NORWICH: November fungi & Acleris logiana

Mid-November 2021

A spell of wet and murky weather in November meant mostly pottering about locally. A highlight came when Rose and I were putting the recycling out and heard a flock of Pink-footed Geese heading our way. There were 38, flying low over the house in formation and calling constantly to each other. "They're taking it in turns to be in the lead" she noted astutely as several of them swapped position at the head of the V.

The next day we had a walk around Waterloo Park, trying out the cake from the recently re-opened cafe (very tasty). The cafe was rather busy so we took it away and sat on a bench in the drizzle to eat it. Afterwards we found quite a bit of fungi including Redlead Roundhead (Leratiomyces ceres) and Lacquered Bracket (Ganoderma lucidum). The highlight however was a Grey Birch Button moth (Acleris logiana) found resting on a birch trunk, a new species for me.

 On my walks in to work I noted a Sparrowhawk flying over Wensum Park and found two new microfungi, Passaloria dubia on Fat Hen and Erysiphe howeana on Evening Primrose.