Friday 25 January 2013
Eccleston Mere
Jack Snipe 1Water Rail 1 in SW corner Snipe 3 Teal 12Pochard 2Tufted Duck 8Gadwall 1 male Lesser Redpoll 10 Siskin 1 Goldfinch 60 Bullfinch 2 Buzzard 2 Fieldfare 4 10 of the 12 Teal. The bracket fungus is Daedaleopsis confragosa which has the charming English name of Blushing Bracket because it often has shades of pink on the upper surface. It grows on willow sp. (in this case I think it's on Goat Willow Salix caprea) and is a fungus of mid-winter.
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