tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post4032142781399366311..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-1519624329066048072017-08-17T23:03:51.353+01:002017-08-17T23:03:51.353+01:00Aha, I see now.Aha, I see now.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-16597050343770238842017-08-17T23:03:12.675+01:002017-08-17T23:03:12.675+01:00Thank you for the identification. There are quite ...Thank you for the identification. There are quite a few of the mushrooms in this place, which is distinguished by clumps of heather, an unusual plant in the park. When I was there, only one had been broken, and I turned it upside down for the photograph.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-7542396784634767382017-08-17T22:07:58.061+01:002017-08-17T22:07:58.061+01:00Should have been "rubescens"Should have been "rubescens"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-20589378705921238052017-08-17T22:05:04.430+01:002017-08-17T22:05:04.430+01:00It is indeed the very variable Amanita rubeshens. ...It is indeed the very variable Amanita rubeshens. In this species the ring is thin and flimsy, and can easily disappear, as does the volva, which is really only visible in young specimens.<br />MarioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-16252879944906470482017-08-17T21:12:54.773+01:002017-08-17T21:12:54.773+01:00Re CDs from Wednesday, the idea is to keep the gul...Re CDs from Wednesday, the idea is to keep the gulls off and leave room for the terns to nest. The stuff is taken down when the terns come in as the gulls nest 4 - 6 weeks earlier and there would be no room for the terns to nest. Belfast birderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04732817022132110892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-60280998763532828772017-08-17T21:06:29.548+01:002017-08-17T21:06:29.548+01:00A. phalloides, the Death Cap, and A. verna, the De...<i>A. phalloides</i>, the Death Cap, and <i>A. verna</i>, the Destroying Angel, are the two most poisonous species here, both invariably fatal and there is no antidote.<br /><br />Grebes always remind me of the Lockheed F-104G Starfighter, whose tiny wings required furious takeoff and landing speeds. They were notorious for frequently crashing on both occasions. But at least a grebe can crash into the water.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-54787657403918223892017-08-17T20:24:11.295+01:002017-08-17T20:24:11.295+01:00Amanita phalloides is the main culprit of death by...Amanita phalloides is the main culprit of death by poisoning here. It looks very similar to other edible species, and even experienced mushroom hunters are sometimes deceived.<br /><br />Grebe wings are one of these things that ought not to work, but does. It is such a prodigy of aerodynamics that such tiny wings should carry a medium-sized bird.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com