Thu 2013-04-18 
Among the first insects flying each spring are the mining bees. This one is an Andrena sp, possibly Andrena angustior (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). So-named because they burrow into sandy soil.
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-04-07.
Wed 2013-04-17 
A female ichneumon wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), I have no idea of the genus nor species.
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-07-15.
Tue 2013-04-16 
From last spring: a bright green sawfly, a Rhogogaster sp (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2012-05-16.
Mon 2013-04-15 
From back in late February: a dead muntjac deer, Muntiacus reevesi. It was in woodland, well away from any road, so I can only assume it was killed by a dog.
This was actually the first of two dead muntjacs that I came across on that day. The second was beside the Warren (a road) and had probably been hit by a car.
By early April all that was left was a few tufts of fur and the skull:
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-02-28 and 2013-04-07, respectively.
Sun 2013-04-14 
A pink jelly fungus, probably Ascocoryne sarcoides.
Note the springtail (Collembola) just below the largest fruiting body.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-11-22.
