipple oleracea)











Maritime Mason Wasp (Ancistrocerus scoticus)

Tag CloudSeaAsterMiningBee, SeaAster, GreenbotteFlySp, CraneflySp, MaritimeMasonWasp

Blood bee Sp (Sphecodes Sp)















Fly Sp (Phasia hemiptera ♀︎) A parasite on Heteropteran Bugs.







Orange-belted Hoverfly (Xylota segnis)

Stephen Falk's Page



Common Furrow Bee ♀︎ (Lasioglossum calceatum) perhaps?





Wasp Sp (Ectemnius Sp) E carvifrons perhaps



Eristalsis Sp







Batman Hoverfly (Myothropa florea)













Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)

Tag CloudBloodBeeSp, FlySp, BeeSp, HoverflySp, WaspSp, IvyBee, Phasiahemiptera, BatmanHoverfly, EctemniusSp, Orange-beltedHoverfly

Bronze Furrow Bee (Halictus tumulorum)♂︎

Very long antenna, a coppery/green sheen & extensively yellow legs

Thanks to Nick Owens for comments and id










Common Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum calceatum) Both the red and black form ♂︎ (perhaps)

As it turned out there were two species here.

Yes to the red form of Common Furrow Bee but the coppery one with the long antenna was Bronze Furrow Bee









Bronze Furrow Bee (Halictus tumulorum)♂︎

Very long antenna, a coppery/green sheen & extensively yellow legs

Thanks to Nick Owens for comments and id





Common Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum calceatum) Both the red and black form ♂︎ (perhaps)

As it turned out there were two species here.

Yes to the red form of Common Furrow Bee but the coppery one with the long antenna was Bronze Furrow Bee

Tag CloudCommonFurrowBee

Hoverfly Sp?



Fungi Sp?







Fly Sp



Chrysotoxum bicinctum













Wasp Sp?

The wasp is Ancistrocerus species male. These are a bit tricky to separate – maybe gazella, parietinus or parietum.
You can compare on Falk’s flickr or BWARS but you probably need microscopic details to tell them apart reliably.

Thanks to Nick Owens for comments and id

Stephen Falk's Mason Wasps Page

Tag CloudWaspSp, HoverflySp, FlySp, FungiSp, Chrysotoxumbicinctum

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)





Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)











Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)











Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)






































White-winged Black Tern (Chilidonias leucopterus) A bird fromm this year.



Young bird presumably from an earlier brood.



A more recent youngster presumably with gape flanges still present and looking for food.



















Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Still feeding young in the lee of the bushes on the main pond. (20+ mph winds across the ponds today.) Locally bred or perhaps on passage.

Tag CloudRuff, Dunlin, WoodSandpiper, CurlewSandpiper, White-wingedBlackTern, Swallow

Wheatear (oenanthe oenanthe) Two juveniles present today.

Tag CloudWheatear

Common Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)



Common Eyebright (Euphrasia nemorosa)



Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris)







Green Leafhopper ♂︎ (Cicadella viridis)









Viviparous Lizard (Zootoca vivipara) A party of four including a very young one.





















Megachile Sp? Possibly Patchwork Leafcutter bee (Megachile centuncularis)

Dark hairs on top of the head and the scope appears to be orange.





Spider Sp?



Spider Sp?



Spider Sp?



Spider Sp?





One second they are there, the next they are hiding from you.





Long-winged Conehead (Conocephalus fuscus)

Tag CloudLongWingedConehead, CommonDockBug, CommonEyebright, GreenLeafhopper, MegachileSp, ViviparousLizard, SpiderSp, Long-wingedConehead

Central stripe reddish brown.





Large Tiger Hoverfly ♀︎ (Heliophilus trivittatus)



Hoverfly Sp??

A face view needed to identify this one.





Sawfly Sp?

became

Turnip Sawfly (Althalia rosae)

Thanks to @Norwichbirder for id.



Rush Sp?











Spider Sp?

became

Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)

Thanks to Pip Collyer for id.



Capsid Bug Sp?



Angelica seed head. (Angelica sylvestris)





Cranefly Sp (Tipula oleracea)



Common Eyebright (Euphrasia nemorosa)

Tag CloudHelophiluspendulus, HoverflySp, RushSp, SawflySp, Angelica, CraneflySp, TurnipSawfly, LargeTigerHoverfly, CommonEyebright, EyebrightSp