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November sunshine, November colours.
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A morning full of appointments meant an afternoon visit to the Reserve on Tuesday. I arrived about 13.45 and now the clocks have changed that also meant a shorter visit than usual. Unfortunately someone has taken to dumping their garden rubbish just inside the gate - scourge of the countryside, Montbretia this time (minus corms fortunately but with seed heads intact). I had to collect it up to take home yet again. Some of the seeds may have fallen though and are likely to germinate. Sigh! On a happier note here is what I recorded:Birds:
SC209694 ( hide) Moorhen; Blue Tit; Goldfinches heard not seen; male Blackbird; Water Rail heard not seen twice during the afternoon; Wren; Goldcrest x 2.
SC209694 ( elsewhere) Robin x 2 heard having a conversation but not seen; another Robin heard near the dragonfly pond; Robin seen at the path junction; male & female Blackbirds seen separately; Wren; Blue Tit; Magpie.
SC208694 Magpie; Goldcrest; Wren.
SC208695 ( feeders) Great Tit; Chaffinch x 2: Blue Tit x 2; Robin; Great Spotted Woodpecker higher up the tree.
SC209695 Blackbird x 3; male Chaffinch; Blue Tit; female Chaffinch; Woodpigeon flying over; Long-tailed Tit x 2.
SC210694 Blackbird x 2; Robin ; Great Tit.
Other:
SC210694 still a large patch of fungi near the gate.
SC208694 large light-coloured toadstool by the path.
SC208694 Yellow Brain Fungus on gorse.
SC209695 Honey Bee in the gorse.
SC209693 Millipedes x 6 on rotten wood of old bird box.
SC208694 Hogweed still in flower.
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Blackbird seen from the hide
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Blackbird surveying Reserve
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Blackbird near Private Entrance to Reserve
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Great Tit
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male Chaffinch
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Blue Tit
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Great Spotted Woodpecker
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Robin near the entrance gate
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| Moorhen |
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| Magpie |
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Long-tailed Tit
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| Goldcrest |
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female Chaffinch
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| Millipedes |
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Unidentified Fungus
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Yellow Brain Fungus on gorse
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still some Hogweed in flower
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birches catching the sun
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