Ben Mitchell

@wilde-eep.bsky.social

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Game developer and nature enthusiast.

short loop video of a small waterfall and peaty plunge-pool
photo of a dank, ferny ravine with a cascade and a moribund ash tree.
photo of stalked, translucent off-white cup-fungi mostly about 1mm diameter.
photo of a thick tangle of mossy spruce trees
animation blending between two photos of a dead end sign taken 19months apart. Showing the change in moss and lichen coverage over that time
Close up of a small, delicate mushroom sprouting from a mossy log. The cap and stem are bristling with fine, perpendicular hairs.
Photo of five harbour seals hauled out on a weedy seashore; one swimming by in the foreground.
photo of a weathered fencepost at sunset with a detached, rusty metal bracket perched on top.
Close-up photo of a green, lobey hornwort with a few horn-shaped excresences.
Photo of a crowd of long stalked, transparent fungi growing on dung. Each stalk ends in a turgid swelling with a black, sticky cap on top.
Photo of a fenceline through lush, boggy ground. The central fencepost has a large, shaggy mop of moss sprouting from its top.
photo of some flower-like rust fungus aecia errupting from the underside of a leaf
Photo of an alder fly on fencewire. Its antennae are waving about producing blurred double images in the focus stack.
Photo of a mossy old fencepost with two planks attached to it. Ouf of focus longhorn beetle looking on from the left.
A wooden signpost with "<- Caravan Park / Wildlife Park / Golf Course" written on it. It is weathered and covered in lichen making it hard to read.
photograph of a buff-tip moth: a broken stick mimic.
photo of an orange tip butterfly perched on top of a rag lichen. The pattern on the butterfly's wings closely matches the intricate shape of the lichen.
Photo of a thick scattering of bones - the skulls of small rodents being the most salient. They are embedded in a mat of blackish, decomposing fur and partly greened-over with algae.
photo of a black and white snake with a blood-red eye, on stony ground in harsh sunlight.
A short fly-through of a 3d scan of a circular stone structure covered in moss. The central pit is connected to the outside by a tunnel.
Short video of fishbone lichen waving about in a stiff breeze.
Photo of a mix of yellow and brown lichen lobes spreading over a rock.
photo of a woodlouse standing on a mossy tree trunk
Photo of a rather glossy chrysalis attached to a whitewashed stone wall.
close up photo of some red frullania liverworts with a host of smaller things growing in amongst them
shiny, black slime mould sporangia
Slow zoom in on a mossy tree stump with some black, shiny slime mould sporangia growing on it.
Photo of some fuzzy, brown, egg-shaped slime mould sporangia with long, dark, tapering stalks.
Photo of an old fencepost, the top completely covered by a mass of bushy lichens.
Photo of a gorge full of bare, winter trees.
Photo of a fencepost suspended over a waterfall
Photo of a curtain of tree lungwort lichen; fresh hazel catkins visible beyond.
Close up photo of some filmy fern fronds.
Photo of a willow trunk with good coverage of green moss and black Ricasolia virens cyanomorphs with a scattering of bright green lobes.
Photo of an old, bleached fencepost in gloomy surroundings. Lichens on the top.
photo of a crowd of thick, rubbery bracket fungi with fuzzy tops and smooth, translucent undersides.
Macro photo of some blue springtails clambering over moss. They are around 2-3mm long.
Photo of the floor of an oak wood, covered in mossy tuffets
Photo of the mossy end of a toppled fencepost, in a roll of rusty fence-wire.
Photo of the underside of a leathery lichen
photo of a blue sky with tattered shreds of cloud
photo of a thick, fuzzy, orange mass of algal filaments growing on a rock in bright sunshine.
photo of a dense ball of twiggy outgrowths half way along a birch branch. Moss overgrowing the upper surfaces.
Photo of a stone wall over undulating terrain with low, winter sunlight.
Photo of twisty roots on the underside of a wind-thrown root plate.
photo of frosty, back-lit tussocks of grass
Photo of an old fencepost, with rusty barbed wire and a some lichens growing on it.
photo of some irregularly cup-shaped Cladonias with bright red, blobby apothecia budding round the rims.
photo of some twisty tree branches with a few yellow leaves catching the westering sun
Photo of some little slime mould sporangia (<1mm) looking like fluffy, white cartoon trees.
photo of a hazel branch with an orange, fingery fungus growing on it
Photo of an old fencepost covered in moss and lichen, with central core rotted away.
photo of a cluster of small, reddish mushrooms growing through a patch of moss
photo of a dark, round object covered in rosettes of stiff, white hairs
photo of some woodland; yellowing leaves in with low, hazy sunlight.
Photo of a cluster of very small, white mushrooms; growing on an oak branch. They are covered in tiny drops of water