Dungeness 21 April 2018

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   looks like a great place to spend the day :)

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Tom Omlette Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 07 Nov 2013 Location: Stoke on Trent Status: Offline Points: 449	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tom Omlette Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Apr 2018 at 8:09pm
	looks like a great place to spend the day :)

chubsta Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 Apr 2013 Location: Folkestone,Kent Status: Offline Points: 430	Post Options Post Reply Quote chubsta Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Apr 2018 at 7:49pm
	Wish I had grabbed some of the morels, although looking dry on the outside they were completely white inside and looked very fresh, and I could have probably half filled a bin bag just from one spot. Still, best I don't go around picking wild fungi, I'm sure it wouldn't end well...

kevinb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Mar 2009 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 259	Post Options Post Reply Quote kevinb Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Apr 2018 at 6:18pm
	Sounds like a good day out, the fungus are Morels, very sought after.

chubsta Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 Apr 2013 Location: Folkestone,Kent Status: Offline Points: 430	Post Options Post Reply Quote chubsta Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Apr 2018 at 6:03pm
	Lovely Spring day so made the most of it with a trip to Dungeness RSPB. Lots of cuckoos around, constantly calling and saw a couple of paired birds flying together for quite a while. Oystercatchers, Marsh Harriers, heard a Bittern booming, loads of totally unidentifiable small brown birds as always. Saw a surprising amount of lizards, in places we hadn't seen them before, this chap was in one of the hides... Lots of juvenile newts which I had never seen before at Dungeness, it seemed like every sleeper had a few underneath... and the noise from the Marsh Frogs was just crazy, everywhere you went they were calling. Managed to see some very closely and surprised to see they have the huge side pouches that they inflate when calling, didn't expect to see that in a frog in the UK but then what do I know! Make sure you turn the sound up for this one... Loads of butterflies and bees, no dragonflies yet, and didn't manage to see a grass snake but we see them so rarely it is not surprising we didn't do so today. Saw these strange fungus - ID would be nice if someone knows what they are, there were plenty about.