Fungi at Chatswood and Ospreys on the Lane Cove River – 21 June 2021

This was a mixed day – the first part spent photographing fungi at Ferndale Park at Chatswood, and then at the nearby Blue Gum Reserve. Next I walked down to the Lane Cove River and headed downstream to photograph the nesting pair of Ospreys.

Ferndale Park

I found a very good selection of waxcaps out. Here are some –

Gliophorus graminicolor –

Gliophorus viscidibrunnea –

Hygrocybe batesii – 

Hygrocybe griseoramosa – 

Humidicutis sp.

Hygrocybe sp.

Hygrocybe cantherellus

Gliophorus viridis – 

Gliophorus graminicolor – 

Hygrocybe reesiae – 

Hygrocybe austropratensis – 

Hygrocybe leucogloea – 

Hygrocybe anomala var. ianthinomarginata – 

Hygrocybe anomala var. anomala – 

Thats the end of the waxcaps. Here us some of the other fungi –

Rimbachia cf. bryophila – 

Cortinarius rotundisporus – 

Cortinarius sp. – 

Ramariopsis simplex – 

Clavulinopsis fusiformis – 

Ramaria sp. – 

And this interesting species growing on a log that I had photographed before –

Blue Gum Reserve

I then headed over to Blue Gum Reserve. More great fungi. Again, I will start with the waxcaps –

Gliophorus graminicolor – 

Hygrocybe anomala var. anomala – 

Hygrocybe anomala var. ianthinomarginata – 

Humidicutis sp.

This one seems the same as the Ferndale Park Waxcap. It starts off bottle green and changes to pink as it develops if conditions are right.

Clavulinopsis amoena – 

Clavaria fragilis – 

Probably Hygrocybe reesiae –

All the above where found close to the creek. The nest lot were found close to the track that gets down to the Lane Cove River.

Hygrocybe anomala var. anomala – 

Hygrocybe austropratensis – 

Cortinarius archeri – 

I then headed down to the Lane Cove River and walked downstream, past the golf course and along the track to the sporting field near Epping Road. I saw the Osprey nest, but no ospreys perched on it. I then spotted an Osprey perched on a light pole not far away.

A litte later the second Osprey flew in and landed near the nest. This was the female.

The first one I had seen, then took off. It was the male, and it had the remains of a fish with it.

It flew over and landed on the nest.

It was soon joined by the female.

But it seems the male wanted to keep the fish to itself. It flew to another post –

The female then left the nest and flew off. I watched the male, but it stayed on the pole for at least 20 minutes. It was time for me to walk to the nearby bus stop and head home.

It is good to know this pair of Ospreys have re-established their nest, and so far don’t seem to be pestered by Currawongs.