Wakeham Railway Cuttings, Penns Wood, St Andrew's Church, Church Ope Cove and Church Ope Cove Wood
It really is getting hard to find any birds of note this Winter and the only highlights today were in Penns Wood with a Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 20+ Long-tailed Tits and overhead a Grey Wagtail.
The beach was void of birds, but then it was packed with visitors and the wood at the back of the cove was also very quiet.
However I did find another new fungi called a Smoky Bracket (Bjerkandera adusta) and a new shrub called Gwenllian (Viburnum tinus)
Here are a few images from today:
This Kestrel was back again along the Railway Cuttings. The area it is in is where the "Eastern" Lesser Whitethroat was seen a few days ago, but not since.
The handy-work of the Golden Pygmy Moth caterpillar. The squiggles are where the caterpillar has been "mining" on this bramble leaf.
..........native shrub of the Mediterranean and North African maccchia regions and was first cultivated in Britain in the 16th Century. Ever since then it has been a popular garden plant and also on Penns Weare by the looks of it. (More on macchia and maquis Here and V. tinus Here).
Once you notice the Alexanders Rust (Puccinia smyrnii) on the Alexanders, you do begin to realise that this rust fungus is quite abundant amongst them.
Birds Recorded: Cormorant, Kestrel, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Wood Pigeon, 1 Grey Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow and Chaffinch
Flies Recorded: Kelp Fly (Coelopa frigida)
Slugs and Snails Recorded: White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis) and Girdled Snail (Hygromia cinctella)
It really is getting hard to find any birds of note this Winter and the only highlights today were in Penns Wood with a Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 20+ Long-tailed Tits and overhead a Grey Wagtail.
The beach was void of birds, but then it was packed with visitors and the wood at the back of the cove was also very quiet.
However I did find another new fungi called a Smoky Bracket (Bjerkandera adusta) and a new shrub called Gwenllian (Viburnum tinus)
Here are a few images from today:
Girdled Snail
White-lipped Banded-snail
This is Viburnum tinus and also goes by the name of Laurustinus 'Gwenllian'. It is a........
Another fungus which has just appeared in Penns Wood on a felled Horse Chestnut Tree and is.........
..........Smoky Bracket (Bjerkandera adusta). More on this fungi Here.
Birds Recorded: Cormorant, Kestrel, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Wood Pigeon, 1 Grey Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow and Chaffinch
Flies Recorded: Kelp Fly (Coelopa frigida)
Slugs and Snails Recorded: White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis) and Girdled Snail (Hygromia cinctella)
Fungi Recorded: Smoky Bracket (Bjerkandera adusta)
This is the Vehicles Carrier "Harvest Leader" flying the flag of the Bahamas. It is on its way from Bremerhaven (Denmark) to Barcelona (Spain) More on this vessel Here.
This is the Dutch Container Ship "Endurance" on its way from Antwerp (Belgium) to Belfast. More on this vessel Here.
Ships Today
