Milestones

Last Sunday,,, sorry the Sunday before last was a milestone day in the life of FG. (Apologise to regular readers, its been over my usual week, and not a post). For years i've been looking at Wrynecks in bird books, and thinking 'great bird, but i'll never see one'... This is why the Sunday before last is a 'milestone' day in my life,,,, because not only did i see one,,, i photographed it as well. A feat that i probably will not repeat in my lifetime. I don't know a lot about Wrynecks, but i reckon that Dorset is on the northerly side of its natural range, which is largely on the European continent. This makes my experience even sweeter.

This last week has been a bit hectic... Radar and myself returned to the Middlebere hide, where the Green Sandpiper performed better than ever, and flew to the top of the post in front of the hide.

On Saturday it was really dull, Chris, Radar, and myself went on a fungus foray. Not much about, because of the regional lack of rainfall. We did however find a few specimens, and this made a long day worthwhile, with the highlight being (Phallus impudicus) although all of the gleba had been eaten by flies, they still make an,,, um,, interesting picture.

Macrolepiota procera

Leccinum scabrum

All in all a great week of photography. When the weather is dull in the autumn, i love to search for those wild fungi with the flashgun,,, long exposures will do it too.