New Species - Lecidella elaeochroma - a disc lichen

A rather anonymous looking lichen species with no English name although the genus are called Disc Lichens. Found on Hawthorn

New Species - Candelariella reflexa

Another Lichen collected earlier in the year but I am still catching up with the Lichen admin. I found an English Names list on the British Lichen Society website but this species doesn't have one. Interestingly the genus Candelariella has two English names 'Goldspeck Lichen' and 'Yolk Lichen'. I am not sure whether this came from an Ash twig or Hawthorn or Apple.

One or two deer in the West Field

More than twenty to be accurate. Fallow Deer seem to gather in large numbers at certain times whilst most of the year they are seen here in small groups.

Good Year for wild Daffs

I think the best year yet for wild daffodils locally. This is the display in the woods a few yards from here.

New Species - Physcia aipolia - Hoary Rosette Lichen

One of the elegant lichens with its black and grey colour scheme. Differentiated from the similar P. stellaris by its Yellow Medulla reaction with KOH. Found on an Ash twig.

Red Kite Overhead

No photo but my first Red Kite sighting of 2022 and it was immediately overhead here in the Spring sunshine. We had no sightings the first few years here but they are becoming more frequent even if still unusual.

New Species - Trumpet Cup Lichen -Cladonia fimbriata

I have restricted myself to looking at Lichen on trees so far just so I don't confuse myself entirely but whilst cleaning the barn gutters I spotted a clump of mossy debris that had some Cladonia type of Lichen growing on them. This is the first such Lichen I have seen so I couldn't resist trying an id. It seems to be straightforwardly Cladonia fimbriata as the shape and size of stem and cup as well as colouring and the soredia all are in accord and the Lichen is common all over the UK. I will continue to resist looking at the Lichens on stones and rocks for the moment until I have recorded what I can from trees and twigs.