Delayed from 16/12/09

Counting sheep out in the rain

 

Candle Snuff Fungus - Xylaria hypoxylon 

We once again set to work clearing the embankment of scrub (so no long waffle update). 

Yellow Brain Fungus - Tremella mesenterica 

 

Rain streaming off a tree trunk

The morning after the night before - the Pied Pipper of Potteric Carr

So after yesterdays post about how warm it’s been etc  today was also another warm day but as i went out to the car the heavens broke in a all mighty cloud burst.  After a slow drive down the motorway in low to no visibility it was time to start day one helping out at Potteric Carr.

As it was some one else's and my first day there the day was spent get familiar with the site and how it has been managed in the past. (a gentle walk around the hides seeing whats on the ponds and making sure the sheep are OK)

This basically meant a nice long walk round the site that was carried out as soon as it stopped raining and the sun came out.

face in the woods

Whilst it was still raining first thing there was the small job of filling the feeders by a hide with mixed grain and peanuts, on heading down to the waters front i realised I was not alone and then it dawned on me i had become the Pied Piper of Hamelin, but instead of children I had a fat large rat following me.

Again as you can see below I came across a range of different fungi and have put some of those seen below.