Nature Notes November 2023
Date Published: 30-11-2023
The weather during November included heavy rain and wind with
fluctuating temperatures, turning colder towards the end of the month.
SIGHTINGS
Birds(seen or heard): Herring Gulls, Black-headed Gulls, Carrion
Crows, Magpies, Jays, Buzzards, Heron, Sparrowhawk, Tawny Owls,
Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Wood Pigeon, Stock Doves, Collared
Doves, Stonechats, Siskins, Nuthatches, Treecreeper, Goldcrest,
Wrens, Robins, Blackbirds, Dunnocks, Greenfinches, Chaffinches,
Goldfinches, Coal/Blue/Great/Long-tailed Tits.
Mammals: Grey Squirrels, Fox, Hedgehogs, Wood Mice, Roe Deer.
Plants (in flower/berry): Rowan, Holly, Ivy, Oak, Common Gorse.
Insects: Wood Lice, Species of Bees, Midges, Funnel Web Spiders,
Sheet Web Spiders.
Fungi: Fly Agaric, Bay Bolete, False Chanterelle, Sulphur Tuft,
Conifer Tuft, Brown Rollrim, Douglas Fir Cone Mushroom, Snowy
Inkcap, Cowpat Gem, Common Rust Gill, Hairy Bracket, Fragrant
Funnel, Rosy Russula, Turkey Tail, Bovine Bolete, Puff Balls, White
Marasmius, Orchre Bracket, Jelly Drops, Onion Earthball, Pocket
Stalked Russula, Wrinkled Coral, Liver Inkcap, Scaly Rustgill,
Common Greenshield, Redwood Rooter, Amethyst Deceiver, Creamy
Russula, White Fibercap, Rufous Milkcap, Yellow Bonnet, Gemmed
Amanita, Common Earthball, Buttery Collybia, Blewit, Crab Brittlegill,
Honey Waxcap.
Many of the fungi found on site disintegrated due to the heavy rain and colder temperatures.
Male and female Tawny Owls were heard calling to each other.
Hedgehogs were still out feeding at night.
NATURE FACT
Amethyst Deceiver fungi are mostly found in small groups on soil in broad-
leaved woodland. Perhaps they are the most strikingly beautiful of all the very common toadstools.
SITE MANAGEMENT
The work party cleared scrub from the eastern enclosure bordering the boardwalk.
