Fri 2011-09-16 
Black dung fly Cordilura ciliata (Diptera: Scathophagidae). See here for one I saw in almost the same place back in early summer.
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-09-13.
Thu 2011-09-15 
A mushroom with a very pale green cap: probably the false death cap (Amanita citrina).
Nearby I found the following which are probably very young forms of the same species:
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-09-10.
Wed 2011-09-14 
A bolete mushroom (Boletus sp), but I am not sure of the species. It has a velvet red cap with orange pores and a yellow stem which turns blue on bruising:
The following, I think, is the same species but a few days older:
The cap is now yellowish-brown but the pores and stem are unchanged:
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-09-11.
Tue 2011-09-13 
A dead bird of prey, probably a juvenile little owl (Athene noctua). It was in some bushes beside a small road in Reading University (here), and had probably been hit by a car.
Zoe tells me that some young little owls have recently been seen in the area so I conclude that this was probably one of them.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-09-11.
Mon 2011-09-12 
A small orange fly with several dark spots on its wings. It was on a damp rotting log in beech woodland. Identified by Piet Nord as Paraclusia tigrina (Diptera: Clusiidae). It appears to be a female.
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-09-10.
