Superb Adult Male Black Redstart (Phoenichurus ochruros) & the Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) that almost………

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Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)









Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

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Frullania dilatata

from

BBS



Tubilifera arachnoidea




Kneiff's Feather Moss (Leptodichtyum riparium)



Clustered Feather-moss (Rynchostegium confertum)





Frizzled Pincushion (Ulota phyllantha)

Loch Neaton

Fascinating History of Loch Neaton







Lyell's Bristle Moss (Orthotrichum lyellii)

from the
BBS Handbook

Although the picture above does not show the Gemmae; they were visible on some strands.



&
Bird's Claw Beard Moss (Barbula unguiculata)



Hornschuch's Beard Moss (Pseudocrossidium horschuchianum)

Below is a Lichen Sp

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Wall Screw Moss at the bottom of the picture. (Tortula muralis)



Rigid Beard-moss (Didymodon rigidulus)



Cylindric Beard-moss (Didymodon insulanus)?



Common Pincushion (Dicranowiesia cirrata)





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Tag CloudMoss, Bryophytes, RigidBeard-moss, CommonPincushion, CylindricBeard-moss, WallScrew-moss

Larch Plantation ( Larix decidua)





Hazel (Corylus avellana)







Fennugreek Stalkball (Phleogena faginea)



Lichen Sp





Rough-stalked Feather Moss (Brachythecium rutabulum)?



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Bleeding Conifer Crust Fungus (Stereum sanguinolentum)



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Shaggy Parasol (Chlorophyllum rhacodes)





Bracket Fungus Sp ?





Slender Club Fungus (Typhula juncea)

from

First Nature



Pipe Club Fungus (Macrotyphula fistulosa)





Orange Mosscap (Rickenella fibula) growing in Swan's-neck Thyme Moss (Mnium hornum)











Larch Disco (Lachnellula occidentalis)



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Powderpuff Bracket (Postia ptychogaster)







Pine Cone Cap





Slime Mold Sp? (Trichia decipiens)







Slime Mold Sp (Ceratiomyxa fruitoculosa)



Glue Crust Fungus (Hymenochaete corrugata)
from
First Nature



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Wonderful waxy feel to this one.



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Trooping Pygmy BrittleStem (Psathryrella pygmaea)





Crested Coral Fungus (Clavulina cristata)



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Mycaenae Sp



White Brain Fungus (Exidia thuretiana)
from
First Nature



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Slime Mould Sp (Baked Beans or Baby Hot dogs) (Badhamia foliicola)



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Black Witches Butter (Exidia glandulosa)



Sputnik shaped spider sack.





Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)

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Curlew (Numenius arquatus)



Starling (Sternus vulgaris)





Teal (Anas crecca)

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Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)



Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

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House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)





















Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)

and flying with
a
House Martin

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Fresh long beak on the capsule lid of the Common Smoothcap (Atrichum undulatum)





Blue Roundhead (Stropharia cerulea)?



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Purple Jelly Disc (Ascocoryne sarcoides)?



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Candlesnuff Fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon)?



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Tag CloudFungi, Moss, Bryophytes, CommonSmoothCap, BlueRoundhead, PurpleJellyDisc, Candlesnuff

Black Tailed Godwit (limosa limosa)











Young Male Marsh Harrier making a meal of a dead Pinkfooted Goose.







Teal, Wigeon & Black Tailed Godwit



Teal in the evening light.

Adult Yellow Legged Gull

Adult and Second Winter Caspian Gull

and a part Glaucous Gull.

Very pale plumage, bill showing Glaucous tendencies but black primaries.

Tag CloudBlacktailedGodwit, MarshHarrier, Teal, Wigeon

While looking for and not finding the
Richard's Pipit
the
long lens took some pictures from the clifftop towards Overstrand.

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Black tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) & the odd Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)



Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)



Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)





Juv Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)

and just down the road at Salthouse

Black headed Gulls doing the two step

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A grey old day but a Ist Winter King Eider just off the beach.

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