Local Wildlife blog – UEA norwich

Daldinia concentrica, most commonly known as King Alfred’s Cakes is a fungus which is widespread around the British isles. They are black in colour, roundish shaped and can range in size from 2-10cm across.  The fungus which looks like hard, roundish lumps of coal in appearance are stuck to the surface of decaying wood, 2–10…

Unlike other millipedes, the Pill millipedes as its name suggests is short bodied, with generally only eleven to thirteen body segments, they are and are capable of rolling into a ball (volvation) when disturbed, this is an effective defence against predators.  The volvation ability has evolved separately in the two orders of the millipede.  An additional defence mechanism…

Eranthis is a genus of eight species of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, the plant is  native to southern Europe and east across Asia to Japan and is known as winter aconite. Winter aconite (Eranthis hyemalis) is native to woodlands of France, Italy and the Balkans, but is now widely naturalised across other parts of Europe, including the UK. The small yellow flowers pop…

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