This is an impressive Wood Anemone.

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Here's Wood Sorrel, can you see the Golden Saxifrage?

Finally Herb Bennet.

Coldra Wood.

Today I went to Coldra Wood I saw lots of flowers and fungi.
This is Wood Spurge it is a member of the Euphorbia family.
It's milky juice is poisonous.

This is a slime mould Reticularia Lycoperdon, when it dries out, it bursts open, releasing spores.

Found some Scarlet Elfcup.

Primroses were out.

The remains of a Giant Puffball.

Here's some Wood Anemone.

Dog's Mercury, also family Euphorbia.

I came across Golden Saxifrage.

Tredegar House Park.

Recently I went to Tredegar House Park looking for flora and fungi.I found this growing on a conifer, I think it is a slime mould, not sure what type.At first I presumed it was a rotten egg thrown against the tree.

I saw Sweet Violet.

I was surprised to find Two-Toned Pholiota.

Hoof Fungus

I found this Hoof Fungus in October in a nearby park and I have been observing it ever since.It is growing on a tree stump along with Turkey Tail and there were Stump Puffballs too in the Autumn.A piece of this fungus was found with the 5,300 year old ice mummy discovered in the Alps in 1991,it was part of a fire-starting kit.

Under the covers

Here's another pic of one of my pet rats in the duvet.
Bouncy who is shown here has just been woken by me trying to take a picture of her.

Duck and fungi

this morning I went to beechwood park.

the fungi on the log is lumpy bracket whilst the ducks are mallards.

at times it was pouring down and I was hiding under spruce.

Whilst hiding I found some possible charcoal burner and watched a treecreeper dance up and down trees.

on the way back to the house I popped to a local park, I got some artist bracket

to draw on

the treecreeper

Weston super mare Birnbeck Pier

today I went on the train to weston.

I was heading for sand point in search of a geo cache. 

On the way I passed Birnbeck Pier.

I thought it was amazing.

Altogether I walked over 8 miles, the last mile through marsh.

I FOUND THE CACHE!

This is a fungi I found in Coldra Woods, when I was looking for a Geocache. I dont know what type it is it's not in any of my books, including Roger Phillips guide. There are lots of Fungi growing in Coldra Woods, I recently found the remains of a Giant Puffball, I saw Oyster Mushrooms for the first time there.I have also seen Upright Coral which is quite rare. Coldra Wood is a small wood close to my house, there are lots of different trees there, some of them are very old.Birch,Oak and Beech which are very popular with Fungi, all grow there.

The grey king Cache

I went geocaching today in Allt-yr-yn Nature Reserve.It was a very good cache.
I was lucky to see lots of fungi including; Scarlet Elfcup, Devils Tongue (pictured), Hairy Curtain Crust, Birch Woodwart, Blushing Bracket, lots of Lumpy Bracket, Oyster Mushrooms, Jelly Ear, Common Bonnet, several species of King Alfred's Cakes and Turkey Tail.
There were lots of birds; Great Tits, Long Tailed Tits, Robins and I heard a Woodpecker. I saw a Birch Tree that had grown back on itself
into a perfect circle which was very unusual.

Bouncy

Here's a picture of Bouncy my pet rat looking rather cute.

Shirenewton Woods

On Sunday I went to Shirenewton woods.
I found Turkeytail, Velvet Shank, lots of Jelly Ear, King Alfred's Cakes,Leafy Brain,Birch Polypore, Birch Woodwart,Birch Mazegill,Oyster Mushroom,Variable Oysterling and Scarlet Elfcup (pictured). There was a stream running through the woods with Hazel trees flowering on it's banks, I saw Wild Garlic and Lesser Celandine shoots coming up.Elsewhere in the wood I saw Snowdrops beginning to grow. There were Yew Trees, lots of Birch, a very old Lime Tree and Holly.

Rhoose Point

Today i went to Rhoose Point 

and found a massive ammonite.

You can see my foot beside it.

We also may have discovered dinosaur footprints, 

as other footprints have been found nearby at Bendrick Rocks Sully.

Castell Coch

On boxing day i went to forest fawr next to castell coch .

It was very cold.

I saw a number of fungi including

lacquered bracket, oak mazegill,

dead man's fingers, candle snuff,

birch polypore,

oak curtain  crust and lumpy bracket.