Showing posts with label Cambridgeshire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cambridgeshire. Show all posts

Sunday, December 31, 2023

New Year Flower Recording

The BSBI (Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland) run a New Year Plant hunt which I completed for Toft today, recording 16 species in flower.

Monday, December 4, 2023

Stretham Pumping Station Details

A dull rainy day to visit Stretham Pumping Station gave some great shadows and colours for photographing the details of the machinery and tools. Stretham Old Engine is the last complete survivor of more than a hundred similar engines that worked the drainage network all over Cambridgeshire lifting the flood waters from the fields via the ditches and dykes draining it into the rivers.
 

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Our Red Kites and Winter Visitors

 We have a resident pair of Kites that fly around the house and are often seen in the local trees . This morning, the light was beautiful as they flew and then rested warming themselves in the early sunlight. There are also large numbers of Redwings and Fieldfare together with Starlings (probably immigrants) feeding on the abundant berries.

Sunday, November 5, 2023

Toft Meadow Fungi and Flies

Although I sometimes think it would have been great to have lived in more places in my life, there is something wonderful about exploring the same area for so many years - Toft Great Meadow never fails to reveal a new species or a new aspect of the scenery. Yesterday I decided to record the various fungi there including this Petticoat Mottlegill - aptly named with its lacy cap. The recent rains have cut away at Bourn Brook banks giving some excellent vertical surfaces for next season's Kingfisher nests.

Sunday, October 29, 2023

Fungi in Hardwick Wood

Hardwick Wood, as expected, has very large numbers of fungi everywhere at the moment after the rain and now the warmer temperatures. The first two have appropriate names - the Tripe Fungus and the Honey Fungus (taken with small pocket camera so not great quality!).

Ann Miles Photography - My Favourite Images of the Past10 years or so