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S-caerulina_3795-824 by Peter Warne-Epping Forest Stropharia caerulina (blue roundhead) found growing o a friend's compost heap. Southern UK. https://flic.kr/p/2mBcXwM

White-plume-moth by Peter Warne-Epping Forest Classed as a micro-moth - this is a daylight species and larger than most of the group. A really beautiful insect. https://flic.kr/p/2jauCim

Dunlin by Peter Warne-Epping Forest A wild and windy evening on the Thames estuary close to Southend. Slowly the feeding dunlin came closer in the fading light. These birds are so tough. https://flic.kr/p/2iD5FQ4

Cinnabar-moth+cats_3636-6100 copy by Peter Warne-Epping Forest I have better pics of the moth but in the interests of authenticity this particular insect was snapped laying eggs on ragwort just 2 weeks ago. Time has passed and the eggs have hatched into these striped babies. They can decimate a ragwort population which are not well tolerated by cattle. So nature exerts its own control. https://flic.kr/p/2jgHfci

Wasp-spittle_5077 by Peter Warne-Epping Forest Wasps make their nests from a mixture of wood and their saliva. Here's proof of the spittle techniques as this wasp seeks to repair damage to the nest. https://flic.kr/p/2jcaheZ

Surinam-toad-rain_7936 by Peter Warne-Epping Forest A grand old lady - Surinam toad. https://flic.kr/p/2ix5ijn

Coral tooth fungus-Epping forest_0193 by Peter Warne-Epping Forest This is another shot of the rare coral tooth fungus that graced Epping Forest in Essex, UK this autumn. A very beautiful thing and this is just one of about 10 separate colonies. https://flic.kr/p/2i6WwNX

Hedgehog_7700 by Peter Warne-Epping Forest Just wake me up when this virus thing is sorted - until then... https://flic.kr/p/2kjaH3b