Sun 2014-03-23 
A black fungus, probably Rhopographus filicinus, growing on the dried stem of a bracken plant (Pteridium aquilinum).
The above sample was taken in Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-03-09.
The following sample was taken from the same place on 2014-03-16:
I was unable to get any spores from these samples.
Sat 2014-03-22 
An unidentified white fungus growing inside a broken branch of an oak tree (Quercus sp).
The branch had recently fallen from the following tree:
The weakening caused by the fungus may have contributed to the branch breaking off.
I took the following specimen of the fungus home with me:
It yielded the following spores (magnification x600, field width 86um):
These are about 7 x 6.5um.
First two photos and specimen taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-03-02.
Fri 2014-03-21 
From last summer: a female Chrysotoxum bicinctum (Diptera: Syrphidae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-06-29.
Thu 2014-03-20 
From last year: two male Tephritis neesii (Diptera: Tephritidae) competing for an ox-eye daisy plant (Leucanthemum vulgare). They were flashing their patterned wings at each other.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-05-18.
Wed 2014-03-19 
From a couple of years ago: a pair of Dolycoris baccarum (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) mating on a nettle (Urtica dioica).
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-05-13.
