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Sussex based birder (often across Kent border), outings organiser, walk leader and species account writer for Sussex Ornithological Society.
Mowers Mushroom, although I think this side of the Atlantic we more often call them Brown Mottlegill, which is mainly how I see them but variable so perhaps Panaeolina foenisecii…
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November 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Mowers Mushroom, although I think this side of the Atlantic we more often call them Brown Mottlegill, which is mainly how I see them but variable so perhaps Panaeolina foenisecii…
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A pylon Peregrine in Saturday’s mist at Dungeness. Useful to have manmade ‘cliffs’ as there are none otherwise around the point.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
A pylon Peregrine in Saturday’s mist at Dungeness. Useful to have manmade ‘cliffs’ as there are none otherwise around the point.
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From today’s morning walk down our High Weald lane a nicely funnel shaped Trooping Funnel Infundibulicybe geotropa in time for #MushroomMonday
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November 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
From today’s morning walk down our High Weald lane a nicely funnel shaped Trooping Funnel Infundibulicybe geotropa in time for #MushroomMonday
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Sunny Side Up Mushroom for #MushroomMonday - a name perhaps used more the other side of the Atlantic, alternatives are Yellow Fieldcap, Egg-yolk Fungus, Bolbitius titubans. From #Dungeness at the weekend.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Sunny Side Up Mushroom for #MushroomMonday - a name perhaps used more the other side of the Atlantic, alternatives are Yellow Fieldcap, Egg-yolk Fungus, Bolbitius titubans. From #Dungeness at the weekend.
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A red Red Valerian from the east side of Rye Bay to go with the white Red Valerian that I posted for last week’s #WildflowerHour but forgot to post in time for this week’s!
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A red Red Valerian from the east side of Rye Bay to go with the white Red Valerian that I posted for last week’s #WildflowerHour but forgot to post in time for this week’s!
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November 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Nottingham Catchfly Silene nutans still in flower at Dungeness this weekend for #WildflowerHour
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Nottingham Catchfly Silene nutans still in flower at Dungeness this weekend for #WildflowerHour
A walk down our High Weald lane as dusk began to gather but amongst the lane leaf litter I noticed these cheerful Rosy Bonnets Mycena rosea.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A walk down our High Weald lane as dusk began to gather but amongst the lane leaf litter I noticed these cheerful Rosy Bonnets Mycena rosea.
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A relaxed seawatch at Dungeness yesterday morning. Not Tuna but Harbour Porpoise and Grey Seal and a relaxed Red-throated Diver preening and drifting just off shore, further out Gannet and a small string of Scoter.
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November 16, 2025 at 7:33 AM
A relaxed seawatch at Dungeness yesterday morning. Not Tuna but Harbour Porpoise and Grey Seal and a relaxed Red-throated Diver preening and drifting just off shore, further out Gannet and a small string of Scoter.
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Other types of bio-beads at #RyeHarbourNR… These on a plant from the Far East just off the path down from Cuckoo Corner. Not sure which Cotoneaster (Franchet’s?) or how it got here, or when, as I hadn’t noticed it before.
November 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Other types of bio-beads at #RyeHarbourNR… These on a plant from the Far East just off the path down from Cuckoo Corner. Not sure which Cotoneaster (Franchet’s?) or how it got here, or when, as I hadn’t noticed it before.
One of the Laccaria fungi found on my local walk this week, commonly called Deceiver, which has puzzled me though it seems fungi in this genus are deceptive for ID (but then aren’t many fungi 😂).
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November 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
One of the Laccaria fungi found on my local walk this week, commonly called Deceiver, which has puzzled me though it seems fungi in this genus are deceptive for ID (but then aren’t many fungi 😂).
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The list a week later: delete Bullfinch, Dunnock & Great Tit and add Dartford Warbler and Siskin.
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Birds, mostly heard, at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren today: Blackbird; Bullfinch; Crow; Dunnock; Jay; Goldcrest; Green WP; LT & Great Tit; Pheasant; Robin; Stonechat; Woodlark; Wren
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November 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The list a week later: delete Bullfinch, Dunnock & Great Tit and add Dartford Warbler and Siskin.
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Another bracket for #FungiFriday - Daedaleopsis confragosa Blushing Bracket, this from a walk through a local Ancient Wood near a medieval ironworks. Common and common on Willow (as in this case).
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November 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Another bracket for #FungiFriday - Daedaleopsis confragosa Blushing Bracket, this from a walk through a local Ancient Wood near a medieval ironworks. Common and common on Willow (as in this case).
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Turkeytail Trametes versicolor from #RSPBBroadwaterWarren although there are no turkeys here just an occasional Pheasant.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor from #RSPBBroadwaterWarren although there are no turkeys here just an occasional Pheasant.
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A pair of Mallard, at #RyeHarbourNR on 8/11. Other Ducks were available: Gadwall; Pintail; Shelduck; Shoveler; Teal; Tufted; Wigeon; but the male Mallard was looking particularly dapper and I think this most widespread of ducks is often overlooked.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:55 AM
A pair of Mallard, at #RyeHarbourNR on 8/11. Other Ducks were available: Gadwall; Pintail; Shelduck; Shoveler; Teal; Tufted; Wigeon; but the male Mallard was looking particularly dapper and I think this most widespread of ducks is often overlooked.
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Still some Dyer’s Greenweed Genista tinctoria in flower on my walk yesterday, an area where they are “locally frequent” (The Flora of Sussex). @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Still some Dyer’s Greenweed Genista tinctoria in flower on my walk yesterday, an area where they are “locally frequent” (The Flora of Sussex). @bsbibotany.bsky.social
An old Hop Gall on this Oak caused by the asexual generation of the gall wasp Andricus foecundatrix. I expect the inner gall fell out in the summer and a wasp of the sexual generation will emerge from that next Spring.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
An old Hop Gall on this Oak caused by the asexual generation of the gall wasp Andricus foecundatrix. I expect the inner gall fell out in the summer and a wasp of the sexual generation will emerge from that next Spring.
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There has been some wonderful colourful Waxcaps posted of late but missing from my walks however I did at least find these Snowy Waxcaps Cuphosphylus virgineus on a bank when heading to the village high st yesterday.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:32 AM
There has been some wonderful colourful Waxcaps posted of late but missing from my walks however I did at least find these Snowy Waxcaps Cuphosphylus virgineus on a bank when heading to the village high st yesterday.
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Gymnopus fusipes from along our High Weald lane. This Spindleshank with its distinctive stem just about visible is growing at the base of an Oak tree here.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Gymnopus fusipes from along our High Weald lane. This Spindleshank with its distinctive stem just about visible is growing at the base of an Oak tree here.
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Walking up to the village High St I found a plant on the verge not seen before - searching upon my return I found this was Apple-of-Peru, or Shoo-fly Nicandra physalodes. No doubt very common but for me it is in the ”adventives & aliens” list!
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November 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Walking up to the village High St I found a plant on the verge not seen before - searching upon my return I found this was Apple-of-Peru, or Shoo-fly Nicandra physalodes. No doubt very common but for me it is in the ”adventives & aliens” list!
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Saxicola rubicola. The Stonechat, emblem of the @sussexornitholo.bsky.social, at least 3 pairs perched up and flycatching at #RyeHarbourNR at the weekend. (Usually winter counts are highest in coastal areas.)
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November 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Saxicola rubicola. The Stonechat, emblem of the @sussexornitholo.bsky.social, at least 3 pairs perched up and flycatching at #RyeHarbourNR at the weekend. (Usually winter counts are highest in coastal areas.)
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Hypholoma fasciculare young and old. I know these as Sulpher Tuft but have also come across them referred to as Clustered Woodlover which sounds more exciting though probably refers to their wood rotting habits.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Hypholoma fasciculare young and old. I know these as Sulpher Tuft but have also come across them referred to as Clustered Woodlover which sounds more exciting though probably refers to their wood rotting habits.
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#MushroomMonday
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Terrible photo I know (this from the weekend) but I saw my first #RyeHarbourNR Kingfisher a 1/4 century ago and they are still going strong - recorded 11 months of the year here in 2024 for e.g. (Sussex Bird Report).
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November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Terrible photo I know (this from the weekend) but I saw my first #RyeHarbourNR Kingfisher a 1/4 century ago and they are still going strong - recorded 11 months of the year here in 2024 for e.g. (Sussex Bird Report).
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Chunky Leccinum scabrum (Brown Birch Bolete) at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren for #MushroomMonday no doubt having mycorrhizal relationships with the Birch there.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Chunky Leccinum scabrum (Brown Birch Bolete) at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren for #MushroomMonday no doubt having mycorrhizal relationships with the Birch there.
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Red Valarian from #RyeHarbourNR for #WildflowerHour. Yes I know it is white but it is not originally from these parts!
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Red Valarian from #RyeHarbourNR for #WildflowerHour. Yes I know it is white but it is not originally from these parts!