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| Water Rail, Rallus aquaticus |
On Monday December 7th I visited Arundel WWT and returned with Sue the following day. Fungi once again were a priority and I found Blushing Bracket, Common Jellyspot, Fairy Inkcap, Funeral Bell, Cup lichen, old Oyster Mushrooms and Wrinkled Fieldcaps on woodchip. Also an old Magpie Inkcap where Terry had photographed a pristine specimen 3 days before.
A Water Rail marched up and down the the opposite bank of the rife by the reed beed walk.
Monday 7th December:
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| Bewick's Swan, Cygnus columbianus |
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| Black-headed Gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
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| Blushing Bracket, Daedaleopsis confragosa |
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| Blushing Bracket, Daedaleopsis confragosa |
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| Common Jellyspot, Dacrymyces stillatus |
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| Common Jellyspot |
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| Common Jellyspot |
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| Fairy Inkcap, Coprinellus disseminatus |
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| Falcated Duck, Anas falcata |
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| Funeral Bell, Galerina marginata |
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| Funeral Bell |
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| Grey Heron, Ardea cinerea |
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| Long-tailed Tit, Aegithalos caudatus |
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| old Magpie Ink Cap, Coprinus picaceus |
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| midges |
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| Water Rail, Rallus aquaticus |
Tuesday 8th December:
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| African White-backed Duck, Thalassornis leuconotus |
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| reed bed |
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| Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago |
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| Cup lichen, Cladonia species |
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| Cup lichen, Cladonia species |
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| Field Maple leaf, Acer campestre |
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| old Oyster Mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus |
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| Teal, Anas crecca |
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| Wrinkled Fieldcap, Agrocybe rivulosa |
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| Wrinkled Fieldcap with unidentified insects |
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| Wrinkled Fieldcap with unidentified insects |
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| Wrinkled Fieldcaps on wood chips |
Excellent pics of water rail.They seem to be more common now than in the past,or not quite as shy.
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