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| Coot and Cootling, Fulica atra |
On Thursday I joined Mark at Arundel WWT and we had an
enjoyable morning ambling round the reserve, finishing with cappuccino and
bread & butter pudding cake. One Small Tortoiseshell was seen nectaring on
Sallow catkins. It was lovely to see two cootlings being fed by their parents.
There were also Mallard ducklings and two Black-necked Swan cygnets. Mr Swan
was his usual feisty self and swam across the pond to tell us what he thought
of our presence. A wren hopped along the base of a reed bed. I looked around Swanbourne Lake and saw my first Marsh Marigold of the season on the outflow
stream. Finally at Angmering Woods I took more shots of the Scarlet Elf Cups
and found another cup fungus, this time brown. Sadly I saw a rabbit grazing
with full blown Myxomatosis showing on its head.
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| Black-necked Swan cygnet, Cygnus melancoryphus |
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| Carrion Crow, Corvus corone |
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| Coot and Cootlings, Fulica atra |
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| Queen European Wasp, Vespula germanica |
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| female Chiffchaff, Hylloscopus collybita |
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| Greylag Goose, Anser anser |
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| Mallard duckling, Anas platyrhynchos |
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| Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus |
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| Robin, Erithacus rubecula |
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| Small Tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae on Sallow catkin, Salix caprea |
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| Wren, Troglodytes troglodytes |
Swanbourne Lake area:
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| Herring Gull, Larus argentatus |
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| Herring Gull, Larus argentatus |
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| Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos |
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| Marsh Marigold, Caltha palustri |
Angmering Woods:
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| a brown cup fungus, Peziza species |
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| algae, Trentepohlia abietina |
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| Common Ivy berries, Hedera helix |
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| Lesser Celandine, Ranunculus ficaria |
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| Scarlet Elf Cup, Sarcoscypha coccinea |
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| Wood Violet, Viola riviniana |
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| Rabbit with Myxomatosis, Oryctolagus cuniculus |
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