Another dull as hell day trudging around the moor seeing very few birds - birding in Surrey is so exciting! 'Highlights' were: 1 Whinchat (NW corner), 3+m Stonechat (1 NW corner, 2 east side), 2 (1m, 1f) Yellow Wagtail (NW corner), 14 Meadow Pipit, 2 Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff (inc. 6 Bonehead Woodland), 5 Common Snipe, 1 Goldcrest (Bonehead Woodland), 5 Skylark, 1-2 Little Egret, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Buzzard, 3 Kestrel and 2H Cetti's Warbler. Passage overhead amounted to 83 House Martin SW and 21 Barn Swallow (mainly S). Also 1 Red Kite and 3 more Common Buzzard were seen at distance over Wraysbury Reservoir.
First Parasol Mushroom
Macrolepiota procera of the autumn noted today and a few Snowy Inkcap
Coprinopsis nivea, and only 7 Red Admirals were seen on Staines Moor today - an amazing 530+ were present just
16 days ago!
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| Snowy Inkcap Coprinopsis nivea, on dung, Staines Moor, 24 September 2016 - a few of these tiny delicate mushrooms today |
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| Parasol Mushroom Macrolepiota procera, Staines Moor, 24 September 2016 |
A Speckled Wood in the garden on the 14th was one of very few records for the garden.
Staines Moor is struggling to keep it's patch award this year, mate. Amazing how quiet it is at the moment – it's supposed to be the autumn migration! Holmethorpe is the same.
ReplyDeletePerhaps a new Randon's Rambling Award category should be created - dullest and most mind-numbingly tedious birding of the year? Staines Moor would definitely have a chance of bagging that one I reckon.
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