Winter Wildlife
Fungi and flora
Winter is a great time to explore the wonderful world of mosses, lichens and fungi. We’ve chosen 6 WildID guides, featuring over 150 different species to spot.
Biodiversity bag
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Woodland mosses guide
Woodland mosses features 7 liverworts and 16 mosses found in woodland in Britain and Ireland. Bare twigs, trunks and deadwood are great for mosses, plus winter is the ideal time to look: the nettles have died down, and much more daylight gets through the canopy. This introductory guide uses photographs of each species, with accompanying text descriptions of the characters to look for.
Town and garden mosses guide
Town and garden mosses features 6 liverworts and 18 mosses common in gardens and towns in Britain and Ireland. You don’t have to go far to find these species: anywhere with old brick, concrete and bare soil is worth checking for mosses. Photographs of each species accompany descriptions of the characters to look for.
Urban lichens 1 guide: on trees and wood
Urban lichens 1 guide features 49 lichens found growing on trees and wood, including sawn wood (like fences, gates and park benches). The identification guide is illustrated with colour photographs throughout. The reverse side includes an easy-to-use visual lichen identification key.
Urban lichens 2 guide: on stone and soil
Urban lichens 2 guide features 49 lichens found growing on stone and soil. The identification guide is illustrated with colour photographs throughout. The reverse side includes an easy-to-use lateral key. Step outside the door and look closely at the surfaces around you. Look out for almost circular painted patches on the pavement, on walls, on the bark of trees and on roofs.
Distinctive gilled fungi guide
Distinctive gilled fungi guide covers 40 species of fungi found in Britain and Ireland. Gilled fungi are the ‘mushroom’ style fungi which produce their spores from gills on the underside of a protective cap, and include a selection of waxcaps, milkcaps and pinkgills . Woodland edges and clearings are a great place to look for these fungi.
Distinctive non-gilled fungi guide
Distinctive non-gilled fungi guide covers 40 species of puffballs, earthballs, tooth fungi, clubs, corals, bracket fungi and boletes of Britain and Ireland. Woodland edges and clearings are a great place to look for these fungi.
Our popular wildlife field guides measure 25 x 18 cm and are lightweight so are the perfect identification aid for popping in your rucksack when heading outside. All wildlife identification guides are also laminated, to protect against moisture and mud, and are easy to wipe clean.
