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| Ballachurry Verywetlands Reserve today |
It was certainly bleak
down at Ballachurry Reserve this afternoon with very little sunshine and a strong cold wind blowing.There were very few birds about although, just like me, a sparrowhawk
dropped in on the off-chance of finding something!
Birds:
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Sparrowhawk flying low near the gorse boundary. Hopped over into Old
School House garden.
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Blackbird near the firs
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on reed bed pond
Nothing visible from
the Hide, although I could hear a Robin nearby.
Mammals:
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portly Longtail with a bald patch on its tail. Down in the ditch as usual.
Plants:
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flower
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leaves on Hogweed
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Rosehips -still a few left.
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on Spring Snowflake near the entrance bridge
Fungi:
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more and more of this each time I visit
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Spot? - this has appeared on one of the tree stakes where the gridded path
takes a right angle turn. New Record.
Snails:
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empty Garden Snail shells below the boundary wall. I noticed these when
photographing the Jelly Ear fungus. I wonder if a Thrush is using the wall
itself as an anvil?
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| A bright splash of colour on a grey day - celandines. |
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| Spring Snowflake - a garden escape. |
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| Hogweed leaves are quite advanced. |
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| I think this is Coral Spot fungus on a tree stake. |
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| Jelly Ear Fungus on dead Elderberry tree. |
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| The dam is coping well with the high water levels. |
