Rob Yaxley

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.

F. caperata is No 31! And I think it’s inceasing.

Norfolk’s 30 most recorded lichens. No surprises that Xanthoria parietina tops the list, but is it really the commonest species, or just the most noticeable/ recognisable? About 14 of these species are mainly found in churchyards…

The brackets you can see are like fruits. The bulk of the fungus exists as thread-like hyphae within the wood. So scraping it off won’t make any difference I’m afraid!

Not really my time zone, but it could be something like Fuscporia gilva, a bracket fungus. Likely to be bad news for the tree, causing rot in the heartwood.

I see these fantastic things on most church walls I look at, especially in the warmer months…I assume they eat lichen.

Depends where in the world you are, and quality of photo etc but I can have a try, maybe….

Two nice finds in today’s cold and bright conditions. Physcia clementei on a sycamore at Barrow Common, and Agonimia tristicula on a wall at North Creake churchyard, which had well over 70 species of lichen.

Nymph of Cacopsylla visci on Mistletoe. Photo by James Emerson.

A black and red bee, Sphecodes albilabris. Photo by Tim Strudwick.

A black sawfly, Euura humeralis. Photo by Andy Musgrove.

A shiny black beetle with dense puncture marks on the elytra, Hypocaccus rugifrons. Photo by Tim Hodge.

The next batch of county wildlife reports in this edition of NNNS Transactions are the Psyllids @norwichbirder.bsky.social , Bees & aculeate wasps @timstrudwick.bsky.social , Sawflies @andymus.bsky.social and Beetles (Martin Collier). 12/x

A female nymph Oak Bush-cricket, Photo by David Richmond.

A recently emerged Downy Emerald dragonfly, photo by Ben Lewis.

A snakefly, photo by James Emerson

The second half of NNNS Transactions begins with a weather report for 2024 written by Norman Brooks, followed by wildlife reports from our county recorders. Firstly Orthoptera (David Richmond), Dragonflies (@pamdragons.bsky.social ) and Lacewings & allies @applewildlife.bsky.social 11/x

Finally for the main NNNS Transactions articles, Tim Gardiner provides an update to a previous articles from Transactions vol 52, in which he investigates the population of Field Grasshoppers in a Gorleston garden. 10/x

A mating pair of the cranefly Molophilus ater in a glass tube. Photo by Martin Greenland.

The hoverfly Lejops vittatus on a Sea Club Rush flowerhead. Photo by Martin Greenland.

Articles 9 & 10 of NNNS Transactions detail some interesting insect discoveries. Martin Greenland writes of his discovery of the cranefly Molophilus ater at Sweet Briar Marshes, whilst Martin & @tim-hodge.bsky.social discuss the rediscovery of the hoverfly Lejops vittatus in the Broads. 9/x

Two flowering spikes of Yarrow Broomrape growing in coastal grassland. Photo by Mike Crewe.

The front cover image of NNNS Transactions is taken from the 8th article, which details efforts to survey the Norfolk population of Yarrow Broomrape Phelipanche purpurea and providing suggestions about future management, written by @anaturalistabroad.bsky.social 8/x

A Violet Carpenter Bee photographed flying near a pink sweet pea flower. Photo by Andrew Bourke.

Next up in NNNS Transactions is a detailed account of nesting Violet Carpenter Bee Xylocopa violacea from a Norfolk garden, made up of meticulous observations from first arrival to the departure of the young bees. Written by Tracey Chapman & Andrew Bourke. 7/x

The small brown moth Nothris verbascella, photo by Dave Jones

The moss Tortula bolanderi, photo by Mike Ball

The lichen Flavoplaca maritima , orangey-yellow apothecia on pale grey wood. Photo by Rob Yaxley.

Zoned Rosette fungus, photo by James Emerson.

And finally the last articles in the 2025 NNNS Transactions are wildlife reports covering Moths @norfolkmoths.bsky.social , Bryophytes (Mary Ghullam & Julia Masson), Lichens @robyaxley.bsky.social and Fungi (Dr Tony Leech). Do have a good read and we hope there is something of interest for all! 13/x

A view across the shingle at Blakeney Point covered with a mat of Sea Pea. Photo by Richard Porter

A brown straggly lichen, Bryoria fuscescens growing amongst grasses. Photo by Rob Yaxley.

NNNS have long been associated with Blakeney Point, including a special edition for its centenery as a NT reserve (norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/wp-conten...). Transactions articles 5 & 6 describe changes to its flowering plants (by Richard Porter) and lichen flora (by @robyaxley.bsky.social) 6/x