Sunday's forecast looks calm and dry so with little prospect of any
coastal migration we headed a few miles inland for a walk. The target was for
a few late inverts and maybe some fungi and birds too.
It was in a pleasantly quiet September light when we headed into the woodland
track. As our route was going to be a circular I thought it might be a good
time to have a go with the eBird App to record what we saw. It nearly went
well too if there had been a full signal all the way around to map our walk.
Instead it said we had done 0.08 miles. Actually we did about 3 or 4 miles.
recording 35 species on route. The highlights being 19 Chiffchaffs, 3
Ravens, 2 Nuthatch, 8 Crossbill and 29 Siskins.
Of the few invertebrates encountered a nice Four spotted Orb Weaver located by
John, was the day's best. This spider is quite common I believe further south
but up here it is an upland species only...
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Four spotted Orb Weaver
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After tea back at the van we took another route out onto some old grassland to
look for fungi. I wished we had more time as it was quite good and the sun
came out. A short stroll had Blackening, Parrot, Meadow, Golden, Heath and
Fibrous Waxcaps, St Georges Mushroom, Puffball, Fly Agaric and Woolly Milkcap.
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| Parrot Waxcap |
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| Fibrous Waxcap |
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| Meadow Waxcap |
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Possible Butter Waxcap will be more prepared next time.
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| Golden Waxcap |
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Likely Splendid Waxcap
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| Fly Agaric |
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| Woolly Milkcap |
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| Tawny Grisette |
On fine autumn day I do like a fungi foray. Next time I'll have a
fieldguide and take more detailed photos to assist with ID. The Woolly Milkcap
and Fibrous Waxcap were both new to me...
