Edington Wildlife🐞

One of my first good finds from the 2022 fungi hunting season - magnificent Bitter Beech Boletes on the Blaise Castle Estate, 6th September #FungiFriday

Been busy today prepping for my Open Studio this weekend @somersethour #somersethour, would be lovely to see you - please call in for a browse and a cuppa!

Otter swimming - March in my 2023 calendar - I still have a few available jcurtisart.com/photo_17115393…

Common Kestrel overlooking the car park at Greylake this morning

When around Blaise Woods I always visit a huge fallen Beech which is smothered in Hairy Curtain Crust and several kinds of jelly fungi. Last time I was there I spotted these bracket fungi growing on skyward-pointing branch above head height. Can anyone ID them? #fungi

A couple of Eygptian Geese made a couple of low circuits of #ChardRes @somersetbirds this morning before disappearing to the West.

The only sound in Holford combe this morning is the gushing of water and the crunching of footsteps on dry leaves @Quantockhills Hardly a peep from the birds who are too busy seeking food to sing. #winteriscoming @WoodlandTrust @Natures_Voice @SomersetWT

Terana caerulea - Cobalt Crust looking good in the sun today in a Stoke Gifford (Bristol / South Glos) shrub bed

Sadly too late to submit for the Countryfile calendar... An action shot of one of the Shags from Clevedon Marine Lake this morning. Amusingly, last night over dinner, I had a chat with a couple of ex-work colleagues about swimming in the Marine Lake.😀

A fungi family #fungus #fungi

Merlin, this morning, near work. I see them often during the Winter Months but not usually like this. Wow!

Red Squirrel South West wants to reintroduce the native species between Ilfracombe and Minehead. bbc.in/3VtRHgD

This Red Kite spent several minutes dropping down below roof height checking out gardens at home, including ours. Presumably hunting for any scraps it might find.

Not much to report today, just a couple of nice, dung-loving Petticoat Mottlegills found in a horse paddock near the Blaise Estate #fungi

Whooper Swan is still showing well at Catcott Lows. @AvalonMarshes. @SomersetWT.

As a precursor to our peat restoration works kicking off in the new year, we’ve had archaeologists out on site at Shapwick Heath to check for any ancient trackways.

OTD, 2020, a dark-eyed, Male Bearded Tit at Chew Valley lake.

Sulphur Disco in the woods near Kingsweston House #fungi

I am assuming that this diverse little bunch are slime moulds - any experts out there? All found in the woods near Kingsweston House #fungi #slimemold

It’s #nationaltreeweek, an excellent time to plant and celebrate the importance of trees! We were joined by @Hunts_ employees and their families for a Woodland Planting Day at Elm Farm in Templecombe, Somerset. #naturebasedsolutions #investingintrees #netzero2050