What have I seen on Silver Birch?

Wrinkled Crust fungus on a fallen birch trunk - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 10 Jan 2026

Snail eggs (?) on a rotting birch log - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 10 Jan 2026

the slime mould Scrambled Egg Slime (a.k.a. Dog Vomit Slime Mould) on a rotting birch branch - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 10 Jan 2026

Adult on a Silver Birch (Betula pendula) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England - Date of image : 20 Sep 2025

close-up of fruiting bodies of a slime mould (possible B. panicea), with lichen and Birch Woodwart (?) on a birch trunk - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 14 Feb 2026

fruiting bodies of a slime mould (possible B. panicea), with lichen and Birch Woodwart (?) on a birch trunk - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 14 Feb 2026

possible M. nucleatum jelly fungus on a fallen birch branch - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 14 Feb 2026

Female protecting her eggs on a Silver Birch (Betula pendula) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Aug 2025

close-up of upper surface of Crimped Gill (Plicaturopsis crispa) on dead Silver Birch branch - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 29 Jan 2026

Silver Birch leaves and female catkins; note Jersey Tiger Moth centrally on left edge of image - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Aug 2025

close-up of under surface of Crimped Gill (Plicaturopsis crispa) on dead Silver Birch branch - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 29 Jan 2026

Silver Birch leaves and female catkins - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Jul 2025

arrow points to O. cincta) on under surface of Crimped Gill - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 29 Jan 2026

close-up of under surface of Crimped Gill (Plicaturopsis crispa) on dead Silver Birch branch - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 29 Jan 2026

greenbottle (Lucilia sp.) left, and Large Polietes (Polietes lardarius?) on Silver Birch (Betula pendula) leaves - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 17 Oct 2026

nymph of O. flavicollis or O. subangulata on Silver Birch (Betula pendula) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 10 Apr 2026

female P. opilio on a Silver Birch (Betula pendula) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 08 Aug 2026

Common Tamarisk-moss (?) carpeting a fallen Silver Birch trunk - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 Dec 2025

close-up of J. multiforme on a dead birch bough - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 Feb 2026

D. betulae on Silver Birch (Betula pendula) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 17 Apr 2026