31st January 2012 - Nectria cinnabarina and Peniophora lycii added to Fungal Gallery 8.

30th January 2012 - Correspondence back from one of our recent Punk For The Homeless/Animals gig recipients:-

BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION - 'Thank you very much for your most recent donation to Butterfly Conservation, of £200. Your continuing support is very much appreciated.

Your gift will be put to good use conserving butterflies, moths and their habitats in the UK. I am delighted to report that several of our most threatened species are beginning to show signs of recovery as a result of sensitive conservation management work. In Cumbria and Lancashire the Morecambe Bay project is helping to save one of the last strongholds of the High Brown and Pearl-bordered Fritillary.  Sensitive habitat management meant the High Brown Fritillary colonised several newly coppiced areas last year, and we hope the Pearl-bordered Fritillary will soon follow. 

As ever, there remains plenty more to do if we are to reverse the decades of decline and habitat loss, and for this we are very grateful for your support.

With many thanks for your kind donation'.

Nifty!

21st January 2012 - Netelia testacea and Ophonus ardosiacus added to Insect Gallery 3. Also £400 was raised by the Punks for The Homeless/Animals gig in Stoke On Trent - so its £200 to the Homeless and £200 to Butterfly Conservation - not bad at all.

9th January 2012 - Crepidotus cesatii added to Fungal Gallery 8.

1st January 2012 - Bovista plumbea and Mycena pura added to Fungal Gallery 8. Also just to add - 1341 species were identified and listed during 2011 which isn't a bad haul considering we are busy on so many fronts. Here's to another good total this year with hopefully plenty of new species.

11th December 2011 - Slippery Jack added to Fungal Gallery 8. Also some news of the fund raising event that took place in Kensing so as to help the plight of the Orang-utan. £165 was raised and a big thanks from Deborah Tessier goes to all who chipped in towards the final total. From this end - well done Deborah and keep up the marvellous work - inspirational.

1st December 2011 - Crucibulum laeve and Cyathus striatus added to Fungal Gallery 8.

28th November 2011 - NEWSFLASH - One of our dear friends is doing her bit for the wild world this weekend - here is the low down folks and take note indeed and get out there and do your bit! It is all very well and good whizzing around looking at wildlife here and there, taking photo's and chatting about this, that and t'other but without spreading the word to the neutrals, without trying to raise a bit of cash, without stopping this bastard machine known as humanity from ruining everything then what really is the point.

Monkey Mayhem is coming to Kemsing !

Wildlife enthusiast and volunteer fundraiser for INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE, Deborah Tessier, from Sevenoaks, will be bringing a multitude of cuddly rescue monkeys and apes to Kemsing Primary School’s Christmas Fayre on December 3rd,  Deborah is hoping to find forever-homes for all the abandoned  primates currently in her care and, at the same time, raise urgently needed funds for IAR’s orang-utan project in West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. 

Visitors to the fayre will be able to take home monkeys or apes while all proceeds from the modest “adoption fees” will go towards orang-utan rescue and rehabilitation.

“Survival in the wild for our hairy orange cousin, the orang-utan, is becoming increasingly catastrophic,” Deborah states.  “Destruction of their forest home to make way for oil palm plantations continues at an unprecedented rate.”  She goes on to explain that palm oil is found in so many of the products in our weekly supermarket shop because it is the cheapest vegetable fat on the market.  Sadly, however, the orang-utan pays the ultimate price.

Between 2 and 4pm on Saturday December 3rd fayre goers can directly help to save the orang-utan by re-homing a cuddly monkey or ape.  A life-size baby orang-utan and chimpanzee will be available for cuddles and hugs and there will be photographs of IAR’s work on show.

“I’m really looking forward to meeting as many people as possible at the event and finding lots of new homes for the primates too.  It’s such a fun way to raise money and awareness and with Christmas just round the corner cuddly primates make perfect presents !” says Deborah.

More information from :
Deborah Tessier deborahtessier@tiscali.co.uk 
IAR   www.internationalanimalrescue.org
Soft toy photography copyright  www.simonearwicker.com
West Kalimantan photography copyright IAR

Great stuff Deborah and I am sure the event will go absolutely brilliantly.

21st November 2011 - Tawny Cockroach added to Insect Gallery 3.

20th November 2011 - Laccaria laccata added to Fungal Gallery 8

7th November 2011 - New Red Admiral Picture added to Butterfly Gallery 2, New picture added to the Nature Gallery here and Dunnock added to Avain Gallery.

1st November 2011 - The picture for Great Green Bush Cricket has been changed in Orthoptera Gallery 1 and Dark Bush Cricket has been added to Orthoptera Gallery 2.

18th October 2011 - Roesel's Bush Cricket now added to Orthoptera Gallery 2.

12th October 2011 - Archer's Dart now added to Moth Gallery 7.

11th October 2011 - Elliot Capper, member of Fungal Friends and lover of all things hardcore sent me the picture below - me being a grumpy punk bugger may be true after all!

4th October 2011 - Andricus quercuscalicis and Andricus fecundator added to the Gall Gallery.

23rd September 2011 - Brown Argus added to Butterfly Gallery 3 and Cystophora sonchi added to Gall Gallery 1.

17th September 2011 - Trachyspora intrusa and Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae added to Micro Fungi Gallery 2.

14th September 2011 - Wood Cricket has been added to Orthopteran Gallery 2. Here is another picture from the hand of David Edwards - feedback once more would be appreciated. I love the added warmth to this one.

6th September 2011 - Willow Warbler added to the new Avian Gallery.

5th September 2011 - After a recent Punk For Animals gig money was donated to several charities - here is a little feedback from some of the recipients.

BUGLIFE - 'Thank you for your donation! I would like to thank you for your kind donation towards Buglife.

The food we eat, the fish we catch, the birds we see, the flowers we smell and the hum of life we hear, simply would not exist without bugs. An amazing one in three mouthfuls of our food depends upon insect pollination. Can you imagine a world without honey, chocolate, coffee and strawberries? Neither can we, but without bugs we would have none of these.

Bugs are facing an extinction crisis. Many wonderful bugs are declining both in the UK and worldwide. Sadly, three types of bumblebees are now extinct in the UK, seven out of ten types of butterflies are in significant decline and over six out of ten riverflies have disappeared in recent years. But it’s not too late to make a difference!

Buglife - The Invertebrate Conservation Trust is the only organisation in Europe committed to the conservation of all invertebrates. Buglife is a very small charity and we depend on the support of people like you. With the help of our members and supporters, we are able to raise awareness of just how important bugs are, and how endangered many species now are. We are able to take practical conservation action to help stop these declines, and campaign for the conservation of invertebrates and the places they live in.

Thank you for your support'.

BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION - 'Thank you so much for your kind donation to Butterfly Conservation which will be used very wisely.  

It has been most pleasing that last summer’s good weather has given butterflies and moths the opportunity to respond to many of our landscape projects, with some outstanding results throughout the UK.  Amongst many other species Marsh Fritillary numbers have been spectacular; the High Brown Fritillary has responded exceptionally well to our last four year’s habitat improvements in Wales and our project in the Morecambe Bay Limestones has also grown very successfully. 

Whilst we know that our landscape-scale approach to butterfly and moth habitat management and conservation is working, we are constantly striving to increase our efforts and to raise awareness with government, landowners and other key partners.  For this to succeed we need all the support we can muster and gifts such as your kind donation are a welcome endorsement and support for our actions'.

ANIMAL AID - 'Thanks once again for your compassion and generosity. P.S. We've got a few punk(er)s working in the office here so I've sent your links around'.

Cheers to all the punkers who helped the cause and up yours to all the ones that knew about it and couldn't be bothered to turn up but rather use their cash to contribute to something less punk rock.

4th September 2011 - Knot Grass added to Moth Gallery 7.

23rd August 2011 - Chocolate Tip and Scarce Chocolate Tip added to Moth Gallery 7.

17th August 2011 - During our journeys down to the lighthouse at Portland Bill we meet some marvellous characters many of whom have a certain enthusiasm for their chosen pastime, art, hobby or whatever you want to call it. One such person is the delightfully unassuming David Edwards who potters with the wildlife, rides his bike for miles and who dabbles at the old ‘painting a scene’ game. Having been keen to view David's work I was more than a little impressed as were my good wife and daughter as he laid out various efforts on the Observatory tables. Various communication between myself and David as resulted in him allowing me the privilege in showcasing his work on this latest news section. The offer to do a section entirely for himself was refused as David stated quite nicely 'My feeling at the moment is, go for the simple option and put them with the 'latest news'. They will interest your readers who know Portland, and perhaps a few others who try their hand at some painting themselves'. Told ya, totally unassuming. Anyway enough of my techno chin-wagging - here is the first of David’s offerings. The view is of a jumble of rocks and plants that was done towards Cheyne House, along a quarry path. It perfectly captures the essence of Portland some admire and indeed understand. Personally I think its bloody marvellous but I can hear David’s ever humble tones proclaim modestly 'It's alright I suppose'. What a dude!

Feedback on any of David's work is most welcome at my usual e-mail address at fungalpunk@hotmail.co.uk and I promise to pass on all comments direct to David himself. Thank you!

16th August 2011 - Lackey Moth added to Moth Gallery 7.

6th August 2011 - STOP PRESS - new Avian Portraits section added (Sedge Warbler and Mute Swan the first additions) and all sightings from our recent trip to Dorset and Kent are now up.

17th July 2011 - Galeruca tanaceti added to Insect Gallery 3.

6th July 2011 - Cryptosiphum artemisiae and Phytoptus padi added to the Gall Gallery in the Others Section.

2nd July 2011 - Attelabus nitens added to Insect Gallery 3.

23rd June 2011 - Broad Bodied Chaser and Southern Damselfly added to Dragons and Damsels Gallery 1.

22nd June 2011 - As I plough through my backlog of photographs I will be replacing existing ones with efforts I deem to be better, therefore the whole site will hopefully be enhanced. As I always say I ain't no photographer but just a moocher. Anyway - Marbled White has been altered in Butterfly Gallery 1 so a start has been made.

11th June 2011 - Prawle Point added to the Site Guide page.

9th June 2011 - The link below on the 4th of June has now been amended thanks to information received from that fungal font of knowledge Stuart Skeates of the Hampshire Fungus Group. I quote:-

'I hope you don’t mind me saying this but I heard recently that the smuts on Silene have been split up and the smut on red campion (S dioica) is Microbotryum silenes-dioicae and the one on white campion (S latifolia = S alba) is Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae . Bl**dy ‘ell as they say.'

Yes 'bloody hell' indeed. Cheers to Stuart and the search is on for the latter species. Now where did I last see White Campion.

4th June 2011 - Microbotryum violaceum added to Micro Fungi Gallery 2.

28th May 2011 - Cuckooflower and Bush Vetch added to Wild Flower Gallery 1.

22nd May 2011 - Water Avens added to Wild Flower Gallery 1.

12th May 2011 - Hypocrea pulvinata added to Fungal Gallery 8 and Puccinia tumida added to Micro Fungi Gallery 2.

5th May 2011 - Phragmidium violaceum added to Micro Fungi Gallery 2.

23rd April 2011 - Puccinia violae added to Micro Fungi Gallery 2.

13th April 2011 - Hypoxylon fragiforme added to Fungal Gallery 8.

7th April 2011 - Scaeva pyrastri added to Insect Gallery 3.

29th March 2011 - Otidea bufonia added to Fungal Gallery 8 and Scaly Cricket picture changed in Orthoptera Gallery 2. Also just wanted to add the picture below to show how lichen can quickly take hold in the most likely of places. I neither know what age the skull is or from what species it has come but if anyone has any pointers please let me know. It was found on the coast in Dorset so hopefully that may point out the species. A corvid perhaps? Nevertheless I was intrigued by the lichen on it so took as snap, stored on my computer and finally got around to publishing below.

22nd March 2011 - Travellers Joy added to Wild Flower Gallery 1.

14th March 2011 - Daldinia fissa added to Fungal Gallery 8.

4th March 2011 - Gloeophyllum sepiarium added to Fungal Gallery 7.

22nd February 2011 - Boletus edulis added to Fungal Gallery 7.

12th February 2011 - Heart And Dart added to Moth Gallery 7.

5th February 2011 - Puccinia punctiformis added to Micro Fungal Gallery 2.

23rd January 2011 - Pebble Prominent added to Moth Gallery 6.

11th January 2011 - Encoelia furfuracea added to Fungal Gallery 7.

2nd January 2011 - Green Arches added to Moth Gallery 6 and new sightings added in the Diary and Fungal Friends section

10th December 2010 - Serica brunnea added to Insect Gallery 3. The Drinker and Spurge Hawkmoth picture added to the Nature Gallery here.

2nd December 2010 - New ID Workshop on Armillaria added in the Fungal Friend section here.

1st December 2010 - Scalloped Hazel and White Point added to Moth Gallery 6.

24th November 2010 - Buff Ermine added to Moth Gallery 6.

18th November 2010 - Blue Rayed Limpet added to Seashore Gallery 2.

11th November 2010 - Chlorophyllum rhacodes added to Fungal Gallery 7 and latest news added to the Fungal Friends section.

3rd November 2010 - Clitocybe geotropa added to Fungal Gallery 6.

27th October 2010 - Spurge Hawkmoth and Sallow Kitten larvae added to Larval Gallery 1.

23rd October 2010 - New Dog Stinkhorn picture added here amd Lactarius vietus added to Fungal Gallery 6. New fungal updates here.

13th October 2010 - Trametes versicolor added to Fungal Gallery 6.

5th October 2010 - Dacrymyces stillatus added to Fungal Gallery 6.

28th September 2010 - Agaricus macrosporus added Fungal Gallery 5.

16th September 2010 - Scleroderma verrucosum added to Fungal Gallery 5.

1st September 2010 - Scaly Cricket added to Orthoptera Gallery 2.

11th August 2010 - Gomphidius maculatus added to Fungal Gallery 7.

7th August 2010 - Yellow Tail Moth added to Moth Gallery 6 and Poplar Grey added to Moth Gallery 2.

25th July 2010 - Clouded Bordered Brindle added to Moth Gallery 6.

16th July 2010 - Spurge Hawkmoth and Pine Hawkmoth added to Moth Gallery 6.

15th July 2010 - Spurge Hawkmoth life cycle added to the Butterflies/Moths section here.

7th July 2010 - Purple Emperor added to Butterfly Gallery 3.

29th June 2010 - Hairy Dragonfly added to the Damsels and Dragons Gallery 1. New sightings aplenty in the Dairy too.

16th June 2010 - Sallow Kitten added to Moth Gallery 6. Whilst feeding my small collection of Spurge Hawkmoth larvae I handled a fair amount of Spurge. I had done this several times to no ill effect. After doing various chores and catching a bit of sun approximately 1 hour later I drew the back of my hand across my lower brow and upper eyes. Within seconds my eyes were pouring and burning like mad. Two and two equals four and I made the connection with the Spurge and set about looking up for possible reactions via the internet. I knew that Spurge was an irritant but didn't realise the potency is still capable of causing such optic irritation. Apparently if a good dose is had in the eyes then permanent blindness can occur. Yikes! A good rinse of the eyes in cold water then a trip to the walk-in doctors was had whereupon I was issued with eye-drops. Thankfully as I type the burning and inflammation has subsided but the main point I am trying to make is never underestimate the power of nature’s toxins. Next time the marigold gloves are out and sincere care taken. TAKE HEED! By the way the larvae are munching fine and getting through the Spurge as quick as I feed em'. Little buggers!

6th June 2010 - Club Tailed Dragonfly added to Dragons and Damsels Gallery 1.

4th June 2010 - The extremely rare Bauhinus marginalis added to Micro Fungi Gallery 2.

26th May 2010 - Melampsorella symphyti added to Micro Fungi Gallery 2.

17th May 2010 - Pottering about photographing a few moths resulted in one unlucky fellow falling between two leaves of a Lily plant. Looking up in a helpless way I couldn't resist a photo. Hopefully the moth came to life at night and flew away safely. By the way can you guess the species? Also Puccinia aegopodii added to Micro Fungi Gallery.

15th May 2010 - Puccinia vincae and spoes added to Micro Fungi Gallery 1.

13th May 2010 - Eristalis pertinax added to Insect Gallery 3 and Large Red Damselfly added to the Dragonfly Gallery.

6th May 2010 - Powdered Quaker added to Moth Gallery 6 plus various spore shots added to the Micro Fungi Gallery here.

28th April 2010 - Uromyces ficariae added to the Micro Fungi Gallery.

21st April 2010 - Spring has arrived and birds are nesting here, there and everywhere. Some use a bit of nouse and secretly make their rearing homes in the most obscure and hard to find places whereas some innocently construct the nest in, well, the most exposed option possible. The little sweet thing below really needs to get to grips with the art of concealment.

20th April 2010 - Cumminsiella mirabilissima, Uromyces dactylidis and Puccina sessilis added to Micro Fungi Gallery.

12th April 2010 - Puccinia smyrnii and Rhopographus filicinus added to the Micro Fungi Gallery.

6th April 2010 - Gorse Shieldbug added to Insect Gallery 6.

29th March 2010 - Uromyces muscari added to Micro Fungi Gallery and updates to the Larval Growth example here.

25th March 2010 - Caloptilia alchimella added to Micro Moth Gallery 4. Sarcoscypha ID workshop added to the Fungal Friends area here and Larval Growth example added to the Butterflies and Moths section here.

20th March 2010 - Early Grey added to Moth Gallery 6 and here is a shot of the said moth from a front-on perspective.

14th March 2010 - Blackneck and Lime Speck Pug now up at Moth Gallery 6.

4th March 2010 - Violet Ground Beetle added to Insect Gallery 2 and Salad Burnet added to the Nature Gallery.

26th February 2010 - Shuttle Shaped Dart and The Streak added to Moth Gallery 6.

19th February 2010 - Setaceous Hebrew Character added to Moth Gallery 5.

11th February 2010 - Common Wainscot added to Moth Gallery 5.

4th February 2010 - Vine Weevil added to Insect Gallery 2, Orthoptera Extras updated and new Orthoptera Morphology section added here.

25th January 2010 - Chinese Character Moth added to Moth Gallery 5.

21st January 2010 - New Orthoptera Extras section here.

19th January 2010 - The hoverflies have been named as Lunar Fly (Eupeodes corollae) by Jason Green of London Invertebrates. Thanks man and a link to his site can be found on the links page.

15th January 2010 - Six Spot Burnet added to Moth Gallery 5.

9th January 2010 - Desert Locust added to Orthoptera Gallery 1 and to the Nature Gallery here. Check out both pictures - pretty critters to be sure!

6th January 2010 - Cheshire Active Naturalists diary of events can be accessed here - quite impressive to say the least! The fungal walk looks to be a good un' in particular.

3rd January 2010 - Tachina grossa added to Insect Gallery 2 and updates to the Diary sightings page here.

30th December 2009 - Been struggling to get anything done lately due to a complete deluge of CD's to review and other stuff to sort. Here's the last update for 2009 - some spores linked on the Hypholoma fasciculare page.

12th December 2009 - Hapalopilus nidulans and Hygrocybe virginea added to Fungal Gallery 4 and Tylopilus felleus added to Fungal Gallery 5.

5th December 2009 - December Moth added to Moth Gallery 5. 2 new additions to the new 'Workshop ID 'link in the Fungal Friends section. Click here to enter.

28th November 2009 - Toadflax Brocade added to Moth Gallery 5.

14th November 2009 - Speckled Bush Cricket and Mottled Grasshopper added to Orthoptera Gallery.

8th November 2009 - Portland Ribbon Wave, Pale Eggar and Yellow Belle all added to Moth Gallery 5.

30th October 2009 - Neobulgaria pura and Boletus parasiticus added to Fungal Gallery plus the first ever Fungal Friends Competition here.

24th October 2009 - Laetiporus sulphureus and Helvella lacunosa added to fungal gallery 3. Updates to recent lists now made after microscopy work.

8th October 2009 - Silver Y and Gold Spot added to moth gallery 5.

6th October 2009 - Bordered Straw and Ni Moth added to Moth Gallery 5. More recent sightings in the Fungal Friends section here.

29th September 2009 - Woodland Grasshopper and Bog Bush Cricket added to the new Orthoptera gallery. Quite a few recent sightings added in the Fungal Friends section here.

14th September 2009 - Lesser Marsh Grasshopper and Rufous Grasshopper added to the new Orthoptera gallery.

4th September 2009 - Heath Grasshopper and Long Winged Conehead added to the new Orthoptera gallery.

1st September 2009 - Large Marsh Grasshopper and Striped Winged Grasshopper added to new Orthoptera gallery.

27th August 2009 - Ephemera danica and Red and Black Froghopper have been added to Insect Gallery 1.

1st August 2009 - Bloxworth Snout, Vines Rustic and Lobster Moth have been added to Moth Gallery 5.

25th July 2009 - Small Fan Footed Wave, Galium Carpet and Lesser Swallow Prominent added to Moth Gallery 4.

19th July 2009 - Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing and Small Angle Shades added to moth galleries 3 and 4 respectively.

18th July 2009 - Having never made claims to being a photographer I have still been brave enough (or foolish enough) to buy a new camera after my trusty little Coolpix was looking rather worst for wear and needed patching up with a broken stick and some sellotape (it still works by the way and will be my main camera for as long as it holds out). Now this new camera lark has me befuddled. The reason being I have little time to fart around with the technicalities and have a mind that is always thinking of what needs doing next. My brother has been a patient soul and helped no end - now it is your turn. Here is an image - so what do you think? How can I improve it, what have I done wrong? My eyes are maybe missing something so please help out and e-mail me some pointers. A few scales are missing from each wing tip and the main leaf vein is a little too distracting but is there anything other than that - suggestions would be grand.

9th July 2009 - Mullein Moth and Puss Moth larvae have been added to Larvae Gallery 1.

28th June 2009 - Phytoptus laevis, Eriophyes tiliae and Pontania proxima added to the Gall Gallery.

16th June 2009 - Six-Belted Clearwing and Currant Clearwing have been added to Moth Gallery 3.

11th June 2009 - The 10 Puss Moth caterpillars are coming along great guns on a diet of Willow leaves from the local park. Pictures to come but here is a sneak preview.

9th June 2009 - Albugo candidans and Puccinia lagenophorae added to the micro fungi gallery.

31st May 2009 - New micro fungi gallery added here.

23rd May 2009 - Western Conifer Seed Bug and Flesh Fly added to insect gallery 2. Sightings updates added to the diary.

17th May 2009 - Phyllobius pomaceus and Calvatia 14-Guttata added to insect gallery 2.

7th May 2009 - Ampedus sanguineus, Rhagium bifasciatum, Arhopalus rusticus all added to insect gallery 1.

5th May 2009 - Eristalis tenax added to Insect gallery 1 and new sightings from the bank holiday added to the diary.

24th April 2009 - Morchella elata, Gyromitra esculenta and Verpa conica all added to the fungal galleries.

10th April 2009 - Rhododendron Leafhopper added to the insect gallery page 2.

5th April 2009 - Pleurotus ostreatus and Dumontinia tuberosa added to Fungal Gallery 2.

4th April 2009 - Spinach added to moth gallery 3 and Mycena seynii added to Fungal Gallery 2. A few spore shots have also been added to the news section of Fungal Friends.

28th March 2009 - Large Emerald and Bordered White added to Moth Gallery 2.

23rd March 2009 - Dolichovespula media added to insect gallery 2.

18th March 2009 - Pluteus leoninus and Ascocoryne sarcoides added to Fungal Gallery 1.

7th March 2009 - Sarcoscypha coccinea and Caloscypha fulgens added to Fungal Gallery 1.

4th March 2009 - Tatton Park added to the site guide list.

25th February 2009 - Elophila nymphaeata, Yponomeuta padella and Cnephasia incertana added to Micro Moths Gallery page 4.

20th February 2009 - Polyporus brumalis added to fungal gallery 7.

15th February 2009 - Adela reaumurella and Palpita vitrealis added to Micro Moths Gallery page 3.

11th February 2009 - Lulworth Cove added to the site guide link.

3rd February 2009 - Xanthogramma pedissequum and Leucozona glaucia added to Insect gallery 2.

28 January 2009 - Dark Tussock and Brown Line Bright Eye added to Moth Gallery 2.

10 January 2009 - Herald and Crescent Dart added to Moth Gallery 1.

2 January 2009 - A few sightings from Marbury CP found in the diary here and Scarce Bordered Straw added to Moth Gallery 1.

1 January 2009 - Fungal sightings from Tatton Park found in the Fungal Friends sightings link here.

27 December 2008 - Frodsham Marsh sightings added to the diary here. Clouded Drab Larva added to gallery 2.

20 December 2008 - Scalloped Oak added to the moth gallery.

13 December 2008 - Chrondrostereum purpureum added to fungi gallery 7.

6 December 2008 - Hericium cirrhatum added to fungi gallery 7.

23 November 2008 - 2 new moths have been entered onto Moth Gallery page 4. These are Four Spotted Footman and Treble Bar.

18 November 2008 - As you may have noticed I am tampering with the site so hopefully the distractions are not too annoying. Feedback on the new look would be most welcome.

15 November 2008 - Hygrocybe laeta has been added to fungal gallery.

10 November 2008 - A few comments regarding the recent Nunsmere 3 day mushroom fest found in the Fungal Friends News section.

7 November 2008 - Strawberry Anemone added to seashore gallery 2.

4 November 2008 - Lactarius torminosus added to the fungal gallery and picture of the Nunsmere Fungal Crew here.

2 November 2008 - New sightings added to the diary here and fungi lists for Rufus Stone, Kingston Lacy, Tatton Park, Nunsmere Hall, Puddletown Forest added in the Fungal Friends area here.

19 October 2008 - Today's Ainsdale Natural England fungi list is now up here.

18 October 2008 - Today's Etherow CP fungi list is now up here. More to be added if I get time to confirm a couple of ID's.

15 October 2008 - Agaricus augustus has been added to fungal gallery page 7.

13 October 2008 - Updates to Saturdays Marbury CP fungal list and the list from yesterdays foray at Moore NR can be located here. Also 5 Fungal days out for 2009 already booked in so get those diaries sorted.

11 October 2008 - Marbury CP list now up in theFungal Friends area here and a big thank you to all attendees and the Friends of Anderton and Marbury (FoAM) for their marvellous support and encouragement.

4 October 2008 - The list from todays reccie at Nunsmere Hall can be found in the Fungal Friends section here. Sitochroa palealis has been added to micro moth gallery page 3.

1 October 2008 - The list from todays foray at Chadkirk Chapel is now up in the Fungal Friends area here. Hypsopygia costalis added to Micro Moths gallery page 3.

28 September 2008 - List from yesterdays 2 hour reccie visit to Marbury CP now up in the Fungal Friends sightings page here.

27 Sepember 2008 - Date alterations in the Fungal Friends diary - please check all. Dusky Sallow added to moth gallery 4.

24 September 2008 - Already booking walks and talks for 2009 - check the Fungal Friends link and Diary and get those dates memorised.

21 September 2008 - Ionotus dryadeus has been added to fungi gallery 7.

16 September 2008 - 3 micro moths have been added to gallerys 2 and 3. These are Caloptilia robustella, Limnaecia phragmitella and Phycitodes saxicola.

14 September 2008 - Details of the the days fungi foray at Etherow CP can be found here.

13 September 2008 - Details of the the days fungi foray at Chadkirk Chapel can be found here - phew what a day!

12 September 2008 - A couple of additions to the Tatton Park fungi list found here and Oak Bush Cricket has been added to the Insect Gallery page 2.

6 September 2008 - A fungi list from Tatton Park is now on the Fungal Friends sightings page here. Also added Carcina quercana to Micro Moth Gallery Page 3.

31 August 2008 - Lyme Park list now up is in the Fungal Friends sightings page here, and also Bedstraw Hawkmoth has been added to moth gallery 4.

30 August 2008 - Chadkirk moth list from the previous night now up on the sightings page here.

28 August 2008 - Updates to sightings in both diary here and Fungal Friends lists here

26 August 2005 - A few fungal finds from Dunham Massey have been added here.

25 August 2008 - Meadow Grasshopper added to the Insect Gallery.

21 August 2008 - Privet Hawkmoth larva has been added to the Larva Gallery 2.

16 August 2008 - A plethora of sightings from ten days down south. Check all here. Also Early Thorn added to moth gallery page 4. Fungal Friends updates too found here.

31 July 2008 - New fungal sighting here and other stuff added to the sightings in the diary here.

29 July 2008 - Last nights moth list and also details of sightings at Anderton NR added to the sightings in the diary here.

27 July 2008 - Last nights moth list added to the sightings in the diary here.

26 July 2008 - Moth list from Ainsdale NE up on the sightings list here. Chadkirk Chapel sightings also up.

23 July 2008 - Last nights moth list added to the sightings in the diary here.

21 July 2008 - Maple Pouch Gall added to other stuff gallery.

20 July 2008 - Marsh Snipe Fly has been added to the insect gallery.

14 July 2008 - The Hoverfly Syrphus ribesii has been added to the insect gallery.

6 July 2008 - Nemophora degeerella has been added to page 3 of the Micro Moths gallery.

5 July 2008 - Puss Moth has been added to the Moth Gallery and the moth list from the previous nights home trapping has been added to the diary here.

4 July 2008 - Bee Orchid has been added to the plant gallery.

29 June 2008 - Sopley Common has been added to the Site Guide list.

28 June 2008 - Latest moth-trapping event catch added to the 2008 sightings diary here. Also Dryad's Saddle added to the Fungal Gallery.

24 June 2008 - Corn Marigold has been added to the plant gallery.

18 June 2008 - Man Orchid has been added to the plant gallery.

16 June 2008 - Monkey Orchid has been added to the plant gallery.

15 June 2008 - After leading two public events the full lists are in the 2008 sightings diary here. Also a new photo has been added in the Fungal Friends news page located here.

10 June 2008 - After tootling about 'Darn Sarf' the full sightings are up in the diary here.

28 May 2008 - Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus has been added to page 2 of the General Insect gallery.

27 May 2008 - Dove's-Foot Cranesbill has been added to the plant gallery here.

23 May 2008 - Flame Carpet added to moth gallery 4 and updates to sightings found here.

22 May 2008 - White-Spotted Pinion and Red-Green Carpet added to moth Gallery 4.

21 May 2008 - Wigeon added to the gallery.

21 May 2008 - Local expert mothman Shane Farrell kindly solved a couple of micro puzzles for me and topped up the lists at Ainsdale Natural England for the 9th and 16th of May. Details found here.

19 May 2008 - A good nights moth at Ainsdale EN is on the sightings page here.

13 May 2008 - Bee Moth added to moth gallery here. Heartease Pansy added to the plant gallery.

12 May 2008 - More updates to the sightings page here.

10 May 2008 - Eriocrania subpurpurella has been added to page 3 of the Micro Moth Gallery.

8 May 2008 - More updates to the sightings page here. Emperor Moth added to the moth gallery.

6 May 2008 - More updates to the sightings page here.

28 April 2008 - More updates to the sightings page here.

29 March 2008 - More updates to the sightings page here.

24 March 2008 - Updates to diary sightings here!

14 Mar 2008 - 4 new additions to the gallery are Tufted Duck, Oak Eggar, Green Shieldbug and Black Headed Gull. Maidenhair Spleenwort is the first addition to the new Fern Gallery found in the Other Stuff menu.

5 Mar 2008 - Yet more additions to the gallery and a few sightings updates in the diary!

28 Feb 2008 - Female Mallard and Tufted Duck added to the gallery.

26 Feb 2008 - Very busy at the moment with the punk side of things running me ragged. I have added a Mallard picture to the gallery though!

18 Feb 2008 - Updates to diary have been made - at last! Also I had a bit of a potter with an expensive camera at the weekend and for a first attempt this is what I came up with.

It is an initial potter but I may start a new bird gallery pretty soon and just add a few now and again when I get chance to use this expensive gear. Watch this space. Oh and the camera was just a loan so if any of you were thinking I have won the lottery...think again!

21 Jan 2008 - New * Photo Gallery * pictures now added.

18 Jan 2008 - Tremella mesenterica added to fungal gallery.

11 Jan 2008 - New * Photo Gallery * pictures now added.

7 Jan 2008 - Updates to Fungal Friends sightings and the diary.

OMD