Well Ln to Briscall Moor(Joe's Cup)

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lydia rose
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Well Ln to Briscall Moor(Joe's Cup)

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Well Ln& Edge Gate Ln
Still a few of following in flower-herb robert,nipplewort,hairy bittercress,smooth sow thistle,enchanters nightshade,bd.lvd.willowherb,red bartsia,meadow buttercup,red clover,gt.willowherb,creeping thistle,hogweed,foxglove,ragwort

Butterflies -2 speckled wood

Fungi-Earthballs

Chiff-chaff heard calling in Heatherlea Wood

MOOR

The Calluna heather is begining to fade

Bees-Saw about 8 but only close to one-a white tailed bumble

Birds- plenty meadow pipits(about 40),c.crow,
by fenced coppice-wren,kestrel hunting in area,pheasant(h)
Butterflies-6 red admirals,1 small copper

Dragonflies at Moorland Pools
2 black darter and an ovipositing Common Hawker among the Potamogeton pondweed-this pool had several water boatman visible from its edge.
1 black darter at the other pool by the path which has mostly sphagnum and rushes in it and no visible aquatic inverts from the edge.

Fungi-Several unidentified species on the edge of the fenced coppice,including many deep purple ones with purple gills and a depression in the cap centre
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Re: Well Ln to Briscall Moor(Joe's Cup)

Post by Leonard Poxon »

Lydia, the purple fungi you found could be Amethyst Deceiver.
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Re: Well Ln to Briscall Moor(Joe's Cup)

Post by lydia rose »

Thanks Len-having re-read description in Collins complete guide I think I was flumoxed by them being deeper colour than have seen before but rest of description agrees
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