What’s About – week of 13 December 2016

MAMMALS

  • Pygmy Shrew recorded by Linford Lakes Mammal Group on 11 December 2016 – plus field sign of 10 other species including badger, mink, otter and Muntjac deer.
  • Noctule bat over Tattenhoe – 8 December 2016 (Harry Appleyard)
  • Otter at Willen Lake North – 12 December 2016 (Mark Strutton)

BIRDS

  • Female Scaup and Woodcock at Linford Lakes N.R. 11 December 2016
  • Red Crested Pochard – pair still at South Willen Lake 9 December 2016
  • Red Kite – Shenley Church End 11 December 2016 (Peter Hassett)
  • 3 Stonechats on fence posts – Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve 7 December 2016

FUNGI

  • Oyster mushrooms Pleurotus spp. on willow stump at Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve 7 December 2016
  • Tremella mesenterica (Yellow Brain Fungus) – plentiful at Linford Lakes NR 11 December 2016

(All sightings by Martin Kincaid unless otherwise stated)