Mewsbrook Park invertebrates & the beach

Jelly Ear Fungus, Auricularia auricula-judae

On February 21st and 22nd I visited Mewsbrook Park and the beach. There were plenty of invertebrates under logs and bark in the woodland area. A patch of elm trees was interesting as I had never seen the 'wings' on the bark of this tree. Wind surfers were enjoying the conditions and I spotted a clump of Dog-whelk egg capsules on a groyne.

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unidentified centipede

Common Garden Slug, Arion distinctus

Common Woodlice, Oniscus asellus

Cotoneaster x watereri

Crocus vernus

Cypress

Cypress

Cypress

Cypress

English Elm, Ulmus procera

English Elm

English Elm

fungus on Common Orange Lichen, Xanthoria parietina

Hebe

hibernating Garden Snails under log, Helix aspersa

Irish Yellow Slug, Limacus maculatus

Irish Yellow Slug

Silverleaf Fungus, Chondrostereum purpureum

Silverleaf Fungus

slug, Deroceras species

Spotted Snake Millipede, Blaniulus guttulatus

Velvet Shank, Flammulina velutipes var. velutipes

White Poplar, Populus alba

White-lipped Snail, Cepaea hortensis

Yellow Slug, Limacus flavus

wind surfers

Dog-whelk egg capsules, Nucella lapillus

unidentified bivalve

Venerupis species