Sat 2012-02-25 
A hoverfly, probably Helophilus pendulus (Diptera: Syrphidae). Characteristics of this species are the dark distal third of the hind tibiae and the dark stripe down the middle of the face.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-09-08.
Fri 2012-02-24 
A female hoverfly, probably Melanostoma scalare (Diptera: Syrphidae).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK on 2010-09-08.
Thu 2012-02-23 
A superb starling, Lamprotornis superbus (= Spreo suberbus), native to East Africa.
Photo taken in London Zoo on 2008-03-15.
Wed 2012-02-22 
From late summer a couple of years ago: a female bluebottle fly, probably Calliphora vicina (Diptera: Calliphoridae). In C. vicina the lower part of the face is reddish, and the spiracle just behind the eyes (on each side of the thorax) is orange. In C. vomitoria, which is also common, the lower park of the face is whiter, the spiracle just behind the eyes darker, and the 'chin' sports a bright orange 'beard'.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-08-22.
Tue 2012-02-21 
A coral spot fungus, the asexual stage of a Nectria sp, possibly Nectria cinnabarina.
The sexual stage consists of small red spheres, like this (though this could be a different species of Nectria):
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK on 2011-12-24.
