Brian Eversham
@brianecambs
Wildlife enthusiast, photographer, elms/lichens/beetles/molluscs/protozoa and much else. CEO of Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, occasional leader for Wildlife Travel, visiting prof., Cranfield Uni. Views my own. He/him
Perhaps it was added by James Rennie who edited the 1833 edition - it appears halfway through the 'Goose' account, not as a heading:
A happy new year to anyone I know (and to the rest of you!), here's an evilly grinning (or possibly screaming - I imagine they do it in ultrasound) lichen, which seems to sum up 2025 rather well
A naturalist on holiday - a few days in the Humberhead peatlands (and a Travelodge):
Yes, with Monacha cantiana in particular, I struggled to ID it from books which illustrated empty shells, as the live animal often looks completely different (from Kerney & Cameron's 1979 Field Guide)