I had a day out down the Gower yesterday. Not that busy on the birding front, though 10+ Chough were nice, and a year tick! Highlight was a Magpie moth
I then went down to Whiteford Burrows. Again birdlife quiet, though at least one juv Yellow Wag on the "new" marsh below Cwm Ivy. Best finds were plants and fungi - Eventually found Broad-leaved Helleborine - at least 18 plants. a colony of 100+ Round-leaved Wintergreen, and a colony of Autumn Gentians. Fungi included Amethyist Deceiver, Brown Rollrim, False Chanterelle and Ear-pick Fungus.
Autumn Gentian
Broad-leaved Helleborine
Ear-pick Fungus
I then went down to Whiteford Burrows. Again birdlife quiet, though at least one juv Yellow Wag on the "new" marsh below Cwm Ivy. Best finds were plants and fungi - Eventually found Broad-leaved Helleborine - at least 18 plants. a colony of 100+ Round-leaved Wintergreen, and a colony of Autumn Gentians. Fungi included Amethyist Deceiver, Brown Rollrim, False Chanterelle and Ear-pick Fungus.
I like the look of that Ear-pick fungus.
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