a fairly common tree on the Downs
![Wrinkled Crust [Phlebia radiata?]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/dec_2025/NG8_5583_EOS-1D_TheDowns_16Dec2025.jpg "Wrinkled Crust [Phlebia radiata?]")
Wrinkled Crust [Phlebia radiata?]
P. radiata? on a fallen birch trunk - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 Dec 2025
![Wrinkled Crust [Phlebia radiata?]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/dec_2025/NG8_5587_EOS-1D_TheDowns_16Dec2025.jpg "Wrinkled Crust [Phlebia radiata?]")
Wrinkled Crust [Phlebia radiata?]
P. radiata? on a fallen birch trunk - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 Dec 2025
![Crimped Gill [Plicaturopsis crispa ?]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/dec_2025/NG8_5618_EOS-1D_TheDowns_19Dec2025.jpg "Crimped Gill [Plicaturopsis crispa ?]")
Crimped Gill [Plicaturopsis crispa ?]
Crimped Gill (Plicaturopsis crispa ?) on dead Silver Birch trunk - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 Dec 2025
![globular springtail [Dicyrtoma fusca ?]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/dec_2025/NG8_5622_EOS-1D_TheDowns_19Dec2025.jpg "globular springtail [Dicyrtoma fusca ?]")
globular springtail [Dicyrtoma fusca ?]
D. fusca on Crimped Gill (Plicaturopsis crispa ?) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 Dec 2025
![lance fly [Lonchaea chorea]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/apr_2026/BD2_3411_7D_TheDowns_21Apr2026.jpg "lance fly [Lonchaea chorea]")
lance fly [Lonchaea chorea]
L. chorea on a Silver Birch (Betula pendula) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Apr 2026
![Birch Polypore [Fomitopsis betulina]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/nov_2025/NG8_5332_EOS-1D_TheDowns_28Nov2025.jpg "Birch Polypore [Fomitopsis betulina]")
Birch Polypore [Fomitopsis betulina]
Birch Polypore on fallena birch bough - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Nov 2025
![Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/aug_2025/JO8V3471_EOS-1D_TheDowns_25Aug2025.jpg "Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]")
Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]
Adult on Silver Birch (Betula pendula) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Aug 2025
![slender springtail [Entomobrya nicoleti ?]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/nov_2025/JO8V4637_EOS-1D_TheDowns_25Nov2025.jpg "slender springtail [Entomobrya nicoleti ?]")
slender springtail [Entomobrya nicoleti ?]
E. nicoleti on Crimped Gill (Plicaturopsis crispa ?) on Birch bark - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Nov 2025
![Birch Woodwart [Jackrogersella multiforme]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/feb_2026/NG8_6076_EOS-1D_TheDowns_26Feb2026.jpg "Birch Woodwart [Jackrogersella multiforme]")
Birch Woodwart [Jackrogersella multiforme]
J. multiforme on a dead birch bough - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 Feb 2026
![Silver Birch [Betula pendula]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/apr_2026/NG8_6929_EOS-1D_TheDowns_10Apr2026.jpg "Silver Birch [Betula pendula]")
Silver Birch [Betula pendula]
flowers of male Silver Birch catkins fully developed - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 10 Apr 2026
![Flavous Nomad Bee [Nomada flava]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/apr_2026/NG8_6978_EOS-1D_TheDowns_14Apr2026.jpg "Flavous Nomad Bee [Nomada flava]")
Flavous Nomad Bee [Nomada flava]
male N. flava on a Silver Birch leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 14 Apr 2026
![Orange Bibio [Bibio hortulanus]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/apr_2026/NG8_7144-46_EOS-1D_TheDowns_17Apr2026.jpg "Orange Bibio [Bibio hortulanus]")
Orange Bibio [Bibio hortulanus]
male (L) and female B. hortulanus on Silver Birch (Betula pendula) leaves - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 17 Apr 2026
![Common Dance Fly [Empis tessellata]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/apr_2026/NG8_7607_EOS-1D_TheDowns_25Apr2026.jpg "Common Dance Fly [Empis tessellata]")
Common Dance Fly [Empis tessellata]
female E. tessellata at rest on a Silver Birch (Betula pendula) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Apr 2026