I’m normally fairly relaxed about the idea of collecting small numbers of fungi for the pot. The structures we see above ground are the fruiting bodies produced by the main mass of the fungi, safely tucked away below ground. The analogy is not perfect but it’s not too dissimilar to picking blackberries – taking a…
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An Unreliable History of Birdwatching (28) by Paul Thomas
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RSPB AGM
If the Conservative Party wants to know how to run an event then they could ask the RSPB. I’m not sure what would count as the Leader’s speech but none of Miranda Krestovnikoff (President), Steve Ormerod (outgoing Chair) or Mike Clarke (Chief Exec) did any coughing or were handed P45s, and no letters fell out…
Tim Melling – Short-eared Owl
Tim writes: I love the eye contact in this photograph, and also that it has a moorland, not sky background. Those intense yellow eyes seem to make the owl jump right out of the picture. I took the photograph high on the Peak District moors in South Yorkshire. They nest on the ground, usually among…