Here’s Physconia distorta,
so spectacularly lit
from the lower right-hand quarter,
and… a northern Long-tailed Tit
Some have said they judge the latter
quite the better of the two
Yes or no? Does it matter?
Please weigh in and state your view!
Some people say this northern long-tailed tit is superior to this Physconia distorta. I might (just) agree with them. #Estonia
Found deep in an Estonian forest, these huge tracks could well belong to a wolf. Also the droppings look too small and neat for an elk, but apparently that is where they come from.
Steller’s Eider, White-tailed eagle and Six-spotted Orb-weaver enjoying the sunshine in Estonia today.
Pygmy Owl
Must get to bed. I've got over-achieving again in the morning.
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Remember when @robyaxley.bsky.social spotted this Pygmy Owl in foliage, from a moving vehicle?
#TheTwoJonnies #Birding #WorldBirding #Estonia #EstoniaBirding 🇪🇪
Caught @jonnybirder.bsky.social looking at indecent images earlier...
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OF THE HAWK OWL WE SAW TODAY 🔥💯🦉
📷 @jonnybirder.bsky.social #TheTwoJonnies #Estonia #Birding #WorldBirding
Having fun in Estonia. WYWH.
Can any lichenologists confirm if this is Alpine Bloodspot (𝘖𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘴𝘢) 🔴
I'm guessing quite acidic geology up there?
📍Glenshee, Scotland
Unmistakable! 👍
What do this ancient oak, this swallowtail, this natterjack have in common?
1) They live on Norfolk Wildlife Trust reserves.
2) They benefit from people buying This Wild Dream. ALL profits go to NWT (nothing to me).
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I also found it on a second church I looked at today, so it could be “widespread and overlooked”!
North walls of churches can have a distinctive lichen flora. This is Ingaderia vandenboomii, a pinkish sorediate species with a dark prothallus. New for Norfolk at Yaxham church. One you predicted I believe @sylviad.bsky.social ? 👏👏
A large cedar tree with a path running underneath the branches.
An area of mossy lawn with several creamy cup fungi growing amongst it. The lawn joins onto a concrete block wall of Norwich Cathedral.
A whitish-cream cup fungus with rayed edges, embedded in moss.
A whitish-cream cup fungus with rayed edges, embedded in moss with Dandelion and other leaves also visible.
I took a detour on the way home from work today to Norwich Cathedral to have a look at some nice specimens of Cedar Cup fungus, Geopora sumneriana, found recently by @jeremybartlett.bsky.social (and a previous subject of one of his blogs: www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2025/03/16/c...)
A proper early spring day, with chiffchaffs, mining bees, displaying marsh harriers and real warm sunshine™️. Sweaty work measuring peat depth…
Pertusaria lactescens. The book says it is often found on sandstone headstones, which is where I found this. Thurning churchyard, VC27. K+ yellow>red, C-, P+ yellow.
A small bit of Rhizocarpon geographicum at Weeting churchyard yesterday. The slate church roof is covered in it, but only tiny amounts have found their way to a ground level granite tomb top. Abundant in west Uk, scarce in the east.
Placidium squamulosum at Weeting Heath today, also a chance to see how the translocation of Gyalolechia fulgens is going.
The best lichen of the day today was probably Lecanora albella on oak bark at Winterton - Horsey Dunes. K+ yellow, C-, P+ yellow. Tiny thick-rimmed apothecia.
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Photo of several Cladonia podetia that look like cream coloured trumpets (growing vertically) with the trumpet openings ringed in red.
Cladonia sp #lichen
#Newfoundland Canada.
Lichens are about 3cm high
#fungi #fungifriends
Yes, I feel I need another visit already! C. rei is a great record, haven’t definitely seen it elsewhere in Norfolk, though I did have a suspect at Cawston Heath.
Blue shieldbugs in the garden this morning, courtesy of WW*
*wonderful wife
Well jel
A good day at Felbrigg Great Wood with Norfolk Fungus Study Group. Best for me was this Pyrenula macrospora, another western species not at all expected in Norfolk.
Looking upstream along River Waveney at Falcon Meadow near Bungay on summer's day.
Lecania cyrtella : England : VC27 East Norfolk : TM3389 : January 2026 : On Salix trunk
Lecania naegelii : England : VC27 East Norfolk : TM3389 : January 2026 : On Salix trunk
Trapelia glebulosa sens. str. : England : VC27 East Norfolk : TM3489 : January 2026 : On wooden gatepost
Serene Falcon Meadow on River Waveney at Bungay just shortlisted by Gov't for official wild-bathing designation! Otters, kingfishers and… #lichens! Recently spotted: Lecania cyrtella, L naegelii, Trapelia glebulosa sens str. All firsts for wider area. Likely common but not well-recorded in E Anglia.
Yes, it was quite a twitch that one!
A moist and exciting trip to Grimston Warren today, with lots of good lichens seen including Diploschistes muscorum and Cladonia macilenta, as well as Ramalina fastigiata. Conifers were removed 27 years ago, and the heathland has come back really well including the lichen flora.
Lichen Tortrix Acleris literana on some lichen at Roydon Common today. I do enjoy finding moths in their natural resting places.
Parm sax comes in 137th with 61 records😆
Probably unproveable, I guess a combination of numbers of records and widespread distribution would be the best you could do.
