Here are the answers to the Christmas Quiz. Many thanks to our contributors for submitting their photos.
Orange Birch Bolete Ball shaped fruitbodies of Wolf’s Milk Smlime mould Lilac Firecap Ballerina Waxcap/Pink Waxcap Close up gills of Oyster Mushroom Purple Anther Smut on the stamen of a Red Campion
Bird A Shoveler: Male Bird B Oyster Catcher Bird C Field Fare Bird D Wigeon: Male Bird E Robin White Fronted Goose Pintail Hen Harrier: Male Geology A Huish Ball Steep, just north of Luccombe is an unusal Bolder Bed, displayed in the sides of the lane, made up of rounded purple Devonian Sandstone. Possibly deposited in a channel of an ancient river. Geology B Hurlstone Point is a good place to see the Hangman Sandstone and the folds and faults that affect it. Here the Sandstones are folded into a Syncline as seen from the beach Flower A: Sheepsbit : Jasione montana Flower B: Ivy-Leaved Toadflax : Cymbalaria muralis
1st Instar Speckled Bush Cricket Bumble bee: Bombus lucorum Hoverfly Voluluca pelluscens Burying Beetle/Sexton Beetle: Nicrophorus humator