Above is a very tiny Twig Parachute Marasmiellus ramealis. I found this stunning fungi on a small Silver Birch twig at Raw Nook LNR yesterday. Please see the video on my YouTube Urban Wildlife Tips channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY5JuOlb4Yg_K3f8Cz_mHDg The fungus is…
Following on from Saturday…
Relating to John Gavaghan (fungi expert) visit to Raw Nook LNR on Saturday he found an unfamiliar fungi which he took away for further research. He emailed me to say the species was a Garland Roundhead – Stropharia coronilla (opposite) Which is…
Three new fungi found at Raw Nook LNR
On Saturday 25/10 I met up with John Gavaghan a knowledgeable Fungi expert at Raw Nook LNR. He had kindly agreed to come along and do some fungi survey work as he is a lot more knowledgeable of the subject…
Winter is on it’s way!
Yesterday at Caldene fields two winter visitor had arrived into the UK from the Scandinavia area. A single Fieldfare and 3 Redwings were resting in a tree with a further 13 Redwings flew overhead. On the 14th of October a…
A new common plant found at TH Beck
Whilst walking in Toad Holes Beck the other day I noticed by the fisherman’s pond a different looking species of Dock. I examined it closely and it was a Water Dock – Rumex hydrolapathum which surprisingly has never been recorded before. There…
Hard Work Pays Off…
Today I went looking for signs of early spring on our local patch. You may remember we have an excellent large bank of native Primrose (Primula vulgaris) at Toad Holes Beck. So our conservation group thought if we took a…
Yorkshire Wildlife’s Fungi Foray…
On the 19th of October it was our annual Raw Nook LNR Fungi walk lead by the excellent Kat Woolly of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and the weather created ideal conditions. After Kat had explained about the walk itinerary I talked…
Red Kite and other sightings
Behind with my sightings recently due to work at home. However, I had an excellent sighting of a Red Kite first seen over East Bierley cricket pitch on the 7/7 and the following day, probable the same bird circled Caldene…
Spectacular…
Visited Low Moor Banks yesterday in the rain but it was worth it as the Southern Marsh orchids were showing off!. I counted a total of 114 flowering orchids which is slightly down on last years count of 146. Received…
Scarlet elf cup bonanza
At the moment Raw Nook LNR is full of the beautiful Scarlet Elf cup fungi. The fungus like damp habitats and with all the recent rain I think the species is having a bumper time! Interestingly I visited nearby Toad…
