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| Low sun picking out the autumn colours |
I'm very late getting
this report in, but here goes! It was certainly a bumper number
of birds.
Birds:
SC208695 Red wing
taking hawthorn berries
SC208695 Song Thrush
SC208695 Robin
SC208695 Great Tit
SC208695 Chaffinch m.
SC209695 Chaffinch f.
SC208695 Wren
SC208695 Coal Tit
SC208695 Willow
Warbler/Chiffchaff ( whistling)
SC208695 Blue Tit x 2
SC208695 Goldfinch
SC208695 Blackbird
male taking berries
SC209694 Robin
SC209694 Blackbird m.
SC209694 Pheasant
x 2 m. & f.
SC208694 Chaffinch m.
SC209694 ( seen from
hide) Juvenile Moorhen; Blackbird m. Robin; Great tit; Song Thrush (
juvenile?); female Blackcap
SC210694 Willow
Warbler/Chiffchaff (whistling)
SC210694 Blackbird m.
SC209693 Blackbird m.
SC208694 Pheasant m.
SC208694 Robin
SC208694 Snipe
SC209694 Raven flying
over
SC209694 Large flock
of Redwings flying over ( 40+)
SC208694 2
Water Rails heard calling simultaneously from reed bed.
SC209695 Jackdaw
Butterflies:
SC209694 Red Admiral
Other:
SC209693 Gorse
Shieldbug on Hazel
SC209693 unidentified
Hoverfly "preening".
SC209694 unidentified
slug on fungus
SC209694 large white Hebeloma species fungi growing on wood chip path ( thanks to Fungus Group for I.D.)
SC209694 small
clusters of beige & brown fungi on wood chip path ( not yet identified)
SC208694 Cortinarius
fungi previously reported now going over.
SC210694 Common
earwigs on notice board
SC208695 High pitched
squeaking heard from vegetation on old beehive loop.
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| So lucky to see this Redwing at close quarters |
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| Female Blackcap in Rowan |
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| Robin the Hawthorn |
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| Juvenile Blackbird on Rowan |
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| Blackbird taking the Hawthorn berries |
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| Common Earwigs have made the noticeboard their home |
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| Still Shieldbugs to be seen |
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| This Hoverfly was "preening" - note legs over back of body |
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| A couple of Hebeloma fungi on the woodchip |
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| Another Hebeloma fungus showing the gills |
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| We are still trying to identify these |
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| a closer look |
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| Slug finding the Hebeloma tasty |
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| Jackdaw |
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| Juvenile Moorhen |
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| Song Thrush - normal colouring |
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| This very dark thrush may be a juvenile |
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| another view |
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| Compare the size of this Willow Warbler/Chiffchaff with the size of the leaves! |
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| Chiffchaff/Willow Warbler..... |
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| dozing off |
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| another view |
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| Back lit Willowherb |
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| later afternoon view of Reserve |
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| time to go home for tea |
