Velvet shank mushrooms grow in tight clusters at the base of tree trunks and stumps. These were at the edge of the Railway Walk near Lower Penn.
Dog’s mercury, budding, Northycote
Dog’s mercury growing in the woodland area at Northycote Farm, flower buds developing but not yet open.
Wasp on camelia flower
Wasp on a camelia flower, pausing before it heads for the centre to get some pollen.
Mining bee, possibly early mining bee
Mining bee, a different species than the one featured in a post yesterday. This one many be an early mining bee.
Climbing up an oak, bracket fungi
Sequence of bracket fungi growing in a split in the bark of a large oak by the roadside at the edge of Seisdon.
Mining bee, possibly yellow-legged
Mining bee, solitary bee seen early in the season. ID’d by iNaturalist as a yellow-legged mining bee. If that’s correct, it was towards the northern edge of its range.