Ballachurry Reserve, 22nd October 2019.

a dull old day

A dull, dark morning with a temperature of only 10 degrees!  Clearly I was not going to see any butterflies! I was right!  Indeed, I saw very little of anything, but here is the full list:

Birds:

SC209694 ( hide) Wren
SC209694 ( elsewhere)  Robin
SC208694 male Pheasant; Great Tit; Goldfinch; Coal Tit; Wren;  Blackbird m. & f. Blue Tit; Goldcrest; Chaffinch. Longtailed Tits heard but not seen.
SC209695 Wren

Other:

Occasional Bumble bees over meadow area SC208694
SC210694 the first Stinking Iris berries visible.
Alder and Hazel Catkins starting to form
Some lovely Autumn colours throughout the Reserve.
SC208694 Brown Rollrim fungus expanding on compost heap and also turning up elsewhere now.

Brown Rollrim fungus now expanding

3 stages all on one  Alder tree

Autumn colours

near the gorse boundary

rose hips across the pool

rose hips along the paths

view through the shutters

Light levels far too dark for bird photography - "raise the flash" urged my camera ! Still an enjoyable morning, nonetheless.