The ponds are extensively flooded after all the recent rain, but today Clare Weiner photographed Stinking Hellebore in flower alongside the boardwalk, and a single flower of Winter Heliotrope near the bird-hide.
Various fungi 7th & 8th Nov 2022
More very pretty delicate white Candlesnuff fungi on various logs, and amongst bright green sphagnum moss, etc., and amongst these brown waxy-type toadstools on a damp log by the boardwalk. (Julie Dyson)
Common inkcap? 8 Nov 2022
Common Inkcaps (?) growing in Trap Grounds along canal towpath (Julie Dyson)
Brown honey fungus? 3 Nov 2022
Brown honey fungus-type fungi on dead branch of living willow, by Frog Lane TG 3rd Nov 2022. May be a type of Armillaria? (Julie Dyson)
Bees and butterflies
Clare Weiner has taken some lovely photos on the Trap Grounds during the heatwave.
Robin feeding a fledgling
Clare Weiner photographed this intimate moment on the boardwalk on the last day of May, 2022.
A new Weevil
Sharp-eyed Zhenhuan Zhang spotted this Scarce Fungus Weevil on some rotten wood in the Trap Grounds on 18 May 2022. It has never before been recorded on our site.
A new Bee-Fly: Bombylius discolor
Nicola Devine photographed and identified a Dotted Bee-fly on 12 April: the first recorded sighting on the Trap Grounds. Here, for comparison, is her photo of a Dark-edged Bee-fly, which she has previously recorded on several occasions, dating back to 2017.
First Mallard Ducklings of 2022
Today on an early morning walk we were delighted to see the first Mallard family of this year. Mother Duck was on the stream beside the Board Walk with eleven very tiny ducklings… possibly newly hatched overnight!
