A few Liverworts down the microscope. Fruiting body of Mueller's Pouchwort (Calypogeia muelleriana), Notched Pouchwort (Calypogeia arguta), Two-horned Pincerwort (Cephalozia bicuspidata), Forcipated Pincerwort (Cephalozia connivens) @norfolknats.bsky.social

A day of slime molds! Metatrichia floriformis, Arcyria ferruginea?, Badhamia utricularis, StemonitsSp? @norfolknats.bsky.social

Thanks James. Much appreciated.

Thanks Vanna We did wonder. Hoverflies were also mentioned.

Still awaiting the final id but stunnng nonetheless. especially under the microscope. Dendrostilbella Sp? Id suggestions very welcome for the larva group & a lovely hairy fungus on Beech Mast, (Volutella ciliata) @norfolknats.bsky.social @vannabartlett.bsky.social

Early Spring calm at Overstrand. @norfolknats.bsky.social

One or two mosses from Wolterton - Knieff's feather-moss Leptodictyum riparum), Wavy Beard-moss (Didymodon sinuosus), Lesser Pocket-moss (Fissidens bryoides), Dwarf feather-moss (Microeurhyncium pumilum) @norfolknats.bsky.social

One or two recent mosses from Felbrigg - Revolute Beard-moss (Pseudocrossidium revolutum), Elegant Silk-moss (Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans), Aloe Haircap capsules (Pogonatum aloides) & Swan's-neck Thyme-moss (Mnium hornum) @norfolknats.bsky.social

A gorgeous day at Holkham Rue-leaved Saxifrage just beginning to open, Daphne laureaola in bloom and fine bottle brush rhizines of Peltigera membranacea @norfolknats.bsky.social

And no sign of a female on any of five mounds this morning.

Thankyou.. Absolutely superb! Two, possibly three males on one hill. Just enjoying a bit of sunshine clambering about as you see.

A rather nice Ground beetle (Nothiphilus biguttatus) accompanied the Snow Fleas this morning. @norfolknats.bsky.social

The male Snow Fleas clambering over hill and dale this morning at Felbrigg @norfolknats.bsky.social

Thanks Vanna But to make up for it you have a side view. Not just one either. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.

Four from the NFSG Foray at Felbrigg - Cosmospora arxii on Beech Woodwort, Conifer Disco (Lachnellula subtilissima) on Pine, Snow Flea (Boreus hyemalis) and a beautiful, less than invisible spider (Drapetisca socialis) @norfolknats.bsky.social

Floreana giant tortoise reintroduced to Galápagos island after almost 200 years

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks

A quartet of Cladonias from Winterton - Cladonia uncialis, Cladonia foliacea, Cladonia subulata, Cladonia diversa. @norfolknats.bsky.social

A quartet of Cladonias from Horsey. Cladonia cornuta, Cladonia rangiferina, Cladonia cervicornis, Cladonia ciliata var tenuis @norfolknats.bsky.social

A couple of weeks ago this was actually a fruiting Cladonia portentosa. The Cladonia rangiferina finally hove into view yesterday. (Cladonia inexperience and a dodgy map ref honest) Cladonia rangiferina in all its glory (only site in Norfolk as previously mentioned) @norfolknats.bsky.social

Brilliant. Thanks for that reference.

I had a look in one or two places.
Nature Spot says Ciboria amentacea is a synoym for caucus, although Species fungorum doesn't list that synonym? iNaturalist uses amentacea but says this species grows on Salix and Alnus?

Thank you

As someone said only yesterday. It's that time of year. Lo and behold Wheatfen thought so too!
Alder Goblet (Ciboria caucus) on Alder. Lamb's tails and female flowers on Hazel (Corylus avellana) @norfolknats.bsky.social

A sheet of white paper with four black and white ink drawings of harvestmen. Top row: left Odiellus spinosus, right Dicranopalpus larvatus. Bottom row: left Paroligolophus agrestis, right Leiobunum blackwalli (only the first centimetre or so of the legs have been drawn on this one).

More harvestman line drawings completed. Leiobunum species have such long legs that I didn't even try and fit them on the page.

You would only find the Cladonia rangiferina at Horsey. There are other species of Cladonia that look similar found at Winterton but not that one.

Thanks They were tiny tiny wee tiny and they hop about. Yes a female definitely but also a side view of the male.

A tale of two males of different species today. The first the long staying Ist Winter ♂︎ Eastern Black Redstart at Sheringham. The Second and you did say it was tiny. SO tiny... A male Snow Flea that jumped across the leaf litter at Felbrigg, by the seat at the top of the V. @norfolknats.bsky.social

Horsey - The only spot in Norfolk for Cladonia rangiferina. A northern reindeer moss usually found in montane heaths, moorland, dunes & woodlands in the north North & West. And something as yet unidentified. @norfolknats.bsky.social

Seals basking in the sunshine at Horsey. @norfolknats.bsky.social