Sun 2011-09-11 
Another purple mushroom, this time probably Russula atropurpurea, the purple brittlegill. The gills are white:
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-09-08.
Sat 2011-09-10 
Capsid bug Deraeocoris ruber (Hemiptera: Miridae). The colour of this species ranges from orange-red to almost all black like this:
The first photo was taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK on 2009-07-16, and the second in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-07-02.
Fri 2011-09-09 
From my walk yesterday afternoon: what I think is an amethyst deceiver mushroom (Laccaria amethystina). (The 'lump' above it is probably a small birch polypore.)
The gills look like this:
There were also many small ones like this in the area:
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-09-08.
Thu 2011-09-08 
From back in April: an orange female Ichneumon wasp, possibly a Netelia sp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae).
Photos taken Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-04-27.
Wed 2011-09-07 
A late instar nymph of the dock bug, Coreus marginatus (Hemiptera: Coreidae).
And, from a few years ago, here is an early instar nymph of the same species:
For a photo of an adult see here.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-09-01 and 2006-08-19, respectively.
