Today I concentrated on some of the young stages of brackets, crust, jellies and other less photographed fungi species today at Paxton. I was pleased to see when IDing the Crystal Brain that it does have the yellow dots seen in the second image - hence its species name 'nucleatum' presumably. Images are either single raw files or jpeg in-camera stacks - I will process some of the raw stacks at some stage!!
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Paxton's Brackets, Jellies and Crusts
Monday, January 27, 2025
My Garden Birds
The birds were very busy feeding in the garden this morning with flocks of Goldfinches and Greenfinches visiting the garden feeders and pairs of Long-tailed Tits, Blue Tits, Great Tits, and Blackbirds all looking as if they are pairing and starting to set up territories. All three of the Dove family - Rock Doves, Wood Pigeon and Collared Dove, pair of Dunnocks, Robin, Chaffinch, Song Thrush and Wren (too fast to photograph!).. Also visiting in recent weeks Tree Creeper, Starling, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Redwing, Fieldfare, Jay, Magpie and Pied Wagtail
I came across my garden list for Jan - Feb in 1968-71. It had all these except Collared Dove and Stock Dove and also included Bullfinch, Marsh Tit, Turtle Dove, Corn Bunting, Yellow Hammer (still in Hedgerows), Tree Sparrow - all declined or absence with a change in the arable farming techniques.
Saturday, January 25, 2025
Friday, January 24, 2025
Toft Wood Lichens and Mosses
Continuing my task of recording Toft's wildlife for our 2025 village project, here a selection of lichens and mosses from the wood with tentative IDs. The final delicate toadstool growing out of a single leaf took my eye when photographing a ground-level moss.
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Slime Moulds in Toft Leaf and Log Piles
Amazed at the number of slime moulds that have erupted on the leaves and stalks in my compost area while the logs continue to fruit further specimens. The first three are Didymium squamulosum and the next two Comatrichia species but, the others I need help identifying especially the white lumpy fruiting bodies (now identified as young Didymium squamulosum) and the final species with Collembolids (ID Arcyria spp).
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