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| What wildlife awaits me today? |
The five day weather forecast seemed to suggest Tuesday might be the best day to visit the reserve and there was indeed some sunshine when I arrived about 10 o'clock. I stayed a couple of hours and here is what I recorded:
Birds:
SC210694 male Blackbird; 5 x Goldfinch; Robin.
SC209693 2 x Great Tit; 2 x Wren.
SC208694 male Blackbird; Chaffinch
SC209694 2 x Rooks
SC208695 male Chaffinch; Robin; female/juvenile Blackbird; Dunnock
SC209695 Song Thrush; 2 x Chaffinch; Blue Tit; Goldfinch; Robin heard but not seen; Great Tit x 2.
Ladybird:
SC208694 7-spot in gorse ( apparently hibernating)
Other:
SC209694 5 x Gorse Shieldbugs
SC208694 Gorse Shieldbug; 5 x Flies on boardwalk handrail
SC209695 Gorse Shieldbug
SC208695 Noon flies + 1 Calliphora species fly on ash trunk
SC210694 male Eristalis pertinax Hoverfly on nettles
SC209694 and throughout reserve, Common Wasps
SC209694 unidentified snail on nettles
SC209694 several types of Lichen on Hawthorn bush - have sought ID help from iRecord on this.
SC208694 several types of fungi near the compost heap ( see below)
Plants still in flower throughout the reserve : Gorse; Red Campion; Herb Robert ( new record); Ox-eye Daisy; Hogweed; Ragwort ( Cushag); Water Forget-me-nots; Seeds on Stinking Iris.
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| view from the Bowman bench |
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| Chaffinch |
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| Song Thrush |
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| and another Chaffinch |
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| 7-spot Ladybird in gorse bush |
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| a variety of flies enjoying warmth on ash trunk |
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| Calliphora species fly above, Noon Fly below |
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| Noon flies |
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| Gorse Shieldbug |
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| Gorse Shieldbug |
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| Hoverfly - Eristalis pertinax male |
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| Hawthorn tree near hide with various lichens |
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| two different ones here - aren't they beautiful? |
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| and a third one too |
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| unidentified snail |
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| across the grass to Ginnie's bench |
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| a different angle with low sun picking out the Aspens next door |
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| Red campion |
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| Ragwort ( Cushag) |
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| Water Forget-me-nots |
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| Gorse |
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| Herb Robert ( new record) |
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| late Hogweed |
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| Ox-eye daisy |
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| Stinking Iris |
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| the hills from the Hazels |
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| path through the Hazels |
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| clouding over towards lunchtime |
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| usual view of the hide |
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| our repaired noticeboard looking very smart ( thank you, Peter) |
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some fungi have grown very large -
think this is Tawny Funnel mentioned below |
You may remember that I took some fungi, found at the last work party, to be identified by Karen and Mick Rodger, of the IOM Fungus Group. Not only were they able to identify those specimens but they visited the reserve themselves later in the week and found many more. They have sent me this list. It would seem that the Pipe Fungus is only the second record of it on the Island!
| Pipe
fungus |
Typhula
fistulosa |
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| Jelly
ear |
Auricularia
auricula-judae |
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| Candle
snuff |
Xylaria
hypoxylon |
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| Iodine
bonnet |
Mycena fllopes |
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| Roundspored
oysterling |
Crepidotus
cesatii |
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| Crystal
brain |
Exidia nucleata |
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| Tawny
funnel |
Lepista
flaccida |
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| Wood
blewit |
Lepista nuda |
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| Poison
pie |
Hebeloma
crustuliniforme |
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| Sepia
webcap |
Cortinarius
decipiens |
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| Deceiver |
Laccaria
laccata |
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If I manage to spot any of these myself next week I'll take some photos for the Blog. Grateful thanks to Karen and Mick for their help with this.
In fact, Friday had the best weather of the week but I would have been too busy to do a recording visit then anyway. I did call in briefly to measure up for a notice and spotted a Wren in the nearby ivy ( SC210694 8th November 2019) but that was all.
Please remember you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them.
With thanks to Steve Crellin for fly IDs
