And the view from the top looking North.

The old quarry







&
winch





















Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)





Fringed Water Lilly (Nymphoides peltata)



Gorse






Scaeva pyrastri





Eupeodes Sp?







Water Lily

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Lesser Sea Spurrey (Spergularia marina)



Buck's-horn Plantain (Plantago coronopus)








Lichen Sp





Spider Sp



Shield Bug Sp

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Ling (Calluna vulgaris)









Sheep's Bit Scabious (Jasione montana)



Gorse (Ulex europaeus)







Harvestman Sp



Thrift (Armeria marítima)



Lichen Sp

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Herring Gulls waiting for the early morning snack.

A continues stream of thousands of Manx Shearwaters going east in the bay.



Every morning the cafe throws out the scraps to the huge delight of the gulls.






Just round the corner at Kynance Cove








Autumn Squill (Scilla autumnalis)

from

The Natural Lizard







Cornish Heath (Erica vagans)



Common Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica)



Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)

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On the Way out to the Scillys.

Risso's Dolphin & Blue Fin Tuna
Sooty Shearwater & Storm Petrel
Lots of Manx Shearwaters & Gannets
One or two Fulmar





On the way back

7-9 Common Dolphin, Common Porpoise & Blue Fin Tuna



Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)

2 Great Shearwater & 2 Sooty Shearwater.





Gannet (Morus bassanus)






Manx Shearwater (Puffins puffinus)

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Snettisham High Tide Roost - 28/09/18

Larger versions of some of the swirling waders can be found in Birds Pleno

















Knot (Calidris canuta)









Black Tailed Godwit and Knot



Dunlin



Knots landing



Bar Tailed Godwit







Dunlin





Sanderling





Black Tailed Godwit and Redshank















Sanderling













Oystercatcher







Ruff



Knot & Dunlin




Knot still in partial summer plumage





Ringed Plover



Dunlin



Sanderling





Sanderling



Carline Thistle



Scentless Mayweed



Sea Campion





Sticky Groundsel





Viper's Bugloss

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View to the North and East from the eastern end of Walsey Hills.

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Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)



Gadwall (Anas strepera)







Wigeon (Anas penelope)



Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)











Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)





Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)







Pinkfeet choosing the moon.

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

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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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House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)





















Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)

and flying with
a
House Martin

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Larch Plantation ( Larix decidua)





Hazel (Corylus avellana)







Fennugreek Stalkball (Phleogena faginea)



Lichen Sp





Rough-stalked Feather Moss (Brachythecium rutabulum)?



?



?



Bleeding Conifer Crust Fungus (Stereum sanguinolentum)



?





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)



?





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



?





Wonderful waxy feel to this one.



?



Trooping Pygmy BrittleStem (Psathryrella pygmaea)





Crested Coral Fungus (Clavulina cristata)



?



Mycaenae Sp



White Brain Fungus (Exidia thuretiana)
from
First Nature



?



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



?





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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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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Blushing Bracket (Daedaleopsis confragosa)



Brown Roll Rim (Paxillus involutus)



Buttercap (Rhodocollybia butyracea)



Pinecone Cap (Strobilurus tenacellus)



Coral Spot Fungus (Nectria cinnabarina)



Heath Star-moss (Campylopus introflexus)



Cypress-leaved Plait-moss (Hypnum cupressiforme)



Jelly Disc (Ascocoryne sarcoides)



Southern Crestwort (Lophocolea semiteres)



Mycenae Sp



?





Oystering Sp (Crepidotus Sp)


?



?





?





Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum)





Slime Mold Sp and Oysterling Sp





Crisped/ Bruch's Pincushion (Ulota crispa?bruchii)



?





?



Green Elf Cup stain before the cups. (Chlorociboria aeruginascens)

from
First Nature

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Bog Bead-moss (Aulacomnium palustre)



Sometimes the white tips are not so obvious. Heath Star-moss (Campylopus introflexus)



Cladonia Sp cups







Heath Star-moss (Campylopus introflexus)



Oystering Sp (Crepidotus Sp)



Witch's Butter (Exidia glandulosa)





Heath Plait-moss (Hypnum jutlandicum)



Jersey Cudweed (Gnaphalium luteoalbum)



Swan's-neck Thyme-moss (Mnium hornum)



Tumid Notchwort (Lophozia ventricosa)





Waved Silk-moss (Plagiothecium undulatum)





Fungi Sp & Sphagnum Sp









Dense Haircap (Polytrichum commune)





Overleaf Pellia (Pellia epiphylla)





Flat-topped Bog-moss (Sphagnum fallax)







Blunt-leaved Bog-moss (Sphagnum palustre)

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Black-bellied Dipper (Cinclus cinclus cinclus) Continental subspecies

BBRC on races of Dipper
(Scroll to bottom of the page)

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