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Shaggy Ink Caps and a lazy squirrel

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Tuesday before last, after going to Rainham Marshes, I stopped off at Hornchurch Country Park to explore the Ingrebourne Valley. Unfortunately it was as dead as Rainham, the marsh there had almost dried up. But up in a field I came across more than 50 shaggy ink cap toadstools: some just emerging

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Foggy morning

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On Friday morning, I had a foggy start, and most of the wildlife was either out of sight in the fog or waiting for the sun to burn through. There were plenty of spiderwebs highlighted by the low sun and dew that had condensed on their threads

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Waders and a young rabbit

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On Monday, with the forecast clear skies I headed in for a 'dawn raid' to Wat Tyler CP. The tide was still in quite a way, but receading. Down at the second bird screen the sun was just creeping high enough to light the far side of the creek, where a heron was standing in the morning sunlight

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More Wat Tyler goodness

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Can you tell Im running out of titiles for posts on Wat Tyler Country Park. These photos are from Friday. On getting out the car, the sun had yet to make a full appearance, hiding behind the cloud as it rose. These geese passed over head and I had to rush for the cameraIm fairly sure they were greylags, judging by the noise they were making

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Birds in wat tyler country park

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On a usual early morning walk a week or so ago I came across a wood pigeon in the hawthorn

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Dragonfly close ups

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A couple of weeks back on a sunny lunch time walk, we came across an area of hawthorn (not far from 'weasel alley' where I photographed the weasel in the last post) that had become a sun trap and was teeming with common darters and migrant hawkers. One common darter was defending his bench from intrudersHe was so obsessed with this bench, when he landed in a bad spot I gave him a gentle nudge and he refused to budge!

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Weasely recognised

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A few weeks ago I went for one of my early morning walks around Wat Tyler Country Park, where I saw a cormorant flying over

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The Wick Country Park birds

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A week ago Iw as at the Wick Country Park in Wickford. There wasn't much about, but the resident swans and geese. I got a few photos of the swans, even though the light was rubbish

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Morning egrets and doves

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On the morning before the spotted flycatcher, I went for a walk around Wat Tyler Country Park. I checked the fleet for the lovely mist but I had no luck. The sun was shinning through the reeds though

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Spotted Flycatcher

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Last week at Wat tyler a migrant turned up, and I got my best views of a spotted flycatcher

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