Wildlife sightings - October 2006

07.10.06

Still a few blackberries about
Lots of snails
3 good toadstools, white with brown gills, outside NW coppice fence near gate

08.10.06

Great tits in hedge
Partridge feather
Masses of apples and berries
Red admiral butterfly
Speckled wood butterfly

13.10.06

Orange fungus growing on dead branch in hedge at far end of glade, possibly Ear Fungus
Large group of orange-brown bell-shaped fungus inside NW coppice fence near glade
White fungus with concave cap inside NW coppice fence near glade
Old birds nest (grass and moss) and subsequent earwig nest found in bird box, blown down from mature ash in glade

14.10.06

Squirrel
Big black fly with orange wings
Yellow and orange butterfly

20.10.06

White fungus growing by water trough on path across field to the woodland, possibly Shaggy Ink Cap
White fungus growing on Trafalgar Oak sign
Large group of white fungus with brown gills under mature ash with Tawny Owl box, on NW side of coppice near gate (Yellow Stainers)

21.10.06

Small group of tiny brownish white fungus on log under mature ash tree in glade

23.10.06

6 or 7 different types of fungus found in coppice:
       tiny white brackets on dead branch
       tiny brownish white caps on dead branch
       small light and dark grey caps with radial stripes
       small glossy brown cap
       2 groups of small orange caps
       medium white fungus with brown gills, similar to concave cap seen 13.10.06
Pinkish brownish white medium-sized fungus with grey-brown gills by log in SE corner of woodland
Pheasant

26.10.06

Pheasant
Male blackbird
Red admiral butterfly
White fungus, nibbled by ?rodents with pieces of fungus left on ground, inside NW coppice fence near gate
Bright yellow fungus growing on NW coppice fence near gate
Small bracket and brown cake-like fungi growing on SE coppice fence

29.10.06

Blackbird
Several types of fungus on old log in SE corner
4 large deer grazing in field halfway down NE side of woodland

30.10.06

Delicious apples; wildlife enjoying the fallen ones too
Green fungus with speckled cap inside SE coppice fence
White fungus with ragged cap, also in coppice
Yellow orange fungus growing on log in SE corner of woodland

31.10.06

Small cup fungus (Tarzetta Cupularis)