Singleton Park is the largest urban park in the city of Swansea and comprises of 250 acres of land. It has an array of different habitats and some of the park is left wild for native wildlife to thrive. Our main intention was seeking out different fungi and this is what we found...
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| Fungi 1 - needs IDing |
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| Fungi 2 - needs IDing |
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| Fungi 3 - needs IDing |
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| Closeup of Fungi 3 - needs IDing |
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| One of the beautiful autumnal coloured trees in the park |
We were quite happy with our finds, but sad we still hadn't spotted any Fly Algaric this year. We made our way to a part of the park where there are always birds. A number of people go there and feed them, so they are fairly used to humans and sometimes eat out of your hand. Armed with a bag of peanuts and meal worm we went there to see who would visit us.
We were so happy when all the birds started appearing, but then the big boys came. We must have been surrounded by at least 5 grey squirrel and 2 cheeky magpies came down to enjoy the feast too.
Below is a clip of Iolo Williams, who presented a programme on the BBC called 'Iolo's Great Welsh Parks'. This particular;ar episode took place in Singleton Park.
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| A very friendly robin on the bin where we put the food. |
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| A blue tit grabs a peanut |
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| A coal tit |
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| A magpie and grey squirrel |
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| The other magpie up the tree |
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| A very tame grey squirrel enjoying it's nut |
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| The squirrels come really close and practically take the nuts from your hand |
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| Wood Pigeon in tree |
Something I don't see very often is 2 robins together who aren't fighting...perhaps they were a breeding pair? I noticed that someone had positioned a piece of wood on a tree, no doubt to get some good pics, I put down some meal worm and it wasn't long before one of my favourite birds, a nuthatch, appeared (amongst other visitors).
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| A pair of robins |
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| Nuthatch |
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| Coal Tit |
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| A cheeky squirrel |
We must have been in the park for over 3 hours and decided it was time to go. On the way out of the park we saw a lovely tree creeper and a few more robins. It truly is autumn, with the floor covered in reds and oranges, it is so beautiful this time of year.
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| Treecreeper |
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| Robin |
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| Autumn is here! |
