I started today's visit to the Common with a mooch around the area near the Wilden Top car park and soon added another species to the bird year list as there were 3 Greenfinch perched in one of the trees there.
I then headed over to Lower Heath where I was pleased to see both a male and female Kestrel present. I also added a handful of year list ticks in the form of 2 Coal Tits and flyover Lesser Black-backed Gull and Black-headed Gull.
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) ♀
From Lower Heath I then headed over to Hillditch Pool. In the trees above the pool were 17 Redwings and a Song Thrush. A Common Buzzard flew through as did a single Pied Wagtail.
During my walk along the wooded footpath I recorded 3 more fungi for the 2019 list: Candlesnuff, Turkeytail and King Alfred's Cakes. The latter is so named as, when they mature and become a burnt black colour, they are said to resemble the cakes that King Alfred burned when he fell asleep. The ones in the photo below are a more immature specimen and are hence a browner colour.
Candlesnuff (Xylaria hypoxylon)
Turkeytail (Trametes versicolor)
King Alfred's Cakes (Daldinia concentrica)
Tuesday 8th January 2019:
For today's visit to the Common I decided to have a mooch about in the area between the Old Rose and Crown pub and The Bog. At first it seemed like it was going to be a fruitless visit but then as I neared the wooded area at the rear of this section of common I picked up on 3 Siskins (2♂, 1♀) feeding in the Alders alongside 9 Goldfinch.
Nearby, there was a small flock of House Sparrows present in the trees next to The Bog car park.
Siskin (Carduelis spinus) ♂
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