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| Grey heron |
Monday's visit to the forest was marked not just by a decent crop of chanterelles, but also a few encounters with local wildlife. There are several shallow lakes (we call them "lochs" in Scotland) scattered around the forest, which are home to many birds, such as mallards, greylag geese, mute swans, coots, moorhens and many others. One particular resident of the loch decided it was happy to pose for a portrait, and here is the result. Grey herons are very common but also quite shy, and it is unusual to get a photo of one so close.
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| Grey russula |
And what about mushrooms? The only sighting, apart from the edible fungi, was a grey russula, making a lonely appearance in the middle of a pine wood. But was it a
Russula grisea? A pale-coloured
cyanoxantha? Or, perhaps an
amoenolens? Although, the latter is unlikely as it did not have a fishy smell. In short, yet another dose of
russula-related frustration: we will never know the answer.
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