Sarah Mnstr
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That's good to know! Previously this is as close as I've got to them, so the fuzziness wasn't as obvious. And I'd love to know how they disperse spores as they just look like pom poms on a stick, no visible pores/gills etc!
December 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
That's good to know! Previously this is as close as I've got to them, so the fuzziness wasn't as obvious. And I'd love to know how they disperse spores as they just look like pom poms on a stick, no visible pores/gills etc!
Every year these tiny myxomycetes (slime moulds) pop up on fallen leaves in our garden, have been trying to get a decent photo for a few years now. This one's a start! Second photo is actual size!
December 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Every year these tiny myxomycetes (slime moulds) pop up on fallen leaves in our garden, have been trying to get a decent photo for a few years now. This one's a start! Second photo is actual size!
The incredible Barbrook II visited in November, a stone circle partly enclosed by a drystone wall. This area is well worth a visit, with 3 stone circles and a cairn field in the near vicinity.
December 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The incredible Barbrook II visited in November, a stone circle partly enclosed by a drystone wall. This area is well worth a visit, with 3 stone circles and a cairn field in the near vicinity.
An army of Candlesnuff Fungus looking Mordor-esque, at Risley Moss NR.
December 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
An army of Candlesnuff Fungus looking Mordor-esque, at Risley Moss NR.
An excellent start to my week off, stone circle bothering in the Peak District this morning and out for a Persian meal tonight.
Swipe to see some spectacular poo-shrooms.
Swipe to see some spectacular poo-shrooms.
November 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
An excellent start to my week off, stone circle bothering in the Peak District this morning and out for a Persian meal tonight.
Swipe to see some spectacular poo-shrooms.
Swipe to see some spectacular poo-shrooms.
Many, many photos were taken, in some incredible light.
Then, for the first time ever, the memory card corrupted 💔
So I went back to the location the following weekend, and found this amazing young one. Fungus or Facehugger, you decide! 🤣
Then, for the first time ever, the memory card corrupted 💔
So I went back to the location the following weekend, and found this amazing young one. Fungus or Facehugger, you decide! 🤣
November 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Many, many photos were taken, in some incredible light.
Then, for the first time ever, the memory card corrupted 💔
So I went back to the location the following weekend, and found this amazing young one. Fungus or Facehugger, you decide! 🤣
Then, for the first time ever, the memory card corrupted 💔
So I went back to the location the following weekend, and found this amazing young one. Fungus or Facehugger, you decide! 🤣
Harden Moor Stone Circle (ring cairn), November 2025. Small but perfectly formed, and well worth a visit.
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Harden Moor Stone Circle (ring cairn), November 2025. Small but perfectly formed, and well worth a visit.
Harden Moor Stone Circle, a ring cairn at the top of Harden Moor in Yorkshire. Went up here to try and get some drone shots, luckily the weather was kind enough to cooperate for an hour after constant rain (which was NOT in the weather forecast) all morning.
November 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Harden Moor Stone Circle, a ring cairn at the top of Harden Moor in Yorkshire. Went up here to try and get some drone shots, luckily the weather was kind enough to cooperate for an hour after constant rain (which was NOT in the weather forecast) all morning.
More of those incredible fluorescent Sulphur Tufts 🍄
October 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
More of those incredible fluorescent Sulphur Tufts 🍄
Sulphur Tuft + UV Torch = fluorescence 🔦
October 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Sulphur Tuft + UV Torch = fluorescence 🔦
July 16, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Earlier this summer we found loads of caterpillars on our apple tree. Ever since we've been patiently waiting and it's finally happened - our babies have all grown up! 🤣 Into these beautiful Apple Ermine moths. #moths #teammoth #gardeningforwildlife
July 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Earlier this summer we found loads of caterpillars on our apple tree. Ever since we've been patiently waiting and it's finally happened - our babies have all grown up! 🤣 Into these beautiful Apple Ermine moths. #moths #teammoth #gardeningforwildlife
This young man was a complete surprise! He's an Orange Vented Mason bee - these can take 2 years to develop from egg to bee. This guy though had an extra long lie in - he hatched out a couple of weeks ago from one of my 2022 cocoons (I keep them an extra year - just in case)! #bees
May 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This young man was a complete surprise! He's an Orange Vented Mason bee - these can take 2 years to develop from egg to bee. This guy though had an extra long lie in - he hatched out a couple of weeks ago from one of my 2022 cocoons (I keep them an extra year - just in case)! #bees
A lovely walk up to Walshaw Dean today via the Pennine Way. Saw my first ever Lapwings on the way up, the end destination being the drowned stone circle / ring cairn, currently just about visible under Walshaw Dean middle reservoir due to the current dry spring.
May 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A lovely walk up to Walshaw Dean today via the Pennine Way. Saw my first ever Lapwings on the way up, the end destination being the drowned stone circle / ring cairn, currently just about visible under Walshaw Dean middle reservoir due to the current dry spring.
That time of year where we get to see sunrise in the woods
March 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
That time of year where we get to see sunrise in the woods
It's uncharacteristically warm and sunny here at the moment and the robin is taking full advantage!
March 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It's uncharacteristically warm and sunny here at the moment and the robin is taking full advantage!
Hellebores are my favourite, can you tell? (Also have 3 waiting to be planted) 😁
February 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Hellebores are my favourite, can you tell? (Also have 3 waiting to be planted) 😁
when he seemed to age 5 years in as many months.
We knew the end was coming so we were able to spend a last quiet Christmas with him, treating him to all his favourite things. He sat with me every evening (unless I was away) during those 18 years, my knee feels very empty now.
We knew the end was coming so we were able to spend a last quiet Christmas with him, treating him to all his favourite things. He sat with me every evening (unless I was away) during those 18 years, my knee feels very empty now.
January 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
when he seemed to age 5 years in as many months.
We knew the end was coming so we were able to spend a last quiet Christmas with him, treating him to all his favourite things. He sat with me every evening (unless I was away) during those 18 years, my knee feels very empty now.
We knew the end was coming so we were able to spend a last quiet Christmas with him, treating him to all his favourite things. He sat with me every evening (unless I was away) during those 18 years, my knee feels very empty now.
There's been radio silence on here for a sad reason - we had to say goodbye to our beautiful Halloween-born eldercat Zero a few days ago.
He was 18, but seemed much younger - vets had a habit of asking if I was sure of his age in his later years - until last Summer when we lost his brother...
He was 18, but seemed much younger - vets had a habit of asking if I was sure of his age in his later years - until last Summer when we lost his brother...
January 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
There's been radio silence on here for a sad reason - we had to say goodbye to our beautiful Halloween-born eldercat Zero a few days ago.
He was 18, but seemed much younger - vets had a habit of asking if I was sure of his age in his later years - until last Summer when we lost his brother...
He was 18, but seemed much younger - vets had a habit of asking if I was sure of his age in his later years - until last Summer when we lost his brother...
I've not been able to stray too far from home over Christmas as we're nursing our sick Elder-Cat, but managed an hour in our local woodland at lunchtime today. It was absolutely glorious out there, a far cry from the stormy weather over New Year.
January 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I've not been able to stray too far from home over Christmas as we're nursing our sick Elder-Cat, but managed an hour in our local woodland at lunchtime today. It was absolutely glorious out there, a far cry from the stormy weather over New Year.
They were Yellow-Faced bees! I'd only ever seen this species in books before and it was one that I really wanted to photograph. So I decided to return with my camera... And my lunchtime gym attendance was never the same again!
December 30, 2024 at 3:50 PM
They were Yellow-Faced bees! I'd only ever seen this species in books before and it was one that I really wanted to photograph. So I decided to return with my camera... And my lunchtime gym attendance was never the same again!