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Blue skies and autumn colours
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A drizzly morning on Friday quickly gave way to a blue sky day so I headed down to the Reserve as soon as my regular commitments allowed, arriving around 1.30 p.m. Not a cloud in the sky and beautiful sunshine, although it is so low at this time of year that it's really quite dazzling. I had more logs to add to the log pile again but was soon doing my regular walk around the Reserve. As last week at this time, all was very quiet but around 2.45 the birds began to appear again from their afternoon siesta. Here is the report:
Birds:
SC209494 Blackbird; Woodpigeon; Great Tit
SC208694 Song Thrush; 50 + Woodpigeon flying over; 5 x Long Tailed Tits
SC208695 3 x Chaffinch; Goldfinch; Robin; Coal Tit.
SC209694 Goldfinch; Blue Tit; 3 x Long Tailed Tits
Ladybirds:
SC209694 4 x 7-spot in the same gorse bush
Other:
SC209693 Haresfoot Inkcap Fungi
SC210694 Unidentified fungi near the gate
SC208695 Unidentified fungi
SC208694 Unidentified fungi under willows and on path near meadow
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a record shot of a Long Tailed Tit in the willows
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Blue Tit
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Female Chaffinch
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the same female Chaffinch
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Wood pigeons about to alight in the firs
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just part of a much larger flock of pigeons
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Hazel catkins
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Alder catkins
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fungi near the entrance gate
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This is near the site of the Deceivers but could be something quite different
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almost hidden in the leaf litter under the willows
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in the path near the damp meadow
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a small clump of Inkcaps had all keeled over on the grass
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lovely autumn colours
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start of the old "beehive loop"
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dandelion providing some late nectar
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"the lichen tree"
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I did send in some photos to iRecord hoping for identification
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but so far no one has got back to me
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bare trees near the private entrance
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raindrops caught in a spider web in the gorse
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for once the stream was looking quite full
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not a cloud in the sky
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snoozing 7-spot
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2 more very close by and another just out of shot
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"my" growing log pile -hopefully winter quarters for lots of invertebrates
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last look before heading home for a cuppa
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please click on photos to enlarge them
