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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 10h

I hope you did find a bit of hope - it is a bit in short supply

mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 10h

Possibly, but pale and solitary? I have been puzzling over masses of similar fungi that have suddenly appeared all over our wood.

mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 11h

Not bad for a bird that is about the same weight as a 20p coin.

Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 1d

...also on the ringing front: we've received notification of a fantastic recovery of a Firecrest ringed here last October that was controlled a few days ago by a ringer in the Czech Republic - the first movement of a UK-ringed Firecrest to the Czech Republic or indeed to anywhere in central Europe

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 1d

From a recent walk to the east of our High Weald village. A Boletes in an Ancient Wood and I thought ‘an odd looking Cep (or Penny Bun, or Porcini)’ being pale and at an odd angle, taking a quick photo before being intrigued by the next.
#FungiFriends

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 1d

Arachnophobias look away now: reading the wildlife reports in my August @britishwildlife.bsky.social I learnt that the British list now has 680 species (so not just Daddy Long-legs and the few I can identify then).

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 2d

Meripilus giganteus along our High Weald lane and the Giant Polypore here occurs close to the Giant Puffball in a section where some Beech line the lane. I just need Giant Club here to complete the set!
#MushroomMonday
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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 2d

Just catching up with the August @britishwildlife.bsky.social and read that off the coast of neighbouring Cornwall 2 Iberian Orca were reported and these cetaceans are know to eat Atlantic Bluefin Tuna - was that why they were in British waters?

mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 17d

Excited to see 5 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna gambolling in the sea at #StartPoint on 16/9, first time I have seen them! Native to British waters and subject to ‘world renowned’ recreational fishing in the 1930s but disappeared in the 1990s (hmm). Tricky to photo though but note seabird size comparison!

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 2d

Apart from dealing with a Stormy Amy felled Ash blocking one of the gates to the wood I haven’t entered for a few days but just have and the fungi that had been very pale and I hoped were not Honey Fungus are now the yellow-brown colour I associate with that species.

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 2d

Hmm, that was my first thought but the wood is absolutely covered with them, they are much paler than Honey Fungi that I have seen elsewhere and I didn’t find any bootlaces - however I definitely bow to your better knowledge.

mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 3d

I find an occasional troop of Funnel (always Trooping) but this year a riot of Clouded Funnel in our section of Wealden Ancient Wood.
#FungiMonday
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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 3d

Such feisty butterflies - saw a few of these in one of the few sheltered spots on Beachy Head on Saturday.

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 3d

A late morning High Weald walk last week and just in time to see the Egg-yolk Fungus or Cow-Pat Mushroom or Sunny Side Up or Yellow Fieldcap or Bolbitius titubans as they age fast but readily identifiable.
#FungiFriends

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 3d

A dabbling duck adabbling - a female Teal, Anas crecca, at #RSPBDungeness last weekend when Storm Amy wasn’t around.
#kentbirding
#ukbirding

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 4d

Just in time!

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 4d

Here in Sussex I am always relieved when I manage a once-in-a-year sighting…

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 4d

Wow that is some Ruff count!

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 4d

The dead Ash by one of the gates to the wood had me wondering when it would fall or whether I should timber it but Storm Amy answered my question!

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 4d

Lawyer’s Wig from the Bench? Or Coprinus comatus at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren on 2/10.
#FungiFriends

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 4d

😂

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 4d

Members of the @sussexornitholo.bsky.social are keen birders even in the face of a westerly gusting to 60 mph. 5 joined me for the #BeachyHead walk today with birds flying backwards. Birds listed (20): Chiffchaff; Corn Bunting; Gannet; Goldfinch; Little Egret; Linnet; Raven
#sussexbirding
#ukbirding

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 5d

Almost 11 years ago today I saw one (Beachy Head).

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 6d

Amanita muscaria, Fly Agaric, a toadstall straight out of children’s fiction to a wood near you (in this case at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren) but sadly without a hookah smoking caterpillar dispensing advice on how to adapt to our environment.
#FungiFriday
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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 6d

That is amazing!

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 6d

After watching a flying Grey Heron an unexpected delight at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren today (2/10/25) was a singing Woodlark (but known to hold territory and sing in Autumn). Otherwise: Blue, Great & Marsh Tit; Chiffchaff; Goldcrest; GSW; Linnet; Nuthatch; Raven; Robin; Stonechat; Wren
#sussexbirding

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 6d

Alder Bracket (Xanthoporia radiata) at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren - spotted during a late morning walk here today.
#FungiFriends

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