Out For A Jolly. 3; Mooching About In The Mist

Final catchup post! Woo!

The last day of my extended New Year Hollyday saw the weather being irritating. Windy, mistyfoggy, and not even in a good direction for seawatching. Tut. Tut, I say!

So what to do?


Where else in winter? Fernworthy.

It was- well, not anywhere near as quiet as I'd hoped, actually! At least, on the reservoir circuit anyway.. Out amongst the trees was another matter, and so that way I went. There were birds, too!

It's not all conifers, you know

They go up, up, up...

"Well, I like conifers!"

But what's up there is worth looking at.

Yes, more than one present!

How many Crossbills can you see?

That flock was actually not the 8 or so I expected from shots like these, as when they decided to move, there ensued one of those classic clown car moments with a total of 26 coming out of that tree!

How many in total? Hard to say, I'll go with 'lots'.

What happened to this one? 

I can think only one thing;

"Troll!!"

Ahem.

The FC have been busy hacking some more trees down, so here's a slightly clearer view of the circle

Looking back down the Row

The issue of circles in forests and the whole sight lines thing is of course muddied by the not inconsiderable probability that they were originally erected in woodland. Admittedly this wouldn't have been great big conifers, but still. Not quite so black and white [or would that be green and blue?]


Before we get to all the scenic pictures up close and sometimes in focus, I ought to mention the res., which has changed a little from my last visit;

Turned the taps back on

Woo. Tufties.

Right, and now to get all fungal. Oh you know you love it...

From the gill form,
I think this is an Oyster sp.

Conifer Tuft

This looks like Lilac Milkcap,

but should not be growing on a conifer stump,

so ??

Snapping Bonnet

Oyster Rollrim

Yellow Stagshorn

Amethyst Deceiver

[Or am I deceived?]

Eggshell Mottlegill?

Or is it?

The same, growing inside a conifer log.

Gymnopilus hybridus!
[a rustgill sp.]

Fairy Inkcap

Velvet Shank

A Woodwax sp.,

but a bit gone over to ID

Funeral Bell

Jelly Rot
[not often seen on conifers]

Common Rustgills

 Sphagnum Greyling

Another rustgill sp.;
G. fulgens

Spotted Toughshank

Spring Cavalier

A mass of Beech Jellydisc growing over

flowering Moss sp.,

with a mould sp. growing on it!

Woo, that was a lot of pictures.


Fun times. :D


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