The wildlife on Neath Canal

Date:  25 January 2017
Location:  Neath Canal (Neath to Briton Ferry)

I had an appointment in Neath and seeing the weather had been forecast to be nice I decided to walk home along Neath Canal. Luckily I had my camera with me and managed to discover quite a bit of wildlife on the way (incuding two new birds for me #My200BirdYear - A Mistle Thrush and Greenfinch).

The sun shining through the trees onto the canal

A friendly robin

A nice surprise to see a Mistle Thrush in one of the opposite fields

Waxwings at The Range, Swansea

I had a tip off that there were about 30 waxwings near The Range, Winch Wen, Swansea. I have never seen one before so off we set this morning to see if we could get lucky.

It's been a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky. When we arrived at The Range carpark we could see a group of people with binoculars instead of shopping bags, we followed them to some nearby trees and there they were...about 15 beautiful waxwing sitting in one tree. I noticed there were some more in a nearby berry bush.

What a find and what a stunning bird, I hope the rest of 2017 will be this easy to spot rare birds, but I very much doubt it. This is now #42 bird for #My200BirdYear - you can see how I am doing here.

Here are some of the pics...

Waxwing on berry tree

Waxwing scoffing the berries

Fabulous fungi at Lliw Reservoirs, Swansea

On 26th November we ventured to Felindre, Swansea for a walk around the Lliw Reservoirs. It was pretty frosty but we still managed to find quite a few fabulous fungi!

Below are some of the more interesting ones we found, if I have identified them wrong or you know some of the ones I haven't please comment below ;)

Candlesnuff

Bloodred Webcap (Thanks Emma Williams, Glamorgan Fungi Group)

Tremellla (Thanks Ella Brey, Glamorgan Fungi Group)

First frost we have seen this Autumn/Winter

Need Identifying

Need Identifying

Cordycep militaris (Thanks Emma Williams, Glamorgan Fungi Group)