What have you seen

A good day out walking today seeing Redwing (about 2' away as he didn't realise we were there), Grey Wagtail on the path in front of the house, 4/5 Buzzards and a couple of Jays.

Good start to the 2022 year list, WN!
I’ve topped up all the garden feeders, the usual suspects have all turned up and have been ticked off 🙂

Might have a stroll down the canal tomorrow, and a look round Foulridge resser. Should get some ducks for the year list 🦆. 🙂

Heading anywhere special this year Pliers?

I think, with plenty of fingers crossed, we may try to do some birdwatching across Northern parts of Netherlands and Germany, maybe get out to one or two of the Wadden Islands in May/June. If not we'll use the ferry tickets for a September/October visit to see the return of the geese and waders.

We've got some tiny fungi growing in our front garden under a birch tree. I haven't seen it before, I've looked it up and the common name is "black earth tongue." It looks like it's name. 

I have to say Brue that it looks disgusting. Certainly looks inedible but is it?

Never seen it before so always nice to see something for the first time.

As I said in an earlier post that we have heard both Tawny and Little Owls calling just as it starts to get dark, and we hear the Tawnies again early in the morning. Well last night as I was coming back from our last walk, about 10:15, I spotted one of the Tawny Owls, watching us pass below, who didn't seem to be bothered by the light from my headtorch.

Just spotted this on the BBC's Science News page of a fantastic murmuration in Is real

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-59748062

Yea we saw that. Brilliant. Uri Geller strikes again.

I looked it up and you can eat it but it also said "don't bother." They are only a couple of inches in length, looking like little black feathers stuck in our mossy lawn, which apparently they love.

I'm surprised to see a lot of other fungi types around just now, the damp weather must have brought them out.

Glad to see some frosts today, some plants need the cold to flourish later. I've got some seeds in a tray which need cold, unfortunately our little dog takes out the plants labels on trays left outside and so my cold loving seeds are of the mystery variety...

The Fieldfares and Red Rings were very active and vocal in the Cider Apple Orchards this morning after our first hard frost of the New Year, also saw a black Mink a creature which I have not seen for a few years now. By the size of him I would guess it was a Hob as he was a big boy.