Wed 2013-01-16 
A tarspot fungus on an oak twig: probably Diatrypella quercina.
I initially though this was probably the tarspot fungus Diatrypella quercina but in the comments Ingo Wagner pointed out that it is actually Peniophora quercina.
The spores (x600) are about 9 x 3um:
Specimen taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-12-07.
Tue 2013-01-15 
What I think is common mazegill fungus, Datronia mollis, growing on what I think might be hazel (Corylus avellana) [Note added 2013-01-25: I went up there again today and it looks more like beech (Fagus sp)].
I took a sample but it didn't yield any spores (probably too old and dried out), however it did enable me to determine that there were about 2 pores per mm.
First photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-01-13.
Mon 2013-01-14 
What I think is a white-backed vulture, Gyps africanus. Similar to the griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus.
Photo taken at a Sci-Fi convention at Reading University on 2008-08-29.
Sun 2013-01-13 
A bug which I found on our living room window in early January: probably a birch catkin bug, Kleidocerys resedae (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). This winter so far has been fairly warm. See here and here for other pictures of this species.
Photo taken in Reading, UK, on 2-13-01-07.
Sat 2013-01-12 
From two and a half years back: a female Anthomyiid fly, probably Hylemya vagans (Diptera: Anthomyiidae).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-08-01.
