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September ‘18 - I think this might be Boletus calous (Bitter beech bolete) based on colourings & location. 

July ‘18 - A wonderful morning surveying for White Clawed Crayfish - Austropotamobius pallipes

June ‘18 - Moths are beautiful! Common Emerald - Hemithea aestivaria

June ‘18 - My first elephant hawk moth 😍 Deilephila elpenor

June ‘18 - another one from my birthday trapping session - small magpie - Anania hortulata

June ‘18 - Got a new moth trap for my birthday, so pleased to find this privet hawkmoth (Sphinx ligustri) on our first night!

April ‘18 - Looking forward to seeing this green elfcup Chlorociboria aeruginascens in all its glory in autumn. My first green elfcup!

April ‘18- Agelastica alni - Alder beetle.

April ‘18 - Otter survey training in mid Wales has left me with many photos of otter spraint (poo!) on my phone!

April ‘18 - Dewy morning in Mid Wales

Jan’18- Found this little’un taking refuge in my house tonight - Alucita hexadactyla - Twenty plume moth

October ‘17  - Slimy waxcap - Hygrocybe irrigata

October ‘17 - Pink waxcap - Hygrocybe calyptriformis 

October ‘17 - Blackening waxcap - Hygrocybe conica 

Sometimes I take a break from looking at the ground for mushrooms and look to the trees instead. Shame these little ones don’t stay as still as the fungi.

October ‘17 - Collared earth star found by my newbie-fungi-hunter sister - Geastrum triplex.