James Emerson

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...)

Heterosphaeria patella. A small black fungus on a dead Wild Carrot stem.

Heterosphaeria patella. A small black fungus on a dead Wild Carrot stem.

Heterosphaeria patella.

A small black fungus that grows on the dead stems of Angelica and other members of the Apiaceae (Carrot family).

Found on a dead Wild Carrot stem at the allotment today.

www.outerhebridesfungi.co.uk/species.php?...

#Fungi #FungiFriends

No early Wheatear or hirundines yet but the 2025 Bird Report has arrived. Thanks to all for their records, photos and support #devonbirding @patchbirding.bsky.social dawlishwarren.uk/2025%20Bird%...

They are Wasp Spider cocoons.

A very impressive patch report, excellent stuff!

A photo of a booklet being held out with a landscape in the background and watercolour birds around. The text on the front cover reads 'Figham Common' Bird Report 2025’

Five pages of the report layered on top of each other. Featuring text, illustrations and photographs on a dark green background.

The bird report that I’ve been writing about my #patchbirding is now out!

It includes many months of research, writing, illustrations, and photographs from the local community too. It is free to look through and I hope a nice read even for those not local 🐦

Here's a link: figham.neocities.org

Rookery, Reedham church.

Rookery, Reedham church.

Rookery, Reedham church.

Rookery, Reedham church.

The Rooks were busy nesting at Reedham church today.

Seen on a bike ride with @vannabartlett.bsky.social

Peacock butterfly warming itself on the ground in early spring.

Last call. If anyone has any butterfly records for Suffolk (2025) please submit them online this weekend. I plan a final download early next week for processing into the 2025 Suffolk Butterfly Report. Early signs are of a record breaking year for observations. Thank you.
@bc-suffolk.bsky.social

Norwich Cathedral with the cedar tree on the left of the photograph.

Cedar Cup, Geopora sumneriana.

Cedar Cups, Geopora sumneriana.

Cedar Cup, Geopora sumneriana (and Dandelion leaf rosette).

More Cedar Cups today under a cedar tree at the back of Norwich Cathedral. They seem to be having a good year.

www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2025/03/16/c...

#Fungi #FungiFriends

Limnellia surturi...a rather smart, rather little shore fly (Ephydridae) on sand outside a rabbit burrow at Cali Heath @yorkswildlife.bsky.social reserve yesterday. Looks to be a new VC record. #Ephydridae #shoreflies @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social

Rolph's Door Snail Macrogaster rolphii. A brown snail with a tall, spire-shaped ribbed shell, and an irregularly-shaped, white-lipped mouth, lying between my fingers.

Ten-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata. An oval, dark red beetle with pale spots on its wing cases.

White flower of Wood Anemone memorial, amongst brown leaves.

The empty shell of a beech fruit, or mast, with slender fungal growths arising from the top. These growths are Beechmast Candlesnuff fungus Xylaria carpophila.

A fine mix of species on our little local monthly nature walk. Amongst soecies seen wre Rolph's Door Snail, Ten-spot Ladybird, Wood Anemone & Beechmast Candlesnuff fungus, all pictured. Also spotted Raven and Red Kite, making for a pleasant morning. #KentNature

This is such an excellent book full of great tips. Should be used widely.

Oak Spiral 11 x 11”

#BlueSkyArtShow #Round #ArtistsOfBlueSky #WildlifeArt #OakTree

Final call for any outstanding 2025 bird records. Please send to norfolkbirdrecs@gmail.com as soon as possible.

Not required if already submitted to Ebird/Birdtrack.

Thanks

Over the years, I’ve found plenty of Gastrodes grossipes (Pine Cone Bug), so it was nice to find the other one, Gastrodes abietum (Spruce Cone Bug) today! A first for me! #Heteroptera #Lygaeidae #Shropshire

Unexpected Egyptian Goose nesting in the Rookery! It's a fair way up. I wonder what the rooks think! 😅 #ukbirding

Interesting hybrid duck, probably Euro Wigeon x Shoveler. What a cracker! At Heslington East, York earlier. @yorkbirding.bsky.social

A magnificent Long-tailed Elm Ulmus longicaudata in my village, the only one I’ve ever seen as a mature tree. Now flowering, like most elms. #Wildflowerhour

As part of her first solo exhibition (opens 27th March in Stirling) @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social is painting 30 small #wildflower canvases, which I'm looking forward to seeing every bit as much as her larger wildlife paintings! 🌼

Recent research on the Phyllocnistis saligna complex in the Netherlands has shown that saligna is not present there!
Most mines are P.asiatica with P triandricola found in almond willow or rarely on purple willow.
We have both asiatica and triandricola in the UK. Barcoding is going on here.

Loving these, we need more psyllid art!

I signed up too but haven’t got a link to the recording form (unless I missed it somewhere) so assumed that I perhaps missed the cutoff. I’ve not found a parasitises ladybird this year so far though so it’s rather academic at this point!

Plans to cover nearly a third of the city in trees pushes ahead Norwich City Council has voted to spend £45,000 on efforts to cover nearly a third of the city in trees as part of its budget setting this year.

Well, this is some nice positive news for a change!

Good also to see Greens & Labour supporting this tree planting initiative together. 😊🌳

#Biodiversity #Nature #trees

www.edp24.co.uk/news/2588595...

I don’t think it’s fully live unless you signed up in January - there was an email and it said that if you signed up you’d get a link to the first recording page in early February, then a second one in May.

It's now listed on @summerfieldbooks.com www.summerfieldbooks.com/product/cup-...

Careers | Wheatfen Nature Reserve | Broads National Park Discover careers and job opportunities working in the great outdoors at Wheatfen Nature Reserve.

Wheatfen reserve needs a new warden! Details of the job and how to apply can be found here: wheatfen.org/about-us/car...

📢 Job Alert: Monitoring officer

I am looking for an experienced ornithological fieldworker to join the team this spring to lead on the monitoring of Black tailed godwits at WWT Welney.

Closing date: 6 March 2026

Apply ➡️

vacancies.wwt.org.uk/vacancies/77...

In celebration of Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s centenary, our friends The Book Hive have curated 10 years of my Norfolk Magazine columns - & words from other Norfolk authors - into This Wild Dream.

Details of the book and events at www.thebookhive.co.uk/product/this...

ALL profits go to NWT & nature.

Looks like there's an asco book on the way from Geoff Kibby: 'Cup Fungi and other Ascomycetes' #MycoBookClub www.myko-service.de/p/kibby-g-cu...

The first Steatoda albomaculata of the year. @britishspiders.bsky.social