Blue Fleabane (Erigeron acer)...Stobswood brickworks
Tynesde Leopardsbane (Ligularia przewalskii)...Stobswood railway bank
the expanding reedbed at Widdrington tip
Grizette (Amanita vaginata)...Stobswood
At Widdrington tip or Stobswood 'Alder carr' there were hundreds of small birds. Good numbers of Goldfinch, lesser Redpoll, 2 individual flocks of Long tailed Tit numbering 30 each with other Tit family members present, Goldcrest and Chiffchaff. Worth looking through these flocks as this is just the place one of those Northerners might turn up one day. Hundreds of Redwings and Blackbirds and large numbers of Wrens; at least 30 in the hedgerows. A nice party of 15 Bullfinches were piping along the Guelder Roses at the back of the old pit heap. The Reedbed is establishing itself well in the carr and at the brickworks Blue Fleabane has reached almost every corner of this brownfield site. Some plants were still in flower but many had gone to seed like the Ligularia przewalskii (also known as Tyneside Leopardsbane) which is spreading along the railway baffle banks. Recently I commented on PC wanderings blog on Grisette fungi (Amanita vaginata) saying it is years since I had seen a one (Beacon Hill in the 90's) when I stumbled upon the one pictured above below Birches in Grangewood behind the brickworks. They are not uncommon but hard to see and can be variable in appearance, this one has veil remnants on the cap.
Last night was the last night of the GMS scheme and in the trap this morning was Red Sword-grass, 4 Light Brown Apple Moths and a Garden Rose Tortrix.
2 comments:
The Red Sword grass is a good one to get Nigel...
Cheers Stew.
I have one in my notes from Felton Lane in 1992 but it just reads Swordgrass! It was on the weighbridge windowsill somewhere deep in Widdrington Moor Lake these days!
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