Saturday, 8 November 2014

Autumn in the New Forest

Saturday 8th November 2014

We were in need of fresh country air today despite the rain, so we had a quick walk at Longcross near Fritham.  We were hoping to see fly agaric fungi in a spot where we had seen masses last year but I think we were too late as there was no sign of it anywhere, however we saw plenty of other types of fungi, here are a few,









The leaves seem to have fallen all of a sudden, I must have missed the colourful bit at some stage over the last couple of weeks.


There are plenty of holly berries around at the moment, doesn't that mean it's going to be a hard winter, but then we seem to say this every year and it never is!

The birds seemed to be out in force this morning, flocks of long tailed tits, chaffinches, wood pigeons and one of my favourites, the robin.

It was good to get into the Forest, it's nice to be at the coast, but you can't beat the earthy smell of the countryside at this time of year.

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