Your day's wildlife

[Asa Post]

I saw this beautifully coloured mushroom whilst out with the dog in the woods today.
I cannot identify it though.

Possibly Gliophorus reginae, the Jubilee Waxcap?
If so, it's rare enough to be reportable - see here

 

[Aravis]

A snow goose, I believe, at Slimbridge by the lower Severn this morning. Unlikely to be a genuinely wild migrant, and the same is probably true of the barnacle geese as well. The lapwings are good though!

 

[philk56]

Following a tip-off I caught a sight of a Peregrine Falcon among some old cranes at Fremantle Maritime Museum. The first time I've ever seen one. One of a pair apparently nesting in the area.

 

[Alex H]

Coquet estuary at Amble

Egret

Stonechat

 

[Dave 123]

Meanwhile in Torcross....

 

[Alex H]

Meanwhile in Torcross....

What camera Dave?

 

[matticus]

Apologies for Deviation, but I can heartily recommend Autumnwatch on the beeb all this week. Lovely footage of Pine Martens last night from mid-Wales (who would have guessed their favourite biscuit!) 😄

 

[Dave 123]

What camera Dave?

Nikon D500 and Sigma 600mm lens.

 

[snorri]

Looking seawards this morning a flotilla of 76 goldeneye ducks were observed on a generaly westerly heading on calm seas.
Looking skywards in the afternoon thousands of geese flying in the opposite direction in a steady rainfall.

 

[potsy]

Nikon D500 and Sigma 600mm lens.

I need a 600mm lens, if anyone is wondering what to buy me for Christmas 😁

 

[potsy]

 

[Dave 123]

I took the dogs to Mothecombe beach this morning.

they weren’t the wildest animals....

Portuguese man o’ war jellyfish.

 

[Dirk]

Seen at Velator, North Devon today.
Can't decide whether this is the last Primrose of 2020 or the first of 2021.

 

[Poacher]

Last Sunday in Lidl Netherfield car park, there was a grey squirrel exploring. It dived under a parked car when a crow flew over.
The crow landed and held its head on one side to peer at the squirrel, then another crow joined it.
The squirrel took its chance when both crows looked at each other, and sprinted across the road, with both crows in hot pursuit, reaching safety under the gate of a metal fabricators site. The thwarted crows gave up and flew away.
I've seen and rescued a moorhen which was caught out in the open and attacked by crows, but never before seen them go for a squirrel.
I guess they would have pecked at its eyes to incapacitate it before killing it at their leisure, but I'm really glad that didn't happen (not that I'm particularly fond of squirrels).

 

[DCBassman]

Last Sunday in Lidl Netherfield car park, there was a grey squirrel exploring. It dived under a parked car when a crow flew over.
The crow landed and held its head on one side to peer at the squirrel, then another crow joined it.
The squirrel took its chance when both crows looked at each other, and sprinted across the road, with both crows in hot pursuit, reaching safety under the gate of a metal fabricators site. The thwarted crows gave up and flew away.
I've seen and rescued a moorhen which was caught out in the open and attacked by crows, but never before seen them go for a squirrel.
I guess they would have pecked at its eyes to incapacitate it before killing it at their leisure, but I'm really glad that didn't happen (not that I'm particularly fond of squirrels).

Clever birds, corvids.