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Trying to see the forest and the trees.

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Egyptian Geese on the snow, earlier this morning at the Boating Lake in Alexandra Park.

Alopochen aegyptiaca
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@JudyWeb92176381 @birdingetc @FriendsAllyPark @Yourallypally @Natures_Voice Tricky indeed. This hybrid Mallard x Common Pochard from last year on the same site provoked quite a bit of debate: https://t.co/q9bOsnDDXc

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We spotted this unusual and handsome duck at the Boating Lake in Alexandra Park this morning. Thanks @Chris_Farthing for confirming ID of Mallard x Common Pochard hybrid.
Likely the same as in https://t.co/3kD0pk5x7F

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Spotted this Gadwall drake at the Boating Lake in Ally Park earlier this morning - an unusual species at the pond.
What is more, he's paired with a female Mallard!

Mareca strepera
Anas platyrhynchos
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@stephenmid @birdingetc @FriendsAllyPark @Yourallypally @Natures_Voice Same - had seen them on the reservoir before but never at the Boating Lake.
Beautiful bird on a close-up view!
And a slight chance of Brewer's ducklings from this interspecies pair!

First record for the Boating Lake was in 2018 as per Dom's post below.
https://t.co/Icvaq7Bjtt

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Found this elegant drake Gadwall on my Alexandra Park patch y'day - 1st record for the Boating Lake (scarce visitor to nearby Wood Green Reservoir - barely annual in recent years) #londonbirds @FriendsAllyPark

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Stroma of Candlesnuff Fungus, also called Stag's Horn, growing on a rotting stump in Alexandra Park.

Xilaria hypoxylon
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Following the rain, a spell of sun shining on these young Deceiver mushrooms this morning in Alexandra Park, London.

ID notes: fibrous stems, bit hairy around the base, orange cap in wet weather.

Laccaria sp.
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Into November and brambles in London still blooming and bearing fruit...

Rubus sp.
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From a sunny evening a few days ago, this nectar-feeding male mosquito who went to perch on a rose hip in Wood Green Cemetery.
I was glad in the end I managed one shot with his feathery antennae more or less in focus.

Culex sp.
Rosa sp.
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#WildWebsWednesday

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Frosty Bonnets sprouting autumn after autumn from the same Horse Chesnut in Alexandra Park.
(Note the characteristic granular texture of cap and stem as well as the sucker-like stem base.)

Mycena adscensdens
Aesculus hippocastanum
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Thirty-first of October and this London Hollyhock in full bloom...

Alcea rosea
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@stephenmid @fungi_flowers Wow! Amazing day you guys had!

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Likely a so-called
Missing Sector Orbweb Spider, Zygiella x-notata, given her location tucked in my kitchen window frame.
Common yet charming little spider in any case.

Zigiella sp.
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#Arachtober

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Loving the rain!

Arion sp.
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@FriendsAllyPark I checked that Ganoderma resinaceum out this morning. Quite something, no?
(With thanks to @stephenmid for the tip 🙏🏻)

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Clusters of Coral Spot blobs appearing on coppiced branches in Highgate Wood.

Nectria cinnabarina
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@stephenmid @FriendsAllyPark @TiCLme @GregPackman @fungitobewith @lukaslarge @treeruss @ukfungusday All so ephemeral! I passed by yesterday and noticed the chages, yes.
https://t.co/wEWgU1IDjo

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@RussellB1ggs Ah, so that's what those larvae are!
I had caught this flurry of Honey Fungus in its prime 5 days ago (https://t.co/SwutsuCFpA) and today it was all decay, stink and full of larvae.

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A striking growth of Honey Fungus from inside this dead Horse Chesnut in Alexandra Park.

Anyone knows if common for this species to grow so high up the trunk of infected trees? Here's reaching 4m high.

Armillaria sp.
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@RussellB1ggs Ah, so that's what those larvae are!
I had caught this flurry of Honey Fungus in its prime 5 days ago (https://t.co/SwutsuCFpA) and today it was all decay, stink and full of larvae.

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A striking growth of Honey Fungus from inside this dead Horse Chesnut in Alexandra Park.

Anyone knows if common for this species to grow so high up the trunk of infected trees? Here's reaching 4m high.

Armillaria sp.
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#LondonFungi

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@stephenmid @FriendsAllyPark @fungitobewith @lukaslarge Thanks @stephenmid! Unfortunately another year that I can't make it 🙁

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Red Cracking Bolete (?) this morning after the drizzle near the Rose Garden in Alexandra Park.
Pores and not gills under the caps of these mushrooms.

Xerocomellus sp.
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Tiny fruitbodies on the boughs of a Field Maple in Alexandra Park. Probable Mycena pseudocorticola, I've been kindly advised.

Mycena sp.
Acer campestre
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