tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post189640851266952941..comments2024-03-27T19:59:10.159+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-53521561010647556802014-11-30T00:56:40.623+00:002014-11-30T00:56:40.623+00:00Careful, or you'll be growing gills.Careful, or you'll be growing gills.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-18745974421688418182014-11-30T00:32:50.080+00:002014-11-30T00:32:50.080+00:00I wonder how many of those 15,000 UK fungi actuall...I wonder how many of those 15,000 UK fungi actually produce mushrooms or similar and how many are petty moulds and yeasts? Sorry on mushroom overload at the moment having just picked up several large supermarket packets @ 10p each! Jim n.L.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-60842245126135208772014-11-29T19:11:35.218+00:002014-11-29T19:11:35.218+00:00Many thanks for the identification. The other clum...Many thanks for the identification. The other clump was 50 yards west of the first one, but someone may have stamped on it.<br /><br />The headless pigeon was almost certainly the work of a Sparrowhawk. It was probably frightened off the kill before it could eat the rest. Only female Sparrowhawks can carry pigeons; the males are too small to fly with the load.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-72167631865032747642014-11-29T17:26:44.837+00:002014-11-29T17:26:44.837+00:00I went to the park today and I found the clump of ...I went to the park today and I found the clump of mushrooms shown by the first picture. They are old and deformed Honey Fungus, Armillaria, although it is difficult to determine the precise species when they are like that. There must be some buried dead wood there. I couldn't find the location of the second photo, although they look like younger specimens of the same fungus, together with some smaller inkcaps.<br />By the way, not far from the mushrooms, next to an area of scattered plumes sign of a struggle, there was a dead pigeon without the head. Which predator woud kill such a bird, and then consume just the head?<br />MarioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-11394746368543325382014-11-28T19:39:32.375+00:002014-11-28T19:39:32.375+00:00It was an odd moment. I've never seen this dis...It was an odd moment. I've never seen this display before.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-55617061341511090502014-11-28T19:24:44.287+00:002014-11-28T19:24:44.287+00:00Wow, the moorhen photo is so wonderful Ralph, I fi...Wow, the moorhen photo is so wonderful Ralph, I find it amazing that such familiar birds still show themselves in such a different angleAfrica Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com