Fri 2011-11-11 
From 8 years ago, a red fungus growing at the base of an oak tree: probably a young beefsteak fungus, Fistulina hepatica.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2003-09-06.
Thu 2011-11-10 
From 6 years ago, a robin (Erithacus rubecula).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2005-03-29.
Wed 2011-11-09 
A female Platypezid fly, probably Polyporivora picta (Diptera: Platypezidae). Similar to the female Polyporivora ornata from a few days earlier but with a black scutellum, yellow legs and a slightly different black and white pattern over the rest of the thorax and abdomen.
This is another one that I found in the same spot a few days later. The males of this species are black (see here), as are those of P. ornata.
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-10-15 and 2011-01-18, respectively.
Tue 2011-11-08 
From my Sunday afternoon walk: a male Platypezid fly, probably Agathomyia falleni (Diptera: Platypezidae). It was on a decaying birch log.
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-11-06.
Mon 2011-11-07 
From last year: a female Tephritis formosa (Diptera: Tephritidae) on wild carrot (Daucus carota).
The normal host plant for T. formosa is listed as the sow thistle (Sonchus sp) so the above specimen may have just been resting on the wild carrot, not using it as a host. There were certainly sow thistles nearby.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 20101-09-12.
