Very few birds about, just the usual common ones, this morning so it was a check of everything else.
Black Medick, Bramble, Broad-leaved Dock, Broad-leaved Willowherb, Common Evening Primrose (looked to be this rather than Large-flowered), Common Mallow, Creeping Buttercup, Creeping Cinquefoil, Creeping Thistle, Curled Dock, Daisy, Dandelion, Enchanter's Nightshade, Fat Hen, Field Forgetmenot, Garden Lupin, Ground Elder, Hedge Bindweed, Hedge Woundwort, Hogweed, Herb Bennet, Herb Robert, Himalayan Balsam, Ivy, Japanese Knotweed, Lady's Mantle, Lesser Burdock, Meadow Buttercup, Meadow Vetchling, Mugwort, Nettle, Ox-eye Daisy, Pencilled Cranesbill, Perennial Sow-thistle, Perforate St John's Wort, Pineapple Mayweed, Ragwort, Red Campion, Red Clover, Rhododendron, Rosebay Willowherb, Self-heal, Smooth Sow-thistle, Spear Thistle, Sun Spurge, Tufted Vetch, White Clover.
Artist's Fungus growing in various places & lots of Oyster Mushrooms on one particular tree. Turkeytail also present but not much else.
Lots of Large Skippers, a few Small Skippers, Meadow Browns & Speckled Woods, 1 Gatekeeper, 1 Large White.
A few of the common grass moths, Nettle-taps, & Straw Dots. One Cinnabar caterpillar on Ragwort.
Common Green Grasshoppers.
2 Brown Hawkers.
Hundreds of Froglets at the bottom end of the woods as I headed to Temple Road. I gave up trying not to stand on any as there were so many of them. The footpaths and the boardwalks were full of them.
Not wild animals but is was good to see the summer coats of the adult Fallow Deer and a fawn running around with it's parents at Smithills Open Farm.
Dave Tennant said
Tue Mar 19 2:24 AM, 2013
1 Fallow Deer feeding on what looked like gorse in field off smithills dean road today 1300.
David Lumb said
Thu Jan 10 4:02 AM, 2013
Pair of Roe Deer this morning
David Lumb said
Wed Oct 17 1:00 AM, 2012
Whilst photographing the Snowy Owl in it's cage I also took photos of some of the captive Fallow Deer. My photo of two bucks together shows one inside the compond, and one behind the fence in the wild. I have suspected that the ones seen by myself, and the ones reported on the forum, may have originated from here.
David Lumb said
Tue Oct 16 3:46 AM, 2012
A murky morning, and not many birds about, so I decided to photograph fungi to liven things up. Also a chance to use the new Collins Guide.
Amethyst Deceiver Birch Mazegill Birch Polypore Candlesnuff Fungus Elder Whitewash Green Elfcup Hoof Fungus King Alfred's Cakes Oyster Mushroom Root Rot Small Stagshorn Southern Bracket Sulphur Tuft Trooping Crumble Cap Turkeytail Waxy Crust
Keith Mills said
Fri May 18 9:22 AM, 2012
Thusday Evening: A small rabbit ran down a path, near the Walled Garden. Closely followed, or chased? by a Stoat.
-- Edited by keith mills on Friday 18th of May 2012 11:59:20 AM
Black Medick, Bramble, Broad-leaved Dock, Broad-leaved Willowherb, Common Evening Primrose (looked to be this rather than Large-flowered), Common Mallow, Creeping Buttercup, Creeping Cinquefoil, Creeping Thistle, Curled Dock, Daisy, Dandelion, Enchanter's Nightshade, Fat Hen, Field Forgetmenot, Garden Lupin, Ground Elder, Hedge Bindweed, Hedge Woundwort, Hogweed, Herb Bennet, Herb Robert, Himalayan Balsam, Ivy, Japanese Knotweed, Lady's Mantle, Lesser Burdock, Meadow Buttercup, Meadow Vetchling, Mugwort, Nettle, Ox-eye Daisy, Pencilled Cranesbill, Perennial Sow-thistle, Perforate St John's Wort, Pineapple Mayweed, Ragwort, Red Campion, Red Clover, Rhododendron, Rosebay Willowherb, Self-heal, Smooth Sow-thistle, Spear Thistle, Sun Spurge, Tufted Vetch, White Clover.
Artist's Fungus growing in various places & lots of Oyster Mushrooms on one particular tree. Turkeytail also present but not much else.
Lots of Large Skippers, a few Small Skippers, Meadow Browns & Speckled Woods, 1 Gatekeeper, 1 Large White.
A few of the common grass moths, Nettle-taps, & Straw Dots. One Cinnabar caterpillar on Ragwort.
Common Green Grasshoppers.
2 Brown Hawkers.
Hundreds of Froglets at the bottom end of the woods as I headed to Temple Road. I gave up trying not to stand on any as there were so many of them. The footpaths and the boardwalks were full of them.
Not wild animals but is was good to see the summer coats of the adult Fallow Deer and a fawn running around with it's parents at Smithills Open Farm.
Amethyst Deceiver
Birch Mazegill
Birch Polypore
Candlesnuff Fungus
Elder Whitewash
Green Elfcup
Hoof Fungus
King Alfred's Cakes
Oyster Mushroom
Root Rot
Small Stagshorn
Southern Bracket
Sulphur Tuft
Trooping Crumble Cap
Turkeytail
Waxy Crust
A small rabbit ran down a path, near the Walled Garden. Closely followed, or chased? by a Stoat.
-- Edited by keith mills on Friday 18th of May 2012 11:59:20 AM