Fungus
Tripe fungus Auricularia mesenterica growing on a beech tree (Fagus sp).
On the branch on which the fungus was growing on had bark that was rougher than normal for a beech tree:
Photos taken in Chazey Wood, Caversham, UK, on 2015-02-15.
Tripe fungus Auricularia mesenterica growing on a beech tree (Fagus sp).
On the branch on which the fungus was growing on had bark that was rougher than normal for a beech tree:
Photos taken in Chazey Wood, Caversham, UK, on 2015-02-15.
An orange crust fungus, probably Peniophora incarnata growing on a conifer log.
Photo taken in Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2015-02-15.
A male Dasysyrphus albostriatus (Diptera: Syrphidae).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-04-11.
A female Cheilosia illustrata (Diptera: Syrphidae).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-06-29.
A male Anasimyia lineata (Diptera: Syrphidae). Males have yellow markings on the abdomen while females have grey markings.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-05-25.