Fungi

5. Ugliest orchid in the world, Gastrodia agnicellus. Credit Rick Burian.

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Gorse in the snow. © Getty

British wildlife in January

A mountain hare hunkers down in a snow storm in The Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland. © Lyle McCalmont/Getty

British wildlife in December

Juvenile hedgehog in autumn, in Dorset. © Colin Varndell

British wildlife in November

Sunlight lit winter woodland with snowy ground, UK/Credit: Getty Images

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Wildlife to spot in a winter woodland

Collared earthstar in Thetford Forest, Norfolk, UK. © Dave Porter/Getty

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Magpie fungus on woodland floor in St Victor de Reno, Normandy, France. © David Courtenay/Getty

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Painted lady butterfly. Getty

British wildlife in July

European turtle dove drinking at water's edge in Spain. © Education Images/Universal Images Group/Getty

British wildlife in May

Fire salamander in Kruppwald in Germany where there is an outbreak of Bsal (this individual is healthy).

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Boxing mountain hares

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Hazel catkins

British wildlife in February

Leaves of Elm (Ulmus Minor) with Dutch elm disease, one of the most serious tree diseases in the world.

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Beechwood sickener, Russula nobilis

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Ash tree suffering from an infection of ash dieback. © Andrea Harper

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