As we approached Balblair Woods in the car this morning we could see, above the trees, several hundred geese which had taken off and and were forming up before heading northwards, confirming what we already suspected that for at least part of their day....
....they're on Loch Fleet. The tide had just turned as we had out first view of the loch so we wonder whether this is a signal for a change in location, though....
....several hundred remained behind, almost certainly greylags.
Very little else in the way of wildfowl was working the extensive mudflats: a lone shelduck, a few curlews, a dozen or so oystercatchers and rather more gulls, and the forestry seemed to lack any remarkable wildlife this morning, though its information boards boast deer and pine marten.
Fortunately, the fungi provided plenty of interest. I lost count at eight of the number of different species we found, these four pictures being of ones which are new to us. The first resembled Scotch pancakes both in looks and size, while....
....this one might well be a (definitely not free-range) overcooked poached egg. Other rather smaller eggs....
....were on the menu, these one occurring in tight clusters in just one part of the woods, while....
....the camera failed dismally to capture the vivid pink of these tiny ones, none more than 15mm across, growing in just one place on a very rotten log.
As we approached Balblair Woods in the car this morning we could see, above the trees, several hundred geese which had taken off and and were forming up before heading northwards, confirming what we already suspected that for at least part of their day....
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