Saturday 23 January 2016

Barn Owl and a Kingfisher

Barn Owl, Tyto alba
On January 15th I visited Arundel WWT and saw several Snipe opposite the Scrape Hide. A flock of Long-tailed Tits flitted around the open reed bed hide. At the end of the reedbed walk near the woodland feeders a Kingfisher perched on several trees and the fence.
  On 17th I looked for fungi near Findon and found several that need identifying.
On Monday 18th I visited Arundel WWT hoping to see the Barn Owl that was reported emerging from the owl box on Saturday. I got lucky and saw it emerge at 3:45pm.
Arundel WWT:
Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago
Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis


Long-tailed Tit, Aegithalos caudatus
Findon area:
Chicken of the Woods, Laetiporus sulphureus
Cup fungus, Peziza species
small fungus on wood - id needed
Hairy Curtain Crust, Stereum hirsutum
Hairy Curtain Crust
Inkcap, Coprinellus species
Inkcaps inside hollow trunk
Yellow Brain, Tremella mesenterica
this may be a rotting specimen of
Dryad's Saddle, Polyporus squamosus
which has dropped from a tree.
Arundel WWT:
owl box
Black-headed Gulls, Chroicocephalus ridibundus 
Canada Goose, Branta canadensis
Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago


Goldfinches, Carduelis carduelis
Mallards, Anas platyrhynchos
Shelduck, Tadorna tadorna
Shelduck, Tadorna tadorna
Teal fighting, Anas crecca
Littlehampton pier:


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