Yellow Stags Horn Fungus

Yellow stags horn fungus, Calocera viscosa, growing on the stump of a conifer tree.

Photo taken in The Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-10-07.

White Bedstraw

A white bedstraw, probably Galium album, but there seem to be several other white bedstraws that it could also be. Compare with the yellow lady's bedstraw here.

The leaves are like this:

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds,  Reading, UK, on 2010-09-12.

Hoverfly

From early this summer: a female hoverfly, Chrysotoxum bicinctum (Diptera: Syrphidae).  See here for one from the previous summer.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-06-19.

Lady's Bedstraw

Lady's bedstraw, Galium verum.  The leaves look like this:

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-09-12.

Digger Wasps

From midsummer: a digger wasp, probably Cerceris rybyensis (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae).  Photo taken in The Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-07-30.

Another from later in the summer:

Photo taken beside the top lake, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-08-22.